Complaint 1782585

2013 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER • STEERING • incident Dec 10, 2021

Crash
No
Fire
No
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
Complaint ID
1782585
Make
TOYOTA
Model
HIGHLANDER
Model Year
2013
Component
STEERING
Incident Date
Dec 10, 2021
Date Received
Dec 10, 2021
Data As Of
Aug 1, 2026

Complaint Summary

STEERING

Owner Narrative

When I turn the steering faster than a certain speed, it will lock up for a moment, either turning right or left. Sometimes a light indicating a steering fault lights up on the dash cluster, sometimes not. When the turning of the wheel stops and locks up I cannot turn any more in that direction. I can turn the other way. This has been a problem for sometime and is becoming now worse. Aside from the locking up, justing turning slowly, there is a bit of a whine or low level grind sound in the sound of the steering column. This is a mechanical noise, not the typical whine of the steering pump.

Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.