NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Toyota Highlander Recalls
The 2016 Toyota Highlander has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 24, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Toyota Highlander. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 111
- Crashes reported
- 14
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Toyota Highlander, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2016 Toyota Highlander
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 16V775000
- Reported
- October 24, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,056
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 135, light vehicle brakes
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Toyota Highlander
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 16V420000
- Reported
- June 9, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,253
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 18E107000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017–2018 Highlander
2016 Toyota Highlander complaints by year
NHTSA has received 111 owner complaints about the 2016 Toyota Highlander, the newest on October 1, 2026. Of these, 14 describe a crash (13%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Toyota Highlander, the component group named most often is the service brakes (17%), followed by the electrical system (13%) and the air bags (9%).
2 of the 2016 Toyota Highlander's 3 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2016 Toyota Highlander owners gave the mileage (71 complaints), the median was 25,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other21
- Service Brakes19
- Electrical System14
- Air Bags10
- Engine9
- Exterior Lighting9
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 18 | |
| 2018 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 21 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2016 Toyota Highlander peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 21. 59% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Toyota Highlander drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Toyota Highlander year in the same window: 15th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 111 complaints about the 2016 Toyota Highlander are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Highlander by model year
Other 2016 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: October 1, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted