# 2015 Toyota Highlander hesitation at stop **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** toyota, highlander\ **Created:** [July 13, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-toyota-highlander-hesitation-at-stop/120962 "2018-07-13T19:02:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WilburDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WilburDay](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WilburDay)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-toyota-highlander-hesitation-at-stop/120962/1 "2018-07-13T19:02:54Z")
Anyone having hesitation problem with Toyota Highlander at near stop or pulling out in traffic ? Car fails to respond when you press on the accelerator. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-toyota-highlander-hesitation-at-stop/120962/2 "2018-07-16T02:35:35Z")
Your vehicle has a drive-by-wire throttle system. What this means is, instead of having a throttle cable between the accelerator pedal and the throttle body, your vehicle has an electronic throttle pedal position sensor which sends a signal t the computer, and the computer uses that signal to operate the electronic throttle body. What you want to try first is having the electronic throttle body cleaned. Tester ---
**Author:** ![vipergg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@vipergg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vipergg)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-toyota-highlander-hesitation-at-stop/120962/3 "2018-07-17T12:31:47Z")
First thing to check is to see if your vehicle has hill assist feature. If it does this causes the vehicle to apply the brakes on hills of a certain inclination (it doesn’t have to be much of a inclination) . Thus it will not release the brakes even though you take your foot off the brakes until you apply a certain amount of throttle so this may be what you are feeling . We have this on a FCA van and I hate that feature . Some makes will allow you to turn it off so I would read the owners manual for that info . ---
**Author:** ![WilburDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WilburDay](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WilburDay)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-toyota-highlander-hesitation-at-stop/120962/4 "2018-07-17T12:59:06Z")
OK, thank you very much for the information, I will take it to the Toyota dealer and see what they say. Best Regards, Billy