2001 Spartan Highlander

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › body. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls1
000
Structure › Body1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder1
101
Power Train1
000
Child Seat1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Sep 18, 2001IA

WHEN DRIVING MY NEW 2001 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER AT SPEEDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE AND IF YOU ROLL DOWN ONE OF THE REAR WINDOWS OR BOTH OF THE REAR WINDOWS THE AIR PRESSURE VIOLENTLY THUMPS YOUR EAR DRUMS AND BODY - SO BAD IT'S LIKE A HELICOPTER IS RIGHT NEXT TO YOU. THE TRUCK SHAKES SO HARD IT MAKES YOU ILL. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS FLAW WAS NOT CATCHED IN THE DESIGN. THIS IS SO SEVERE I'M WORRIED THAT IF MY CHILD WAS IN THE TRUCK WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN THAT IS WOULD CAUSE SEVERE DAMAGE. THIS IS A MAJOR, MAJOR DESIGN FLAW.... YOU WON'T BELIEVE HOW BAD IT IS UNLESS YOU EXPERIENCE IT YOURSELF.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master CylinderCrash1 injured
Filed Aug 26, 2001NY

I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK WHEN I HEARD THIS AWFUL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE APPEAR TO TAKE ON A MIND OF ITS OWN, NOT RESPONDING EVEN THOUGH I FLOORED THE BRAKE PEDAL. FORTUNATELY I WAS PARKING AND WAS STOPPED BY THE PROTECTIVE POSTS OF A FIRE-HYDRANT. I HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE EMERGENY ROOM FOR ATTENTION. WHILE I DID NOT SUSTATIN ANY BROKEN LIMBS, I SUFFERED EXTREME LOWER BACK AND KNEE PAIN; MY LEFT SIDE ESPECIALLY SHOULDER SIDE AND BASE OF NECK IN ADDITION TO PAIN IN THE BRAKING FOOT AND LEG AND BURNS FROM THE SEATBELT.*AK

Child Seat
Filed Aug 5, 2001NH

CHILD SEAT WILL NOT PROPERLY SECURE IN REAR SEAT. *AK

Structure › Body
Filed Jul 17, 2001OH

AIR NOISE (COKE BOTTLE EFFECT) AT HIGH SPEEDS. ACCEPTABLE TO DEALER, BUT NOT OWNER. *AK

Power Train
Filed Jul 17, 2001OH

SPEEDOMETER GOES TO ZERO WITH CAR AT NORMAL OPERATING SPEED. DEFECTIVE COMPUTER??*AK

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2001 — this page5000Routine
20003000Routine
19980100Routine
19960200Routine
19950200Routine
19940100Routine
19930100Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.