2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA Complaints

THE BRAKE LIGHT CONSTANTLY GOES ON AND OFF. TRAC OFF, VSC TRAC AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ALL COME ON. A LOUD RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE AND VIBRATION. ENGINE WILL NOT ACCELERATE RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING AND THE TRAC CONTROL LIGHT GOES ON AT THE SAME TIME. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE TURNING IN AN INTERSECTION. I ALMOST GOT HIT. THIS NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED. THE DEALER WANTS ME TO PAY OVER $2000 TO REPAIR. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER OF 2 THAT JUST LOST HER JOB. THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE THAT CAME ABOUT IN THE 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA RECALL. WE NEED THIS FIXED!! *KB

2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA SR5. MY VSC TRAC LIGHT, ABS, BRAKE, LIGHTS COME ON PERIODICALLY FOR NO REASON. I HAVE READ MANY OTHERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

VSC (VEHICLE SKID CONTROL), TRAC (TRACTION CONTROL), BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON. THIS IS A 2005 MODEL YEAR TOYOTA SEQUOIA WITH APPROXIMATELY 41,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND HAS BEEN GARAGED SINCE NEW. DEALER SAYS COMPUTER NEEDS REPLACED, APPROXIMATELY $1,000 TO REPLACE. VSC/TRAC/BRAKE LIGHT PROBLEMS ARE WELL DOCUMENTED IN 1ST GENERATION SEQUOIAS (2001-2007 MODEL YEARS). READ ABOUT PROBLEMS ON WWW.TUNDRASOLUTIONS.COM. *TR

I HAVE A TOYOTA SEQUIOA 4X4 2005 BOUGHT NRAND NEW BUT HAVE PROBLEM SINCE THEN WITH ALL TIRES WEARING ONLY THE OUTSIDE WALL..DONE 3 SETS OF TIRE WITH ALIGNMENT GOING 4TH NOW BUT ISSUES NOT RESOLVED...AND THERE OTHER SEQUIOA'S WITH SIMILAR PROBLEM AND THIS THING NEED TO BE ADDRESS..DEALERS AND TOYOTA NOT RESPONDING TO THIS ISSUE...THANK YOU. *TT

2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA, ENGINE STOPS INTERMITTENTLY, "ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL" LIGHT COME ON, ENGINE DIES, NOT ON A SLIPPERY ROAD. VERY HAZARDOUS IF ENGINE DIES WHILE DRIVING. *KB

ACCORDING TO TOYOTA MY 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA'S VSC/ABS SKID CONTROL ECU NEEDS TO BE REPLACED WHEN I REPORTED THAT I ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY DIDN'T WORK BECAUSE OF VSC VASC TRAK AND FOOT BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON. I SOME HOW CONTROLLED MY VEHICLE AND SAVED MYSELF FROM HAVING AN ACCIDENT. NOW TOYOTA IS ASKING FOR $1100 TO REPLACE THE UNIT. THIS UNIT SHOULD RECALLED BY TOYOTA AS THEY ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *KB

AT AROUND 51,000 MILES THE ABS AND VSC LIGHT CAME ON. LIGHTS WENT OUT 2 DAYS LATER. IT WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY ABOUT EVERY OTHER MONTH FOR ABOUT 2 DAYS THEN GO OUT. TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE FOUND NO CODES STORED. NOW IT HAS 100,00 MILES AND THE LIGHT STAYS ON. TOOK IT TO A TOYOTA DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE SKID CONTROL ECU NEEDS REPLACED. WAS TOLD IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR MY YEAR SEQUOIA. I WAS TOLD THEN THAT WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE ON, THE FUNCTIONS DO NOT WORK. I FEEL THIS HAS BEEN A SAFETY ISSUE THAT TOYOTA HAS BEEN AWARE OF BUT HAS DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT. *TR

BRAKE LIGHT INDICATOR INTERMITTENTLY CAME ON OVER SEVERAL MONTHS (JAN - MAY 2011) AND AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. SOMETIMES AT STARTUP, OTHER TIMES AT HWY SPEED. SINCE FLUID WAS FULL AND CLEAN, DID NOT TAKE CAR IN RIGHT AWAY. MENTIONED TO DEALER AT 60K MI. SVC TO DIAGNOSE. TOYOTA DEALER DIAGNOSED THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM WAS A MALFUNCTIONING "ELECTRONIC SKID COMPUTER." COST $122 TO DIAGNOSE AND $1120 TO REPLACE. I UNDERSTAND THIS COMPUTER CONTROLS THE STABILITY CONTROL AND ABS SYSTEMS, SO IT IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA - VEHICLE WAS RECALLED IN 2007 TO HAVE THE BALL JOINTS REPLACED. AFTER REPLACEMENT VEHICLE GOES OUT OF ALIGNMENT 3 - 4 TIMES PER YEAR, TIRES WEARING ON THE OUTSIDE ON THE FRONT TWO TIRES. NOW FRONT END IS VIBRATING WHEN GOING 60 MPH OR FASTER AND STEERING WHEEL IS SHAKING AS WELL. HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALER MANY TIMES COMPLAINING THAT IT KEEPS GOING OUT OF ALIGNMENT. I AM BEING TOLD THERE IS NOTHING WRONG AND AN ALIGNMENT IS PERFORMED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS ALIGNMENTS PERFORMED AND TIRES REPLACED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM STARTED BACK IN 2007 AND CONTINUES TO TODAY WITH THE RECENT VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. *TR

2005 2WD TOYOTA SEQUOIA LIMITED HAS THE FOLLOWING WARNING LIGHTS ON WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING: VSC, TRAC-OFF, ABS, ENGINE LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WILL STALL IF YOU TRY TO ACCELERATE, AND IT WILL NOT GO OVER 50 MPH, AS IF HAVING NO POWER. MY SEQUOIA IS A REAL SAFETY PROBLEM ON THE ROAD. UNTIL TOYOTA STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS, THEY ARE JUST A PATHETIC CAR COMPANY WITH BOGUS QUALITY IMAGE. *TR