CarComplaints.com Notes: 2008 is the first year of the 2nd generation Highlander, & it may be a model year to avoid as Toyota most likely worked out some production quality issues with the new model.
The 2009 Highlander is the has far fewer complaints.
Lower oil return hose leaked. The car hardly uses a 1/2 qt of oil between service intervals at 288,900. I had just recently changed the oil about 500 miles prior. I turned off the engine when I heard the clicking of steel on steel. Neither the oil light or check engine light came on. What the *^$%#!!
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Lower oil return hose leaked. The car hardly uses a 1/2 qt of oil between service intervals at 288,900. I had just recently changed the oil about 500 miles prior. I turned off the engine when I heard the clicking of steel on steel. Neither the oil light or check engine light came on. What the *^$%#!!
- Nathan S., Ismay, MT, US