Consumer Complaint Detail
TOYOTA / HIGHLANDER / 2005
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005049419 | Incident Date: Dec, 10 2005 |
| Consumer's City: BETHLEHEM | Consumer's State: PA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: HIGHLANDER | Model Year: 2005 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JTEEP21A950 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 11 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 27 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Car is a 2005 toyota highlander ltd. v-6 4wd with 5-sp auto. engine hesitates severely when asked to accelerate hard at speeds seemingly between 15 and 70 mph. (these are speeds i've noticed it) when you "floor" the throttle to quicky merge with traffic or turn across a line of oncoming traffic, there is a rather long delay before vehicle begins to accelerate. this behavior also occurs exactly the same way in my wife's 2004 lexus rx-330, which has the same powertrain. i complained to lexus shortly after the purchase (bought new) and they said they found nothing wrong. i've been on several toyota highlander newsgroups and this problem is being widely reported. i have had several "close calls" because of this delayed acceleration. in the time that the car decides to downshift and accelerate, traffic has closed in on you enough that several accidents have been narrowly avoided. i have not reported this to toyota as yet, but feel that they will say the same as lexus did. *nm |