2016 Toyota Highlander Brakes Problems

“I was in a parking lot trying to park my car I put my foot on the break to stop the car and put into reverse and the car accelerated instead of stopping. The harder I pushed the breaks the faster it accelerated and hit the car parked in front of me.”

“Brakes have a slight vibration when traveling at high speeds in the city and someone is stopped on the freeway. My lights have dimmed dramatically since I first purchased new. The passenger side daytime running light is full of moisture. Most importantly, the temperature sensor and/or AC fan/motor is halfway functioning at 38k! By this, I mean that the AC in the front of the car kicks on and off in the middle of cooling and it blows 50% of what it did when I bought the car. Convenient Toyota?”

“While parking in a public parking lot, at idle speed, the brakes did not stop forward progress. Car struck the curbing, climbed onto the divider, crossed the divider and bumped a parked car on the other side. While the car was in motion, I pumped the brakes, and pushed the gear shift lever into the park position. After vehicle stopped, I reversed carefully, when the vehicle came off the divider, I set the foot brake. After turning off the engine, I opened the hood and my son and I checked the brake fluid in the master cylinder. It was full. …”

“My wife was driving with our two daughters (ages 12 and 14). It had just started to snow and my wife said the road was slippery she put the car into low gear and traveled slowly. She was right around the corner from our house when she could no longer control the vehicle. She hit a tree, a fence, and then two more trees, traveling more than 600 feet. Even though she was traveling downhill she said the brakes did not engage the ABS and then toward the end of the crash, before hitting the third tree the car accelerated on its own. …”

“I've had two serious incidents involving the car's auto braking system we bought as part of a safety package. Both were identical. Each time I was driving on a major highway and the car detected a potential side impact crash. Both times, I saw the hazard in time and given the close proximity of traffic behind be and the high rate of traffic flow speed I determined my best chance at avoiding the crash was to accelerate past the side impact hazard. The car disagreed and slammed on the brakes. This caused me to almost lose control of the car because my speed both times was >70 MPH. …”