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2006 Toyota HIGHLANDER Power Train Automatic Transmission Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	597516
Internal NHTSA #	10164466
Manufacurer	TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	HIGHLANDER
Model Year	2006
File date	02/07/06
Component	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	2006-toyota highlander-3. 3v-6 with 5-speed automatic transmission erratic shifting and hesitation at slow speed when letting off accelerator and then reapplying transmission. Vehicle stays in between gears and hesitates. Once it gets into gear the vehicle lunges forward, making it necessary to apply the brakes hard. This is particularly dangerous in stop and go traffic. I get nervous when trying to merge into highway traffic because i don't know how the accelerator will respond at any given moment. It is an accident waiting to happen. I notified toyota and they told me to work through the dealer. I notified the dealer and they are going to take a look at it. After reading the many posts on the internet about the same problem, it seems toyota and the dealer service departments are telling customers that the vehicle was designed to act this way. The dealerships that try to reprogram the chip that controls acceleration are not having any luck fixing the problem. The problem returns sometimes worse than it was before. At present there is no recall and no tsb. The 'fix' seems to be based on experimentation not fact. I will give the dealer a chance but i have been down this road before. Since there is no fix and toyota is not willing to admit to defect, i fear i will be facing many visits to the dealer getting a lot of lip service without any action. I am surprised that toyota, the beacon of quality, is ignoring this potentially serious safety problem. Lets not wait for the accident to spurn a recall or investigation. How about car companies get proactive for a change. *jb
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	1000
Number of Occurences	25
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	OMAHA, NE
VIN pattern	JTEEP21A260XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	08/06/06
Was original owner?	Y
Anti-lock brakes	Y
Cruise control	Y
Number of cylinders	6
Drive train type	4WD
Transmission type	AUTO
Vehicle speed	35
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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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2006 Toyota HIGHLANDER Power Train Automatic Transmission Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2006 Toyota HIGHLANDER Power Train Automatic Transmission Problems, Complaints and Defects

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