2006 TOYOTA SEQUOIA Complaints

2006 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. CONSUMER STATES MATS WOULD CONSTANTLY MOVE UNDER THE PEDALS INTERFERING WITH GAS AND BRAKE PEDALS, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE WHILE DRIVING HIGH SPEEDS AND WHEN IT RAINS WATER WOULD LEAK INSIDE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER ASSURED HER, THEY HAD RECTIFIED THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING THE MATS AND MAKING SURE THE LINING AROUND THE WINDOWS WERE TIGHT. HOWEVER, THE LEAK CONTINUED AS WELL AS THE NOISE WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, THE NAVIGATION/RADIO,CD PLAYER WASN'T WORKING PROPERLY. THE DEALER WAS FINALLY ABLE TO STOP THE WATER FROM LEAKING IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER THEN STATED THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL/ HESITATE WHILE TURNING AND THEN IT WOULD JERK FAST AT TIMES. A DIAGNOSIS REVEALED THE TRANSMISSION PAN GASKET WAS LEAKING. ALSO THE POWER OUTLETS WERE NO LONGER WORKING, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO RIDE ROUGH, THE SEAT WOULD GRIND AND VIBRATE, THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE BRAKE HARDWARE KIT WAS FALLING APART, THE ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE GASKETS, THE TRUNK WOULDN'T OPEN. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED. THE DEALER STATED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE DRAIN PLUG WAS MISSING. *JB

THE TRACTION CONTROL / VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL INITIATES AT VERY LOW SPEEDS ON DRY AND VERY STABLE SURFACES NEARLY EVERY TURN I MAKE. THE LOSS OF POWER TO THE WHEELS HAVE LEFT ME STRANDED IN FRONT OF ON-COMING TRAFFIC DURING LEFT TURNS AND NEARLY REAR-ENDED ON RIGHT HAND TURNS. IT APPEARS THE 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA'S HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR A SIMILAR PROBLEM: OVERLY AGGRESSIVE TRACTION CONTROL WHEN THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER TO THE WHEELS IT TAKES 4-5 SECONDS FOR THE POWER TO BE RESTORED AND I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS WITH RESPECT TO BEING HIT BY OTHER VEHICLES. *LN

POWER BRAKES QUIT WORKING WHILE DRIVING. APPROX 8 TIMES, WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE POWER BRAKES GO OUT. SOMETIMES, CODES APPEAR ON THE DASH AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. I USUALLY HAVE TO RESTART THE CAR TO GET IT TO WORK AGAIN. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *TR

HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA SEQUIOA AND EVERYONCE AND AWHILE THE LIGHTS WILL COME ON THE DASH BOARD AND THE BRAKING SYSTEM WILL BE VERY HARD TO PRESS, ALMOST NOT STOPPING THE VEHICLE. I TURN THE VEHICLE OFF FOR LITTLE BIT AND IT RETURNS TO NORMAL (SOMETIMES). I SEE THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS TO THIS MATTER BUT STILL NO RECALL??? IT IS A REALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN DRIVING AND THE LIGHTS COME ON AND THERE ARE VIRTUALLY NO BRAKES TO SPEAK OF. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT 1 1/2 YEARS. THIS LATEST INCIDENT HAS PROMPTED ME TO LOOK INTO THIS AND AS I HAVE FOUD OUT THERE ARE OTHERS AS WELL, WHAT CAN I DO? *LN

UNDERSIDE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE HAS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RUST CORROSION. DEALER TO EXAMINE. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE VSC & TRAC LIGHTS AS WELL AS THE BRAKE LIGHT AND THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT STARTED COMING ON IN THE MORNING, USUALLY WHEN COLD. NOT SURE EXACTLY WHEN THIS STARTED BUT IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR YEARS NOW. THE LIGHTS USUALLY GO OFF WHEN THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF AND USUALLY THE ONLY TIME IT IS AN ISSUE IS WHEN THE WEATHER GETS THE SLIGHTEST BIT COOL. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ONLINE, I AM SEEING THAT THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND APPARENTLY THERE HAVE BEEN SOME BRAKE RELATED ISSUES (VEHICLE NOT BRAKING PROPERLY) ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THESE LIGHTS, ALTHOUGH THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL TO DATE. *TR

IN CLEAR WEATHER, ON DRY PAVEMENT, THE STABILITY/TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM WILL PERIODICALLY CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO ABRUPTLY LOOSE POWER, TYPICALLY WHEN TURNING INTO TRAFFIC AND HITTING A MANHOLE OR MAKING A TURN THROUGH A DEEPER INTERSECTION SWALE. THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO BECOME UNRESPONSIVE FOR 4-5 SECONDS IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC - A BROADSIDE AUTO ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WHICH OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DISCONNECT OR ELIMINATE THIS SYSTEM. *TR

CONCERNING 2006 TOYOTA SEQUOIA - THE REAR TAILGATE LATCH LEVER BROKE. THERE IS NO INTERIOR TAILGATE RELEASE BUTTON. DEALERSHIP REPLACED IT AT OUR COST BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. ORIGINAL AND REPLACEMENT LEVER IS MADE OF PLASTIC WITH ALL THE STRESS ON A SMALL PIECE OF PLASTIC. MY OWN RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF REAR OCCUPANTS OF THE 3RD ROW SEAT HAD TO EXIT THROUGH THE TAILGATE IN AN EMERGENCY AND THE LATCH WERE TO BREAK AGAIN (OR BE BROKEN FROM AN IMPACT/ACCIDENT). *TR

ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC FROM A STOP, AT LESS THAN 10 MPH, THE CAR LOST POWER, THE GAS PEDAL WAS NON-RESPONSIVE, AND THE CAR SEEMED TO BRAKE FOR A FEW SECONDS RESULTING IN MY TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VSC LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD FLASHED SEVERAL TIMES. AFTER A FEW SECONDS, POWER TO THE VEHICLE RETURNED. *TR

VEHICLE BATTERY DIES IF THE IGNITION IS IN THE ACCESORY POSITION FOR 20 TO 30 MINUTES, WITH JUST THE RADIO ON. I HAVE BROUGHT TO TOYOTA SEVERAL TIMES SINCE OCTOBER 2009. BATTERY WAS REPLACED ONE TIME. I HAVE SINCE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM. I WAS EVEN TOLD ONE TIME THAT I WOULD NEED A SEPERATE MARINE BATTERY HOOKED UP IN ORDER TO LISTEN TO THE VEHICLE RADIO. I HAVE NEVER OWNED A VEHICLE THAT YOU COULD NOT LISTEN TO THE RADIO WITH THE IGNITION IN THE ACCESSORY POSITION FOR ATLEAST 3 PLUS HOURS. SOMETHING IS DRAWING ON THIS BATTERY. IT MAKES NO SENSE. *TR