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2007 Toyota HIGHLANDER HYBRID Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	917366
Internal NHTSA #	10456197
Manufacurer	TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	HIGHLANDER HYBRID
Model Year	2007
File date	18/04/12
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	While driving this vehicle on rt 138 in newport ri, i was accelerating and suddenly experienced a complete loss of power and was able to coast the vehicle out of the travel portion of the roadway. Vehicle required a flatbed tow truck to bring it to balise toyota in warwick ri. Service department informed me that the inverter had failed and that the repair estimate would be approximately $9400. After researching on the internet i found that this was a fairly common problem with the 2006 and 2007 models and that there had been a recall for certain models. My vehicle's vin does not fall under the recall and the inverter. I have contacted toyota's corporate office regarding this problem, neither corporate nor the dealer offered up the information that nearly 100,000 of these vehicles had been recalled for this issue. I asked the people in service if there was a chance that my vehicle was affected by the recall. They looked up the part number for my inverter p/n g9200-48031 s/n ph09ym084 and told me that it was not a recall item. The failure mode resembles the multitude of failures that were covered under the recall which leads me to believe that the recall was not broad enough in its scope. I have yet to hear back from toyota on what if anything they are going to do to absorb this out of control repair cost.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	124000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	HOPE, RI
VIN pattern	JTEEW21A770XXXXXX
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
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Vehicle speed	45
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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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2007 Toyota HIGHLANDER HYBRID Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2007 Toyota HIGHLANDER HYBRID Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

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