Forward Collision Avoidance Problems of Toyota Highlander

Toyota Highlander owners have reported 65 forward collision avoidance related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 4 most common forward collision avoidance problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic emergency braking (42 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's warnings (12 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of Toyota Highlander


Recently reported Forward Collision Avoidance problems of Toyota Highlander

The Automatic Emergency Braking problem

A vehicle turned in front of me as I was going down the highway and I collided with the vehicle at 44 mph. The airbags of my car did not deploy but the airbags of the other vehicle did deploy.   Read details...

The Warnings problem

Parked in sun and the srs system malfunctioned, after power reset the system reset ok, lta malfunction, headlight system malfunction pre-collision malfunction.   Read details...

The Adaptive Cruise Control problem

Adaptive cruise control issue and transmission issue transmission is whining. Vehicle taken to the dealer and I am told nothing is wrong with the vehicle.   Read details...

The Forward Collision Avoidance problem

The contact owns a 2018 Toyota Highlander. The contact stated while driving at approximately 45 mph, or later any speed, he was having a failure with the pre-collision system feature on the vehicle. He stated that he cannot simply turn the system off.   Read details...




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