2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA Complaints

PIECE OF FOAM WORTH $.10 DISLODGED FROM BLOWER MOTOR AND WAS JAMMED IN BLOWER MOTOR VALVE. THIS CREATED A LOUD SQUEAL SOUND. HAD REPAIR DONE AT COST OF $2000 LAST YEAR 2014. TOYOTA DEALER STATES SAME PROBLEM ONCE AGAIN . *TR

AFTER 2007 RECALL OF BALL JOINTS, TOYOTA DEALER STATED BALL JOINTS NEED REPLACING ONCE AGAIN. *TR

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 COULD'VE ENDED TERRIBLY. WE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER, GOT HER UNBUCKLED FROM HER CAR SEAT TO PULL HER CLOSER TO THE SEAT BELT FOR ENOUGH SLACK TO GET HER HEAD AND NECK OUT OF THE STRANGLING OF THE SEAT BELT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INCIDENT, OUR TWO YEAR OLD CLUNG TIGHTLY TO MOM AND CRIED WITH RED MARKS AROUND HER NECK. SHE WAS SCARED TO GET BACK IN THE CAR. DAD TOOK THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT AND WRAPPED IT AROUND A HEAD REST TIGHTLY TO GET IT OUT OF THE TODDLERS REACH. *TR

WHEN SLOWING TO A STOP, MY SEQUOIA PERIODICALLY GRINDS WHEN BRAKING AND THE VSC SENSOR, ABS SENSOR AND TRAC SENSOR LIGHT TURN ON AND STAY ON. *TR

2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA - FOLLOWING GAUGE LIGHTS CAME ON: CHECK ENGINE, VTRAC. VEHICLE MADE DID NOT SOUND RIGHT WHILE IDLING, AND WAS NOT ACCELERATING CORRECTLY (IN LIMP MODE). TOOK TO MECHANIC. THE AIR PUMP BROKE APART AND WENT INTO THE INDUCTION SYSTEM. VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR. THIS IS KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL AND YEAR BUT WAS NOT UNDER RECALL? *TR

2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG RECALL. *SMD THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. *JB

I OWN A 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA WITH EXCESSIVE FRAME RUST. I CALLED TOYOTA ABOUT A POSSIBLE RECALL AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THAT ISSUE ON THAT PARTICULAR VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD DOCUMENT THE ISSUE AND WAS GIVEN A CASE NUMBER. I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE SEVERAL OF THE SAME ISSUES ON THIS SITE WHEN THEY SEEMED SURPRISED BY MY CALL. I HAVE NOTICED SURFACE RUST FOR YEARS BUT DURING LAST SAFETY INSPECTION WAS NOTIFIED THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE FRAME. *TR

WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THEY WERE SOLID AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. ALL OF THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHTS LIT UP ON THE DASH AND THE ANT-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGED. AFTER PUMPING THE BRAKES REPEATEDLY THE PEDAL CAME BACK TO NORMAL AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. PLACED IT IN PARK AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND THEN RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND IT BRAKED NORMALLY AFTER THAT. THIS BRAKE HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. *TR

WE NOTICED THAT OUR FRAME HAD SEVERE RUST LAST WINTER. (2/14) WE ALWAYS DID THE REGULAR RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE. WE PURCHASED THIS NEW IN '05. I'M SURE OTHERS HAVEN'T REPORTED THIS AS THEY HAVEN'T LOOKED FOR THIS PROBLEM NOT EXPECTING IT FROM SUCH AN EXPENSIVE VEHICLE THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO BE VERY RELIABLE. WE DID PUT IN A CLAIM TO TOYOTA LAST FEBRUARY AND WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WASN'T A PROBLEM THAT THEY HAD MANY COMPLAINTS ON. I KNOW THERE WERE RECALLS IN THE PAST WITH TOYOTA VEHICLES THAT HAD THE TUBULAR FRAMES. THIS ALSO HAS A TUBULAR FRAME. WE ALSO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH VSC AND TRACKING THAT MANY OTHERS ON THIS SITE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT. *TR

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM LOW SPEED OR STOPS THE SEQUOIA ACTIVATES THE VSC AND THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND REFUSES TO ACCELERATE. HAPPENS CONSISTENTLY BUT NOT CONSISTENTLY ENOUGH TO KNOW WHEN TO EXPECT IT. THE TRACTION CONTROL/SKID CONTROL LIGHT ACTIVATES FOR AROUND 5 SECONDS AND THEN VEHICLE RETURNS TO NORMAL OPERATION. IT CAN BE NERVERACKING. FROM ALL MY INVESTIGATION IT SEEMS IDENTICAL TO THE PROBLEMS THAT LED TO THE 2003 SEQUOIA RECALL. I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE. AGAIN FROM MY RESEARCH THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AMONG MANY MODEL YEARS OF SEQUOIAS. *TR