NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Toyota Highlander Recalls
The 2004 Toyota Highlander has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 9, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Toyota Highlander. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 286
- Crashes reported
- 32
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Toyota Highlander, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2004 Toyota Highlander
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 11V539000
- Reported
- November 9, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 420,326
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005 Highlander, 7 other models
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 11V112000
- Reported
- February 24, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 769,379
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2006 Highlander, 4 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 10V499000
- Reported
- October 21, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 728,544
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2006 Highlander, 1 other model
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 06V253000
- Reported
- July 13, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 367,594
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005 Highlander, 3 other models
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 Highlander
2004 Toyota Highlander complaints by year
NHTSA has received 286 owner complaints about the 2004 Toyota Highlander, the newest on May 22, 2026. Of these, 32 describe a crash (11%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 23 injuries and 47 deaths.
In complaints about the 2004 Toyota Highlander, the component group named most often is the power train (20%), followed by the vehicle speed control (14%) and the steering (12%).
2 of the 2004 Toyota Highlander's 5 recalls also concern the vehicle speed control.
Where 2004 Toyota Highlander owners gave the mileage (235 complaints), the median was 53,126 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train58
- Vehicle Speed Control40
- Steering35
- Visibility21
- Engine And Engine Cooling20
- Electrical System18
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 38 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 32 | |
| 2006 | 24 | |
| 2007 | 20 | |
| 2008 | 20 | |
| 2009 | 18 | |
| 2010 | 41 | |
| 2011 | 21 | |
| 2012 | 18 | |
| 2013 | 13 | |
| 2014 | 12 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Toyota Highlander peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 41. 40% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Toyota Highlander drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Toyota Highlander year in the same window: 6th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 286 complaints about the 2004 Toyota Highlander are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Highlander by model year
Other 2004 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: May 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted