# 2007 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID — SERVICE BRAKES
> NHTSA complaint `1122086` · 2014-10-20 · Toyota Motor Corporation
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TOYOTA
- **Model:** HIGHLANDER HYBRID
- **Year:** 2007
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES
- **Miles at failure:** 129,000
- **Speed:** 20 mph
## Narrative
MY CAR HAD BEEN MAKING A CHIRPING NOISE WHEN I BRAKE SO I TOOK IT TO A BRAKE PLACE AND THEY PUT ON NEW BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS, ABOUT A WEEK LATE ALL THE LIGHTS ON MY DASH CAME ON SAYING EVERYTHING WAS WRONG, I CALLED THE BRAKE PLACE THEY SAID IT WAS JUST A LOOSE CONNECTION. ABOUT 2 MONTHS LATER I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A STOP AT A LIGHT APPROXIMATELY A HALF A FOOTBALL FIELD AWAY AND MY BRAKES JUST STOPPED WORKING AND I SLID INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME.. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE BRAKE PLACE THEY SAID IT WAS THE HYBRID SYSTEM, FROM WHICH THERE WAS A RECALL FOR MY CAR. I TOOK IT TO THE TOYOTA DEALER AND THEY FIXED THE RECALL BUT THEN SAID MY PROBLEM IS THE BRAKE HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR, A 2500.00 PART! FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT IS THE SENSOR THAT TELLS YOUR BRAKES TO OPERATE WHEN YOU PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL!!! THEN I STARTED RESEARCHING AND IT LOOKS LIKE OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE HYBRID HIGHLANDER IN 2006 AND 2007 MAKES!!! I PUT MY CAR IN MY GARAGE FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS BECAUSE I SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX THIS AND NOW THE BATTERY IS COMPLETELY DEAD! WHEN I DROVE IT HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP AFTER THEY FIXED THE RECALL AND TOLD ME THE NEWS ABOUT THE ACTUATOR, IT FELT LIKE I WAS DRIVING ON ICE AND REALLY HAD NO CONTROL OF THE BRAKES AT ALL... I WOULD THINK WITH THE COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN ABOUT THIS, THAT THIS WOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE, I MEAN WHEN YOU PRESS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND YOUR BRAKES ACTUALLY WORK, YOUR CAR SHOULD STOP!! THIS COULD REALLY END UP HURTING SOMEO
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