2007 Toyota Highlander Fuel system Problems

“While stopped at a light or driving, our 2007 Toyota Highlander hybrid (246,000 miles) will stall, lighting various warning lights on the dash. The vehicle will (coast to a stop if being driven and) have to be restarted. Toyota did recall d0m to address code p0a40 to address this issue. The recall on my vehicle was done in 2014. The code which came up then is the very same code which is showing now when scanned. The recall issue needs to be addressed again. The recall provides a new intelligent power module (part # 04001-29148 transistor, pwr module intelligent. …”

“On may 9, 2007 we purchased a new 2007 Toyota Highlander. About a month later it unexpectedly accelerated and ran through the end of our carport while being driven in to park. Luckily no one was in front of it. The auto sustained about $650 in damages and the carport received similar monetary damages. About a month later we had a similar incident while parking in a parking lot. At first we attributed the incidents to my wife's foot someway slipping off the brakes and on to the accelerator. Now, after the recent national publicity, we are not so sure. …”

“The straps supporting the fuel tank broke. Both straps broke on the passenger side of vehicle, rendering it undrivable as the tank was on the ground. Wife heard a clunk when at a stop, started to move, heard scraping. Stopped, checked, found right side of fuel tank on ground.”

“Acceleration & de-acceleration problem: when the vehicle is in forward motion, on a highway, and I press on the accelerator to rapidly speed up, there is an approximately one second time delay in the vehicles response to my request to accelerate. Frequently, this delay has almost caused an accident. On the occasions that I want to speed up to pass a vehicle, or to change lanes or to avoid a potentially serious situation, this delay is very startling. Because of the vehicles response delay, I then sometimes suddenly take my foot of the accelerator to cancel my accelerate request. …”