NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Toyota Highlander Recalls
The 2002 Toyota Highlander has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 15, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Toyota Highlander. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 301
- Crashes reported
- 24
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Toyota Highlander, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2002 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 2001, 2003–2004 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 2001 Highlander
2002 Toyota Highlander complaints by year
NHTSA has received 301 owner complaints about the 2002 Toyota Highlander, the newest on February 27, 2020. Of these, 24 describe a crash (8%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 25 injuries and 4 deaths.
In complaints about the 2002 Toyota Highlander, the component group named most often is the visibility (41%), followed by the vehicle speed control (10%) and the structure (8%).
None of the 2002 Toyota Highlander's 2 recalls concerns the visibility.
Where 2002 Toyota Highlander owners gave the mileage (205 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Visibility123
- Vehicle Speed Control31
- Structure24
- Engine And Engine Cooling23
- Visibility/Wiper16
- Power Train14
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 14 | |
| 2004 | 16 | |
| 2005 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 27 | |
| 2007 | 32 | |
| 2008 | 23 | |
| 2009 | 24 | |
| 2010 | 59 | |
| 2011 | 21 | |
| 2012 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 17 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Toyota Highlander peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 59. 18% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Toyota Highlander drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Toyota Highlander year in the same window: 21st highest of the 22 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the three best-measured Toyota Highlander years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 301 complaints about the 2002 Toyota Highlander are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Highlander by model year
Other 2002 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: February 27, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted