general problems of the 2005 Toyota Highlander

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Highlander. The contact stated that the power windows failed to properly function for the front passenger side window intermittently and the rear windows failed to electronically close and open. The vehicle was taken to (texas Toyota of grapevine, 701 e state hwy 114, grapevine, TX 76051, (817) 329-5949) for inspection and diagnosis. In addition, the VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 11v112000 (vehicle speed control) and the contact was uncertain as to when the dealer may provide the repair. The manufacturer stated that the vehicle was excluded from an electrical recall to service the power master window switch failure for the windows. The failure mileage was not available. Parts distribution disconnect.

Backing up out of driveway put the car into reverse went from brake pedal to gas pedal taping the gas pedal lightly to inch out of driveway slowly. After one tap on the gas pedal the car accelerated at a very high rate of speed causing driver to loose control. Vehicle crashed into chain link fence which in turn crashed into a parked vehicle.

My car was decelerating in the far right turn lane of a busy intersection. The brake had been applied approximately 1000 ft from the intersection as there were 3 vehicles stopped ahead of me. I was traveling at 10 mph and I increased the pressure to the brake pedal as the car approached a stopped vehicle approximately 100 feet ahead of my vehicle. The engine revved to to the highest rpm reading and lurched forward as I continued to apply full pressure to the brake pedal by adding my left foot to the already stationary right foot. I steered the vehicle to the right and drove on the sidewalk and grass between a burger king and autozone parking lots to avoid hitting the cars in front of me. I shifted the gear shift to neutral and the accelerator did not disengage. I was nearly standing on brake as the car continued to accelerate with the engine screaming from the high rpms. I straightened the car's path to avoid a parked vehicle in the autozone parking lot. I jumped a curb onto grass and continued to accelerate until crashing through a cinder block wall supporting the autozone sign. The driver side airbag deployed upon impact which engaged the engine kill switch. While still standing on the brakes, my car traveled another 25-30 feet before coming to rest. The driver behind me can confirm that I was decelerating and the brake lights on as the car "took off" on its path toward the autozone sign. The car was totaled and I received neck, shoulder and chest injuries from the impact. I was able to exit the car on my own.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Highlander. The contact stated that the vehicle was started and as the contact shifted into drive, the vehicle abnormally accelerated and crashed into a house. A police report was filed but no injuries were reported. The vehicle was not yet taken to have the failure diagnosed or repaired. The failure and current mileages were 79,000.

Run away throttle and no ability to brake 2005 Toyota Highlander causing crash into house wall and front end damage to car I took foot of gas peddel and moved to brake car continued at same speed it was traveling and brake peddle was applied hard and no effect. Car struck house and pushed on the wall a moment then dropped to idle.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Highlander. The contact stated that idling at a stop sign, when she took her foot off the brake pedal, the vehicle suddenly surged forward and crashed into the vehicle in front. The contact noticed no prior problems with surging. There were no injuries. A police report was being filed at the time of the complaint. The manufacturer had not been notified. The VIN was unavailable. The current and failure mileages were approximately 53,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Highlander. The contact stated she was parking the vehicle in her garage at a relatively low speed. Her foot was on the brake and the vehicle was shifted to park when the vehicle abnormally accelerated and crashed into the garage wall. The contact was not injured. The vehicle sustained moderate front end damage. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where an investigator was sent to further inspect the vehicle. The investigator advised the results would be available within thirty days. The contact was awaiting the results of the investigation. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 62,600.

2005 Highlander v6 awd. Has a surging effect since day one. Also surges slightly when applying brakes. In traffic stop and go situation, vehicle does not respond for a few seconds and then lunges forward. Very dangerous when trying to change lanes. Dealer said nothing wrong with vehicle. Toyota said at time to contact dealer.

Toyota should recall all older models relating to pedal accelerator. Toyota should be recalling all related vehicles as far back as 2003 models if it already knows the computer component in those cars have the same pedal accelerator problems as the newer models. Why aren't they made to do that? I have a 2005 Toyota Highlander and I am worried everytime I get in my car now.

My Toyota Highlander 2005 will accelerate by itself when I start out at a light making it rev the engine excessively. This happened alot when I got the car until last fall I got fuel system cleaned and all carbon removed from lines. It went away after I got carbon cleaned out and now it has recently started happening again. It sometimes makes my front tires squeal. I have asked the joe meyers Toyota in houston, TX. About it and they say there is nothing wrong with my car. I never brought it up with them again. I need to find out if there is any fix for this problem ASAP since there has been issues with this being worse and causing deaths. Note: after buying the car in Jan 06 the floor mats constantly pushed forward upto pedals so I got my husband to use a grommet on them to make holes and attach via clips from joe meyers Toyota. Now they don't move. This was never the cause of the acceleration. It was coming from the engine - pedal was not stuck.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Highlander. The contact stated the floor mats became trapped between the brake and accelerator pedal almost causing two accidents. Also the carpet in the vehicle was ripped where the floor mats were. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and contact was told to call the Toyota manufacturer, inform them of the problems so she can get total compensation for her mats. The contact called and is waiting for them to call back. The failure mileage was 71,000. Updated 03/08/10.

2005 Toyota Highlander, car will accelerate from a dead stop on its own. Change transmission from park to drive and let off brake and car will accelerate without touching gas pedal fast enough to change gears and continue. Have reached a speed of 30 mph before braking. The tachometer does not show that the engine is revving higher than a normal idle when in park changing into drive so it seems like an electronic problem, etc. Issue is intermittent. The car has been to 2 dealers over the time it has been owned and we were told the issue could not be duplicated so nothing could be done. I called the same day this email was sent and was told the same thing by the local Toyota dealership. Well, the recalled gas pedals don't stick all the time so they are intermittent problems so where is the difference between their cars and ours! I have tried every contact number for Toyota and cannot get anywhere!!!!!!.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Highlander. The contact stated that while driving at approx 65 mph, she pressed down on the accelerator and when she took her foot off, the pedal did not release from the depressed position. She kept pumping the pedal but it continued to stick to the floor until she crashed into the wall of someone's home. The contact was injured as a result of the crash (broken ribs and head injuries). A police report was taken at the scene. The vehicle was totaled. She called the manufacturer and they did not offer any assistance. The current and failure mileages were approximately 97,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Highlander hybrid. While approaching a red light, the vehicle accelerated twice before coming to a complete stop. The vehicle was taken to a dealer but the issue has not been remedied. The vehicle was not included in the floor mat recall #06v253000. The contact is aware of the safety risk since he could have injured someone. The failure mileage was 86,000.

I am writing about a problem I encountered with my 2005 Toyota Highlander. We purchased it brand new in January of 2005. Beaverton Toyota has adjusted the computer on my car several times since the first oil change as my Highlander feels like it is changing gears by itself. The car had not done this until after the first oil change. On subsequent service calls, I would discuss the problem and they would tell me that they adjusted the cars computer. On September 10, 2009, I was driving through the store parking lot and was about to pull into a parking place by the front of the store when I heard a surging sound and my car quickly went forward and smashed into a brick column in front of the store and then it went backwards and stopped. The front of the car was smashed and was not drivable. I had not spoken on my cell phone since the night before, I had no one else in the car with me to distract me, and I was not speeding or swerving to avoid another person or car. I thank god that I hit the brick column in front of the store instead of a person or another car. My shoulder, neck and teeth still hurt from hitting the brick column so hard. I had just gotten gas, and I had my tires rotated a few days before this incident. I asked the body shop who fixed my car and beaverton Toyota to check the accelerator. At the time of my accident, they were looking for car mats that weren't properly installed. I was told there was nothing wrong. It seems strange that with all the recalls now, even Toyota cannot figure out what the problem is with the accelerators. I think it might have been a glitch in the computer. I can still hear that surging sound and am afraid it might happen again. There is no reason for it to have surged and smashed into a brick column as I wasn't stomping on the accelerator or brake when I was driving through a parking lot to park my car. I havent been in an accident for 38 years.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Highlander. While driving 2-3 mph in reverse, the vehicle abnormally accelerated. The contact attempted to brake but to no avail as the vehicle crashed into her garage. The air bags did not deploy but the contact was not injured and there was minimal damage to the vehicle and moderate damage to the contacts home. The vehicle was taken to the dealer yet the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. There were three additional occurrences of the failure and the vehicle was taken back to the dealer where repairs were made to the floor mat and the brake covers. The contact stated that she was still afraid to drive the vehicle. She later received notification of NHTSA campaign id number: 11v112000 (vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal) and the recall repair was performed on the vehicle. The failure mileage was 2,000 and the current mileage was 20,000.

2005 toyoto Highlander, 40,000 miles to date. Abrupt acceleration occurred twice for no reason-car does not have floor mats that could interfere with the accelerator, first occurrance in 2006 was while driving on highway, braking solved the problem second occurance in 2008- car was moving at idle speed-foot was not or near the accelerator but above but not touching the brake. Braking solved the problem. Informed Toyota dealer-they were clueless and had no knowledge of a problem.

I am the original owner of the vehicle and throughout my ownership since 2/2005 when it was bought this car has issues with acceleration. It usually occurs when you are sitting at a stop and try to accelerate the vehicle. The car does not recognize when you are pushing the acceleration pedal and has a delay when it finally responds. There have been numerous incidents where I have tried to cross a busy intersection or pull out into traffic and the vehicle hesitates when trying to accelerate, ending with a jerk of the vehicle. I have almost been t-boned a few times trying to cross busy intersections and the car doesn't want to move. I have brought this to the dealership numerous times and the only response they have is that the car adjusts to different drivers and it then programs itself based off your driving habits, so they reset the coding on it. Still have the issue, didn't fix anything and now I am reading where others have had issues, I just think they brushed it under the rug to not have to honor my warranty that was in place on the vehicle. I have also have had issues from day 1 on this car with the transmission pan leaking, they have had to replace the transmission pan gasket numerous times on the vehicle; claiming it just went bad. Really, that many times it just goes bad, I don't think so.

I drove up hill, slowed, turned, and pulled behind truck to park off the side of the road. This was also uphill. The car was stopped, I went to put my foot on the brake to shift into park, and the car for some reason accelerated wildly (loud roaring of engine). It then lurched forward very fast and slammed into the truck that was in front of me. I had no power to stop it. This incident was completely out of my control. I have had problems in the past with this vehicle with severe hesitation. I have also had a hesitation, followed by extreme acceleration. I did file a complaint previously. This is a very dangerous condition. It could have been a child I hit instead of a truck!. The dealer says they can't find a problem with my car. This is a sporadic occurrence, but it shouldn't happen at all.

I have a 2005 Toyota Highlander limited w/v6 engine. When I accelerate at low speeds, then take my foot off the gas and then try to accelerate again, there is a prolonged hesitation before the vehicle starts to accelerate. The same problem exists when you make a turn and then try to accelerate again. The other day I was trying to pull out onto a well traveled road. I moved out into the first lane and then took my foot off the gas to check to make sure the next lane was clear. I saw there were cars coming around the curve towards me in both lanes. I hit the gas and the car hesitated. Then finally it started to move. I barely missed being broadsided. I've been driving for over thirty years and have driven a number of different vehicles. I have never experienced this problem and am very concerned for my family's safety. I have contacted the dealer and Toyota and they say this is normal operation. As far as I'm concerned this is anything but normal and needs to be addressed.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Highlander. While driving approximately 35-40 mph the contact noticed that the accelerator pedal had to be pushed to the floor of the vehicle in order to increase the speed. The failure mileage was 17,000 and the current mileage was 56,500.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Highlander. While driving 53 mph she experienced unintended vehicle acceleration. She was able to decelerate. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, and a technician concluded that the plastic panel behind the air conditioning system fell off and subsequently fell between the accelerator pedal; which caused the pedal to stick. The failure and current mileages were 23,000.

I'm the original owner & sole driver of the vehicle & ever since I test drove it the day I purchased it this car's had issues with "jerky/delayed" acceleration. During the test drive I was told that the car adjusts to how I drive & it'll get better. This happens pretty much every time I accelerate the vehicle after it's been stopped or the speed slowed substantially. Each & every time I try to gently accelerate the vehicle from a stop, there's a tiny delay in vehicle response from what I am inputting to the accelerator pedal. Then after the delay, it's like the vehicle tries to suddenly catch up with where it was supposed to be in the acceleration process & suddenly jerks forward with a lot of acceleration. This poses a safety problem when trying to pull out into traffic & needing the vehicle to respond to the gas pedal inputs that I'm giving it immediately as I'm giving them & not with even a small delay. That delay in response by the vehicle's acceleration has caused several near-misses with other traffic. I have tried taking it into my dealer at least a couple times to have the issue addressed but the technicians just wanted to brush it off saying they didn't notice it or blame it on the transmission & when I told them this isn't a transmission problem they just blew me off treating me like a dumb female who didn't know anything about cars, not knowing that I'm an engineer. Both of these times were within my warranty period, but it's obvious they didn't want to spend the time & effort to diagnose this issue. My safety was clearly not important to the people at my local Toyota dealership. So I continue to have this problem every single time I accelerate from a stop and most times I re-accelerate after having slowed down substantially. After having this issue for the past 9 years, the jerkiness of the acceleration probably has caused other problems with the vehicle.

While applying the accelerator pedal vehicle hesitated to accelerate. Driver applied the accelerator pedal numerous times and the vehicle accelerated uncontrollably. Driver was able to maintain control of the vehicle , and drove it to the dealer for inspection. Mechanic determined that it was normal for the vehicle to hesitate when applying the accelerator pedal.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Highlander. The contact stated that upon starting her vehicle it accelerated forward and crashed into her garage. Previously, when she was trying to park the vehicle, it accelerated and lunged forward when she was forced to apply extreme pressure to the brakes in order to stop the vehicle. An investigator from the manufacturer advised her that he was unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.