Other Fuel System Problems of Toyota Highlander Hybrid

The hybrid inverter failed when accelerating from a red light. A loud clunk was heard and the car would not move forward. The engine was still running but car would not accelerate and had to be pushed out of the road. "check hybrid system" warning flashed. Car was towed to a dealer who confirmed that it was not covered by the warranty at 9 years, 117k miles (warranty is 8 years, 110k miles). The previous recalls for the hybrid inverter had been completed ~3 years ago and so the recall also would not cover the repair. The quoted cost of the repair is ~$11k.

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Stopped in intersection waiting to make a left turn. When attempting to accelerate engine did not start hybrid warning stated hybrid system failure stop immediately. Glided to a parking space. Attempted to restart engine continue to get same warning. After three attempts called aaa and Toyota dealership. I was urged to tow the vehicle. After approximately 20 minutes, attempted to start again the vehicle turned on as if nothing happened. All warning lights at that time were extinguished. Dealership found a general warning on vehicle computer. Dealership could find nothing wrong with the vehicle.

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Vehicle hybrid/engine shut off while driving. Various warning lights lit up including vsc, hybrid system, and check engine. I was forced to change lanes with the car off but moving at about 40 mph and pull over on a side street. I as able to restart the vehicle and continue my drive. The following day, even though the check engine light and all warnings had cleared, the car turned off again while I was driving and breaking at a red light. The car failed to properly restart after this second incident. The vehicle was towed to a Toyota dealership which specified that the issue is the hybrid inverter. The vehicle only has about 81,000 miles and according to Toyota a recall had already been performed on the intelligent power module for the inverter in 2014.

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Vehicle is due for an inspection after 5000 miles. A certified inspection is to be performed by new owner (xxxx) at an approved CA inspection site. Parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

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Check engine light came on yesterday while driving. We were told this morning that we must replace the fuel system charcoal canister. This item is under recall for many Toyota vehicles 2006-2015, but they did not tell me that it is covered on mine. He said there is a crack and when they replace the canister they need to replace the fuel containment valve as well. Can you please confirm if my vehicle is covered under the recall? my vehicle is acting perfectly fine.

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Total system failure. See detailed attached document.

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It was raining and the interior of the car was taking in water. Toyota claimed from cracked tail light but tail light had not been leaking before. Water in back of car ruined hybrid battery and transitors. After looking up issue. Found others who have had same problem. The car just shut off after the dash warning lights came on. Lucky my wife had just pulled into a parking lot.

Received temperature warning for hybrid system while driving on highway and pulled over. Vehicle locked up after pulling over, made very loud noise and could not drive. Towed to dealer and was told that the hybrid inverter assembly failed and requires replacement. There is a recall for defect in this assembly on my model year, but my VIN is not included in the current recall.

Tl- the contact owns a 2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid. The contact stated while driving 30 mph, she felt the a kluncking noise coming from the front end, the vehicle lost power and failed to accelerate or restart. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The dealer immediately noted that the vehicle seemed to consume abnormal quantities of oil at that time of the failure. The contact had previously had a oil change one month and a half prior to the failure and the oil meter measured one quart of engine oil left in her vehicle. The dealer then ran the diagnostic however was unable to diagnose the failure. Several months after, the contact received notification of recall NHTSA campaign number: 13v396000 (hybrid propulsion system) however, after the dealer performed the revision the failure reoccured. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 125,000. The VIN was not available. Az.

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I purchased a new 2008 Highlander Hybrid. Though I had no problems, in November 2013, the inverter was recalled at 79,000 miles, and replaced. We had no problems with the car for the next 22 months. On September 6, 2015, the car stalled and could not be restarted. We had the car towed 55 miles to the dealership. Investigation of the car over 2 days was unsuccessful in discovering the cause. On September 9, I asked if it was the inverter. I was told it was not. The service manager had contacted Toyota, who recommended taking apart the hybrid system to look for “a shorted wire”. On Thursday, September 10, I was told that they found a wire, would but the system back together, and would take it for a test drive. On Friday, September 11, the car stalled and died on the third test drive. At this time, I was informed it was the inverter. The service manager agreed with me in feeling that since Toyota had taken out an inverter that was seemingly working fine, and replaced with one that failed in less than 2 years, that Toyota would “take care of me”. On Tuesday, September 15, I was informed that the cost for the part was $8800, and that the “regional service/parts manager,” offered to pay half of the cost for replacement. I was not happy with this offer, as it still left me with a bill of several thousand dollars for a part that failed in less than 2 years after the recall. At this time, I have not accepted the offer. I was told to call customer service. I was informed that because the regional manager had made me an offer, there was nothing else she could do. My frustration is that Toyota recalled my vehicle for the inverter. And I believe a bad inverter was put it the car instead. This current inverter, that Toyota told me to put in the car, lasted approximately 29,000 miles and 22 months. This seems like a far cry from the expected life of an inverter.

While trying to get back on the freeway, the indicator lights for the abs system, the vsb system, the 4wd system and anti-skid system came on and the vehicle lost all drive power. It defaulted to failsafe/limp mode even though the engine was still running. The car will start and move but within 60 seconds reverts to fail safe mode.

Engine mechanical ~|~check and report. . . Check engine light and vsc light on dash, . Found inverter pump not working properly ~|~replaced inverter water pump.

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While entering into a driveway at a very slow speed, I stepped on the brake to slow down further. But instead of braking, the car lunged forward. I felt I was not in control of the vehicle. I continued to hit the brakes, but the vehicle continued to go forward. It slammed into the car that was parked in the driveway and caused major damage. It also shoved the car into their garage, split the frame in half and ripped off brick from their home. The surface was slippery with wet leaves and there was a slight incline going up the driveway, but I just had brand new top of the line winter tires put on and I was probably only going 5 mph. It did not make any sense. From reading the forums on line, I believe this is a major defect with the hybrid and Toyota is not doing anything about it. They need to do a recall. Lives are at stake. Thank god no one was hurt, but it could have been fatal.

I was driving the vehicle and heard a loud popping noise on the way to the dealership for recall work. Once the technician opened the inverter case we found the wiring harness for both the inverter and transmission were completely melted and cooked due to a fire inside the inverter. I am now looking at a $15000 repair bill with Toyota and luckily my family and I were not burned alive or in an accident resulting in fatalities.

There was fire in the inverter assembly. The wiring harness for the inverter and the transmission were completely cooked and melted. The professional opinion of a Toyota national engineer is that the generator in the trans axle surged and caused a fire melting the components. How can this go un-investigated with so many of these vehicles on the road. My family and I could have been burned alive or in a fatal crash due to this completely unsafe system. How can Toyota continue to say they are all about safety when they will not do anything about issues like this. They have sent me a $16,000 bill for this issue that is completely a product of their poor and unsafe vehicle.

The inverter failed and the car stalled on a busy freeway (I-5) during a dark, rainy evening. The car could not make it all the way to the side of the shoulder and stopped partially blocking a lane. It was extremely dangerous and the driver, my wife, was lucky not to be injured.

We took the vehicle to the dealer in for a 5,000 mile service maintenance. After our service advisor looked over the vehicle he said we needed new set of tires as the current ones were at the wear indicators. Our service advisor also said our vehicle was in the open campaign (NHTSA campaign number: 13v396000) to replace the intelligent power module (ipm) in the vehicle hybrid system. The service advisor said it would take about four hours and there would be no charge. Since the replacement of the ipm the vehicle has experienced a significant drop in mpg. Before the replacement of the ipm the vehicle was averaging 26 - 27 mph in the city and about 30 mpg (29. 8 mpg highest) freeway driving. After the replacement of the ipm the vehicle is averaging 21 - 22 mpg in the city and 24-25 on the freeway. This is a 5-6 mpg decrease. We have been told by the dealer the replacement of the ipm has nothing to do with the mpg and it is because of the winter months our mpg has drop. I do not believe the winter months would have this much effect on the mpg. I have done some online research and found other owners having the exact same issue after their ipm was replaced.

The case was stopped and placed in parking when the vehicle started moving forward at about 3 mph. I almost hit a car 5 feet in front of me(at the time I placed the highlander in parking gear) and it ended 6 inches away from the car in the front. I had to step on the brake shift gears from parking to drive. Shift again to parking and while keeping the brakes on I pressed on the parking brake and turned the car off. There was no incline in the street or any decline observable that could have caused the original failure. My wife and my 1 year old child were inside the car when this happened.

My wife was backing out of our driveway when the car suddenly lost power to the wheels and all of the warning lights came on. She was unable to move the car forward or backward to get the car out of the lane of traffic. We got the car towed to the local Toyota dealership. They informed us that the inverter was bad and we needed a new one. We had received a recall notice about replacing an "intelligent power module" and had the repairs done Jan 9th 2013. The repair shop has said that the replaced part is working and that it is the inverter itself that has gone bad. I have seen many other complaints about this problem online. I am just thankful that she wasn't going highway speed with our child in the car when she lost power. That could have been very dangerous.

I was driving with my family on board on 680-s between walnut creek and san ramon. I was going around 65-70 mph in the fast lane when there was a loud pop sound from the front and all the power from engine died down. I had to switch lanes with the emergency lights on as the speed kept decreasing with no acceleration. This was on a busy freeway with high speeds. We were lucky to pull over without being hit. I pulled off to the shoulder and tried to accelerate but could only go another 10 feet to a safer location. I had to get my vehicle towed to the dealership. There was no service available until today. I got a phone call from the dealership telling me that the inverter is the cause of this and will cost over $8,000 to replace. They also told me that even though there is a recall for the inverters of the 2006 and some 2007 Highlander Hybrids, mine was not on the list. I purchased my 2007 highlander in October 2006. I think the recall should extend to all 2007 highlanders as there is a growing number of these cars having the same issues this year as well as previous years.

I was leaving my condo driving up hill when my car lost power and rolled backwards . I panicked didn't know what was happening and rolled into another car . I had to roll downhill and call aaa to tow to hooman Toyota long beach. Toyota knowingly sold a car with a defective hybrid system but want me to pay $8000 for repair . Never was informed about recall.

We were accelerating under full power onto us 101 on the northbound onramp from CA 41 when the vehicle lost all power, power steering and air conditioning. Oncoming traffic was able to steer around us to avoid collision and we were able to steer to the side of the highway and roll to a stop on the next off ramp. Warning indicators hybrid system, brakes, stability control, and return to Toyota dealer. Towed to dealer. Dealer determined with Toyota technical assistance that inverter assembly (g92a0-48100) failed and needed replacement. Vehicle is out of warranty due to milage. We were charged $8244. 77 for a new inverter assembly plus installation. We were lucky to avoid an accident. This kind of failure is dangerous.

While accelerating from a stoplight and driving in a 45mph zone, our 2007 Highlander Hybrid began to accelerate on its own. The engine revved as if someone were flooring the gas pedal. Neither my husband nor I knew what was happening. Then we heard a loud thud sound from the back seat and we lost power steering, power brakes, and we started to decelerate. Traffic was averaging 45-50mph around us. Thankfully, my husband was able to safely coast us into the right lane, then into a parking lot, and then into a parking spot. After that we were not able to start the vehicle and we had multiple error messages flash across the instrument panel: "check hybrid system" & "check vehicle stability". We were told by Toyota that our error codes indicated that the inverter "blew up" & needs replacement. They did not mention anything about the recall which I found while researching. We are 13 VIN numbers after the recall for this same issue. We were told the part costs $10,000 before taxes & installation. Toyota won't honor the earlier recall and so I've towed the vehicle home. :(.

Highlander hybrid lost complete power while traveling on highway at 65mph. Vehicle was towed to dealer and diagnosed as failure of the power inverter. Estimated cost to repair quoted as $9,140.

The car completely shut off when driving, without any warning! luckily, the driver was not rear- ended!! the car was towed to Toyota where we were told that the inverter needs to be replaced for $9000! the car is in otherwise great shape and has been serviced at Toyota regularly . The last check up was last month at 118,000 miles! this is exactly the same problem reported for the 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid, which was recalled.

Driving on the interstate at 55 mph the car, without warning, died. No power, lights, brakes, steering, nothing worked. At side of road tried to restart. All warning lights came on, would not restart, everything then went dead. Car was towed to dealer. It was claimed to be a coil pack, however upon futher investigation, I found out it was actually the power inverter that converts 12vdc to ac to power the electric motors on the car. When the inverter shorted out, it killed the entire electric battery system, the hybrid batteries and the gas engine battery causing all systems to shut down. The car is a death trap. Toyota knew this would happen when they sold me the car and did not tell me. I found out that this has happened to hundreds of Highlander Hybrid owners, mostly 2006, 2007 and some 2008. If the car is over 7 year/100,000 warranty Toyota will not fix it. It cost owners $10,000 to $15,000 to fix. This is a major problem that will, may have, killed the driver and occupents. The problem usually occurs over 40mph, which is usually highway driving. Thats what happened to my wife. On the highway at 55mph in the center lane. Car dies without warning. She was fortunate to get to the side of the road without an accident. No brakes and no steering. Toyota needs to recall these cars; they have a design flaw that will kill someone if it hasn't already.

Engine mechanical ~|~check and report. . . Check engine light and vsc light on dash, ,,car lost power while driving, had to pull over and get the vehicle towed in to the dealership. . . ~|~tech pulled code p0a05,p0a08,p0a93, . . . Found inverter pump not working properly ~|~replaced inverter water pump.

I experienced total power loss to the engine and steering of my 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid while driving down the highway. Toyota wants $7000 to replace the hybrid power inverter. Toyota refuses to disclose frequency of this failure. Identical failures can be found in online forums, all with the 2006 highlander or with the 2006 Lexus RX 400h. Potentially deadly failure followed by a price gouging repair costs.

I bought new a 2007 Highlander Hybrid . The brakes have continually performed spongy and the accelerator would stick . I have had to drive with exaggerarted braking space to compensate . My wife has had three small accidents ( rear end due sudden stops in urban traffic setting . Over the years we have pressed darcars Toyota dealership in rockville MD for assistance but they claimed no problem . Calls to Toyota USA were greeted with no help. Our insurance has been drastically increased we have tried to get the insurer, geico . To assist us in the defective braking problem and sticky accelerator. We are nearing the 5 year write off of those accidents . We have sideline the SUV and had to perchase a another Toyota ( prius )for my wife , a nurse . We have not had problems with accidents and braking ever before . We see the legal wrangling with the attorney general and Toyota but see no relief. We are two combat veterans of the gulf war and iraq war . We feels abandoned . A friend said to file the claim with your agency . We are not hopeful. Sincerely lieutenant colonel mark lund, us army retired. And major kyu lund, us army reserves.