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New Toyota Highlander Hybrid Owners - Give Us Your Report
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Glad to hear your mileage is getting better. I too noticed that turning off unnecessary powered devices improves mileage. I'm now getting around 30 MPg in mixed driving, but if I have the heater on full blast and highest setting, the EV mode comes on rarely. Ditto for the fog lights.
I do get some low frequency vibration noise from somewhere in the car for the first 5 min of driving, at light throttle. Goes away once warmed up. Also the disc-operated nav system constantly emits typical disc-reading sounds. Would have been nice to have an HD navigation system.
I found the EV button is next to useless - works only at very low speeds for a
short time, if at all. Engine has to be warm, battery nearly full. The auto EV mode however is simply brilliant.
Still very happy with the vehicle.
$100 of Garmin works lots better than Toyota’s GPS that come with highlander 2010 model. I’m totally disappointment GPS worthless.
Here are too many problems I wish I could fix followings
1. Option to cancel the destination during the trip
2. Input and cannot do anything when car moving, even passengers could not able to do so
3. 20% of designations couldn’t able to find, never happen to my Garmin so far
4. If should update auto by radio or satellite like Garmin does
5. Local speed limit does not display not like Garmin
6. Too many steps to setup where you want to go (Spending & wasting too much time to figure out how GPS work! The time you spend to setup GPS, you could be there by now)
7. Garage opener are too difficult to setup, still couldn’t able to setup properly yet (owned since Feb., 2010 Highlander Hybrid)
I hope Toyota could get improvement or replace better and friendly GPS before warranty expire