2009 Toyota Land Cruiser Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2009 Toyota Land Cruiser, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Driver assistance466.7%
- Exterior lighting116.7%
- Transmission116.7%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Driver assistance
Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems.
From owner reports, verbatim
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA LAND CRUISER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL THE CONTACT APPLIED GREAT PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES AND PULLED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL UP WITH HIS FOOT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FLOOR MATS WERE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
2ND REQUEST FWD ON BEHALF OF (NY) RE HIS 2009 TOYOTA LAND CRUISER, HIS WIFE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION TWO TIMES IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS, REPLY TO MASSEPEQUA PARK DISTRICT OFC *TGW
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Exterior lighting
Reports naming headlights, tail lights, turn signals and other exterior lighting.
From owner reports, verbatim
NEW CARS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS THAT COME ON WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED. ON 10/12/2008 I FOUND THREE CARS DRIVING WITH JUST THE FRONT DRIVING LIGHTS ON AT NIGHT IN LEXINGTON, KY. THE NEW CARS HAVE THE FRONT DRIVING LIGHTS THAT ARE TURNED ON WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED. OWNERS ARE SEEING THE HEAD LIGHTS ON AND THINK THAT THEY HAVE TURNED THE HEAD LIGHTS ON ALREADY. WHEN THEY HAVE NOT. THIS HAS OWNERS DRIVING AT NIGHT WITHOUT TAIL LIGHTS ON. AGAIN, THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE TAIL LIGHTS DON'T TURN ON WITH THE FRONT LIGHTS AUTOMATICALLY , AND OWNERS ARE DRIVING WITHOUT TAIL LIGHTS IN THE DARK. IF THE CAR MANUFACTURERS HAVE DAYTIME/AUTOMATIC HEADLIGHTS, THEN THEY NEED TO HAVE THE TAIL LIGHTS SET UP TO COME ON AUTOMATICALLY ALSO. THESE WERE ON SOME HIGH END CARS. THESE ARE VERY WELL EDUCATED PEOPLE. MY ACURA TL AND CHEVY SUBURBAN DO NOT HAVE THIS FEATURE. THIS WAS ON A NES ACURA TL, CHRYSLER SUV, AND TOYOTA FJ (WHICH YOU NEED TO ADD TO YOU TOYOTA LIST). YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU. *TR
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Transmission
Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules.
From owner reports, verbatim
TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. TRANSMISSION HESITATES IN LOW GEARS GOING AROUND CORNERS AT LOW SPEEDS. ALSO, TRANSMISSION AT 75MPH CRUISE MOMENTARILY DROPPED OUT OF GEAR, ENGINE RPM WENT UP BY 500 RPM, AND THEN DROPPED BACK INTO GEAR. THESE ARE HAVE AT INFREQUENT AND RANDOM TIMES. HAVE BEEN TOLD BY DEALERS THAT THIS IS DRIVE BY WIRE AND THAT THERE ARE MANY ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INVOLVED IN CONTROLLING THE TRANSMISSION. HAVE COMPLAINED TO 2 TOYOTA DEALERS. ONE TOLD ME IT WAS A SOFTWARE ISSUE AND THAT TOYOTA WAS WORKING ON A FIX. SECOND DEALER TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO TOYOTA SERVICE BULLETINS ON TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. CONCERN OF TRANSMISSION GOING OUT OF GEAR AND LOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *TR
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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