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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.
JTEES43A982••••••2008 Toyota HIGHLANDER
That is about average for the 2008 Toyota HIGHLANDER — 4 complaints per build across 92 builds.
4on this build
365on the model
92builds in total
1involved a fire
Most reportedEngine 2Vehicle Speed Control 1
What owners of this build wrote
Unknown Or OtherfireJan 2019
2008 highlander caught fire and burned to a complete loss. None of the notification systems worked correctly to alert my wife. The car was in motion moving appx 20 miles per hour and the cabin filled with smoke and was engulfed in flames. Oil spray was noted and pictures taken…
EngineJun 2018
Oil cooler pipe malfunction. While driving, the oil cooler pipe started to leak from a hole in the rubber section between the metal clamps. All the engine oil came out within a few minutes while driving on the highway. Toyota had a recall in 2011 for this equipment, but no…
Vehicle Speed ControlJan 2010
In january 2010, I was parked in my daughter's daycare driveway. The driveway has a normal slope. I turned the vehicle on while in the driveway and even though I was pressing on the brakes the brakes failed and the car began rolling backward. I had to use the emergency brake to…
EngineSep 2015
Engine oil cooling (rubber) hose burst while driving and dumped all of my oil ... Toyota has since repaired this part with a series of metal pipes, which suggests to me that they realize that this is a defect but it is not acknowledged as a recall
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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 JTEES43A982030525 · decoded Oct 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.