# 2003 Toyota Highlander - Won't go into high gear

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-toyota-highlander-wont-go-into-high-gear/163686>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** toyota\
**Created:** [May 1, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-toyota-highlander-wont-go-into-high-gear/163686 "2020-05-01T23:24:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![David31](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@David31](https://community.cartalk.com/u/David31)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-toyota-highlander-wont-go-into-high-gear/163686/1 "2020-05-01T23:24:33Z")

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Occasionally doesn’t want to change into high gear.

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-toyota-highlander-wont-go-into-high-gear/163686/2 "2020-05-01T23:34:08Z")

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I presume you have an automatic transmission. Have you checked the fluid lately? When was the last time it was changed? You might dodge a bullet with basic maintenance.

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**Author:** ![GorehamJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/gorehamj/32/24103_2.png) [@GorehamJ](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GorehamJ)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-toyota-highlander-wont-go-into-high-gear/163686/3 "2020-05-02T01:14:33Z")

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Are you accidentally hitting the overdrive lockout button? I think on that model and year it is on the gear selector. I may be mistaken. Check it out.