NHTSA Complaint #10365831 — 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO HYDRAULIC PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE PEDAL TRAVELED TOO FAR INTO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS EITHER AIR IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM OR A DEFECTIVE MASTER CYLINDER. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE BRAKES WERE BLED TWICE BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED HIM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BUT OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,000.