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<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER</title>
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<updated>2009-11-07T10:40:56-08:00</updated>
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<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2009 - EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS</title>
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<id>urn:uuid:33622cf5-7588-115c-65a2-fc83d8ce11ec</id>
<updated>2009-06-15T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[TOYOTA IS RECALLING 27,080 MODEL YEAR 2009 AND 2010 PASSENGER CARS BUILT FROM JUNE 2, 2008 TO MAY 4, 2009.  THESE VEHICLES WERE NOT EQUIPPED WITH LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY MODIFICATION LABELS WHICH FAILS TO CONFORM WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 110, "TIRE SELECTION AND RIMS."]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2006 - EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/2006/09v223000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:29de5475-9e11-f84a-6df7-aef35af19efa</id>
<updated>2009-06-15T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[TOYOTA IS RECALLING 27,080 MODEL YEAR 2009 AND 2010 PASSENGER CARS BUILT FROM JUNE 2, 2008 TO MAY 4, 2009.  THESE VEHICLES WERE NOT EQUIPPED WITH LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY MODIFICATION LABELS WHICH FAILS TO CONFORM WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 110, "TIRE SELECTION AND RIMS."]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2008 - EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/2008/09v223000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e0efe0ea-6b72-7cf6-2505-91a371d3fd45</id>
<updated>2009-06-15T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[TOYOTA IS RECALLING 27,080 MODEL YEAR 2009 AND 2010 PASSENGER CARS BUILT FROM JUNE 2, 2008 TO MAY 4, 2009.  THESE VEHICLES WERE NOT EQUIPPED WITH LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY MODIFICATION LABELS WHICH FAILS TO CONFORM WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 110, "TIRE SELECTION AND RIMS."]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2008 - EQUIPMENT</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/2008/09e028000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:24e9a63d-9132-9575-ba73-d53f9e99e8b0</id>
<updated>2009-05-14T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[SOUTHEAST TOYOTA IS RECALLING 3,499 STAINLESS STEEL EXHAUST TIPS SOLD BY SOUTHEAST TOYOTA AS AN OPTIONAL ACCESSORY FOR USE ON MY 2008 HIGHLANDER AND HIGHLANDER HYBIRD VEHICLES.   DUE TO IMPROPER HEAT TREATMENT DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, THE ORIGINAL CLAMP USED TO SECURE THE STAINLESS STEEL EXHAUST TIP TO THE EXHAUST PIPE MAY DEVELOP MICROSCOPIC CRACKS.  EVENTUALLY THE CRACK MAY EXPAND CAUSING THE CLAMP TO BREAK.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2008 - EQUIPMENT</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/2008/09e022000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:640256da-0acd-f71b-8ac1-34ce30657b8b</id>
<updated>2009-04-30T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[TOYOTA IS RECALLING 39,100 STAINLESS STEEL EXHAUST TIPS SOLD BY TOYOTA AS AN OPTIONAL ACCESSORY FOR USE ON MY 2008 HIGHLANDER AND HIGHLANDER HYBIRD VEHICLES.   DUE TO IMPROPER HEAT TREATMENT DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, THE ORIGINAL CLAMP USED TO SECURE THE TOYOTA STAINLESS STEEL EXHAUST TIP TO THE EXHAUST PIPE MAY DEVELOP MICROSCOPIC CRACKS.  EVENTUALLY THE CRACK MAY EXPAND CAUSING THE CLAMP TO BREAK.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2008 - SEAT BELTS:REAR</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/2008/08v181000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:897da82f-459b-209c-ce84-c90d2b2f713e</id>
<updated>2008-04-22T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[TOYOTA IS RECALLING 90,189 MY 2008 HIGHLANDER AND HIGHLANDER HYBRID PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A THIRD ROW SEAT.  THESE VEHICLES FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 208, "OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION."  THE NON-DRIVER DESIGNATED SEATING POSITIONS "DSP" ON THESE VEHICLES IS EQUIPPED WITH SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES THAT HAVE A FEATURE THAT CONVERTS THE RETRACTOR FROM AN EMERGENCY LOCKING RETRACTOR "ELR" TO AN AUTOMATIC LOCKING RETRACTOR "ALR".  THE BELTS CONVERT TO THE ALR MODE AFTER THE WEBBING HAS BEEN FULLY WITHDRAWN FROM THE RETRACTOR.  THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED SO THAT AS THE BELT IS RELEASED INTO THE RETRACTOR, THE SYSTEM REMAINS IN THE ALR MODE SO THAT A CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM "CRS" CAN BE TIGHTLY SECURED.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2005 - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/2005/06v253000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:39060179-4c7f-3d09-9e89-4d655c6107c6</id>
<updated>2006-07-13T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY AND HYBRID VEHICLES, THE TWO RETAINING CLIPS FOR THE DRIVER'S SIDE FORWARD CENTER CONSOLE CAN BECOME LOOSE.  IF BOTH CLIPS SEPARATE FROM THE FLOOR CARPET COVER, THE COVER MAY LEAN TOWARD THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, CAUSING INTERFERENCE WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ROD.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2004 - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/2004/06v253000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a8ac34c1-b5a4-472a-6a8a-1b53ba245ae9</id>
<updated>2006-07-13T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY AND HYBRID VEHICLES, THE TWO RETAINING CLIPS FOR THE DRIVER'S SIDE FORWARD CENTER CONSOLE CAN BECOME LOOSE.  IF BOTH CLIPS SEPARATE FROM THE FLOOR CARPET COVER, THE COVER MAY LEAN TOWARD THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, CAUSING INTERFERENCE WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ROD.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2003 - LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/2003/04v181000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7dc2bfee-b52d-0b70-ac6f-0c18a9621200</id>
<updated>2004-04-20T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES HAVE A CHILD PROTECTION LOCK "CPL" SYSTEM ON BOTH OF THE REAR SIDE DOORS.  WHEN AN OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE CLOSES THE DOOR VERY HARD WITH THE CPL LEVER SET TO THE LOCK POSITION, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE LEVER MAY CONTACT THE BODY PANEL, CAUSING THE CPL LEVER TO MOVE INTO THE UNLOCK POSITION.      ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2002 - LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/2002/04v181000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:06eee5cb-507a-75f8-d113-b8df33cd49f6</id>
<updated>2004-04-20T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES HAVE A CHILD PROTECTION LOCK "CPL" SYSTEM ON BOTH OF THE REAR SIDE DOORS.  WHEN AN OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE CLOSES THE DOOR VERY HARD WITH THE CPL LEVER SET TO THE LOCK POSITION, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE LEVER MAY CONTACT THE BODY PANEL, CAUSING THE CPL LEVER TO MOVE INTO THE UNLOCK POSITION.      ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2004 - LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/2004/04v181000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:208120ae-2f4c-0752-b704-b581587f0144</id>
<updated>2004-04-20T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES HAVE A CHILD PROTECTION LOCK "CPL" SYSTEM ON BOTH OF THE REAR SIDE DOORS.  WHEN AN OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE CLOSES THE DOOR VERY HARD WITH THE CPL LEVER SET TO THE LOCK POSITION, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE LEVER MAY CONTACT THE BODY PANEL, CAUSING THE CPL LEVER TO MOVE INTO THE UNLOCK POSITION.      ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2001 - LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/2001/04v181000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:77d3b443-3f69-488b-022b-38254c321829</id>
<updated>2004-04-20T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES HAVE A CHILD PROTECTION LOCK "CPL" SYSTEM ON BOTH OF THE REAR SIDE DOORS.  WHEN AN OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE CLOSES THE DOOR VERY HARD WITH THE CPL LEVER SET TO THE LOCK POSITION, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE LEVER MAY CONTACT THE BODY PANEL, CAUSING THE CPL LEVER TO MOVE INTO THE UNLOCK POSITION.      ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2003 - WHEELS</title>
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<id>urn:uuid:4538a752-0c81-ba68-9169-3f46b6d77038</id>
<updated>2003-01-15T00:00:00-08:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FIVE FACTORY ALLOY WHEELS "MODEL 6934 AND 6936", WITH FACTORY LLAT, AND WITH PORT INSTALLED WR4, FOUR ALLOY WHEEL UPGRADE PROCESSED AT THE JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA PORT AND DISTRIBUTED BY SOUTHEAST TOYOTA DISTRIBUTORS IN THE STATES OF  ALABAMA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, WHEN THE VEHICLES WERE PROCESSED AT THE PORT, AN ALLOY TIRE/WHEEL UPGRADE WAS INSTALLED.  THE UPGRADE INCLUDED 4 ALLOY WHEELS.  THE ORIGINAL SPARE TIRE/ALLOY WHEEL WAS NOT CHANGED.  THE SPARE TIRE REQUIRES THE USE OF A DIFFERENT STYLE OF WHEEL NUT TO ATTACH IT TO THE VEHICLE.  ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2002 - FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/2002/02v208000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e203755b-2f69-d542-743a-bb888b766a64</id>
<updated>2002-08-01T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[ON SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THERE IS A BREATHER HOSE THAT ATTACHES TO THE NOZZLE OF THE ON-BOARD REFUELING VAPOR RECOVERY "ORVR" VALVE, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE TOPSIDE OF THE FUEL TANK.  THE BREATHER HOSE IS ATTACHED WITH A CLAMP, WHOSE "TABS" FACE IN THE UPWARD DIRECTION.  WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS CRASHED UNDER THE NEW CAR ASSESSMENT PROGRAM "NCAP" TEST "I.E., 35 MPH FRONTAL BARRIER CRASH", THE CLAMP "TABS" CONTACTED THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BODY DUE TO MOVEMENT OF THE FUEL TANK, CAUSING THE NOZZLE TO BREAK.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2001 - FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/2001/02v208000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:99dda1af-826c-3f9c-3d65-6cacb770a9c3</id>
<updated>2002-08-01T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[ON SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THERE IS A BREATHER HOSE THAT ATTACHES TO THE NOZZLE OF THE ON-BOARD REFUELING VAPOR RECOVERY "ORVR" VALVE, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE TOPSIDE OF THE FUEL TANK.  THE BREATHER HOSE IS ATTACHED WITH A CLAMP, WHOSE "TABS" FACE IN THE UPWARD DIRECTION.  WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS CRASHED UNDER THE NEW CAR ASSESSMENT PROGRAM "NCAP" TEST "I.E., 35 MPH FRONTAL BARRIER CRASH", THE CLAMP "TABS" CONTACTED THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BODY DUE TO MOVEMENT OF THE FUEL TANK, CAUSING THE NOZZLE TO BREAK.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2001 - SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/2001/01v228000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b29e2df7-d1e7-e596-ee61-c24e24a6b42d</id>
<updated>2001-07-13T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:  SPORT UTIITY VEHICLES.   THE RESERVOIR FILLER CAP OF THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER MAY INDUCE A VACUUM, INTRODUCING SOME AIR INTO THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR.  THIS COULD CAUSE ABNORMAL BRAKE NOISE AND INCREASED PEDAL STROKE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 1998 - SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/1998/97v135000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c0d32a4c-8a26-da17-ef25-ece6e42c1e8b</id>
<updated>1997-08-29T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:  CLASS A MOTOR HOME CHASSIS EQUIPPED WITH INDEPENDENT FRONT SUSPSION, WHICH UTILIZES A NORGREN VALVE AND NEWAY PILOT AIR CONTROL VALVES.   THE PURPOSE OF THE NORGREN VALVE IS TO EXHAUST THE AIR SUSPENSION WHEN THE DRIVER ACTIVATES THE VEHICLE JACKS USED TO LEVEL THE VEHICLE FOR OVERNIGHT PARKING.  THE NEWAY PILOT VALVE IS USED TO SPEED UP THE TIMING OF THE AIR EXHAUST.  WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN A DYNAMIC CONDITION, THE AIR SYSTEM PRESSURE CAN SEND SPIKES OF UP TO 230 PSI.  THIS EXCEEDS THE PRESSURE RATING OF THE NEWAY PILOT VALVE CAUSING THE VALVE TO FAIL AND ALLOW THE AIR SYSTEM PRESSURE TO EXHAUST UNCONTROLLABILITY.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 1993 - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/1993/96v201000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:60b47f36-f40a-8cc8-44e4-b0d4b89ca007</id>
<updated>1996-11-27T00:00:00-08:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[THE ECO-CRUISE ACTUATOR CAN BIND THE THROTTLE.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 1994 - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/1994/96v201000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0d2d54c3-cbd0-c546-4ff2-8e4783353e71</id>
<updated>1996-11-27T00:00:00-08:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[THE ECO-CRUISE ACTUATOR CAN BIND THE THROTTLE.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 1996 - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/1996/96v201000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6d65e6de-1c3a-615d-82a0-ac3bc6e1b4f2</id>
<updated>1996-11-27T00:00:00-08:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[THE ECO-CRUISE ACTUATOR CAN BIND THE THROTTLE.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 1995 - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/1995/96v201000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ee65426f-b337-e244-be92-04c11e4bfab9</id>
<updated>1996-11-27T00:00:00-08:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[THE ECO-CRUISE ACTUATOR CAN BIND THE THROTTLE.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 1996 - STEERING:LINKAGES:LINK:DRAG:CONNECTION</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/1996/96v081000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9f342ba7-d99d-c28c-1f24-c0a0e91401da</id>
<updated>1996-05-22T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[THE DRAGLINKS HAVE BEEN EQUIPPED WITH AN ANTI-TILT SEAL ON THE PITMAN END THAT CAN AFFECT THE TAPER FIT OF THE BALL STUD TAPER INTO THE PITMAN ARM. THE RECOMMENDED TORQUE ON THE STUD NUT DOES NOT OVERCOME THE COMPRESSION OF THE ANTI-TILT SEAL.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 1995 - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS</title>
<link href="http://auto-recalls.justia.com/toyota/highlander/1995/96v072000/index.html"  rel="alternate" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6ad3a626-db02-260e-637d-c78df425c7ee</id>
<updated>1996-05-08T00:00:00-07:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[THESE SOLENOIDS CAN FAIL TO OPERATE OR PASS CURRENT. THESE SOLENOIDS ARE USED TO TURN THE POWER TO THE IGNITION BUS BAR"S" ON THE POWER PANEL"S" ON AND OFF.]]></summary>
</entry>
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