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I figured it was a bargain considering the 4wd, leather, sunroof, JBL stereo(although my 07 model has a cassette tape player with CD- what's up with that?), room for the dog and hybrid system. Considered Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner but the interiors are extremely cramped - about the same as my Ford Focus station wagon!
Glad to hear from other owners of this unique vehicle!">
Congrats on your purchase of a certified 2007 Highlander Hybrid. I bought my 2007 HH Limited (Nav, JBL, Leather, MR, etc.) new in April 2007 and have nearly 25K trouble free miles on it. My best mpg has been nearly 30mpg and worst has been about 26mpg. I usually average 27-28 mpg overall with prudent use of the go pedal. BTW, the combined HP for the HH is 268. The suplimental electric motor adds 60hp to the ICE's 208. The car has gobs of power which can be addictive and reduce mpg but it's good to know there's always power to spare. I recently changed the oil/filter and air filter so my mpg should improve slightly. Best of luck with your new HH.
M. J. McCloskey
About a year ago, I posted the "disconnect battery trick" for resetting the computer. At that time, I suggested to leave it disconnected for about 10 minutes. However, I noticed that even though the reset trick worked, the computer seemed to gravitate ("learn") back to it's old state fairly quickly. So one time when I went into a restaurant for dinner, I first disconnected the battery. About an hour and half later, I reconnected the battery. That time, my computer keep me around 27.5 mpg for about a year before degrading slightly. I'd recommend the longer time if you feel you need to reset your computer.
That's 5 years of gas for me at this point and I ususally keeps cars only 4 or 5 years. Eight grand is a lot of money.
I live in the city and walk to work - 6 blocks - so the hybrid didn't hold my interest for long after I got a quote on battery replacement cost.
John
I had a '75 Datsun B210 and a '78 B210. The '75 was creamed by a '72 Impala running a stop sign. Next I moved up in the world got an '86 Subaru GL 4wd wagon with a 85 HP engine and kept it for 14 years. Had a 4-cyl. Camry for a few years and an '02 4-cyl. Forester for 5 years. I drove my father's '06 Avalon XLS for 3 years after he moved to assisted living and gave it to me. My mother is in nursing care and totally dependent for everything due to Alzheimer's. She can chew most days and that's it.
I'll be 60 this year and had back surgery in 2003. I'll be driving what makes the most sense to me from here on out. If I didn't drive 260 round-trip miles every Friday to visit the folks and take my father a restaurant meal, I'd be back to driving 4- or 5,000 miles a year. Hybrids make even less sense at that level.
Maybe I should buy a scooter like my father uses.
John
There are some leak photos from Moscow, looks good.
1. Reduced gas mileage.
2. Engine seems to run longer when slowing down or at a stop.
3. Engine noise at low or idle rpm. I had all three symptoms after disconnecting/reconnecting my battery. One owner reported that he was charged about $80 for Toyota service to reset the ISC. However, someone else posted a do-it-yourself method. I tried the latter and it seems to work. I repeat it here in case you are experiencing one or all three:
--quote--
"1. Drive the car for at least 15 minutes under engine load to warm the engine and coolant to normal operating temperature.
2. Park the car, shift into P, turn off all electrical (a/c, radio, lights, etc.).
3. Turn the car off, then back on.
4. Set your hybrid status screen to show the battery charge level.
5. Hold the brake pedal down (I used my left foot), shift to D, continue to hold the brake pedal down all the way, then press the gas pedal down until the engine comes on and begins charging the hybrid battery. The car will not move or attempt to move, so don't worry - but the brake pedal must be kept firmly down!
6. Repeat the above for 30-40 second intervals until the hybrid battery is fully charged - the battery status will be green and full and you'll notice the engine stops revving when you press the gas pedal down.
7. Shift back into P, turn the car off for 5 seconds, then back on and press the gas pedal enough to kick the engine on.
8. Let the engine continue to run on its own (no pedals) until it cycles and then shuts itself off.
9. Either drive off at this point (you can turn A/C, radio, etc, back on), or shut down." --unquote--
As I said, this procedure seemed to have worked for me. Also, I wasn't sure what the "Repeat the above.." in step 6 meant so I assumed it meant to cycle the shifter back to P after taking foot off of gas, and then back to D while of course you keep the brake depressed, and then reapplying the gas.
Again, this seemed to work for me.
I visually checked the battery and , and the light on the battery itself shows it's good.
any ideas why this would be happening?
Frankly, for this kind of gas millage, i would have bought a non-hybrid!
thank you for your help,
L
This tells me that I have a problem associated with brake pedal position sensing. The dealer says that if there is a faulty sensor then the check engine light should come on, which it has not. They offered to run their diagnostics. If they find a bad sensor, it will be covered under warranty; if they don't find anything, then I pay up to $125 for their time.
Is this anything like what you are seeing? Does anyone else have this issue?
Followed newski3 procedure to reset the ISC. The system is much improved.
Thank you very much.
Been away from this forum for quite some time, so I hope this is going to the correct thread. I have a 2007 HH with 92,000 miles. 30% highway and 70% rural county roads with average speed 35-40 MPH. Conservative driver. I have measured every gallon of gas ever put into this car. Average MPG: 28.3. Anyone out there who can suggest ways to improve this? I am happy with it but always want more MPG, but also want to keep this car!
Looking at the 2007 Highlander Hybrid Review on Edmunds, your mileage looks really good relative to the EPA estimated mileage for the vehicle. Given the price of gas, we ALL want all the mileage performance we can get.
I suppose using some of the techniques hypermilers use might get you a bit more. You can read about it in this Edmunds article:
Hypermiling: Quest for Ultimate Fuel Economy