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2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid service brakes, electric problems

21 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes, electric on the 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid6% of all complaints for this model year.

21
Service Brakes, Electric complaints
6%
share of all complaints
35,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
3 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • When braking, the vehicle often "slips" for a moment. There is a moment of acceleration when braking at low speeds. It has caused me to bump into the shelves in my garage. It has also caused me to rear-end another vehicle. I was slowing down at some train tracks and rolled into the car ahead of me…

    filed Apr 14, 2011

  • I have a 2006 toyota highlander hybrid that I purchased on april 2010 with a little over 40k miles. I noticed at low speeds and when going over bumps\train tracks a slip in the braking of the suv for 1 or 2 second or less. This issue is very easy to reproduce..just drive it over a bumpy road or…

    filed Oct 21, 2010

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Service Brakes, Electric problems in other Highlander Hybrid years

YearReportsShare
2009 Highlander Hybrid718%
2008 Highlander Hybrid63%
2007 Highlander Hybrid55%
Highlander Hybrid service brakes, electric problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.