Toyota Highlander Hybrid
Owners filed 824 complaints across 22 model years of the Toyota Highlander Hybrid. The 2006 drew the most (370).
Which Toyota Highlander Hybrid years should you avoid?
Going by 824 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Toyota Highlander Hybrid years to avoid are 2006.
- 2006370 complaints, 2.4× a typical Highlander Hybrid year, most often about the brakes.
Too new to judge: 2025. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Toyota Highlander Hybrid model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Too new | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2023 | 9 | 6 | — | — | Structure | Routine | |
| 2022 | 6 | 4 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2021 | 15 | 4 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2020 | 9 | 4 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | — | — | Visibility/Wiper | Routine | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2012 | 9 | 0 | — | — | Structure › Body | Routine | |
| 2011 | 5 | 1 | — | — | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2010 | 22 | 4 | — | 1 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2009 | 40 | 4 | — | 2 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2008 | 197 | 8 | 4 | 6 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2007 | 110 | 2 | 2 | 14 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2006Avoid | 370 | 6 | 7 | 34 | Service Brakes | Fatalities reported | |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | — | — | Steering | Routine | |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.