NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Toyota Highlander Recalls
The 2001 Toyota Highlander has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 15, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Toyota Highlander. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 137
- Crashes reported
- 19
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2001 Toyota Highlander, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2001 Toyota Highlander
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 04V181000
- Reported
- April 15, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 366,572
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004 Highlander
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: mounting
- Campaign
- 02V208000
- Reported
- July 30, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 154,593
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Highlander
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 01V228000
- Reported
- July 5, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 41,169
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2001 Toyota Highlander
2001 Toyota Highlander complaints by year
NHTSA has received 137 owner complaints about the 2001 Toyota Highlander, the newest on May 12, 2020. Of these, 19 describe a crash (14%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Toyota Highlander, the component group named most often is the visibility (17%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (12%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (11%).
1 of the 2001 Toyota Highlander's 3 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2001 Toyota Highlander owners gave the mileage (80 complaints), the median was 56,600 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Visibility23
- Engine And Engine Cooling17
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic15
- Vehicle Speed Control15
- Power Train13
- Structure13
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 23 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 12 | |
| 2003 | 13 | |
| 2004 | 18 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 20 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Toyota Highlander peaked in 2001, when NHTSA received 23. 48% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Toyota Highlander drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Toyota Highlander year in the same window: 17th highest of the 22 ranked years.
The 137 complaints about the 2001 Toyota Highlander are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Highlander by model year
Other 2001 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: May 12, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted