Federal complaint record · Toyota Highlander · model year 2005

2005 Toyota Highlander

Owners submitted 224 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 27th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2003 to 2007 midsize suv cohort. The largest reported component group is powertrain. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Powertrain · 19% · group n = 54Speed control · 14% · group n = 40Visibility · 10% · group n = 29Steering · 9% · group n = 26Electrical · 9% · group n = 25
224
Complaint records on file
56,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 170 complaints reported mileage
19%
Of classified component reports name powertrain · group n = 54
27th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 35 model years

Powertrain · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Powertrain19%

Powertrain reports

Toyota Highlander · model year 2005

Reports in this group54
Share of classified reports19%
Component groups on file6
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Adjacent model years · same badge, different data

The complaint signal has a shape

Compare model years
2004
0.1complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
286 matched incidents
This car
2005
0.1complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
224 matched incidents
2006
0.1complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
274 matched incidents

The line compares submitted complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years, not failures per 1,000 cars. Vehicle-years use compiled US sales, a 0.25 prior-calendar-year plus 0.75 current-calendar-year model-year allocation, and the shipped survival curve. Rates appear only where estimated vehicles in operation are at least 5,000.

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Brake performance · 44 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32005 Toyota Highlander
Loss of propulsion · 27 reports

Reports describe reduced power or hesitation while driving

Cluster 2 of 32005 Toyota Highlander
Transmission behavior · 20 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 3 of 32005 Toyota Highlander

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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