2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID Problems & Recalls

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL AT 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, STEERING SYSTEM, AND BATTERY WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, "STOP VEHICLE IN A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY" APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTA...

Mileage: 124,842

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL AT 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, STEERING SYSTEM, AND BATTERY WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, "STOP VEHICLE IN A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY" APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTA...

Mileage: 124,842

BRAKES FAILED SHORTLY AFTER THE ABS WARNING LIGHT WENT OFF. DEALER DIAGNOSED THIS AS A BREAK ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY FAILURE. IT LOOKS LIKE TOYOTA HAD A WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM FOR VEHICLE YEARS 2006-2007. HOWEVER, MY 2009 APPEARS TO BE HAVING EXACTLY THE SAME ISSUE, YET IT'S NOT COVERED BY THE PR...

Mileage: 215,000

ONCE CAR WAS SITTING IN A LOT AND ANOTHER TIME, RUNNING ON HIGHWAY. ABS, BRAKE,TRACTION CONTROL, VSC LIGHTS CAME ON ALSO MESSAGE DISPLAY SAID ABS MESSAGE AND BRAKE MESSAGE. CODES FROM ABS DTC,S ARE ALL A C-0371, 1271 THROUGH 1278, 1281, 1346, & 1391. SEEMS TO BE SAME ISSUE AS THE '06-'07 HIGHLANDER...

Mileage: 168,200

TAKATA RECALL- WHEN FUILING FROM THE PUMP, NUZZLES KEEP SHUTING OFF ITSELF LIKE THE TANK IS ALREADY FULL. ITS BEEN HAPPENING RECENTLY. AT THE SAME TIME, CHECK BREAK SYSTEM BY DELER START APPERING. IT TAKES 3 TO 4 PUSH TO START THE CAR AFTER THIS ERROR MESSAGE. SOMETIMES IT TAKES LONGER AND ESPECIALL...

Mileage: 66,000

TAKATA RECALL- WHEN FUILING FROM THE PUMP, NUZZLES KEEP SHUTING OFF ITSELF LIKE THE TANK IS ALREADY FULL. ITS BEEN HAPPENING RECENTLY. AT THE SAME TIME, CHECK BREAK SYSTEM BY DELER START APPERING. IT TAKES 3 TO 4 PUSH TO START THE CAR AFTER THIS ERROR MESSAGE. SOMETIMES IT TAKES LONGER AND ESPECIALL...

Mileage: 66,000

THE BRAKE SYSTEM COMPLETELY WENT OUT OF ORDER SUDDENLY, DURING THE MOTION IN THE STREET. ALTHOUGH THE BRAKE SYSTEM LIQUID WAS RENEWED IN TOYOTA CENTER JUST FEW DAYS AGO, FEW DAYS PRIOR TO REQUIRED SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE DATE. NOW THE PRICE OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM REPAIR IS CATASTROPHIC. AS I AM ASKING FO...

Mileage: 127,000

ABS VSC AND BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON - AS PER HARTFORD DEALER NEED TO REPLACE THESE PARTS 44050-48320 AND 47070-48020

Mileage: 280,000

ABS AND BRAKE MALFUNCTION LIGHT COMES ON. AUTO REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME THE ABS ACTUATOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $3,500

Mileage: 121,593

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ROBBINS TOYOTA OF TEXARKANA (6233 MALL DR, NASH, TX 75569 (903) 794-5121) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ACCUMULATOR PART FAILED AND THE ACCUMULATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHI...

Mileage: 146,000

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, A "CROAKING" NOISE CAN BE HEARD AND VIBRATION FELT THROUGH THE BRAKE PEDAL. DEALER SAYS THE ABS ACTUATOR IS FAILING. IF IT FAILS, THE ABS WILL BE INACTIVE AND BRAKE PERFORMANCE WILL BE DIMINISHED. APPARENTLY TOYOTA IS AWARE IF THIS ISSUE ON 2006-2007 MODELS AS THEY HAVE ...

AT ROUGHLY 80K MILES, EVERY TIME I STARTED THE CAR, A "BRAKE MALFUNCTION" ALERT WOULD DISPLAY. MULTIPLE SENSORS ON THE ARE ILLUMINATED. THE BRAKES FEEL NORMAL, BUT RECENTLY I DID NOTICE SOME AUDIBLE NOISES WHEN I USE THE BRAKES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE BRAKE ACTUATOR NEEDED TO ...

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE BRAKING TO STOP CAR IN A SCHOOL PICK UP LINE, WARNING LIGHTS AND MESSAGES BEGAN FLASHING. WARNING LIGHTS STATED BRAKE MALFUNCTION, ABS SYSTEM ETC. DEALER RAN DIAGNOSTIC, STATED THERE IS AN INTERNAL LEAK OF BRAKE ACTUATOR, REPAIR COSTS $5500. LIGHTS WERE RESET AND 2 WEEKS LATER WHILE DRIVING LI...

Mileage: 174,000

WHILE BRAKING TO STOP CAR IN A SCHOOL PICK UP LINE, WARNING LIGHTS AND MESSAGES BEGAN FLASHING. WARNING LIGHTS STATED BRAKE MALFUNCTION, ABS SYSTEM ETC. DEALER RAN DIAGNOSTIC, STATED THERE IS AN INTERNAL LEAK OF BRAKE ACTUATOR, REPAIR COSTS $5500. LIGHTS WERE RESET AND 2 WEEKS LATER WHILE DRIVING LI...

Mileage: 174,000

I WAS DRIVING 5 MPH AND MY BRAKES COMPLETELY WENT OUT. LUCKILY, SINCE IT WAS ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT WITH KIDS EVERYWHERE NO ONE WAS HURT. ABS WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND WARNING LIGHTS SAID TO PULL OVER AND TAKE TO MECHANIC. I HAD NO BRAKES AND COASTED HOME GOING 2MPH. IT WAS MY ABS ACTUATOR PUMP.

Mileage: 69,000

WHILE DRIVING FROM ORLANDO TO TAMPA FLORIDA MY WIFE HAD THE ABS BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND A WEIRD NOISE COMING UNDER THE VEHICLE. SHE WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME AND WE TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER. THEY SAID WE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE BRAKE ACTUATOR AT A COST OF MORE THAN $3,400! WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND WH...

Mileage: 122,000

I ARRIVE AT A PARKING LOT ON FLOWER AVENUE STRIP DRIVING SLOWLY INTO A PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF A CLINIC, AT A VERY LOW SPEED, WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED--BY THE TIME I HIT THE BRAKES ATTEMPTING TO STOP, IT WAS IN THE OFFICE OF OF MATERNAL AND CHILD CARE, UNSTOPPABLE--FORTUNATELY, IT WAS ON ...

Mileage: 96,000

I ARRIVE AT A PARKING LOT ON FLOWER AVENUE STRIP DRIVING SLOWLY INTO A PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF A CLINIC, AT A VERY LOW SPEED, WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED--BY THE TIME I HIT THE BRAKES ATTEMPTING TO STOP, IT WAS IN THE OFFICE OF OF MATERNAL AND CHILD CARE, UNSTOPPABLE--FORTUNATELY, IT WAS ON ...

Mileage: 96,000

I ARRIVE AT A PARKING LOT ON FLOWER AVENUE STRIP DRIVING SLOWLY INTO A PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF A CLINIC, AT A VERY LOW SPEED, WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED--BY THE TIME I HIT THE BRAKES ATTEMPTING TO STOP, IT WAS IN THE OFFICE OF OF MATERNAL AND CHILD CARE, UNSTOPPABLE--FORTUNATELY, IT WAS ON ...

Mileage: 96,000

ABS ACTUATOR NOISE WHEN DEPRESSING AND RELEASING BRAKES. MAY LEAD TO FAILED ABS SYSTEM.

Mileage: 155,000

ABS LIGHT ON WITH WARNING, BRAKES PERFORMING POORLY. THE ABS ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY AND BREAK PUMP FAILED REQUIRING REPLACEMENT WITH A COST OF OVER $3764 IN REPAIRS. THE TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID HAD MILLIONS OF RECALLS FOR THE ABS ACTUATOR BUT THE HIGHLANDER HYBRID WAS CURRENTLY NOT ON RECALL. I OWN A 2000...

Mileage: 147,000

ABS LIGHT ON WITH WARNING, BRAKES PERFORMING POORLY. THE ABS ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY AND BREAK PUMP FAILED REQUIRING REPLACEMENT WITH A COST OF OVER $3764 IN REPAIRS. THE TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID HAD MILLIONS OF RECALLS FOR THE ABS ACTUATOR BUT THE HIGHLANDER HYBRID WAS CURRENTLY NOT ON RECALL. I OWN A 2000...

Mileage: 147,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE OR RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE SE...

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE OR RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE SE...

Mileage: 125,000

BRAKE AND ABS WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON WHILE TRAVEL CITY SPEED (35-40MPH). NO NOTICEABLE BRAKING PROBLEM BUT ADVISED CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. DEALER SAYS THERE IS AN INTERNAL LEAK AND THE BRAKE ACTUATOR AND BOOSTER NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $5,100 (MAINLY THE COST OF TOYOTA PARTS). THIS IS A...

Mileage: 89,000

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:...

Mileage: 40,138

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:...

Mileage: 40,138

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED, THE STOPPING DISTANCE WOULD INCREASE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT THEY COULD NOT D...

Mileage: 4,300

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED, THE STOPPING DISTANCE WOULD INCREASE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT THEY COULD NOT D...

Mileage: 4,300

DRIVING ABOUT 40MPH WENT TO ACCELERATE AND THE WHOLE CAR STOPPED RESPONDING TO ANYTHING. COULDN'T DRIVE IT AT ALL, WAS ABLE TO LIMP TO SIDE OF ROAD, AT FIRST COULDN'T TURN VEHICLE OFF. ONCE ABLE TO TURN OFF AND BACK ON CAR WOULD DRIVE. WARNING MESSAGES CAME ON "CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM-HAVE YOUR VEHICLE C...

Mileage: 57,780

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED THEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE HYBRID INV...

Mileage: 21,000

DEPRESSED ACCELERATOR AFTER BEING STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT. CAR JERKED FORWARD, STOPPED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. WARNING MESSAGES FOR THE HYBRID SYSTEM (MESSAGE WAS 'STOP IMMEDIATELY AND NOTIFY DEALER'), BRAKE SYSTEM AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER WHO DETERMINED IT WAS FAILURE OF HYBRID...

Mileage: 60,200

DEPRESSED ACCELERATOR AFTER BEING STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT. CAR JERKED FORWARD, STOPPED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. WARNING MESSAGES FOR THE HYBRID SYSTEM (MESSAGE WAS 'STOP IMMEDIATELY AND NOTIFY DEALER'), BRAKE SYSTEM AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER WHO DETERMINED IT WAS FAILURE OF HYBRID...

Mileage: 60,200

DEPRESSED ACCELERATOR AFTER BEING STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT. CAR JERKED FORWARD, STOPPED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. WARNING MESSAGES FOR THE HYBRID SYSTEM (MESSAGE WAS 'STOP IMMEDIATELY AND NOTIFY DEALER'), BRAKE SYSTEM AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER WHO DETERMINED IT WAS FAILURE OF HYBRID...

Mileage: 60,200

THE TIRES ON MY 2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN THE SNOW EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AN ALL WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 27,233

RIGHT FRONT BRAKE "CLANKS" WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED FAIRLY HARD. DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS NORMAL FOR HIGHLANDERS AND THAT HIS ENTIRE INVENTORY EXHIBITS THE SAME SYMPTOMS. (START LAST YEAR AND CONTINUES; COMMENTS ARE FROM DEALER TODAY -- JUNE 3, 2010.) *TR

Mileage: 8,000

2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. WE HAVE SEVERAL SAFETY RELATED COMPLAINTS: 1. MY WIFE HAS NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT & TO OUR RECOLLECTION HAS NEVER HAD A TRAFFIC TICKET. SHE HAD A MINOR UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND SHE TAPPED THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF HER. SHE TOOK HER FOOT OFF THE BRAKE & THE CAR LURCHED...

Mileage: 12,000

2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. WE HAVE SEVERAL SAFETY RELATED COMPLAINTS: 1. MY WIFE HAS NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT & TO OUR RECOLLECTION HAS NEVER HAD A TRAFFIC TICKET. SHE HAD A MINOR UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND SHE TAPPED THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF HER. SHE TOOK HER FOOT OFF THE BRAKE & THE CAR LURCHED...

Mileage: 12,000

2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. WE HAVE SEVERAL SAFETY RELATED COMPLAINTS: 1. MY WIFE HAS NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT & TO OUR RECOLLECTION HAS NEVER HAD A TRAFFIC TICKET. SHE HAD A MINOR UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND SHE TAPPED THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF HER. SHE TOOK HER FOOT OFF THE BRAKE & THE CAR LURCHED...

Mileage: 12,000

2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. WE HAVE SEVERAL SAFETY RELATED COMPLAINTS: 1. MY WIFE HAS NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT & TO OUR RECOLLECTION HAS NEVER HAD A TRAFFIC TICKET. SHE HAD A MINOR UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND SHE TAPPED THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF HER. SHE TOOK HER FOOT OFF THE BRAKE & THE CAR LURCHED...

Mileage: 12,000

IN EARLY FEBRUARY 2010 DURING HEAVY SNOWFALL, I LOST PARTIAL TRACTION IN MY ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE (AWD), 2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID WHILE DRIVING UP THE STEEP STREET TO MY HOME. WHEN THE TRACTION LOSS OCCURRED, ALL POWER FROM THE GAS ENGINE AND THE FRONT AND REAR WHEEL ELECTRIC MOTORS WAS CUT OFF BY TH...

Mileage: 10,500

IN EARLY FEBRUARY 2010 DURING HEAVY SNOWFALL, I LOST PARTIAL TRACTION IN MY ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE (AWD), 2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID WHILE DRIVING UP THE STEEP STREET TO MY HOME. WHEN THE TRACTION LOSS OCCURRED, ALL POWER FROM THE GAS ENGINE AND THE FRONT AND REAR WHEEL ELECTRIC MOTORS WAS CUT OFF BY TH...

Mileage: 10,500

2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. CONSUMER STATES ISSUES WITH BATTERY. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE WENT TO START THE VEHICLE, THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER INFORMED THE CONSUMER HE NEEDED A NEW BATTERY. WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED TO THE DEALER, HE WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WI...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 15 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES ON A ROUGH ROAD SURFACE, THERE WAS A DELAY IN BRAKE APPLICATION. THE VEHICLE DID COME TO A STOP AFTER MOMENTARY HESITATION. THE DEALER HAD NOT YET BEEN CONTACTED TO REPORT THE FAILURES. TH...

Mileage: 5,600

TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID 2009 BRAKES FADE FOR A BRIEF BUT NOTICEABLE MOMENT WHEN BRAKING. SOMETIMES IT IS MORE PRONOUNCED THAN OTHERS BUT IS SIMILAR TO THE OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN RE THIS SAME THING ON THIS SITE. WHILE TO SOME IT MAY FEEL LIKE A SLIGHT ACCELERATION IT IS MORE LIKE THERE IS A SU...

TOYOTA HYBRIDS SURGE WHEN BRAKING. I TOOK THE CAR IN TWICE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY WERE AWARE OF THE SURGE. IT OCCURS WHEN THE CAR IS BRAKING AND THE CAR GOES FROM GAS TO CHARGING THE BATTERY. *TR

Mileage: 1,000

WE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES WITH OUR 2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID AS BEEN REPORTED IN THE TOYOTA PRIUS RECALL. AT TIME THE BRAKING SEEMS TO STOP FOR LESS THAN A SECOND. *TR

Mileage: 10,000

FACTORY INSTALLED TIRES BY MANY 2009 HIGHLANDER OWNERS HAVE REPORTED PREMATURE AND DANGEROUS TREAD WEAR. *TR

2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. I HAD NOTICED BRAKING ISSUES AND HEARD ABOUT THE PRIUS RECALL. THIS DESCRIBES EXACTLY THE ISSUE I AM EXPERIENCING WITH MY BRAKES. FROM THE TOYOTA PRIUS 2010 RECALL: "SOME OWNERS HAVE REPORTED EXPERIENCING INCONSISTENT BRAKE FEEL DURING SLOW AND STEADY APPLICATION O...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN BRAKING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE BRAKE WOULD RELEASE ON ITS OWN AT A DISTANCE; HOWEVER, WHEN HIS SPEED INCREASED THE BRAKES PERFORMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN HE APPROACHED A STOP SIGN IN COLDER WE...

Mileage: 100

I OWN A 2009 HIGHLANDER HYBRID AND AM CONCERNED THAT I AM EXPERIENCING THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEMS WITH BRAKING THAT ARE NOW BEING REPORTED FOR THE PRIUS. SOMETIMES, WHEN BRAKING IT FEELS LIKE THE BRAKES ARE NOT ENGAGING AND THERE IS A SENSATION THAT THE CAR IS SPEEDING UP. CONTINUED PRESSURE ON THE ...

Mileage: 6,000

I OWN A 2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. IT HAS HAD THREE INSTANCES OF UNINTENDED LOW SPEED ACCELERATION SINCE I PURCHASED IT IN JUNE 2009. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, IT WAS SO UNEXPECTED AND UNCONVENTIONAL THAT I THOUGHT IT MUST HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE IN MY PERCEPTION. THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPE...

Mileage: 10,000

I OWN A 2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID, PURCHASED NEW IN AUG. 2009. I HAVE EXPERIENCED A FEW INCIDENTS RELATED TO BRAKING THAT ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT'S BEING DESCRIBED BY PRIUS OWNERS. ON CERTAIN ROAD SURFACES/CONDITIONS, I HAVE FELT WHAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS A PAUSE IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM. IT'S ALMOST LI...

Mileage: 6,000

I WRITE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME UNUSUAL BEHAVIOR EXHIBITED BY MY 2009 HYBRID HIGHLANDERS BRAKING SYSTEM WHICH I PURCHASED IN MAY 2009. IN SHORT, IN CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS, THERE IS A SLIGHT DELAY/PAUSE BETWEEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ANY BRAKING FORCE APPLIED BY THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THE DELAY ...

BRAKES FADE FOR A BRIEF MOMENT -- PERHAPS HALF OF A SECOND -- AND THEN COME BACK. ALTHOUGH THE BRAKES ARE BEING APPLIED CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT, THE SENSATION IS AS IF THE DRIVER WERE EASING OFF THE BRAKE AND THEN COMING BACK ON WITH MORE PRESSURE. *TR

Mileage: 8,000