2025 Toyota Grand Highlander Brakes Problems
- Complaints
- 3about this part
- Share
- 4%of 81 total for the year
- Median mileage
- —not reported
- Trend
- Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.
NHTSA recorded 3 complaints about the brakes of the 2025 Toyota Grand Highlander, 4% of the 81 complaints for this model year.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“On 9/26 at about 10:15am, my husband and I were fully stopped at a red light with his foot on the brake. Without him touching the gas pedal, the car suddenly surged forward as if it had been accelerated. It stopped for a moment, then surged forward again. Because he was holding the brake, the car didn’t move much, but each surge caused a hard jolt that felt like being rear-ended. No other vehicle hit us.”
NHTSA complaint #11770201, filed 2026-10“2025 Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid AWD, with about 16000 miles. While driving, the brakes failed. The brakes would only work if the pedal was pushed all the way to the floor. A Low Brake Power warning light came on the dash. The following warnings came on at the same time. Parking Brake System, Advanced Ultrasonic Detection, Vehicle Stability Control, Check Engine, Smart Stop System, Brake System, Electronically controlled Brake, Secondary Collision Brake, Anti-lock Brake System. …”
NHTSA complaint #11710025, filed 2026-01Brakes: other model years
Other parts of the 2025 Toyota Grand Highlander
23 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
18 complaintsEngine
13 complaintsFuel system
12 complaintsBody and structure
10 complaintsElectrical system
6 complaintsVehicle speed control
6 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
4 complaintsBack-over prevention (rear camera)
3 complaintsEngine cooling
3 complaintsForward collision avoidance
3 complaintsLane departure
3 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2025 Toyota Grand Highlander
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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