NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Toyota Highlander Recalls
The 2005 Toyota Highlander has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 2, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Toyota Highlander. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 224
- Crashes reported
- 35
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Toyota Highlander, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2005 Toyota Highlander
Seats: front assembly: seat heater/cooler
- Campaign
- 16V396000
- Reported
- June 2, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,749
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2011 Highlander, 12 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 11V539000
- Reported
- November 9, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 420,326
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004 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 2004, 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 2004, 2006 Highlander, 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 10V035000
- Reported
- February 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 271,417
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2010 Highlander, 18 other models
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 06V253000
- Reported
- July 13, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 367,594
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Highlander, 3 other models
2005 Toyota Highlander complaints by year
NHTSA has received 224 owner complaints about the 2005 Toyota Highlander, the newest on February 8, 2026. Of these, 35 describe a crash (16%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 20 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Toyota Highlander, the component group named most often is the power train (23%), followed by the vehicle speed control (17%) and the steering (12%).
2 of the 2005 Toyota Highlander's 6 recalls also concern the vehicle speed control.
Where 2005 Toyota Highlander owners gave the mileage (170 complaints), the median was 56,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train51
- Vehicle Speed Control39
- Steering26
- Electrical System25
- Visibility20
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic13
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 21 | |
| 2006 | 17 | |
| 2007 | 14 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 14 | |
| 2010 | 53 | |
| 2011 | 24 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 12 | |
| 2014 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Toyota Highlander peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 53. 28% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Toyota Highlander drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Toyota Highlander year in the same window: 13th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 224 complaints about the 2005 Toyota Highlander are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Highlander by model year
Other 2005 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: February 8, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted