NHTSA Safety Recalls
2007 Toyota Highlander Recalls
The 2007 Toyota Highlander has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 2, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2007 Toyota Highlander. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 124
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2007 Toyota Highlander, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2007 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 2005–2006, 2008–2011 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 2006, 2008–2011 Highlander, 12 other models
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 2005–2006, 2008–2010 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 2006, 2008–2010 Highlander, 17 other models
2007 Toyota Highlander complaints by year
NHTSA has received 124 owner complaints about the 2007 Toyota Highlander, the newest on October 5, 2026. Of these, 11 describe a crash (9%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2007 Toyota Highlander, the component group named most often is the service brakes (23%), followed by the electrical system (19%) and the vehicle speed control (13%).
None of the 2007 Toyota Highlander's 4 recalls concerns the service brakes.
Where 2007 Toyota Highlander owners gave the mileage (95 complaints), the median was 60,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes29
- Electrical System23
- Vehicle Speed Control16
- Power Train8
- Tires8
- Unknown Or Other8
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 18 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2007 Toyota Highlander peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 18. 35% arrived between 2006 and 2010, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2007 vehicles, the 2007 Toyota Highlander drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Toyota Highlander year in the same window: 22nd highest of the 22 ranked years.
That makes 2007 one of the three best-measured Toyota Highlander years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 124 complaints about the 2007 Toyota Highlander are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Highlander by model year
Other 2007 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: October 5, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted