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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
5TDBK3EH1DS••••••2013 Toyota HIGHLANDER
That is about average for the 2013 Toyota HIGHLANDER — 3 complaints per build across 67 builds.
4on this build
191on the model
67builds in total
1involved a crash
Most reportedStructure 1Air Bags 1Power Train 1Electrical System 1
What owners of this build wrote
StructurecrashFeb 2015
On 2/20/2015 my parked toyota was hit in the front bumper causing damage. The party that hit me carried state farm insurance. They admitted fault and sent me to one of their preferred shops. The shop informed me that stae farm would not allow them to install a new bumper since…
Electrical SystemMay 2019
Our 2013 toyota highlander has had 3 of the 4 door actuators fail in a 26 month period. The first actuator failed in in march 2017 (car was only 3 years, 8 months old), the second actuator failed in february 2018 (car was 4 years, 7 months old) and the third actuator failed in…
Power TrainOct 2014
The contact owns a 2013 toyota highlander. While attempting to accelerate from a stop, the accelerator pedal was depressed but the vehicle hesitated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who was unable to diagnose or repair the vehicle. The failure recurred on numerous occasions.…
Air BagsJul 2014
This vehicle has been returned to toyota service department 4 times for message "check SRS air bag system". This message deactivates the side airbags from deploying. Toyota service has been unable to resolve this issue. Toyota service has done the following to correct this…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 5TDBK3EH1DS241409 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.