general problems of the 2008 Toyota Highlander

Vehicle would not get out of 1st gear when in motion. When accelerating, in either manual or automatic, vehicle would go in neutral and coast when trying to shift into any other gear. Reverse worked fine. Would also not start out in a higher gear when shifted into 2-4 gears.

While driving my care on the highway the "low engine pressure" light came on. I immediately exit the highway and went to the gas station. All the oil in my car leaked out. We put 4 quarts of oil in my car and when you turn on the car all the oil leaked out. I call for a flat bed tow truck and drop my car off to the dealer. Toyota has a recall 2gr-fev6 lsc 90k, which has this issue. The Toyota dealer is saying my vehicle VIN # is not effected by this. How could this been when the same exact thing happen to my car and they are replacing the parts that are part of this recall. They are charging me $900. 00 to fix the car. I need help. My Toyota life time warranty does not cover this!!!!!. . . . . This is a serious safety issue. I believe Toyota is covering it up so that they do not have to have all the vehicles fixed due to this malfunction.

Following a oil change at local Toyota dealer, a large puddle of oil (2 foot x 2 foot plus) found under car. I suspected oil filter or stripped oil pan plug. Vehicle towed to dealer for inspection. They stated it was complete failure of the awd transfer box and that is was not covered by warranty. Estimated cost to repair - $5,000. 00+ note - during a previous oil change at approximately 63,000 miles Toyota dealer stated there was a possible small leak on the awd transfer box and that they would monitor this during future oil changes. I was never informed, of any additional leakage during any oil changes at the same Toyota dealer. (car did not leak any oil prior to failure of the awd transfer box).

I entered a gas station and my car just stopped. It would not restart and was towed to northridge Toyota (northridge,CA) where I was informed the "inverter" failed, and only replacement by a Toyota service center may be made due to internal component high voltage parts, at a cost of $8,244. 00 + labor in the amount of $660. 00. I investigated on-line and discovered numerous complaints of the same "inverter failure". Following up with Toyota motor corporation, I was informed they knew of the "inverter failures in the 06-07 models and issued a recall for those hybrid models affected by this component however no further recall has occurred to date. I feel lucky I wasn't in an intersection or a dangerous situation where complete power train failure can occur at any time with this failed Toyota component.

As was pulling out parking space, car stopped moving even though engine running. Had towed to dealership, diagnosed with failure of hybrid inverter.

While driving in reverse my 2008 Toyota Highlander gas pedal continued acceleration after braking and crashed into my garage.

2008 low mileage Toyota Highlander sticking accelerator pedal. My accelerator got stuck at full throttle. I'm sure it was not the mats; I did not have any. The mileage was very low at the time, unlike what the recall is addressing. It has not happened since.

This is an intermittent problem with acceleration we have had with our Toyota Highlander since we purchased the vehicle. When accelerating, the vehicle will periodically over-rev before the automatic transmission shifts into the appropriate gear. This results in a momentary lack of acceleration. Again this is an intermittent problem. When taken to the Toyota dealer, they say they cannot recreate the problem and that there is nothing that they can see that is wrong with the vehicle.