Highland Ridge Fw Highlander

Owners filed 4 complaints across 6 model years of the Highland Ridge Fw Highlander. The 2018 drew the most (2); the 2020 the fewest (1).

Model years6

Complaints4

Recalls10

Fires0

Deaths0

Every Highland Ridge Fw Highlander model year compared

Complaints per year

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2020	1	1	—	—	Tires	Routine
2019	1	1	—	—	Unknown or Other	Routine
2018	2	0	—	—	Structure › Frame and Members › Underbody Shields	Routine
2017	0	1	—	—	—	Routine
2016	0	4	—	—	—	Routine
2015	0	3	—	—	—	Routine

Which Highland Ridge Fw Highlander years should you avoid?

On raw complaint volume the 2018 is the weakest year on record, with 2 complaints concentrated in the structure › frame and members › underbody shields.

Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.