2011 Toyota Highlander Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual is matched to the exact 2011 Toyota Highlander in your driveway — its year, its engine and its trim — whether that engine is the 2.7L four (1AR-FE), the 3.5L V6 (2GRFE) or the hybrid's 3.5L V6 (2GR-FXE). Those three powertrains do not share clearances, tightening sequences or service intervals, so a figure pulled from the wrong one is simply the wrong figure.

Engines

• 2.7L 2700CC l4 GAS Naturally Aspirated
• 3.5L 3500CC V6 GAS Naturally Aspirated
• 3.5L 3500CC V6 HYBRID Naturally Aspirated

Trims

• Base
• Hybrid
• Hybrid Limited
• Limited
• SE

Known issues on the 2011 Highlander. Four recalls are on federal record for this model year, three of them issued by Southeast Toyota rather than by Toyota Motor Company. The first covers the power window devices and controls, where the sliding electrical contacts are not protected by lubricant. The second is filed against the frontal air bag sensor and control module: the front passenger seat occupant sensing system can be out of calibration. The third concerns vehicle labeling — an inaccurate label could lead to owners overloading their vehicles and tires. The fourth covers the front seat heater: if the copper strand heating element is damaged, it may short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire. Owners have filed 228 complaints against the 2011 Highlander and Toyota has issued 133 technical service bulletins.

Whether the job is tracing a dead window switch, recalibrating the passenger occupant sensing system after seat work, or servicing the hybrid driveline, the procedure and the specification you work to are the ones Toyota wrote for the 2011 Highlander.