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2024 Toyota Grand Highlander Engine Problems

Complaints
38about this part
Share
16%of 238 total for the year
Median mileage
16,455miles
Trend
Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.

NHTSA recorded 38 complaints about the engine of the 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander, 16% of the 238 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 16,455 miles.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“Since December 18, 2024 I have had this happen 5 times. I come to a complete stop and have my foot on the brake. The car will then hop four-five times (like the sensation of shifting in manual with a cluch and you don’t shift correctly and the car will hop). I am not sure why this is happening. I took it to the dealer and they haven’t experienced the issue. This doesn’t happen at every full stop either.”

NHTSA complaint #11634355, filed 2025-01

“I call the dealer the say they already have remedy but they requested the parts to the manufacturer and they don't know when they will received the order I call the manufacturer they don't know either, Now my car is in the dealer because it was out of oil and is a brand new car, I need help the Toyota and the dealer are not respecting my safety I'm scar to have an accident and my airbags won't works”

NHTSA complaint #11632092, filed 2024-12

“Intermittently, my vehicle will hesitate to accelerate or will move only marginally (disproportionately to the depressing of the gas pedal) from a complete stop. When it occurs, it often does so for a number of seconds. This has been incredibly dangerous given I live off a busy street and I cannot trust that when I press the gas pedal to accelerate to turn onto the street, that my vehicle will be caught in oncoming traffic and hit.”

NHTSA complaint #11655348, filed 2025-04

“At 2300 miles we got hybrid malfunction on the dashboard, we called Toyota and had the car towed to the dealer. Based on what dealer mentioned and showed picture - there were fragments in 2 cylinders and the 3rd cylinder basically dis-integrated.”

NHTSA complaint #11644234, filed 2025-02

“While driving on a highway at highway speed of approximately 62 miles per hour, a rock from the highway went through the front grille's hole, and punctured the area of the radiator, resulted in a large loss of coolant, and the vehicle's speed suddenly lost highway speed and lost propulsion on the highway, while driving at a highway speed. Thankfully noone was driving behind me. However, If someone was behind me, they would have hit me from the rear due to my loss of propulsion.”

NHTSA complaint #11758880, filed 2026-08

Related service bulletins

Engine: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2026715%
20251316%
20243816%

Other parts of the 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander

Other or unknown
60 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
52 complaintsFuel system
38 complaintsAir bags
30 complaintsVehicle speed control
24 complaintsElectrical system
22 complaintsBody and structure
18 complaintsSuspension
15 complaintsBrakes
10 complaintsSteering
10 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
10 complaintsForward collision avoidance
9 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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