general problems of the 2018 Toyota Highlander

Two problems related to exterior lighting have been reported for the 2018 Toyota Highlander. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2018 Toyota Highlander based on all problems reported for the 2018 Highlander.

1 Exterior Lighting problem

Failure Date: 04/21/2024

Driving along interstate 20 west in alabama to mississippi, the Highlander completely shut off - the dash & radio were blank. The steering wheel locked up. Luckily there was no vehicles behind or beside us when this happened. Within seconds, the truck came back on. 15 minutes prior, we were sitting in a parking lot to eat lunch & while in idle, the truck shuddered a few times, like the gas pedal was pressed.

2 Exterior Lighting problem

Failure Date: 07/16/2020

Automatic high beam function shuts down erratically leaving car with no high beams. Necessary to turn off automatic function to use high beams. This happens while in motion @ 30-35 mph on a completely dark road and with no oncoming or leading trafiic to trigger function to shut down high beams.


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