Engine Oil Leaking problems of the 2008 Toyota Highlander

I had an engine oil cooler hose rupture at 131000 miles. I left an oil slick a mile long on the street causing a hazard in the road and a mess in my garage. Engine oil had sprayed all over the lower half of the engine and onto the catalytic converter which was heavily smoking and I noticed a small fire down in the lower half of the engine compartment so I had to pour water on the fire. Toyota has known about this issue for a good 7 years because I received a "warranty enhancement notice" (ze2) in 2014 stating that the oil cooler hose could spring a "leak" and they were extending the warranty for said part to 10 years or 150,000 miles. But Toyota played down the severity of the issue stating that a majority of vehicles with this known defective part wouldn't fail. Toyota knew that the rubber hose will fail on all vehicles due to the heat/cool cycle by its close proximity to the catalytic converter (about 6 inches away) so they redesigned the oil cooler lines to be all metal. All Toyota/Lexus vehicles with the 2gr-fe engine (2007-2011) will experience this catastrophic failure of the rubber oil cooler hose(s) over time and I'm sure vehicle fires have already happened due to this known design flaw.

Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Toyota Highlander. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 mph smoke was suddenly present coming from under the passenger side of the front hood before the engine stalled. After stopping and examining under the hood it was discovered no oil was present in the engine and oil had spilled onto the engine. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the engine oil cooler line had burst causing oil to leak from the engine. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The local dealer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 82,652. Jft.

Dear sir/madam the Toyota hilander /camry and sienna have a oil cooler line which is made of rubber and explode due to the high temperature of the oil. All these vehicles have been causing oil to be leaked all over the roads of America with Toyota not having issued a recall. Years 2008 - 2013 . This issue is dangerous .

The rubber oil cooler line (part number: 040004-29131) of our 2008 Toyota Highlander burst at 139,000 miles causing an oil spill and complete and irreversible engine failure due to oil starvation while vehicle was in high-speed motion in a congested highway during icy-and foggy conditions. Driver managed to remove the vehicle from the road, not causing any accidents, just before the engine irreversibly broke and shut down. Two days prior the incident, oil-change scheduled service was performed by a Toyota-certified dealership showing no signs of engine/engine oil-cooling line abnormalities. Defective software displayed warnings on the dashboard of low engine oil/pressure seconds before the engine shut down. This defective part has been specifically acknowledged in the Toyota's 2014 "warranty enhancement program, ze2" for repairs at no cost until January 31, 2016 or past that date for "10 years from the date of first use or 150,000 miles, whichever occurs first. " Toyota claims they mailed a letter for "several months" after "late July 2014" for ze2 to owners but the owner of this vehicle neither ever received such letter nor was notified by Toyota corp. /dealership. Vehicle has been under *consistent, scheduled, and regular car services* since its original and sole purchase in 2008. This should have been a recall to the NHTSA upon *unreasonably dangerous design* for using rubber pressurized pipes in v6 engines instead of metal-based materials, defective part awareness, incident history, and the extent of the high hazard risk that involves this part failure: oil spill (not oil leaking as stated in ze2) can occur at high resulting in a non-opportunity to prevent vehicle loss and high probabilities of crash, injuries, fire, and/or fatalities. This is also exacerbated by the embedded defective software in terms of poor timing to display engine failure.

The engine oil cooler pipe on my 2008 Highlander was defective and leaked at 124,000 mile/12 years (in Feb 2020). Happened while I was on a highway & smoke in my cabin. Toyota has set a limit of extended limited warranty (lcs-ze2) to fix this defect but only if it occurs at < (or equal) 10 yrs or 150,000 miles. Many reports on the web indicate cars past the Toyota arbitrary cut offs for time and miles. This is a serious safety defect/risk because all of the oil could leak out from a defective pipe & engine could catch fire or freeze. I had smoke in the cabin and a low oil pressure warning light. Of note, my car was serviced (oil change) and a multipoint inspection by Toyota 3 weeks prior to oil leak (in Jan 2020) and the oil leak was not noted. This means that the leak occurred recently and well past the arbitrary time interval/mileage limit set by Toyota. At no time did my Toyota dealer notify me regarding the extended warranty enhancement or that this could e a problem or nor did my Toyota dealer specifically look for this problem on my car during inspection. A full scale recall is required for this defect, not a limited warranty enhancement letter. Attached are 1- the invoice to fix the oil engine pipe leak 2- the inspection from Toyota dealer with no evidence of an oil leak (Jan 2020) 3-warranty & webchat other owners complain of similar dangerous effects of the oil leak and expensive repairs that occurred past the Toyota arbitrary limits 4. Invoice documenting the oil change (Jan 2020) showing no evidence of a leak when Toyota set the limits on the extended warranty of 10 years or 150,000 miles, they had no idea if that would be sufficiently in length to catch all the problems. Because Toyota owners keep their vehicles for a long time, these arbitrary intervals are not sufficient. Therefore a full recall is required.

Oil cooler pipe malfunction. While driving, the oil cooler pipe started to leak from a hole in the rubber section between the metal clamps. All the engine oil came out within a few minutes while driving on the highway. Toyota had a recall in 2011 for this equipment, but no longer allows repair or replacement under recall.

The car blew the engine oil cooler pipe leaking profusely I drove it at night came home and there was a 12 x 12 oil leak in my garage. I pulled it out of the garage with the motor running and there was another 12 x 12 oil spill on my drive way. I have a line all the way down my street of the oil spewing out of the engine . I had to get the car towed the following day to Toyota who knew about the part and offered an extended 10 year warranty to fix this problem. There was only 2 quarts of oil left in the crank case. No low oil light came on. I would have blown my motor for sure if I was on the highway. There is a video from Toyota about the engine oil cooler pipe leaking and that they changed the part from rubber hoses to metal. Why was there not a recall on this part. It is not a matter of if it will fail but when. This could have caused a serious situation!.

Engine oil leaked almost empty. When I picked up kid from school parking on the driveway on that rainy day, saw a leak line on the wet ground. Next Saturday I filled a qt oil to the level and drove to repair shop. The technician said almost all 5. 5 qt oil was leaked out. Turned out it was timing chain cover's silicon sealer broken. I am the person always check around my car before going out, if not checking, things could be very bad.

Oil pressure warning light went on almost immediately pulled over found no oil on dipstick had rapid oil leak, dealer replaced oil cooler hose with oil cooler pipe.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Highlander. The contact stated that after parking the vehicle, he noticed a large amount of oil in the driveway. The contact checked the oil level and it showed that there was no oil in the vehicle. He then added oil and found a steady stream leak from a rubber hose. The contact purchased an after market metal hose and replaced the defective hose. He then drained the oil and found that there were metal shavings in the oil, which he assumed came from the bearings. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileage was 64,000.

Oil leak from backside of engine. Toyota has acknowledge the issue with a service bulletin TSB-0321-08 but did not perform a recall. Therefore, you may experience this problem and you may find the issue after your warranty expired. This is a very expensive repair - estimated to be more than $2k. Toyota continue to experience quality problems and should honor their products within or outside their warranty when it is clearly related to poor quality.

Went to local dealer to get oil change, 15 minutes later oil leak all out from bottom. Dealer said that it was a hose malfunction, but no recall, car is only two yrs old.

2008 Toyota Highlander. Consumer is not satisfied with decision on her Toyota the consumer stated the vehicle was leaking oil and the cover had to be resealed. The right front main oil seal was replaced as well.