Problems with 2003 Toyota Highlander WHEELS

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 toyota highlander. while driving 40 mph on ice, the power steering seized and the rear driver's side wheel locked up. as a result, the vehicle spun out and crashed into a snow mound. the air bags did not deploy. there were no injuries. a police report was filed. the vehicle was towed to the contact's home. the dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. the cause of the failure was not determined. the failure mileage was 200,000.

2003 toyota highlander 4.0 have had serious problems with the brakes on this vehicle since i purchased it due to toyota originally installing brakes that are too small for the size of this vehicle. trying to get it to a stop is a problem and the brakes fail alot as well as the fact that they destroy the oem rotors and pads and i have replaced the pads several times as well as had the rotors turned twice and now need to replace all 4 rotors and pads due to this something really needs to be done to fix this issue per toyota. *tr

The locking lug nuts on the toyota highlander wheels break and fragment with sharp metal shards when they are removed with the matching lock lug socket and 1 foot wrench without any abnormal torsion. the equipped lug wrench is exactly 12 inches long (lever length). the lug nuts when broken cannot be removed to change the tires. this has happened twice: once on the highway and the second time with a new matching socket and the 12" wrench. the original locking lug nut had to be drilled off by the dealer. the person applying the torque weighs 153 lbs. patrick vanschoyck, m.d.*ak