2018 Toyota Highlander Safety Review

For the everyday drive, a weekend trip with the family or taking the kids to soccer practice, the 2018 Toyota Highlander is the perfect vehicle to get you where you need to go. This crossover can be found with many available trims worth seeking out. As the Highlander has high safety ratings, it’s a well-regarded vehicle in the auto industry.

That’s why we’ve put together this review of safety features for drivers in Daytona Beach, Palm Coast and Ormond Beach. A lot goes into buying your next car, but safety is the one thing that can’t be compromised. Learn more in this Toyota Highlander safety review.

Toyota Highlander Active Safety Features

The Toyota Star Safety System™ is an impressive suite of six active safety features that works to protect you, your passengers and others on the road. The system can correct understeering or oversteering, and provide better traction in slippery situations. It can also apply brake pressure if you can’t react fast enough.

Let’s take a closer look at this safety suite, which includes:

Enhanced Vehicle Stability Control: This prevents the car from sliding sideways when an understeer is detected, or if you oversteer while turning a corner. 

Traction Control: This prevents your Toyota Highlander from slipping when the accelerator has been pressed down in an excessive manner on slippery roads.

Anti-lock Brake System: This stops the wheels from locking up when the brakes are applied firmly, or when the brake pedal is pressed on a slippery surface.

Electronic Brake-force Distribution: The ABS system will be used for the proper distribution of brake force between the front and rear wheels.

2018 Highlander Passive Safety

If you’re looking for protection for yourself and family members, the advanced airbag system is important to have. Driver and front passenger dual stage airbags, driver and front passenger seat-mounted side airbags, driver knee airbag and front-passenger seat-cushion airbag are all included, along with oll-sensing side curtain airbags in each row. 

The LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren) system is helpful for the little ones along for the ride. These anchors help you securely strap in your children with a car seat and ensure they’re buckled in.

Toyota Highlander Driver Assistive Features

The Highlander is equipped with Toyota Safety Sense™ P, which can help with the decisions you make on the road. Here are some of the features to use for a leg up: 

Lane Departure Alert with Steering Assist: If the car is hugging the line in your lane, the system will provide an alert and visual warning, too. The course of the car will be corrected if you don’t react soon enough, with the Steering Assist function keeping you in the lane.

Pre-Collision System with Pedestrian Detection: With this feature, radar is combined with a camera that can recognize people. An alert will sound to let you know if a pedestrian is nearby, with automatic braking kicking in to reduce the possibility of a collision.

Automatic High Beams: This feature can pick up on cars that are as far away as 2,000 feet. That’s almost seven football fields! High beams will be switched on or off, so other cars can safely navigate past you.

Take a Test Drive Today

Visit the Daytona Toyota showroom today to test drive the 2018 Toyota Highlander. With so many safety features, the Highlander is a great option to drive around Daytona Beach, Palm Coast and Ormond Beach. Our friendly team is more than happy to show off everything the Highlander has to offer. Come see the safety features for yourself, and take a test drive while you’re here!