general problems of the 2005 Toyota Highlander

All at once the windows, moon roof, blinkers, reverse lights, running lights and brake lights stopped working - also the automatic headlight function stopped working and we must turn on and off the headlights or risk draining the battery. It's interesting to note that the flashers work, but the blinkers do not. The wipers, radio, cruise control, etc. Are all fine. It appears all fuses associated with these items are intact - I don't know how to check the viability of the relays, but have been told it could be a relay and or a ground wire. I've purchased a new multifunction blinker headlight replacement switch and a master window replacement switch to see if this will resolve the issue - but the fact that it happened all at the same time concerns me that it could be electrical or wiring. All the wires under the dash are intact.

I received a recall notice in the mail.

I was leaving a parking lot and was going to enter a road. I was coasting through the parking lot at about 10 mph because I had to stop before entering the cross road. When I stepped on the brake to stop, the car started to accelerate. I pressed on the brake hard and it sounded like the anti-lock braking system kicked in while the engine revved up and kept pushing the car. The acceleration pushed me into the cross road while the braking system was making lots of noise,. Luckily no one was in the cross road at that time. I put the car into neutral, while my foot was still on the break, and the engine rpm's dropped down to idle. I then put the car into reverse ( because cars were now coming on the road I wanted to enter). And I backed up normally ( no more engine revving) . I put the car back into drive and everything acted normal. It was very scary, because if cars were crossing in front of me when it happened, I would have gone into the roadway unable to stop and I would have hit some one.

The driver's side visor drops down randomly and obstruct my vision. I have had many near accidents due to this problem.

My 2005 Toyota Highlander v6 4wd, which I purchased new, has been experiencing a hesitation/shifting problem for nearly as long as I have owned the vehicle. While the problem does not always occur, it is quite pronounced when it does and has resulted in very dangerous situations. The problem has been brought to the direct attention of Toyota motor sales in California, and their response has been disturbingly poor. The Toyota dealer that has been servicing my vehicle has been very helpful, but apparently cannot take action to correct the problem without corporate authorization. Here is a summary of the problem: the vehicle cannot always decide when to accelerate from a stop - there have been many instances of initial hesitation/lack of adequate power upon applying the gas pedal. For example, I have experienced a delay of a second or two when applying the gas pedal to proceed. This has resulted in some very close calls with oncoming traffic. Also, there are occurrences where the vehicle cannot seem to decide between gears (it will sometimes jump up/down between the lower gears, such as 1st to 2nd gear and/or 2nd to 3rd gear). Furthermore, I have noticed a general lack of adequate acceleration/gas pedal response, especially during city driving (ie. Lower speeds). My local Toyota dealer has records of the problem since approximately 16,000 miles (the vehicle now has about 44,000 miles). I believe the issue is the ecm, which was reprogrammed but the problem returned. Based on my research, I believe the ecm may be defective and that replacing the unit may solve the problem. Toyota will not replace the ecm. About a month ago, the Toyota dealer was able to verify the hesitation problem during a service visit. However, they could not duplicate it later with the scan tool attached - they had the vehicle for two days trying to get a snap shot because the Toyota field service technician told them "no repairs are to be made until the problem occurs more often. ".

Already have a case number, reported on 1/22/2010. I had a horrible accident in may of 2007 where the pedal became stuck and the car accelerated and I was unable to get the brakes to work. I hit another vehicle. While driving backwards out of a parking space in a grocery store parking lot. I have had to pay extra insurance premiums every six months and have that accident on my record. The FL hwy patrol officer said the accident was due to brake failure. One of the witnesses was an off-duty lake county sheriff's officer said he heard the acceleration and could not believe that someone was accelerating in the parking lot of a publix supermarket. I would like to know what Toyota is going to do to help car owners who have had accidents to correct their driving records and to contact insurance companies to help the insured to recoup extra monies paid because the car has bad equipment, which Toyota should have recalled long ago. .