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2004 Toyota HIGHLANDER Visibility Wiper Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1186827
Internal NHTSA #	10721835
Manufacurer	Toyota Motor Corporation
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	HIGHLANDER
Model Year	2004
File date	27/05/15
Component	VISIBILITY/WIPER
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Gas station did not close hood completely and it blew open while trying to enter the highway at just over 40 miles per hour. The secondary safety catch did not hold or work ! The hood blew open and shattered the windshield and bent the hood up into the roof. The tops of the fenders near the hinges were also ripped up.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	127243
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	BELMONT, MA
VIN pattern	JTEGD21A640XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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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.
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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.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2004 Toyota HIGHLANDER Visibility Wiper Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2004 Toyota HIGHLANDER Visibility Wiper Problems, Complaints and Defects

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