NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Toyota Highlander Recalls
The 2017 Toyota Highlander has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 4, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Toyota Highlander. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 271
- Crashes reported
- 18
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 Toyota Highlander, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2017 Toyota Highlander
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 20V682000
- Reported
- November 4, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,525,742
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2019 Highlander, 19 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 17V520000
- Reported
- August 23, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,121
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Tires: temporary/emergency spare tire
- Campaign
- 17V295000
- Reported
- May 2, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 409
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 12 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 18E107000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2016, 2018 Highlander
2017 Toyota Highlander complaints by year
NHTSA has received 271 owner complaints about the 2017 Toyota Highlander, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 18 describe a crash (7%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 26 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Toyota Highlander, the component group named most often is the power train (28%), followed by the engine (17%) and the electrical system (17%).
1 of the 2017 Toyota Highlander's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2017 Toyota Highlander owners gave the mileage (123 complaints), the median was 20,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train77
- Unknown Or Other53
- Engine47
- Electrical System46
- Fuel/Propulsion System28
- Service Brakes28
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 28 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 28 | |
| 2019 | 27 | |
| 2020 | 20 | |
| 2021 | 39 | |
| 2022 | 15 | |
| 2023 | 29 | |
| 2024 | 22 | |
| 2025 | 29 | |
| 2026 | 34 |
Complaints about the 2017 Toyota Highlander peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 39. 38% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Toyota Highlander drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Toyota Highlander year in the same window: 8th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 271 complaints about the 2017 Toyota Highlander are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Highlander by model year
Other 2017 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted