Toyota Highlander Hybrid loss of power problems

Filed Jun 19, 2019 · Engine · 250,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota highlander hybrid. While driving approximately 15 MPH, the vehicle lost power, the check engine and ABS warning indicators illuminated, and the vehicle stalled. Also, "check hybrid system" appeared on the instrument panel. Fred haas toyota world (20400 interstate 45 n, spring, tx 77373) was notified. The vehicle was not diagnosed because the test was not free. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 250,000.

Filed Mar 22, 2018 · Electrical · 84,000 miles · MA

Car has 84,000 miles on it. After a 40 minute hiughway drive, car lost power and stalled. Engine lights "check hybrid system" "check ABS" and "check vcs" came on. Towed to dealer, diagnostic check said the problem was with a wiring harness for the hybrid electrical cable, which suffered from corrosion and thus was leaking voltage. Cost to fix minimum of $3500. Faulty design??

Filed Nov 27, 2017 · Electrical, Engine · 200,000 miles · NY

While driving on the highway 65mph the vehicle lost all power,the check hybrid light was flashing, was able to pull over and stop. Was able to restart vehicle and drive 110 mile home.

Filed Jun 22, 2016 · Steering · 105,200 miles · MN

It is a 2006 highlander hybrid with 105200 miles and well maintained.. It looses power assist in steering at all speeds intermittently. It is very dangerous as I have to put lot of muscle in steering at low speeds but it had lost power assist even at 65 MPH as well which made me very nervous. I cannot drive the vehicle as the power steering p/s light comes on most of the times now. Only once a while it is off which is when I drive but few miles of driving gets the light back on with no power assist. I have seen many people in forums with the same problem for that years hybrids. Therefore I am requesting to help me out with either a recall or getting this fixed at my local rochester mn dealership. Anything you could do at the earliest would be appreciated.. Customer request to be removed from complaint list, cell phone , address. Not to be contacted. Updated 08/12/16*lj updated 6/18/18

Filed Jun 20, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · 175,000 miles · AZ

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota highlander hybrid. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced a total loss of power while driving 35 MPH. As a result, the vehicle was no longer operable. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 175,000. The VIN was not provided.

Filed Nov 2, 2015 · Engine, Fuel system · 125,000 miles · PA

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 seemed to consume abnormal quantities of oil. The vehicle had an oil change a month and a half prior to the failure and the oil meter measured one quart of engine oil left in the vehicle. The dealer was unable to diagnose the failure. Several months later, the contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 13v396000 (hybrid propulsion system). After the recall repair was performed, the failure recurred. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 125,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Oct 26, 2015 · Engine · 81,000 miles · NH

While driving down a road without warning one of the ignition coils failed causing the engine and the car to immediately stop in traffic. Fortunately, we were on a rural road and going less than 30 MPH, but on a freeway at speed we would have been in an extremely dangerous situation. The highlander hybrid unlike most cars will not run at all with an ignition coil failure. Thus, there is a risk of a sudden loss of power. The toyota dealer was unable to offer any explanation other than thee things happen. The vehicle had only 80,000 miles, had been maintained by toyota dealers on a regular basis and is five years old. I have been driving for 58 years and have never experienced an ignition coil failure.

Filed May 11, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 71,893 miles · CA

Engine mechanical ~|~check and report...check engine light and vsc light on dash, ,,car lost power while driving, had to pull over and get the vehicle towed in to the dealership... ~|~tech pulled code p0a05,p0a08,p0a93, ...found inverter pump not working properly ~|~replaced inverter water pump

Filed Apr 17, 2015 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 49,936 miles · PR

I was driving on a straight highway between 45 -50 MPH. Sudden a bunch of lights and warnings came up in the dashboard. I lost power steering and motor propulsion too. I pressed the accelerator and nothing happened. Although I had the ability to brake, it seemed that the braking was also impaired. However because I was going up an incline I did not need strong braking. I managed to coast over to the breakdown lane. Luckily there were only a couple other cars near me so it wasn't too difficult to maneuver by them and coast to the other side of the road where the breakdown lane was. Once I was completely stopped I shut the car down completely and restarted in the normal hybrid startup manner. The car propulsion and steering came back but now the message was alternating between "maintenance needed" and "check vsc system", and the check engine light and symbol was on. I shut off everything electrical to minimize electrical drain. I was able to drive the car another 8-10 miles to get home but I was constantly looking to see where I could pull over if the car stopped again. I made it home. Tomorrow bring it to the toyota dealer. Significantly, I recently had the brake actuator replaced at a cost of around $2700, specifically because they warned me that I could lose braking and other electronic facilities unpredictably. I thought that expensive repair would avoid this. Unfortunately it appears that what they were predicting could happen did happen, but after the repair! I was on a highway when the car died but with not much traffic and an easy access breakdown lane. Had it been 10 minutes later I might have been on a much busier highway in a place where a breakdown lane is much harder to reach. That would have been a dangerous situation. Had it been daytime and in a safer area I would have stopped and called for a tow truck.

Filed May 13, 2014 · Engine · 130,000 miles · CO

While driving along at about 50 - 55 MPH all the dashboard lights came on and the motor stopped abruptly. The result was a complete loss of power and a bit dangerous I might add. We were able to push the vehicle to the side of the road but were not able to restart. After towing it to a dealership we were informed there was no doubt a lower end motor failure. After researching this online I can see that there are many people who are experiencing this same failure in the same way. There is something that happens with an engine inverter item that causes a very expensive failure with no warning. In fact there was even a recall on the 2007 models but the recall unfortunately didn't extend into the 2008 year.