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Toyota GRAND HIGHLANDER

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All Recalls

2 campaigns
2 recalls 1 critical💥 2 crash risk
Model year
Airbag
Jun 20, 2024
784 days ago

Your side curtain airbag may not fully deploy in a crash, leaving your head and upper body unprotected.

Affected: AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN · 2024
CRASH RISK
NHTSA
Summary

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander, Grand Highlander Hybrid, Lexus TX350, TX500 Hybrid, and TX550 Hybrid+ vehicles. The driver and passenger side curtain air bags may not unroll as intended and could partially deploy outside of an open window. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 226, "Ejection Mitigation."

Consequence

An improper deployment of the side curtain air bag can reduce occupant protection during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

Remedy

Dealers will replace the driver and passenger curtain shield air bag assemblies, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed November 4, 2024. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 24TB09/24TA09 and Lexus' numbers are 24LB05/24LA05.

Other
Aug 7, 2026
6 days ago

A broken rear axle carrier can cause a sudden loss of vehicle stability and control, increasing the risk of a crash.

Affected: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY · 2026
CRASH RISK
NHTSA
Summary

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2026 Lexus TX Plug-In Hybrid, TX Hybrid, TX, Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid, and Grand Highlander vehicles. The rear axle carriers may have been manufactured with insufficient material strength and could break.

Consequence

A broken rear axle carrier can cause a sudden loss of vehicle stability and control, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Dealers will inspect the rear axle carrier sub-assembly code, and replace the sub-assemblies as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed August 23, 2026. Owners may contact Toyota's customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 26TB13, 26TA13, 26LB08, and 26LA08.

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Full analysis: how to read the Toyota GRAND HIGHLANDER recall history
Year range, common components, complaint patterns, and how to use this page.

Understanding the Toyota GRAND HIGHLANDER recall history

The Toyota GRAND HIGHLANDER currently has 2 recall campaigns indexed from the NHTSA public database. Each recall represents a formal campaign to fix a defect at no cost to the current owner. Owner complaints are self-reported incidents that haven't (yet) resulted in a recall but can indicate emerging patterns worth watching.

The most frequent recall category for the GRAND HIGHLANDER in our dataset is air bag (1). These clusters matter when you're shopping for a used GRAND HIGHLANDER: recalls in these systems tend to be the ones most likely to have been skipped by previous owners, because they aren't always visible during a routine test drive or pre-purchase inspection.

The tracked recalls span model years 2024–2026, with campaigns reported to NHTSA between 2024 and 2026. Not every model year carries every recall. Each campaign is scoped to a specific year range and often a specific build window, which is why a VIN lookup is the only way to know whether a particular GRAND HIGHLANDER is actually affected by any of these campaigns.

How to use this page

The safest path for an owner is to run your VIN through the checker above. A VIN query hits NHTSA's live API and tells you whether your specific GRAND HIGHLANDER has an open, unresolved recall. If you're researching a used GRAND HIGHLANDERbefore buying, use the recall list below to understand the model's full history, then check the seller's VIN to see whether prior owners actually completed the free repairs. Many don't, and unresolved recalls can linger for years.

Figures are generated live from the RecallScanner dataset, which is sourced from NHTSA's public recall and complaint APIs and refreshed daily. RecallScanner is independent and not affiliated with Toyota or any U.S. government agency.

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