DOOR LOCKS KEEP POPPING OPEN OR SHUT MANY TIMES PER DAY. SOMETIMES WHEN PARKED, OTHER TIMES WHEN DRIVING. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR. EACH TIME I TAKE TO THE DEALER, HE SAYS HE CAN'T FIND THE REASON. TOYOTA HAS NO CLUE ON WHY THIS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM EXISTS. I CAN'T LEAVE ANYTHING IN THE CAR, BECAUSE WHEN I RETURN THE LOCKS ARE UP.*AK
1998 Toyota Highlander
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › wiring. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical System › Wiring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsElectrical System › Wiring
Filed Feb 6, 200414,325 milesIL
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2021| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2024 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2023 | 180 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2022 | 245 | 5 | 1 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2021 | 512 | 4 | 4 | 0 | Above average |
| 2020 | 314 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Above average |
| 2019 | 480 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Above average |
| 2018 | 265 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Above average |
| 2017 | 265 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Above average |
| 2016 | 110 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2015 | 191 | 2 | 6 | 0 | Routine |
| 2014 | 135 | 5 | 1 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2013 | 206 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Above average |
| 2012 | 182 | 2 | 3 | 0 | Routine |
| 2011 | 181 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2010 | 216 | 10 | 2 | 0 | Above average |
| 2009 | 134 | 9 | 5 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 403 | 13 | 14 | 2 | Fatalities reported |
| 2007 | 123 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 277 | 7 | 4 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2005 | 224 | 6 | 4 | 0 | Above average |
| 2004 | 286 | 5 | 3 | 2 | Fatalities reported |
| 2003 | 258 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Above average |
| 2002 | 301 | 2 | 6 | 4 | Fatalities reported |
| 2001 | 137 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 1998 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.