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Toyota Highlander · 2013

3 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·13V123000·2013-04-09

    Toyota Recalls Vehicles with Inaccurate Weight Labels

    Southeast Toyota is recalling specific 2008-2013 models because weight labels were inaccurate, potentially leading to vehicle overloading and tire failure.

    Product
    TOYOTA — TOYOTA, SCION CAMRY, HIGHLANDER, PRIUS, TC
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·13V014000·2013-01-16

    Toyota Recalls Vehicles for Passenger Seat Occupant Sensing System Calibration

    Southeast Toyota Distributors is recalling specific 2009-2013 Toyota models because the passenger seat occupant sensing system may not be calibrated, potentially affecting airbag deployment.

    Product
    TOYOTA — TOYOTA HIGHLANDER, HIGHLANDER HYBRID, CAMRY HYBRID, CAMRY
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

  • 20134/5

    2 trims tested for 2013; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations — 1 open

  • DP23005 Defect Petition · open · service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components
  • EA18006 Engineering Analysis · steering:column
  • PE18005 Preliminary Evaluation · steering:column
  • EA12006 Engineering Analysis · electrical system
  • PE12002 Preliminary Evaluation · electrical system
  • PE10008 Preliminary Evaluation · steering

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2021 · powertrain 208 complaints, median 60,347 mi
  • 2019 · powertrain 187 complaints, median 64,000 mi
  • 2020 · powertrain 121 complaints, median 78,000 mi
  • 2017 · powertrain 70 complaints, median 20,800 mi
  • 2008 · engine 70 complaints, median 100,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a death and 6 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.

Technical service bulletins

1,207 manufacturer service bulletins across 22 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.8/5 · 1 complaints
  • 2025: 4.2/5 · 9 complaints
  • 2024: 3.4/5 · 42 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2023: 2.9/5 · 176 complaints · most complained-of: body
  • 2022: 3.2/5 · 236 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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