NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Toyota Highlander Recalls
The 2006 Toyota Highlander has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 2, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Toyota Highlander. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 278
- Crashes reported
- 29
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Toyota Highlander, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2006 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 2005, 2007–2011 Highlander, 12 other models
Seats: front assembly: seat heater/cooler
- Campaign
- 14V743000
- Reported
- November 19, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,233
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2011 Highlander, 12 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 2004–2005 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 2004–2005 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 2005, 2007–2010 Highlander, 18 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 10V036000
- Reported
- February 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 153,418
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2010 Highlander, 17 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 09V223000
- Reported
- June 15, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 27,080
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2008–2009 Highlander, 9 other models
2006 Toyota Highlander complaints by year
NHTSA has received 278 owner complaints about the 2006 Toyota Highlander, the newest on October 7, 2026. Of these, 29 describe a crash (10%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 30 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2006 Toyota Highlander, the component group named most often is the service brakes (26%), followed by the vehicle speed control (15%) and the electrical system (9%).
1 of the 2006 Toyota Highlander's 7 recalls also concerns the vehicle speed control.
Where 2006 Toyota Highlander owners gave the mileage (199 complaints), the median was 66,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes71
- Vehicle Speed Control43
- Electrical System26
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic23
- Power Train22
- Engine And Engine Cooling21
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 11 | |
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 59 | |
| 2011 | 25 | |
| 2012 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 15 | |
| 2014 | 16 | |
| 2015 | 15 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 24 | |
| 2021 | 20 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2006 Toyota Highlander peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 59. 15% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Toyota Highlander drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Toyota Highlander year in the same window: 19th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 278 complaints about the 2006 Toyota Highlander are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Highlander by model year
Other 2006 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: October 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted