62 problems related to service brakes have been reported for the 2006 Toyota Highlander. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 Toyota Highlander based on all problems reported for the 2006 Highlander.
I was on the interstate driving about 72 mph when the car just shut off all the dash lights came on and the dash it said check hybrid system I had no brakes or steering I got it off the road turned it off and back on again it started up and I drove it home but the dash still displayed check hybrid system , a week later I get in it to go to work and there’s an alarm that won’t cut off and the abs , traction control and brake light and warning light and tire pressure light are all on and the brakes are hard and there’s a weird noise coming from somewhere when u push on the brake and it says check vsc system on the dash now.
The vehicle suffers from an abs module failure. I've been researching that this is common problem with the Toyota Highlander hybrid and presents a danger of failing brakes while driving. My brakes partially failed with my [xxx] son in the car. When attempting to stop, I had no hydraulic pressure and luckily was able to get the vehicle stopped after the car had regained some pressure. The vehicle had been running for several minutes, so it wasn't related to a fresh start and the system not having time to pressurize, if that's a thing. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).
The brakes on my 06 Highlander hybrid awd have been finicky at best since I’ve owned the vehicle. The car lunges forward when braking, all the way until a complete stop. While driving at around 55 mph a medium sized dog ran out into the road. I braked hard but the brakes just lunging and trying to stop. At one point feels like it’s not braking anymore and just hope to veer out of the way. This can be fatal not only to the driver but to others driving as well. The fact that people are still having this issue, and Toyota hasn’t come up with a proper long term solution speaks to how much Toyota cares about its customer bases’ safety. It is honestly disgusting that people have had accidents and may have fatal and Toyota continues to not care. Please urge Toyota to look into this further and attempt to fix this permanently!.
Car is lunging forward while braking. I just had to put a new abs module and pump on the vehicle which was very expensive. Since I know there was a recall but I was not notified. Is there a way to get Toyota to pay for the new pump and module ?.
Two problems being reported are severe safety issues, and could result in injury, death, and/or property damage. Problem 1: while driving, the brake pedal suddenly went all the way to the floor, and the car would not stop. To avoid hitting the car in front at a stop sign, I had to turn the wheel, resulting in running through the stop sign and onto the grass and shoulder before the car finally stopped. Multiple dashboard warning lights appeared. After stopping, the brakes momentarily returned but failed again within 2-3 minutes. A loud, high-pitched, piercing whistle sound began, indicating a complete loss of brakes. The car had to be towed 200 miles back home. It is not safe to drive the car without functioning brakes. The obd scan codes are: c1256 (accumulator low pressure), c1391 (abnormal leak of accumulator pressure), and c1256 (accumulator low pressure). Problem 2: when starting the car, the brakes are applied first, and then the car is placed in gear. The car involuntarily and immediately jumps forward or backward and continues to move, even though the brakes are being applied. Having the foot on the brakes has no effect on the car moving! the car should not move at all when the brakes are being applied. To stop the movement, I must quickly pump the brakes repeatedly. This occurs every time the car is placed into gear after starting the engine, causing it to jump forward or backward and continue moving despite brake application. Both problems are severe safety issues, and could result in injury, death, or property damage.
The abs module on the vehicle continually go bad. A newly never used one was purchased 2yrs 4 months ago. A genuine Toyota part ($1300) and it has already gone bad. This is causing safety issues as the brakes make a loud thumping sound when pressed. The car also starts rolling in reverse when turned on if the engine hasn’t started as yet.
The past couple months the brakes have been acting up. Changed brakes and rotors to only find out that my brake pump or actuator are faulty and a known issue for Highlanders yet my vehicle had no recalls.
The brake actuator on many Toyota hybdrid and Lexus hybrid models fails prematurely leading to a unsafe situation with virtually no braking. Toyota extedend the warranty on the item however there are many cars which didn't qualify for the repalcement and are still failing. This should have been a recall rather a warranty extension. This brake actuator fails because of a design flaw, it has been since redesigned. The part istself is priced by Toyota at about $2000 in addition to installation labor that can run in thouands depending on the Toyota model.
When braking, apparently when the vehicle transitions from regenerative braking to hydraulic braking, there is a brief total loss of braking force and a noticeable sense of acceleration before the hydraulic brakes begin to grab and slow the vehicle resulting in an unanticipated increase in stopping distance and causing a near collision as my vehicle went several feet past the stop line into an active intersection due to this defect.
Power brakes stopped working while driving due to bad brake actuator. Vehicle shut down while driving due to power train system.
Brake actuator assembly is a known issue with several Toyota models including my hylander hybrid. Toyota tried to address these actuator issues by extending the warranty coverage for the brake actuator assembly on a limited basis, however; there is not an actual recall for this when there obviously should be. Thousands of customers are left with unknowingly driving vehicles that are not safe and for those that have had their brakes fail (and survive) are left with $3,000-$4,500 in repair bills to resolve these issues. In April 2021, I noticed odd purging-like sounds while stopped at stop signs or red lights when the brakes were engaged. This concerned me so, I had our local Toyota dealership check out our Highlander but they said there was nothing wrong with the vehicle and we assumed they knew what they were talking about so we went about our business. Unfortunately, some months later while driving hundreds of miles from our home, the check vsc light, abs, brake, and one other dash warning lights came on and the purging sound became much louder. Lucky for us, the brakes still worked enough to stop the vehicle. An official recall would have facilitated our local Toyota dealer service dept in alerting us about these issues before we were put in a dangerous situation. Our hylander is currently being worked on at our local Toyota dealership. A guy in the service department is how we found out about the Toyota customer support program that outlines the brake actuator shortcomings/failures. The service dept. Manager's exact words were "it's like a recall but it's not an official recall". Here is a video I found on the Toyota nation website where this gentleman's wife had her brakes fail and hit a car in a parking lot. Thank god she was not injured! https://youtu. Be/mn_xs6k8_h4 ultimately, all Toyota models with these faulty brake components should be recalled!!.
I was driving the car then as I hit the brakes it felt like they were not engaging until I applied more pressure. Then as I was almost home the abs and traction control lights came on. Took it to a specialist and they said that the abs module would have to be replaced. There are tons of people apparently with my same year and model with the same concern.
In the last 4 weeks my 06 Highlander hybrid has had malfunctions in the brakes and in the power steering. Both issues rendering the car inoperable. The first issue that was to arise was the brake actuator pump. I noticed it was failing when I got in the vehicle to move it out of the driveway and noticed after I put the car in gear that their was no power brake assist. When the car was shifted into drive the car began rolling even while I was pushing hard on the brakes. Luckily the brake assist resumed and I did not run into anything but the car unintentionally moved about 5 feet. I mentioned this to my wife, and she said while driving home one day the car made a high pitched buzz. She was close to home, so she made it home and parked the car and forgot about the noise. After the car was turned back on again no noise was made and no cel or warnings were displayed. The actuator was replaced, and the car operated fine for about one week and probably 40 miles of driving. I want to mention I had noted a odd feeling in the brakes for years leading up the the failure. The brake pedal would continue to the floor while trying to maintain constant pressure on the brakes. I believe this is due to the actuator losing pressure, but it would cause an uneasy sensation of failing brakes, but no cel's were ever triggered. The new actuator fixed this. After fixing the car we drove it on a few trips. Yesterday 8/24/21 my wife went to drive the car, and it wouldn't start. She tried about 10 times and it wouldn't turn on. I put a battery charger on the car and the battery looked okay. I tried to start it a few time probably 5 and finally got the ready light, so the car was ready to go, but all of a sudden the car would shut off and the ready light would go out and the p/s light would come on. This light is triggered when something is wrong with the power steering system, and the computer will disable the vehicle. The car immobile now. These are worth recalling.
The dashboard on my Highlander hybrid 2006 (awd) had all its check lights on suddenly. I was not driving then. The car was in my parking lot for a few hours before which it had no signs on. The warning message said: vehicle stability control (vsc). I took it to my nearest Toyota service center for diagnosing the issue. They reported that the abs systems have started to fail. Specifically, the abs actuator is losing pressure and should be replaced. They quoted a price of $2700 approx. Which includes about $2000 for parts. Turns out that this same part had been replaced in 2016 during a recall - but they cannot attend to this again without charging the customer. What I was never told about was that a whirring sound - which has always been an issue with this car - was always from the abs actuator. The same service center has checked and diagnosed this car multiple times - so I am surprised that they did not find the abs actuator noise a problem on earlier occasions. I have been reading about this on this forum and Toyotanation and this seems to be a consistent issue with the older Toyota hybrid Highlanders and other hybrids as well - with the same diagnosis and approximately the same price quoted by the service centers. I have not currently fixed this issue since I cannot afford this price. It also seems that I will be paying for manufacturer's or service center's negligence since this actuator seemed to be faulty all along and I was not warned about this.
The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Highlander. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the brake pedal had to be pumped several times to stop the vehicle. The contact stated that the abs warning light and several other unknown warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure but offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 175,000.
3 accidents all rear end due to brakes ( brake pump/brake actuator failure) not safe.
Abs control module. Yes could be made available for review. A few years ago, a diagnostic showed the abs control module as bad (it started buzzing is what made us get it checked). Toyota replaced it, but there was still buzzing after the service, from a new part!? I strongly expressed this to Toyota since it still seemed like an issue to me, but they told me nothing could be done unless the computer said it was bad or if there was a recall. The buzzing continued to get worse and does it almost all the time now, and finally the abs light came on, sometimes it will make an alert noise, and the vehicle will not brake properly (with the brake pedal feeling very firm), so apparently now that the abs light is on, a diagnostic showed it bad again. I have researched to find many other people experiencing this same issue with this part going bad and continuing to quickly go bad even after replacing, and I have been advised the danger of this, for if it goes out while driving, you cannot brake like normal and cause an accident. If a brand new part was making the same buzzing noise when the previous part did not used to make that noise, then something seems very wrong! and this is very much a safety issue if your brakes suddenly stop working like they are supposed to! please help! I appreciate your time. Thank you!.
The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Highlander. The contact stated while driving 25 mph down a hill, while depressing the brake pedal, the brake pedal went to the floor and the vehicle hesitated and started making an abnormal sound. The contact stated that there was no warning light illuminated. The contact regained control and stopped the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to dch wappingers falls Toyota (1349 u. S. 9, wappingers falls, NY 12590, (845) 288-0892) where it was diagnosed with needing the brake actuator to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 191,000.
Loud continuous beep began in car with no indication as to what it was. Was driving at 40 mph, let off gas to get ready for turn, hit brakes and there weren't any. Was able to safely merge back into traffic and decelerate enough to turn onto the next street. Diagnosed as failed brake actuator assembly.
Vsc lights came on. Eventually lost all brakes. The abs actuator assembly had failed. I was driving slow enough to be able to pull over safely. This has been reported so many times here by different people, where is the recall on this part?!?! Toyota had issued an extended warranty covering this part because they knew there were problems with it. Thank god there wasn't an accident, grateful no one was hurt. Sickened I wasted my money on this vehicle. Never buying another Toyota.
Unlike traditional vehicles where you still have some stopping ability when power braking fails this hybrid has no brakes. What happened? that's pretty simple I was driving and then I had no brakes while I was still moving. I was going 25 miles an hour and all the other cars were going 25 miles per hour. The car in front of me stopped to look at the flowers and I laid on my horn luckily the oncoming car recognized the situation and pulled over just enough to allow me to straddle the yellow line and pass the stopped car without crashing. The parking brake didn't help much but eventually stopped me about a quarter-mile later down a slight hill. Dealer wants $3,500 to replace the brake actuator which they had originally offered to replace free as an extended warranty but the problem didn't creep up until the extended warranty expired. I have no doubt people are dying because of Toyota's design flaw.
Abs accumator stopped working.
About a week ago, I was driving my Toyota Highlander 2006 and everything was perfect. On Monday, out of the sudden the dash turned to a christmas tree lights + vsc system. I was terrified so I called my local Toyota dealership and took an appointment. Went there the next day and they made me wait 6 hours and told me it has brake actuator assembly problem and to get it fixed, I have to pay $2,246. As a college student this is very pricy. It puts me in a major stress. After I told them I can't offered it, I was told it's safe to drive it, nothing going to happened but a a weird feeling on the brake. After researching, I found out it's very dangerous to drive it like that. I felt like Toyota wanted me to put myself in danger. I'm scared to drive this car right now. I lost my father last week and with this problem, I feel very bad. Please help.
The brake actuator assembly has gone out at 135000 miles. It interfers with braking. The brakes lock up frequently and car will almost hop to a halt. It is quite concerning and scary when it occurs.
Over 2 year ago our 2006 Highlander hybrid began making a series of noises when depressing the brake pedal when in park and in motion. Dashboard screen are showing check abs, check vsc system, check brake system and brake malfunction, and errors. The noise would get louder and last longer and took longer distance to slow or stop. The shop asked for over $3000 that I don't have to fix so I drive it less and less. Please help if possible.
Brake actuator went out, I had read this is am ongoing issue with this vehicle. I tried to see if I qualified for a covered repair and was told it had ended.
The abs pump and module are defective.
Ongoing issue with generation 1 Highlander hybrids and prius from same date ranges. A warranty adjustment has already been issued and ended. The abs brake accumulator gets an internal leak code c1391. Reduced braking, esc, brake and other lights come on. Many of those repaired under warranty are already failing a second time. Vehicle is dangerous to drive since it can be driving perfectly and fail while in motion causing dangerous braking conditions.
I purchased this vehicle from a private used car lot. They told me all service was completed through Toyota so I had faith in Toyota repairing any problems, within the first year the abs system started makeing strainge noices and the breaks were not very effeective, I have no choice but to continue driving since this is my family primary vehicle as a retired disable vet, I called Toyota and they told me too bad that the previous owner could of had the extended warentiy but they didnt do it, now im stuck driving a dangerious vehicle with my family which includes 2 boys that are special needs and myself a 100% disabled vet. Not happy with Toyota.
I was driving straight on the main road coming to a stop light. The vehicle would not stop after pressing on the brakes several times. There are several lights on the dash:brakes,traction control, 2 yellow exclamation marks one inside a triangle and the ,abs. The mechanic is saying the brake actuator is faulty and needs to replaced.
Brake actuator. On September 2016 I had my car self brake at 45 mph. No injuries occurred, but I had car towed to Toyota dealer ship in orlando florida. After local dealership and corporate inspector diagnosis. They found no problem. However I recently discovered in June of 2016 Toyota did issue a customer satisfaction warranty issue with my cars braking actuator. I was never informed. In November of 2018 I reported a issue with brakes. Dealer confirmed it was actuator. Toyota refused ot assist with repair. In January of 2019, my braes failed while driving. Again no injuries. It was determined to be the actuator. Toyota again refused to take any responsibility.
Tl the contact owns a 2006 Toyota Highlander. While driving at an unknown speed, all the warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to Toyota of cleveland (3560 village n blvd, mcdonald, TN 37353) where it was diagnosed that the abs actuator assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 259,294.
Tl the contact owns a 2006 Toyota Highlander. While making a turn at 5 mph, the contact depressed the brake pedal and the vehicle accelerated at an unknown speed. As a result, the vehicle struck a pedestrian. A police report was filed. The pedestrian suffered injuries and medical attention was required. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.
The brakes on our Toyota Highlander hybrid randomly get mushy (slip) and don't engage for a second, then will engage. This creates a dangerous situation as the vehicle will not stop as intended and when needed. Also, the vehicle at other times will surge when the brakes have been applied and you attempting to come to a stop. This has been happening for quite some time. These problems have been well-documented at the following site. We are experiencing the exact same issues as noted by others with our vehicle. . Read more...
The "brake actuator" became defective, and was not able to be repaired. The part was very expensive and seems to be a problem that could be considered wide spread enough that it should be "recalled".