2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA

558 complaints filed with NHTSA.

558
Complaints
9
Crashes
5
Fires
21
Injuries
2
Deaths

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)93
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL85
SERVICE BRAKES60
AIR BAGS39
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM33
ENGINE33
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM25
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC19
STRUCTURE:BODY19
SUSPENSION18
UNKNOWN OR OTHER15
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING11
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT9
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM9
POWER TRAIN8

Recalls (11)

07E02300029/03/2007

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER

CERTAIN CARDONE MASTER CYLINDERS WITH PART NUMBERS 10-2925, 10-2987, 10-2987MZA, 10-3083, 11-3015, 11-3042, 11-3044, 11-3045, 11-3047, 11-3064, AND 11-3156, AND WITH DATE CODES LOWER THAN DCA7078 SOLD AS REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT FOR USE ON THE VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. THE SEAL ON MASTER CYLINDER CAN FAI

14V74300019/11/2014

SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER

Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain model year 2010-2011 Prius and Corolla, 2009-2011 Venza, 2006-2010 Avalon, 2007-2010 FJ Cruiser, 2005-2011 Sienna and Sequoia, 2006-2011 Tacoma 4x2 and 4x4, Camry, Highlander, Tundra 4x2 and 4x4, and 2007-2011 Rav4 and 4Runner. The affec

07V01300019/01/2007

SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT

ON CERTAIN TRUCKS AND MINI VANS, DUE TO POSSIBLE IMPROPER FINISHING OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER BALL JOINT, SOME BALL JOINTS MAY EXPERIENCE AN INCIDENTAL DETERIORATION OF THE INTERNAL LUBRICATION. THIS MAY CAUSE THE BALL JOINT TO WEAR AND LOOSEN PREMATURELY, WHICH COULD RESULT IN INCREASED STEERI

19V74100017/10/2019

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2010-2016 4Runner, 2003-2006 Tundra, 2003-2013 Corolla, 2009-2010 Corolla Matrix, 2004-2005 RAV4, 2002-2007 Sequoia, 2011-2013 Sienna, 2008-2012 Scion xB, 2008-2009 Lexus IS-F, 2007-2012 Yaris and Lexus ES350, 2010-2017 Lexus GX4

22E00200014/01/2022

SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT

Tenneco Automotive (DRiV) is recalling certain aftermarket ball joints for 2004-2007 Toyota Sequoia and 2004-2006 Toyota Tundra vehicles, MOOG part number K80521, K80522, NAPA part number NCP2601633, NCP2601634, ACDelco part number 45D2344, and 45D2345. The ball joint housing may have inadequate ha

15V28600013/05/2015

AIR BAGS

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) notified the agency on May 13, 2015, that they are recalling 2005-2007 Lexus SC, Toyota Corolla, Corolla Matrix, Sequoia, and Pontiac Vibe, and 2005-2006 Toyota Tundra vehicles that were originally sold, or ever registered, in Florida, along the Gulf

15V28500013/05/2015

AIR BAGS

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) notified the agency on May 13, 2015 that they are recalling certain model year 2004 Sequoia vehicles manufactured August 18, 2003, to August 19, 2004, and 2003-2004 Tundra vehicles manufactured March 18, 2003, to August 25, 2004. On June 16, 2015, T

18V88300012/12/2018

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2002-2005 Lexus SC and Toyota Sequoia, 2003-2005 Toyota Corolla and Tundra, and 2003-2007 Pontiac Vibe vehicles. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modul

16V06500005/02/2016

AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2003-2006 Toyota Land Cruiser and Lexus LX470, 2005-2006 Toyota Tundra and Sequoia, 2004-2006 Toyota 4Runner and Lexus GX470 vehicles equipped with side curtain-shield-air bags. The affected vehicles have an air bag c

10V03600003/02/2010

EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

SOUTHEAST TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005-2011 PASSENGER VEHICLES FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 110, "TIRE SELECTION AND RIMS." THESE VEHICLES WERE SOLD WITHOUT THE REQUISITE LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY MODIFICATION LABELS.

16V39600002/06/2016

SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER

Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain 2005-2011 4Runner, Highlander, Sequoia, and Sienna, 2005-2010 Avalon and Tundra, 2006-2008 Camry Solara, 2006-2010 Highlander hybrid, 2006-2011 Rav4 and Tacoma, 2007-2010 FJ Cruiser, 2007-2011 Camry hybrid, 2009-2010 Venza, 2010-2012 Priu

Recent Complaints

20220820CrashAIR BAGS

I tried to make apointments to local dealers they set up appointments and than don’t do nothing about it they said the don’t have any certified tech to do the job so I left with this mess not knowing when my ride is going to give. Out on me I got about 319000 miles Toyota should be proud and thank me for keeping my ride up to date I do my part to have it running good but they not doing there part to help me with these recalls please help me out.

20220820CrashSERVICE BRAKES

I tried to make apointments to local dealers they set up appointments and than don’t do nothing about it they said the don’t have any certified tech to do the job so I left with this mess not knowing when my ride is going to give. Out on me I got about 319000 miles Toyota should be proud and thank me for keeping my ride up to date I do my part to have it running good but they not doing there part to help me with these recalls please help me out.

20220820CrashSUSPENSION

I tried to make apointments to local dealers they set up appointments and than don’t do nothing about it they said the don’t have any certified tech to do the job so I left with this mess not knowing when my ride is going to give. Out on me I got about 319000 miles Toyota should be proud and thank me for keeping my ride up to date I do my part to have it running good but they not doing there part to help me with these recalls please help me out.

20171221CrashAIR BAGS

WAS IN WRECK AND ROLLED OVER MULTIPLE YIMES AND WENT THRU WINDSHIELD ENDED UP IN HOSPSITAL WITH BRAIN INJURY

20170622CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

MY VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE FOR NO REASON. THIS SUDDEN "UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OF POWER" COMES ON WITH NO NOTICE. I HAVE ALMOST HIT A PERSON AND HAVE BEEN IN ONE CAR ACCIDENT AS A RESULT. THIS UNINTENDED ACCELERATION PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ABOUT 10 TO 12 TIMES. THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION HAS OCCURRED BOTH IN STATIONARY & IN MOTION; AND BOTH ON A CITY STREET AND HIGHWAY. TURNING HAS NOT BEEN AFFECTED BY UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. TOYOTA HAS TESTED AND PROVIDED THE ATTACHED REPORT TO M

Mileage: 151,000

20150328SEAT BELTS

OUR TWO YEAR OLD IS IN A PROPERLY SECURED REAR-FACING BRITAX TODDLER CAR SEAT. SHE IS IN THE SECOND ROW ON THE DRIVER SIDE. AS WE WERE DRIVING OUR SIX YEAR OLD ALERTED US TO HER DISTRESS. SHE HAD MANAGED TO GRAB THE SEAT BELT FOR THE MIDDLE SIT (SECOND ROW) AND WRAPPED IT AROUND HER NECK. SHE WAS STRUGGLING TO GET OUT BUT WHEN SHE PULLED IT TO HER, SHE PULLED IT ALL THE WAY OUT SO THE MORE SHE STRUGGLED, THE TIGHTER THE SEAT BELT AROUND HER NECK GOT. HAD OUR SIX YEAR OLD NOT ALERTED US, THIS COU

Mileage: 115,780

20141027CrashSERVICE BRAKES

BRAKES BECAME "SOFT" WITH VIBRATION IN PEDAL AND COMPLETE LOSS OF ACCELERATION POWER. UPON REVIEW-SAW THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT THAT IS NOT BEING RESOLVED BY TOYOTA. THEY RECALLED THEIR 2003 PRODUCT WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. FOLKS GO TO TOYOTA TO HAVE PROBLEM FIXED - ONLY TO HAVE SAME PROBLEM WITHIN MONTHS AND SOME FOLKS HAVE PAID UPWARDS OF $3000.00 AND THE PROBLEM IS NOT RESOLVED. THERE ARE THOUSAND OF COMPLAINTS WITH THIS PROBLEM IF YOU WILL MONITOR TOYOTAS COMPLAINT DATA BASE AND MANY OTHER

Mileage: 130,000

20110324FatalPOWER TRAIN

OUR SEQUOIA HAS STARTED 'LUNGING' FORWARD UPON INCIDENTS OF HEAVY BRAKING; FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE BRAKE HARD AND COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, WHEN THE PRESSURE IS RELIEVED FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD HARD- IT PUTS OUR HEADS INTO THE HEADRESTS AND FEELS LIKE WE HAVE BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND; THIS IS BOTH A SAFETY ISSUE AND A LIABILITY ISSUE AS THIS CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WHEN BRAKING HARD; IT'S NOT A THROTTLE ISSUE OR A BRAKE ISSUE, BUT FEELS MORE SO LIKE THE POWERTRAIN IS SLIPPING OR

Mileage: 65,000

20100128CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

SEQUOIA 2005 2WD. THE 2005 SHOULD BE RECALLED. (1) WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT AT ABOUT 5 MPH, THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, DRIVING OVER A PARKING CURB & DOWN A HILL. (2) AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AT A STOP SIGN, I TAPPED ON THE GAS TO GO & THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, LURCHING FORWARD. AFTER THIS HAPPENED I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER, WHO INSPECTED IT & FAILED TO FIND A PROBLEM. FLOOR MATS WERE NO WHERE NEAR THE BRAKE & IS NOT POSSIBLE THAT THE GAS PEDAL STUCK, BECAUSE IT AC

Mileage: 38,000

20080404FireVISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. A FIRE AND POLICE REPORT WERE BOTH FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD ONLY REIMBURSE THE CONTACT FOR HALF THE COST OF THE VEHICLE, STATING THAT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 20,000. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THE FIRE MAY HAVE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PRIOR TO THE FIRE, THE TIRES WERE WEARING UNEVENLY, THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR WAS LOOSE AND TH

Mileage: 20,000

20080404FireVISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. A FIRE AND POLICE REPORT WERE BOTH FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD ONLY REIMBURSE THE CONTACT FOR HALF THE COST OF THE VEHICLE, STATING THAT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 20,000. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THE FIRE MAY HAVE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PRIOR TO THE FIRE, THE TIRES WERE WEARING UNEVENLY, THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR WAS LOOSE AND TH

Mileage: 20,000

20080404FireTIRES

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. A FIRE AND POLICE REPORT WERE BOTH FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD ONLY REIMBURSE THE CONTACT FOR HALF THE COST OF THE VEHICLE, STATING THAT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 20,000. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THE FIRE MAY HAVE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PRIOR TO THE FIRE, THE TIRES WERE WEARING UNEVENLY, THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR WAS LOOSE AND TH

Mileage: 20,000

20080404FireSUSPENSION

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. A FIRE AND POLICE REPORT WERE BOTH FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD ONLY REIMBURSE THE CONTACT FOR HALF THE COST OF THE VEHICLE, STATING THAT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 20,000. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THE FIRE MAY HAVE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PRIOR TO THE FIRE, THE TIRES WERE WEARING UNEVENLY, THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR WAS LOOSE AND TH

Mileage: 20,000

20080404FireENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. A FIRE AND POLICE REPORT WERE BOTH FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD ONLY REIMBURSE THE CONTACT FOR HALF THE COST OF THE VEHICLE, STATING THAT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 20,000. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THE FIRE MAY HAVE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PRIOR TO THE FIRE, THE TIRES WERE WEARING UNEVENLY, THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR WAS LOOSE AND TH

Mileage: 20,000

20070109CrashSUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON 06/06/05 VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN OCTOBER SHE RECEIVE RECALL 05V225000 FOR THE LOWER BALL JOINTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS DRIVING 15 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND SHE TRIED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND UNEXPECTEDLY HIT TRAFFIC POLE. THE POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE CRASH SITE AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. . THE INSURANCE COMPANY FILED A CLAIM ,STATING A MECHANICAL FAILURE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE DAMAGE. THE

20050117CrashENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

I HAD OWNED A 2001 TOYOTA SEQUOIA FOR FOUR YEARS BEFORE RECENTLY TRADING IT IN FOR A 2005 MODEL. I OBVIOUSLY LOVE THE CAR BUT THERE IS AN UNFORTUNATE FLAW IN THE 2005 MODEL THAT DIFFERS FROM MY 2001 MODEL. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED COLD THE IDLE SPEED IS VERY HIGH - ABOUT 1500+ RPM. THE IDLE DOESN'T SLOW DOWN APPRECIABLY UNTIL THE CAR HAS WARMED UP - ABOUT 5 MINUTES DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER. THE PROBLEM WITH THE HIGH IDLE COMES WHEN TRYING TO DRIVE THE CAR ON AN ICY SURFACE. I CAME OUT OF

Mileage: 600