2023 Toyota Highlander Forward collision avoidance Problems
- Complaints
- 5about this part
- Share
- 3%of 189 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 5 complaints about the forward collision avoidance of the 2023 Toyota Highlander, 3% of the 189 complaints for this model year. 3 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
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.
“A vehicle turned in front of me as I was going down the highway and I collided with the vehicle at 44 mph. The airbags of my car did not deploy but the airbags of the other vehicle did deploy.”
NHTSA complaint #11707839, filed 2025-12“I was involved in a vehicle crash on 7-1-25. I had just pulled out of the gas station and was coming up to a stop sign so I was only going about 8mph I put my foot on the brake and nothing happened. I had my foot all the way down on the brake pedal because I saw a car coming and they were traveling at about 40mph. No automatic braking nothing worked. I had no control. I just prayed that I hope this doesn’t hurt. None of my airbags deployed. My car is now totaled and of course I got the ticket because I did not have control of my vehicle. …”
NHTSA complaint #11674853, filed 2025-07“The right side blind spot warning does not always show a vehicle is in blind spot. The forward collision will alert will start and keep beeping for up to 3 minutes when nothing is in the area. I pulled into driveway and the vehicle started to beep a warning but no warning message showed up on dash. It continued for 30 minutes even after I turned off car. Then started it and drove it a mile and parked it again. I get on the overhead view a generalized warring. But doesn’t say what it is then goes away. This has happened a couple of times when driving. …”
NHTSA complaint #11576428, filed 2024-03“There is a wobbling sensation on my Highlander during braking at highway speeds. There is no such feeling while driving around city. It appeared after my trip on highway in heavy rain. There was no traffic, and I were using cruise control. Suddenly, doing nothing from my side but steering, I started to feel heavy break impacts, which scared me (I was with my family). I switched off cruise control, and those break impacts disappeared. Then switched it again, and I started to feel the same, thus I switched off cruise control and drove the rest of rain area with my foot on accelerator pedal. …”
NHTSA complaint #11694643, filed 2025-10“I was in an accident today in this vehicle . Upon impact, traffic was suddenly stopped on the highway. The air bags didn’t deploy and the automatic emergency breaks didn’t engage. Impact was so hard three vehicles were Involved.”
NHTSA complaint #11732855, filed 2026-04Forward collision avoidance: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 20% |
| 2024 | 1 | 2% |
| 2023 | 5 | 3% |
| 2022 | 22 | 8% |
| 2021 | 12 | 2% |
| 2020 | 7 | 2% |
| 2019 | 11 | 2% |
| 2018 | 9 | 3% |
| 2017 | 4 | 1% |
| 2016 | 3 | 3% |
| 2012 | 2 | 1% |
| 2011 | 1 | 1% |
| 2010 | 2 | 1% |
| 2009 | 1 | 1% |
| 2007 | 1 | 1% |
| 2006 | 2 | 1% |
| 2003 | 1 | 0% |
Other parts of the 2023 Toyota Highlander
40 complaintsBody and structure
32 complaintsEngine
28 complaintsSeats
21 complaintsBrakes
20 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
20 complaintsFuel system
17 complaintsAir bags
12 complaintsElectrical system
12 complaintsVehicle speed control
9 complaintsLane departure
6 complaintsTires
5 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2023 Toyota Highlander
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 29, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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