When accelerating from a stop, the car abruptly lost power and it felt like the engine was going to stall out completely, but then the car started accelerating again. this happened three time today. in two cases i was needing to accelerate briskly as i was either crossing, or entering onto, a busy street with fast traffic. in two cases (in both cases i was making a right turn from a stop) the red exclamation point warning sign appeared briefly on the dash board upper screen. on the third occasion (i was accelerating straight ahead from a stop), a red written message appeared on the center dash board screen, but it disappeared before i could read it.
Car has over 117,000 miles and is excessively consuming oil. there is no sign of leaks anywhere. i do not get any warning anywhere about low oil, all i see is a small message that sometimes blinks indicating 'oil pressure'. oil is not lasting 1000 miles. i thought maybe the oil was not properly filled but after a second oil change, same happened, oil empty with less than 1000 miles after an oil change. car has been always kept with all recommended maintenance and all oil changes have been done every 5,000 as recommended by toyota. have never been in any accident that could cause any engine problem, seems this is a factory defect. in the electrical part, power back door does not close/open, there is a recall for that but no dealers in my area will fix it because one of the parts that is inside that motor is not listed in the recall specs and dealers will not fix unless i pay. i took the car to the dealer about 2 years ago. this refers to the warranty enhancement letter zg4.
Fuel pump stops working while driving on highway at high speeds, vehicle rides rough intermittently then shuts down. vehicle will not start up again.
My 2019 highlander (se v6 with only 490 miles) started having high idle rpm issues at about 300 miles. at stop signs/red lights you really have to keep your foot on the brake pedal. the vehicle lurches forward when releasing the brake pedal. let off the brake, the vehicle takes off (same thing in reverse) making driving it unsafe and dangerous. pulling into our garage is not fun. i should note that this high rpm issue happens whether the start stop is activated or not activated. to make matters worst, driving on snow covered roads is a real problem when braking at red lights, stop signs and slowing to make turns. most of my driving is on city streets. i will be taking the suv to my toyota dealer in endicott, ny to get this dangerous issue resolved before i get into an accident. the highlander was built 11/19 and i have owned it for a few weeks. i hope other toyota highlander owners don't have the problem because it makes the vehicles very unsafe and difficult to drive.
Slowly (3-5mph) moving toward exit ramp from hospital parking lot. tried to brake before turning right onto ramp, but service brake didn't respond -- felt like i was just pounding the floor. vehicle continued to coast. i turned it onto exit ramp. during coast down ramp the multi-function display showed "low brake power" or "brake power low". vehicle speed remained relatively constant. i shifted into r (reverse), think that no harm would come to transmission at that speed, but nothing happened; coast remained constant. luckily no vehicles were in front of mine and none were coming on rt 25 brighton ave westbound in portland me, so i was able to steer the coasting vehicle to a slow stop along the road's edge (but still halfway into the travel lane). then the multi-function display told me that the vehicle's engine had been turned off (not by me). a city bus came along about one minute later; if it had come by one minute before that there would have been a collision with my vehicle. after waiting to recover from the shock of that event, i ...
My vehicle experienced a loss of oil pressure and massive oil loss while being driven due to the failure of the oil cooler line while driving on pa 291 in philadelphia. it had to be towed. this is apparently a common problem for the highlander and the lexus rx350.
First incident occurred in dec 2019 and then again in jan 2020. while driving engine lost power and vehicle began lurching forward and back uncontrollably. after pulling over engine shut down. thankfully we did not cause an accident. check engine light came on, also said reduced engine power and traction control off. first time dealer said it was bad gas. second time they tested fuel pump and it was producing 5 psi. way below 50-60 psi norm. now our vehicle is parked waiting for toyota to develop a fix for their fuel pump. no idea how long that will take. our car is part of the almost 700,000 toyota recalled. toyota used to mean quality, not sure any more.
On my way home on saturday night, about 2 to 3 streets from my house, my dash started to say low fuel. i continued to drive home because i was so close. i get home and jumped out of the vehicle to listen to my car and everything sounded good. i shut the car off. on monday morning, i walked out and noticed all the oil in the car had leaked out of the car onto my driveway. i immediately called toyota and they said they would send a tow truck. the tow truck driver arrived and checked the oil with the dip stick. since there was no oil in the vehicle, we did not start the engine. he towed the car to toyota (where i have all my work done including inspections-which the last one was done 3 weeks prior to this incident). the toyota mechanics looked at the vehicle. they called me and said a hose under the engine had cracked causing the oil to leak out. they had to order the part and it would fixed and ready by tuesday. the part didn't come in as expected and the ...
Stopped at a stop light and when it turned green pushed on the gas pedal. the entire car jerked and didn't have any power to go through the intersection. the rpm gage began jumping as the car rolled. i rolled on through the intersection, was almost hit. had no steering ability. lights and alarms began going off. message board said traction control turned off. then check engine. then visit dealer. then the car died at the edge of the intersection and we pushed it off the highway onto a county road. it will not start at all. acts like it isn't getting any gas. this is the 3 incident with this car doing this. we have towed it twice to the dealership. they replaced a valve in the engine. they said it was stuck. apparently that wasn't what is wrong with it. glad this wasn't on the interstate. we could have been killed.
Tl* the contact leases a 2019 toyota highlander. while driving, the engine stalled without warning and the steering wheel seized. the contact coasted the vehicle over to the side of the road and powered off the engine. the vehicle was restarted and was able to drive normally; however, the failure recurred twice. the vehicle was taken to page toyota (21262 telegraph rd, southfield, mi 48033, (248) 352-8580) where it was diagnosed, but the technician could not find a failure code. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and provided case number: 1910282286. the failure mileage was approximately 4,000.