Ownership Cost for 2008 Toyota Highlander Hybrid Limited
Estimated: $43663 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$3118
$1497
$1310
$1185
$1060
$8170
Insurance
$1756
$1818
$1881
$1947
$2015
$9417
Fuel
$1500
$1545
$1599
$1663
$1738
$8045
Maintenance
$2763
$2166
$1270
$1439
$2291
$9929
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$1111
$1111
$1111
$1111
$1111
$1645
Total Ownership Costs
$11226
$8290
$7519
$7754
$8875
$43663
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Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2008
POWER TRAIN
2008 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID 4WD - THE ANTISKID MECHANISM FOR ICE IS VERY EFFECTIVE BUT CREATES A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN IN SNOW. ON THIS MODEL, THERE IS NO MANUAL OVERRIDE. I LIVE IN RURAL NORTH DAKOTA AND BLOWING SNOW OR RURAL ROADS ARE A PART OF LIFE HERE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT I GOT STUCK IN A MINOR DRIFT ON THE ROAD BUT IN TEMPERATURE OF DOUBLE DIGIT BELOW WIND CHILLS. WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS IS WHEN THE CAR SENSE WHEEL SLIPPAGE. THIS TURNS ALL POWER OFF TO THE WHEELS. 'FLOORING THE PEDAL" RESULTS IN NO REVVING OF THE ENGINE. (THIS MAY BE A PROBLEM ONLY ON THE HYBRID, I AM NOT SURE.) AS THE POWER GETS TURNED OFF, IT BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE TO 'ROCK' THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE DRIFT. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I THOUGHT THAT I BROKE THE VEHICLE AS IT WAS LIKE THE CAR WAS OFF. NOTHING HAPPENS WHEN DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. I NEEDED TO SHOVEL COMPLETELY SO THERE WAS NO WHEEL SLIPPAGE. YESTERDAY, IT CREATED A DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE ELEMENTS AND THE CAR NOT RECEIVING POWER TO THE WHEELS. I DID AN INTERNET SEARCH WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME AND FOUND OTHERS HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS. ONE PERSON DESCRIBED THE VEHICLE WHEN STUCK IN SNOW AS "A GIGANTIC BOAT ANCHOR." I CALLED MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER AND THEN THE '800 NUMBER' FOR TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND DID NOT GET ANYWHERE. I THINK THE SAFETY SOLUTION IS A MANUAL OVERRIDE SWITCH. *TR
