NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Toyota Highlander Recalls
The 2008 Toyota Highlander has 13 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 2, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Toyota Highlander. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 13
- Owner complaints
- 405
- Crashes reported
- 44
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
14 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Toyota Highlander, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
13 recalls on the 2008 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, 2009–2011 Highlander, 12 other models
Visibility: power window devices and controls
- Campaign
- 15V689000
- Reported
- October 22, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,814,284
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2011 Highlander, 11 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 2006–2007, 2009–2011 Highlander, 12 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 14V168000
- Reported
- April 9, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,486,413
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2010 Highlander, 5 other models
Visibility: power window devices and controls
- Campaign
- 12V491000
- Reported
- October 10, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,519,424
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 11 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 11V245000
- Reported
- April 21, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 307,848
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 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 2005–2007, 2009–2010 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 2006–2007, 2009–2010 Highlander, 17 other models
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 10V023000
- Reported
- January 27, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,126,915
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2010 Highlander, 3 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 2006, 2009 Highlander, 9 other models
Seat belts: rear/other
- Campaign
- 08V181000
- Reported
- April 18, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 90,189
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Equipment
- Campaign
- 09E022000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Equipment
- Campaign
- 09E028000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2008 Toyota Highlander complaints by year
NHTSA has received 405 owner complaints about the 2008 Toyota Highlander, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 44 describe a crash (11%) and 14 a fire; owners reported 42 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2008 Toyota Highlander, the component group named most often is the service brakes (16%), followed by the air bags (14%) and the engine (14%).
2 of the 2008 Toyota Highlander's 13 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Toyota Highlander owners gave the mileage (312 complaints), the median was 77,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes66
- Air Bags58
- Engine58
- Vehicle Speed Control45
- Electrical System44
- Steering40
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 17 | |
| 2010 | 72 | |
| 2011 | 19 | |
| 2012 | 17 | |
| 2013 | 39 | |
| 2014 | 43 | |
| 2015 | 32 | |
| 2016 | 15 | |
| 2017 | 16 | |
| 2018 | 17 | |
| 2019 | 26 | |
| 2020 | 26 | |
| 2021 | 14 | |
| 2022 | 16 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 12 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2008 Toyota Highlander peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 72. 29% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Toyota Highlander drew 1.6× the complaints of the median Toyota Highlander year in the same window: 4th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 405 complaints about the 2008 Toyota Highlander are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Highlander by model year
Other 2008 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted