Top 10 2005 Toyota Highlander Questions & Answers

Turn vehicle on, with foot on brake put vehicle in NEUTRAL. Still holding brakes move 4x4 switch to 4 wheel drive, it should engage. The ECT snow is just s feather that make the transmission take off in 2nd gear so its not a fast take off and you wouldn't skid. Good Luck

to reset for a momentany malfuntion,disconnect the negative battery terminal few minutes, reconnect,start engine and drive to check

Go get the codes pulled at auto parts store.

When your VSC (Vehicle Stability Control) light comes on, it means your car has been forced to take evasive action to avoid a dangerous situation. For example, if you're driving on an icy or wet, slippery road, and take a turn too sharp or accelerate too quickly, the vehicle will automatically reduce acceleration or apply pressure to the brakes to prevent the car from losing control. In this situation the VSC indicator light will light up to alert you that the action was taken, and remind you to slow down - or to be extra careful. Be safe!

Two of the three wires attaching your temperature control to the control circuit board have broke. If you know how to soldered. then you can fix it yourself, if not then you will have to replace the whole climate control unit. Click on this link to learn more about this common problem for the Highlander.

http://www.tundrasolutions.com/forums/highlander/32217-heater-quit-sort-of/

I just put a small wood wedge in the top of the door, slid a wire hanger in and popped the lock. the alarm did go off but I was able to pull the door handle as I popped the lock and open the door. Stuck the keys in the ignition and turned it over and the alarm was deactivated...easy to do with minimal tools.

check you owners manual most of the car will due about 70k to 80k to be safe newer car uses a timing belt which is rubber and will worn out in longer miles make sure have this change before its due or will mess-up your engine and too costly to repair.

I belive the dimmer switch for the dashboard lights are located left of the speedometer. It looks like an odometer switch. Turn it to the right and that should make the instrument cluster and lights brighter.

I hope that helped. If you have more questions about this just ask.

Check the brake rotor backing plate to see if it is rubbing against the brake rotor, check the brake pad condition at the same time, it may be the low brake pad sensors that you are hearing.

hello, this code usually comes up in conjunction with another code, it just means that another computer on the car can not communicate with the ECM, are there any other codes besides this, is the abs/VSC, TRac cruise control or 4x4 lights on?