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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2025 Toyota Highlander Recalls

The 2025 Toyota Highlander has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 5, 2026.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2025 Toyota Highlander. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
4

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
10

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
2

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

overall, 5 stars max

On a 2025 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 2025 Toyota Highlander

Seats: mid/rear assembly: recliner

Campaign
26V128000
Reported
March 5, 2026
Vehicles affected
up to 686,588
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 2021–2024 Highlander, 1 other model

26V128000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Seat belts: rear/other: anchorage

Campaign
25V872000
Reported
December 17, 2025
Vehicles affected
up to 39
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 2024 Highlander

25V872000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Back over prevention: display function

Campaign
25V744000
Reported
October 30, 2025
Vehicles affected
up to 1,024,407
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Federal standard
FMVSS 111, rear visibility
Same campaign
also 2023–2024 Highlander, 18 other models

25V744000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel

Campaign
25V595000
Reported
September 11, 2025
Vehicles affected
up to 591,377
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 2023–2024 Highlander, 10 other models

25V595000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2025 Toyota Highlander complaints by year

NHTSA has received 10 owner complaints about the 2025 Toyota Highlander, the newest on September 21, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (20%); owners reported 1 injury.

In complaints about the 2025 Toyota Highlander, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (30%), followed by the forward collision avoidance (20%) and the service brakes (20%).

None of the 2025 Toyota Highlander's 4 recalls concerns the vehicle speed control.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Vehicle Speed Control3
  • Forward Collision Avoidance2
  • Service Brakes2
  • Unknown Or Other2
  • Electrical System1
  • Engine And Engine Cooling1

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2025 Toyota Highlander received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20253
20267

Complaints about the 2025 Toyota Highlander peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 7.

The 2025 is too new to rank against other Toyota Highlander years: its window closes at the end of 2028.

Toyota Highlander years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: ★★★★★
  • Frontal: 4/5
  • Side: 5/5
  • Rollover: 4/5

The 10 complaints about the 2025 Toyota Highlander are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Toyota Highlander by model year

Other 2025 Toyota models

Newest record on this page: September 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted