Toyota Highlander, Toyota Highlander Hybrid, model years 2021 to 2024. Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing and reported to NHTSA on 5 March 2026. 550,007 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2021-2025 Highlander and Highlander Hybrid vehicles. The second-row seat backs may fail to lock into position during seat back adjustment.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Toyota's own number for this recall: 26TB06 / 26TA06. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 26V128 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 26V128 cover?
- Toyota Highlander, Toyota Highlander Hybrid, model years 2021-2024.
- What is wrong with them?
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2021-2025 Highlander and Highlander Hybrid vehicles. The second-row seat backs may fail to lock into position during seat back adjustment.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A seat back that fails to lock may not properly restrain an occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will replace the return springs in the seat back recliner assemblies, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed September 9, 2026. This is a phased recall. Owners may contact Toyota’s customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 26TB06 and 26TA06.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Toyota calls this recall 26TB06 / 26TA06, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
- Has this notice changed since it was announced?
- Yes. The summary was reworded on 15 Sep 2026. Both versions are on this page, with the date each was read.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
Owners of this vehicle were written to on 4 September 2026. The summary was reworded on 15 September 2026, 11 days later, so the letter described the earlier version. Read both versions.
Owners of this vehicle were written to on 4 September 2026. The remedy was reworded on 12 September 2026, 8 days later, so the letter described the earlier version. Read both versions.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “A seat back that fails to lock may not properly restrain an occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 26V128 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| System at fault | Seats:Mid/Rear Assembly:Recliner |
| Reported to NHTSA | 5 March 2026 |
| Model years | 2021-2024 |
| Vehicles named | TOYOTA HIGHLANDER, TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID |
What the notice says today
The defect
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2021-2025 Highlander and Highlander Hybrid vehicles. The second-row seat backs may fail to lock into position during seat back adjustment.
The consequence
A seat back that fails to lock may not properly restrain an occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the return springs in the seat back recliner assemblies, free of charge. Interim letters notifying owners of the safety risk were mailed April 27, 2026. Additional letters will be sent once the final remedy is available, anticipated August 27, 2026. This is a phased recall. Owne
What it said before
This notice has been edited since it was first published. NHTSA shows only the current version. Both are below, read straight from the agency at the times shown, with the words that moved marked.
The summary was rewritten
1 words added, 1 removed. The notice grew from 209 to 209 characters.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2021-2024 Highlander and Highlander Hybrid vehicles. The second-row seat backs may fail to lock into position during seat back adjustment.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2021-2025 Highlander and Highlander Hybrid vehicles. The second-row seat backs may fail to lock into position during seat back adjustment.
The remedy was rewritten
3 words added, 24 removed. The notice grew from 417 to 285 characters.
Dealers will replace the return springs in the seat back recliner assemblies, free of charge. Interim letters notifying owners of the safety risk were mailed April 27, 2026. Additional letters will be sent once the final remedy is available, anticipated August 27, 2026. This is a phased recall. Owners may contact Toyota’s customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 26TB06 and 26TA06.
Dealers will replace the return springs in the seat back recliner assemblies, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed September 9, 2026. This is a phased recall. Owners may contact Toyota’s customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 26TB06 and 26TA06.
Nothing above is our paraphrase. Both columns are the agency’s own text; only the marking is ours.
This is one of 459 notices in the record whose component field names seats. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 44 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 26V128, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v128/
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 26V128 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
0723ab22 - Consequence
a44906c9 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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