NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Toyota Highlander Recalls
The 2003 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 2003 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
- 258
- Crashes reported
- 33
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 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 2003 Toyota Highlander
2003 Toyota Highlander complaints by year
NHTSA has received 258 owner complaints about the 2003 Toyota Highlander, the newest on May 25, 2023. Of these, 33 describe a crash (13%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Toyota Highlander, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (18%), followed by the engine (16%) and the visibility (12%).
None of the 2003 Toyota Highlander's 2 recalls concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2003 Toyota Highlander owners gave the mileage (213 complaints), the median was 93,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling46
- Engine41
- Visibility31
- Vehicle Speed Control28
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic22
- Structure18
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 22 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 16 | |
| 2005 | 9 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 19 | |
| 2010 | 52 | |
| 2011 | 19 | |
| 2012 | 23 | |
| 2013 | 26 | |
| 2014 | 20 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2003 Toyota Highlander peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 52. 20% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Toyota Highlander drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Toyota Highlander year in the same window: 18th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 258 complaints about the 2003 Toyota Highlander are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Highlander by model year
Other 2003 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: May 25, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted