While driving at speed on the highway the inverter/converter failed the vehicle was coasted to a stop on the highway shoulder. Now again on 04/28/2011 with 88,856 miles on the vehicle the same failure has occurred while acceleration up-hill on the highway at about 40 MPH. Most of the damaged components (inverter/converter & an ecu) where covered by warranty. I am very concerned about the safety of this vehicle and my wife continuing to drive it even though it has been repaired again.
2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid transmission complaints
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While driving my 2006 highlander hybrid in seabrook texas on march 5, after accelerating to approximately 40 miles per hour. The car lost all power and the power steering went out. The car then had to be towed to dealership. It looks like there is an investigation open into this issue. The federal safety agency # pe11005.
While driving the vehicle up a slight incline in the street after driving about 10 miles, it suddenly stopped moving. The engine was still on but the car would not go forward or backwards. The message on the dash was first check csv (or vsc) and then check hybrid system. The police had to push the car out of the intersection and the car was hauled to the toyota dealer. I have not heard from them in 6 days what the problem is.
I pulled out from a private parking lot onto a busy highway. As I accelerated, the car make a noise and everything stopped. There were no warning lights.-nothing. I managed to get the car over to the right and turn immediately where it into a gas station that allowed the car to coast downhill to where it stopped. The car was towed to the toyota dealership. On the 2nd day, we were told the transmission and the inverter converter-hybrid system both went out. Although they told us this should not happen - one or the other can go out but not both. It would cost 14,000 dollars to fix. Now they tell us we can sell our nice 2006 car for scrap at auction.
(2006 toyota highlander hybrid) pulling onto 4 lane (2 lanes divided by concrete barrier) highway merging into 55+ MPH traffic. Accelerated to about 30-35 MPH and heard a "clunk". Car started to coast without any acceleration (gasoline engine still running). Unfortunately this was at a complicated intersection where several roads intersect without room for a shoulder. I was able to drift to the right most lane, where entering traffic from intersecting road used. I was left stranded without any control over forward movement. The repair cost is in excess of $18,000. Apparent need for a complete replacement of the hybrid system (inverter and drive system). The "blue book" value might be in the $15-16,000 range.
We bought a new 2006 toyota highlander hybrid in 2005 and, from time to time since we bought it, the accelerator pedal kind of sticks or surges in certain driving conditions. When you try to reduce speed by taking your foot off the gas pedal. It sometimes does not immediately respond, it takes a few seconds to reduce speed and sometimes actually surges a little, which it also does sometimes when you are driving at a consistent speed. I thought it had to do with the hybrid feature and just sort of learned to be sensitive to it and hit the brakes if it needed it, but this sounds like what is going on with other models subject to the recall and, as our model is not subject to the recall, I am concerned about it. Please advise.
My 2006 toyota highlander hybrid loses all power on ice or any slippery surface. This has caused my car to "die" on several occasions including entering and exiting highways, driving on hills, driving in snow. I have slid off my driveway when I encountered an icy patch. I had no control. Upon entering a freeway via an icy entrance ramp, my car lost all power while entering traffic and I was forced to coast to the shoulder in a very dangerous situation.
I purchased a 2006 toyota hybrid highlander from alexandria toyota. Alexandria, va. Over the years since purchase, I have noticed problems with a peculiar "forward thrust movement" with active breaking and have had it in the shop specifically for this in 2007, as well as mentioned it at all manufacturer checkup times.the dealer downloaded some new toyota ?drive train computerized program once (?2007) to correct the problem, but the problem intermittently continues. Here is a specific example which occurred christmas eve when applying the brakes prior to the stop sign at the end of our street. I applied the brakes but the car did not stop, instead it "thrust itself", for lack of better word, further forward while breaks were applied, forcing me to slam on the brakes to avoid busy cross street oncoming traffic. Upon slamming the breaks all the way down and holding, the car reacted correctly and stopped. Inches away from a car traveling at 35 MPH or more. Our street road was not wet nor did it have ice: the car motion was not one of a slippery slide. The ambient temperature was 40f. My teens were in the car, and the passenger seated teen observed the situation. She has similarly reported this tendency to "go forward" with braking rather than slow, and the need to press hard. I was naturally upset at this near miss occurrence christmas eve. I personally have had this happen at least a half a dozen times as I can recall since purchase. I called toyota when it first happened to report it without satisfaction. I went to my dealer without correction or recognition of it being a problem. The recent reports on fellow toyota brands have me worried. Any car that goes forward rather than stop under certain conditions when breaks are applied is worrisome. Please include your evaluation of the highlander hybrid in your review. Is toyota aware and not telling us? I want the federal safety agency to know about this and I appreciate any help you have to offer.
Since I owned the car in speeds between 40 and 45 MPH there is a hesitation back and fourth this is a hybrid highlander 2006 reported it twice no fix yet.
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