2023 Toyota Highlander consumer reviews

After my experience I would avoid all highlanders manufacturered 2020 through 2023. 1) moonroof leak: design issue. 2) speedometer mismatch: design issue. Could tell same issue with the rental cars supplied, while my car was being worked on.

Terrible TURBO LAG !!! Toyota blew it with this car. $44,000 for WHAT ??? I can't Imagine Toyota is putting this Dog of an engine in the '24 Tacoma. Bonus, NO CD PLAYER !!!

The other reviews are absolutely scary. I am now Leary of my 2023 Toyota Highlander. It definitely does not compare to my 2017 Highlander. It is not comfortable and also jerky. I truly believe I have made a huge mistake.

Made it almost 4k miles before the turbo lag started. Toyota took a fantastic vehicle and made it awful simply by removing a phenomenal powertrain and replacing it with a terrible one. We have owned two highlanders before this one, and both were excellent. After having owned more than a dozen Toyotas, The 2023 Highlander Limited is the last new Toyota we will purchase until they bring back a solid, efficient, naturally aspirated powertrain.

Bought 23 highlander in March . The turbo engine is awful . Jerks and hesitates in traffic like others have said . We sold a 2011 with the v6 and bought this one and have regretted it ever since so we traded it in for a 2022 with v6 . Smooth as butter . Stay away from the 23’s .

Bought this car for my wife. Test drive was fine but we babied it. Car now has 5k miles on it, and we’re having power issues like other reviewers. Very jerky and serious turbo lag issues. They should have stayed with the 6cyl, better engine and quieter driving experience. Now this is becoming a safety issue. You never know what’s going to happen when your pulling out into traffic. Looking to trade this in on another vehicle. If this engine is what Toyota is putting into their other new vehicles, buyer beware. Other than that it’s a very nice looking vehicle.

Honestly, it’s not worth all this money at all of the interior is very poor and the option of very poor as well. You can’t find the same option in Mercedes 2002.!!

Lots of jerking. You have to be very careful when turning into traffic because you never know if you’re going to have enough power to actually take off. Stop and go traffic is awful to drive in with this car. It was a smooth drive from the time I test drove to about 3500 miles. Now it lags when taking off. You get to we’re you expect it to lag so you floor it to get out in traffic and it jerks you. You just never know what’s going to happen. Scary driving for sure. Took it to dealership told nothing wrong with it. Very rude service manager told me to take it back to the dealership I bought it from. I attempted to purchase the car thru my local dealership but they didn’t have any in stock. I was desperate for a car. I drove 45 minutes away to purchase it. I asked if I was going to have a problem taking to my local dealership and was told no. Apparently my local dealership doesn’t like you if you purchase from somewhere else. My friend has a Toyota Highlander I borrowed for a day and fell in love with it which is why I decided on one. One thing the salesman failed to tell me was the new motor that the 2023 had. I know I should have done research. It sucks.

After 3,200 miles of owning this vehicle, I am having a lot of buyer's remorse, and it is all due to the 2.4L 4-cylinder turbo that was new for 2023. No more silky smooth v6 as in the previous generation Highlanders! Around town it is weak at startup acceleration, then jerks heavily at around 2000 RPMs from turbo lag. When the car is full of passengers, it is even worse, to the point where it feels dangerous to pull out across traffic. Worse yet, if you put 87 octane gas in it, as Toyota states as acceptable, then the engine will also intermittently misfire. Apparently, a derivative of this 2.4L 4-cylinder turbo is going in the 2024 Tacoma and Camry ... and if so ... Toyota should be prepared for a lot of unhappy customers. Other than the 2.4L turbo engine, the Highlander is a fantastic vehicle.

Starting to like the Moon Dust color more each and every day. Love the gray interior even more. I will never get black interior again.