NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Toyota Highlander Recalls
The 2009 Toyota Highlander has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 2, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Toyota Highlander. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 134
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Toyota Highlander, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2009 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 2005–2008, 2010–2011 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 2008, 2010–2011 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 2006–2008, 2010–2011 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 2008, 2010 Highlander, 5 other models
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 2010–2013 Highlander, 15 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 2005–2008, 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
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 2008, 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, 2008 Highlander, 9 other models
2009 Toyota Highlander complaints by year
NHTSA has received 134 owner complaints about the 2009 Toyota Highlander, the newest on July 30, 2025. Of these, 6 describe a crash (4%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Toyota Highlander, the component group named most often is the engine (17%), followed by the service brakes (16%) and the electrical system (15%).
None of the 2009 Toyota Highlander's 9 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2009 Toyota Highlander owners gave the mileage (105 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine23
- Service Brakes21
- Electrical System20
- Structure15
- Vehicle Speed Control14
- Steering11
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 21 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 12 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 17 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 13 | |
| 2020 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2009 Toyota Highlander peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 21. 25% 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 drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Toyota Highlander year in the same window: 16th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 134 complaints about the 2009 Toyota Highlander are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Highlander by model year
Other 2009 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: July 30, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted