10.0
really awful- Typical Repair Cost:
- No data
- Average Mileage:
- 70,950 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 3 complaints
Most common solutions:
- per totoyta : fix is a whole new transmission (2 reports)
- replace transmission (1 reports)
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Toyota dealer.
Car starts whining noise when the gears wind down (from higher to lower gear, accelerator not stepped on). Noise stops when gear is put on neutral while car is running. Dealer took it in under warranty (5 years expiring in August 2025), however, Toyota Canada has the transmission backlogged and NO ETA!!!! We thought Toyota was the way to go for long term reliability - this one, we are mistaken. TSB for 2019 and 2021s but none for 2020!
- Erich S., TORONTO, ON, Canada
Our ‘20 highlander started making the know whine while driving. There is a TSB one some of the trans model numbers but this issues is effecting 20-21 trans it is a different issues than the 17-19 issue of a bolt or washer backing out. This an issues with the front carrier assembly pinion shafts. TSB number T-SB-0008-21. This is a know issue with the UA80 model transmissions. I am hoping that Toyota will have a recall on these as the wait do an new 7-10k transmission is over year wait and they don’t have any other fix than a new transmission on a 5 year old car. This inexcusable we have had Toyotas for years.
We are teachers and can’t afford to pay on this car and find 8k on top of that to drive our highlander. They need to at least cover the trans as this a major issue effecting so many models you can even get it fixed because they can’t keep up with the demand of broken parts. Come Toyota do the right thing.
- cwaggs, Airville, US
This is my urge to others; DO NOT BUY A TOYOTA WITH A UA80 Transmission. I don't care which year - I don't care which model. Toyota has swept this issue under the rug and continued to manufacture transmissions with known issues costing people anywhere from $6k to $11k. This is unacceptable and a SHAME upon Toyota. Just look online - you don't need my ONE review to do it for you...the internet is LITTERED with these same issues...Complete transmission replacements from 50k miles on...sure, some covered under warranty...unless you're like me - not car savvy. Want to buy this car for your family on one income??? DON'T. Just don't. Your kids yelling in the back will surely cause you to not hear this faint whine - which you might not even know is the start of a problem - until it's too late and you're out a vehicle, with no savings or money to blow on a new transmission for a car you pay a huge portion of your income on every month. Again - Looking at a Toyota?? Ask if it has a UA80 transmission. If it does - Run.
- Alissa M., Winston Salem, US