38 problems related to equipment have been reported for the 2015 Toyota Highlander. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2015 Toyota Highlander based on all problems reported for the 2015 Highlander.
This Highlander has a power liftgate. If a child or adult gets in the way of the liftgate when it is lowering, the child or adult can be seriously injured, crushed or killed because the liftgate has no easy reversing feature. It does reverse when it hits an object but the force required to make it reverse is too great and will hurt or kill a human who gets in the way. People often reach in the trunk to fetch something after the operator decides to close the trunk. If this happens with the power closer, the operator must know the exact location of the stop control either by feel or by sight to stop the operation of the liftgate in order to prevent injury. This is asking too much of the operator. The lift gate should be designed to reverse or stop immediately just like the safety features on automatic garage door closers. This is a serious safety defect and needs to be addressed immediately before some gets hurt or killed. I have already pointed this out to Toyota and the file number is #1502173715.
The transmission has a flutter when trying to shift up or down to different gears. It causes a hesitancy in the performance of the vehicle. It has been documented by the caldwell Toyota dealership in conway, ar USA and I have also been told that it is in other Highlanders. I request a recall to have this fixed. Thank you.
April 24, 2015 dr. Bern c. Spaulding 200 beechwood circle manchester, tennessee 37355 931-728-3063 bcspauldung@charter. Net to an appropriate representative of the national highway traffic safety administration: in November 2014, I purchased a Toyota Highlander limited model id# 5tdykrth2fs055814:. During freezing weather this winter I discovered a dangerous design fault relating to the vehicle. Much of the windshield wipers can be entrapped and imbedded in ice, and the defroster does not melt ice in that area. The wipers are incapacitated. The defroster clears the windshield but does nothing to free the wipers from ice. That was the case for me during four days of freezing weather. There is an auxiliary function in the vehicle that addresses the windshield wipers. But that only “bumps” the ice, it does nothing to melt the ice. Appreciative of your appropriately addressing this issue. Ben c. Spaulding.