NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Toyota Highlander Recalls
The 2018 Toyota Highlander has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 4, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Toyota Highlander. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 269
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 Toyota Highlander, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2018 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 2017, 2019 Highlander, 19 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 20V012000
- Reported
- January 13, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,830,752
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Highlander, 21 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: vacuum
- Campaign
- 18V211000
- Reported
- April 3, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,046
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 17V831000
- Reported
- December 20, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 649
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 18E107000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2017 Highlander
2018 Toyota Highlander complaints by year
NHTSA has received 269 owner complaints about the 2018 Toyota Highlander, the newest on October 18, 2026. Of these, 23 describe a crash (9%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 25 injuries.
In complaints about the 2018 Toyota Highlander, the component group named most often is the power train (26%), followed by the service brakes (20%) and the engine (13%).
None of the 2018 Toyota Highlander's 5 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2018 Toyota Highlander owners gave the mileage (111 complaints), the median was 16,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train69
- Service Brakes53
- Unknown Or Other44
- Engine34
- Electrical System24
- Fuel/Propulsion System22
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 21 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 31 | |
| 2020 | 46 | |
| 2021 | 26 | |
| 2022 | 23 | |
| 2023 | 25 | |
| 2024 | 28 | |
| 2025 | 24 | |
| 2026 | 45 |
Complaints about the 2018 Toyota Highlander peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 46. 46% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Toyota Highlander drew 1.5× the complaints of the median Toyota Highlander year in the same window: 5th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 269 complaints about the 2018 Toyota Highlander are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Highlander by model year
Other 2018 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: October 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted