NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid Recalls
The 2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 22, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 40
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid
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 2008, 2010 Highlander Hybrid, 11 other models
Hybrid propulsion system: inverter
- Campaign
- 13V396000
- Reported
- September 4, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 133,081
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2008, 2010 Highlander Hybrid, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive
- Campaign
- 13V014000
- Reported
- January 16, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,235
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010 Highlander Hybrid, 15 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, 2008 Highlander Hybrid, 9 other models
2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid complaints by year
NHTSA has received 40 owner complaints about the 2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid, the newest on June 18, 2019. Of these, 2 describe a crash (5%); owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid, the component group named most often is the service brakes (43%), followed by the service brakes, electric (18%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (13%).
None of the 2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid's 4 recalls concerns the service brakes.
Where 2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid owners gave the mileage (34 complaints), the median was 60,200 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes17
- Service Brakes, Electric7
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic5
- Engine4
- Electrical System3
- Hybrid Propulsion System3
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 16. 45% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Toyota Highlander Hybrid year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 5 ranked years.
That makes 2009 one of the three best-measured Toyota Highlander Hybrid years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 40 complaints about the 2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Highlander Hybrid by model year
Other 2009 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: June 18, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted