2013 TOYOTA SEQUOIA — Complaint #1940910
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NHTSA Complaint about UNKNOWN OR OTHER filed November 5, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1940910 (ODI reference 11553624) concerns a 2013 TOYOTA SEQUOIA and was filed on November 5, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 1, 2023. The report was geocoded to Minnesota based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as unknown or other, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same TOYOTA SEQUOIA cohort independently describe similar unknown or other failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2013 TOYOTA SEQUOIA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
2013 Toyota Sequoia Limited (108,000 miles) Rear lift gate around latch was not designed correctly to allow moisture out. Our vehicle is in pristine shape other than the rear lift gate latch. By the time you notice it, itâs too late and unfixable. Iâve seen these get so bad from doing internet research some people hold the door down with straps because the structural integrity is gone and the lift gate canât be latched and could fly open. The ironic thing about this is itâs obvious Toyota has a problem. Toyota charges $750 - $1000 for a new unpainted lift gate, however NO dealer in the United states can tell you when youâll receive it because itâs on a nationwide backorder. We purchased this from a Non-Toyota dealer September 2022 and did not (or even think I had to look for it) notice this until spring 2023.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1940910 |
| ODI Number | 11553624 |
| Date Filed | November 5, 2023 |
| Failure Date | April 1, 2023 |
| VIN | 5TDJY5G18DS |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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