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2006 Toyota HIGHLANDER HYBRID Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	879863
Internal NHTSA #	10424023
Manufacurer	TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	HIGHLANDER HYBRID
Model Year	2006
File date	02/09/11
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	There have been four incidents with this vehicle in which the hybrid system shutting down. The first three times the vehicle was fine when i turned it off, but would not restart. With all three of these incidents the vehicle would restart with no issues after a few hours. The csv and the check hybrid system lights as well as most of the panel lights would come on. The dealership checked it two times and said it was fine. In the most recent event, i was waiting at the bottom of a driveway. When i went to proceed i pressed the accelerator and the engine made a loud sound that seemed equivalent to it running at a high rpm. The car would not go forward or reverse. I turned the car off and then on again, it made the same sound and again did not move. The csv and the "check hybrid system" lights as well as the panel lights came on. I rolled the car out of the driveway and turned it off again. Due to the previously described history of the car, i chose to wait an hour before trying to restart it. After waiting an hour, i attempted to restart the car and the exact same things happened. After putting the car on the scope the dealership could not determine the problem. I was called after two days of the dealer running many tests and told it was the inverter. The price quoted to me was $8000. I insisted that they needed to look into the toyota recall of the hybrid inverters. I was told my vehicle was checked by another dealership on august 15,2011, and it was "cleared." i asked them to recheck this recall to see if my car fit into the category. I was informed they were not going to recheck it, but they would instead contact toyota. Had this happened while i was driving up or down my driveway, i would most certainly would have gone over the 50 foot embankment on my driveway or the cliff directly across the street from my house.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	114500
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	PERRIS, CA
VIN pattern	JTEDW21A460XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	6
Drive train type	FWD
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Vehicle speed	0
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2006 Toyota HIGHLANDER HYBRID Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2006 Toyota HIGHLANDER HYBRID Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

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