2015 Toyota HIGHLANDER - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

The 2015 Toyota Highlander SUV FWD has received an outstanding overall safety rating of 5 out of 5. This means that it performed extremely well in various crash tests including front crash and side crash scenarios. The car is equipped with electronic stability control as a standard feature, which enhances its ability to maintain control in difficult driving conditions. Additionally, it offers optional forward collision warning and lane departure warning systems, adding an extra layer of safety for the driver.

However, it is worth noting that there have been 163 complaints registered for this model, along with 2 recalls. While the safety features and high safety rating are certainly reassuring, potential buyers should be aware of the reported complaints and recalls when considering this vehicle.

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Complaint Count

163

Recall Count

2

Investigation Count

0

Safety Rating

5/5

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Safety Features

2015 Toyota Highlander SUV FWD Safety Features

Here are the safety features that come as standard on the 2015 Toyota Highlander SUV FWD

Electronic Stability Control (ESC)

ESC is an advanced safety feature in vehicles designed to help drivers maintain control during challenging driving conditions. By continuously monitoring various factors such as steering angle, vehicle speed, and individual wheel speeds, ESC can detect and reduce the risk of skidding or loss of control. It achieves this by automatically applying brakes to specific wheels to stabilize the vehicle.

Standard
Forward Collision Warning (FCW)

Forward Collision Warning (FCW) is a safety feature in vehicles that helps prevent frontal collisions by alerting the driver of an imminent collision with a vehicle or obstacle ahead. Using sensors such as radar or cameras, FCW monitors the distance and speed of vehicles in front, and if it detects a potential collision, it provides visual and/or auditory warnings to prompt the driver to take evasive action.

Optional
Lane Departure Warning (LDW)

Lane Departure Warning (LDW) is a safety feature in vehicles that alerts drivers when their vehicle unintentionally drifts out of its lane without signaling. Utilizing cameras or sensors to monitor lane markings on the road, LDW detects when the vehicle crosses these lines and triggers visual, auditory, or haptic alerts to notify the driver of potential lane departure.

Optional

2015 Toyota Highlander SUV FWD Safety Ratings

Here we have the crash and rollover ratings for the 2015 Toyota Highlander SUV FWD Where possible we've included the ratings for the oldest and latest models of this car so you can compare how the safety ratings have changed over time.

Frontal Crash Ratings

Combines Driver and Passenger star ratings into a single frontal rating. The frontal barrier test simulates a head-on collision between two similar vehicles, each moving at 35 mph.

Test 2005 Score 2015 Score 2024 Score
Overall Front Crash Rating Not Rated 4 4
Front Crash Driver Side Rating 5 4 4
Front Crash Passenger Side Rating 5 5 4

Side Crash Ratings

Combines Side Barrier and Side Pole Star Ratings into a single side rating.

Test 2005 Score 2015 Score 2024 Score
Overall Side Crash Rating Not Rated 5 5
Side Crash Drivers Side Rating 5 5 5
Side Crash Passenger Side Rating 5 5 5
Combined Side Barrier Pole Rating - Front Not Rated 5 5
Combined Side Barrier Pole Rating - Rear Not Rated 5 5
Overall Side Barrier Rating Not Rated 5 5

Rollover Ratings

The Rollover Resistance test measures the risk of rollover in a single-vehicle, loss-of-control scenario.

Test 2005 Score 2015 Score 2024 Score
Rollover Rating 4 4 4
Rollover Possibility % 0% 0% 0%
Dynamic Tip Result No Tip No Tip No Tip
Side Pole Crash Rating Not Rated 5 5

Complaints for the 2015 Toyota HIGHLANDER

This chart show the number of complaints for each car component. A Higher number of complaints could indicate that this car might have a common fault. Something to look out for when purchasing one.

Component Complaints

Choose a component to see what complaints people have made about them.

Complaint:
"front half of panoramic sunroof spontaneously exploded. conditions were light rain, morning, freeway at 65 mph. exploded outward, not much traffic or anything around, not hit by debris. did not seem like safety issue in this case other than startling noise, cloth cover was closed."
Components Involved: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of incident: 2023-03-02
Complaint:
"the paint on my 2015 highlander (blizzard pearl) is peeling off in chunks. i see a repair notice for other models of toyota with this problem but not the highlander. i know it isn’t a safety issue but the information pointed me here to report it."
Components Involved: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of incident: 2021-01-06
Complaint:
"mold smell in car. musty smell coming from a/c, water on floor of drivers and passengers side front, mold under carpet/padding."
Components Involved: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of incident: 2022-03-08
Complaint:
"the radio/navigation system will malfunction and shut off and restart. at night this is a hazard due to the flashing light of the radio causing a distraction. this is also a hazard due to the navigation system not working. this happens at random times, it could turn off and on several times a minute or it could do it once an hour. if there is a short in the radio could this cause a fire? this happens all the time while in motion or sitting still and on every road."
Components Involved: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of incident: 2020-04-01
Complaint:
"my son dropped me off at the airport. i forgot to leave him the keyless device that keeps the vehicle running. he called and let me know he made it home (30 miles approx.to his home) and i didn't leave him the keyless device. should this be a safety recall? and how could this happen?"
Components Involved: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of incident: 2020-11-11
Complaint:
"driver side door lock mechanism worked only intermittently. had to crawl through passenger side to unlock door manually by pulling on the door handle. replaced door lock mechanism at dealership. now the left rear door is starting to malfunction. sometimes passenger is unable to open door from inside of car and the door has to be opened from the outside."
Components Involved: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of incident: 2020-03-11
Complaint:
"three of the door lock actuators failed on this vehicle at the same time. my wife cannot unlock the car doors without going to the one door that is working when she pushes the unlock button on her remote. this is a major safety issue and there are thousands of articles and message board posts on the internet related to door lock actuators failing on toyota vehicles. toyota is providing some financial assistance to repair the issue but it is not near enough to cover it all and i am out of pocket for a large amount of the repair. due to the scope of the issue i believe this should be handled through a recall."
Components Involved: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of incident: 2019-07-08
Complaint:
"driving at 70mph on the ohio turnpike today 3/22/2019 at approximately 6pm we hear a loud boom. this sounded like we were shot at from a cornfield. then we heard small fragments of glass above us blow into the air. there was no rocks or we were not under a bridge for something to fall on it. it was just an exploding glass above our head in the panoramic sunroof. see pictures very scary this should not have happened."
Components Involved: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of incident: 2020-10-03
Complaint:
"wind noise from panoramic sunroof. seal deteriorating at both ends."
Components Involved: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of incident: 2018-01-01
Complaint:
"sunroof glass exploded. i was driving down an interstate highway at 70 mph in 4 lanes of holiday traffic. we had been in the car for about 20 minutes when we heard a loud bang (it sounded like a shotgun went off in the car) and glass was flying everywhere. i looked up and there was a hole about 4" by 2" in the sunroof and the balance was all shattered. after pulling onto the shoulder of the highway and looking from the outside, the glass edges of what was left were protruding up. this happened on a sunday, so i had to bust as much of the remaining glass out that i could to drive it home. the temperature was 85 at the time. i have had my vehicle for 3.5 years and i have 60,000 miles on my car. this should not happen! toyota will not admit any fault and told me to send a claim to my insurance."
Components Involved: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of incident: 2018-08-07

Recalls for the 2015 Toyota HIGHLANDER

Component Recalls

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Recall:
"fujian wanda automobile glass industry (wanda) is recalling certain aftermarket replacement windshields sold for use in 2014-2018 toyota highlander vehicles. the windshields have an attached wire harness that water may leak into, possibly causing damage to the vehicle's engine control module (ecm)."
Consequence:
The ECM damage may result in the engine stalling, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy:

Wanda will notify owners, and service centers will replace the windshields, and inspect the ECM for damage, having it replaced, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began January 29, 2019. Owners may contact Wanda customer service at 1-864-281-2760.

Component(s) Involved: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Date of incident: 2018-11-27

TOYOTA Overall Complaint Ranking

This table shows the ranking of car manufacturers when it comes to most complaints and recalls. The manufacturer with the most complaints is at the top. However this doesn't necassarily mean they should be avoided. Some manufacturers might just have more popular or affordable cars which a lot of people have bought. Which means there's more scope for a complaint to be made. Use the ranking table below as a part your wider research into buying a car.

TOYOTA ranks 3 out of 44 in the complaints ranking table.

Manufacturer Complaint Count Recall Count Ranking
FORD 208,358 3,259 1
CHEVROLET 111,306 2,082 2
TOYOTA 81,019 1,852 3
HONDA 61,937 1,268 4
NISSAN 56,226 930 5
DODGE 45,756 827 6
HYUNDAI 44,150 649 7
GMC 34,441 1,410 8
KIA 29,832 501 9
CHRYSLER 27,698 254 10
TESLA 26,230 730 11
BMW 24,890 1,877 12
VOLKSWAGEN 23,125 829 13
MERCEDES-BENZ 19,066 2,925 14
SUBARU 18,513 703 15
MAZDA 10,599 364 16
PONTIAC 10,430 138 17
CADILLAC 9,434 444 18
AUDI 7,865 1,093 19
BUICK 7,851 279 20
SATURN 7,672 84 21
MERCURY 7,374 135 22
LEXUS 6,373 408 23
LINCOLN 5,897 423 24
ACURA 5,722 382 25
MINI 5,585 366 26
INFINITI 4,000 187 27
MITSUBISHI 3,912 397 28
VOLVO 3,875 727 29
PORSCHE 2,646 1,231 30
SUZUKI 2,272 123 31
FIAT 2,205 80 32
SAAB 1,536 76 33
JAGUAR 1,195 198 34
SMART 528 17 35
GENESIS 436 42 36
ISUZU 249 37 37
ALFA ROMEO 161 37 38
MASERATI 76 46 39
BENTLEY 46 159 40
POLESTAR 42 2 41
LUCID 14 6 42
CODA 4 2 43
MAYBACH 0 0 44

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