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2025 Toyota Highlander: recalls and problems

4 recalls and 10 owner complaints on file with NHTSA. The most-reported problem area is vehicle speed control.

4recalls
10complaints
2crashes reported
0fires reported
1injuries reported

Recalls

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Most common problems

  • Vehicle Speed Control3 · 30%
  • Service Brakes2 · 20%
  • Forward Collision Avoidance2 · 20%
  • Unknown Or Other2 · 20%
  • Electrical System1 · 10%
  • Steering1 · 10%
  • Visibility1 · 10%
  • Engine And Engine Cooling1 · 10%
  • Seat Belts1 · 10%

What owners report

Vehicle Speed Control,Service Brakes

The contact owns a 2025 toyota highlander. the contact stated that while leaving the driveway at the doctor's office on a slope, the accelerator pedal was depressed while making a left turn, but the vehicle failed to move. the vehicle then rolled into traffic. the brake pedal was depressed, but the vehicle was slow to respond. the dealer informed the contact that her foot was on the brake and accelerator pedals at th

Electrical System,Vehicle Speed Control,Forward Collision AvoidanceCrash

I was backing up the vechial accelerated the steering wheel was turning rapid & a grinding noise causing me too hit another vechial about a month before my husband was driving & the vechial accelerated going toward also we had had some issues with back camera not doing a warning signal with a object behind vechial when the accident happened my vechial has braking system that stops you if something is behind you this

SteeringCrash

[xxx] was turning left onto [xxx] from [xxx]. two lanes turn left. she was in the inside lane. the traffic light was red, and when it turned green, she started to turn. partway through the turn, the steering became unresponsive. she couldn't get it to turn left, and she could not complete the turn, and crashed into the pole that holds the traffic signal. she traveled less than 100 ft total from the light to the

Visibility

The contact owns a 2025 toyota highlander. the contact stated that while she and her husband were driving at 60 mph, she heard a loud explosion noise from above her head and felt air whipping on top of her head. the contact stated that the sunroof exploded; however, the sunroof shield prevented the glass from entering the vehicle. the vehicle was steered to the side of the road and inspected, but the contact did not

Excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. They are owner reports and have not been verified.

Crash-test ratings

VersionOverallFrontalSideRollover
2025 Toyota HIGHLANDER SUV AWD★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
2025 Toyota HIGHLANDER SUV FWD★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

Source: NHTSA recalls, complaints and NCAP APIs, covering Highlander. Last refreshed 2026-09-29.