2012 Toyota Highlander defect investigations
Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2012 Toyota Highlander. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.
- Steering Column SeparationEngineering Analysis EA18006 · opened Nov 16, 2018 · closed Apr 2, 2024
On November 16, 2018, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened an Engineering Analysis (EA18-006) as an upgrade to a Preliminary Evaluation (PE18-005). The investigation focused on allegations of steering wheel separation from the lower steering column after using the tilt and/or telescoping mechanism. Given th…
- Upper Steering Column SeparationPreliminary Evaluation PE18005 · opened May 4, 2018 · closed Nov 20, 2018
On May 4, 2018, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation PE18-005 to investigate three allegations of steering column separation for Model Year (MY) 2008 through 2013 Toyota Highlander vehicles. Two (2) of the 3 complaints were received by ODI in April 2018 and occurred while the vehicle …