NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Toyota Highlander Recalls
The 2010 Toyota Highlander has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 2, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Toyota Highlander. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 216
- Crashes reported
- 18
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 Toyota Highlander, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2010 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 2005–2009, 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 2008–2009, 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 2006–2009, 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 2008–2009 Highlander, 5 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 13V123000
- Reported
- April 9, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,525
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2013 Highlander, 16 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 2009, 2011–2013 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 2005–2009 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 2006–2009 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 2008–2009 Highlander, 3 other models
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 10V017000
- Reported
- January 21, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,230,661
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
2010 Toyota Highlander complaints by year
NHTSA has received 216 owner complaints about the 2010 Toyota Highlander, the newest on May 28, 2026. Of these, 18 describe a crash (8%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 14 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Toyota Highlander, the component group named most often is the electrical system (25%), followed by the visibility/wiper (14%) and the service brakes (12%).
None of the 2010 Toyota Highlander's 10 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2010 Toyota Highlander owners gave the mileage (169 complaints), the median was 54,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System53
- Visibility/Wiper31
- Service Brakes25
- Vehicle Speed Control22
- Steering21
- Unknown Or Other15
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 30 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 16 | |
| 2014 | 27 | |
| 2015 | 18 | |
| 2016 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 20 | |
| 2018 | 22 | |
| 2019 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 10 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2010 Toyota Highlander peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 30. 30% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Toyota Highlander drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Toyota Highlander year in the same window: 12th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 216 complaints about the 2010 Toyota Highlander are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Highlander by model year
Other 2010 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: May 28, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted