2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA Complaints

WE BOUGHT OUR 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA BRAND NEW. IT HAS EXCESSIVE TREAD WEAR ON THE OUTER EDGE OF THE TIRES. WE ARE GOING ON OUR 3RD SET OF TIRES. THE ORIGINAL ONES WERE REPLACED AT 28K AND WE ARE HAVING TO BUY NEW ONES AT 66K. WE HAVE BEEN DILIGENT IN ROTATING OUR TIRES AND HAVING THE ALIGNMENTS DONE. IN 2007 THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE LOWER BALL JOINT FOR THE FRONT SUSPENSION. WE COMPLAINED TO THE TOYOTA DEALER AT THAT TIME ABOUT THE UNEVEN WEAR ON OUR TIRES, AND COULD IT BE CAUSED BY THE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINT. THEY DISAGREED AND SAID THAT IT WAS FROM NOT TAKING CARE OF OUR VEHICLE. WE TOLD THEM THAT WE HAD THE TIRES ROTATED AT THE RECOMMENDED TIMES. THEY SAID THE CAR WAS FINE, THE TEST FOR THE ALIGNMENT WAS FINE SO IT HAD TO BE THE DRIVER. SINCE THEN I HAVE CHECKED OUT OTHER 2005 SEQUOIA'S AND NOTICED THE SAME WEAR PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO GONE ON DIFFERENT FORUMS REGARDING THIS SUBJECT AND HAVE FOUND THE SAME COMPLAINT FROM OTHER CONSUMERS. AT WHAT POINT IS TOYOTA GOING TO DO SOMETHING? IS A CAR GOING TO HAVE TO BLOW OUT A TIRE AND KILL SOMEONE FOR THEM TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS DEFECT? OUR TIRES ARE BALD ON THE OUTER EDGE OF THE TREAD BUT STILL HAVE ANOTHER 25K MILES IN THE MIDDLE. I AM EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS GOING AROUND CORNERS BECAUSE THE TRACTION CONTROL GOES INTO EFFECT. I AM FRUSTRATED WITH THE RESPONSE THAT I HAVE RECEIVED FROM TOYOTA. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE SUSPENSION. WHEN I SPOKE TO A REPRESENTATIVE WITH TOYOTA, I WAS TOLD," THAT IT IS NORMAL TO ONLY GET 26K MILES OUT OF YOUR TIRES. YOU CAN'T COMPARE YOUR SEQUOIA WITH THE TAHOE OR EXPLORER." I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA IN 2010 AND THE DEALERSHIP IN 2008 AND I FEEL THAT IT IS BEING BRUSHED UNDER THE RUG.THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE ARE SPENDING ON TIRES AND ALIGNMENTS IS FRUSTRATING. I JUST WANT MY VEHICLE TO BE FIXED SO THAT THE TIRES HAVE AN EVEN WEAR PATTERN AND LAST LONGER THAN 26K MILES. *TR

A WEEK AFTER A 36000 MILE SERVICE AND NOT USED FOR A WEEK, WHEN FINALLY DRIVEN, MINUTES INTO THE DRIVE THE EMERGENCY LIGHT AND THE TRACTION DASH LIGHTS CAME. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALER, WAS INFORMED IT WAS THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND COMPUTER. I'M BAFFLED THIS UNIT(S) WOULD NEED REPLACING AT 36 THOUSAND MILES. NOT TO MENTION THAT THE FIRST DEALER'S VISIT TWO WHEEL STUDS WERE PLACED DUE TO RUST. IT'S VERY DISTURBING NOT KNOWING WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT. THE VEHICLE IS USED ONLY FOR LONG DISTANCE TREKKING. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA THE BRAKE LIGHT AND VSC TRAC LIGHTS COME ON FOR NO REASON. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT REPAIRED AND THEY TIGHTENED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. 5 MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD IT CAME BACK ON, SO I TOOK THE CAR BACK AND THEY SAID IT NEEDED A NEW BRAKE COMPUTER SYSTEM, SO WE REPLACED IT, THAT EVENING THE LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN AND NOW THEY ARE SAYING I NEED A NEW POWER BRAKE BOOSTER. I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON, ONE OF THE GUYS ADMITTED HE KNEW THIS WAS A PROBLEM BUT B/C NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED THEIR HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. SO THE CAR IS STILL NOT FIXED AND WE WORRY ABOUT OUR FAMILIES SAFETY. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*TR

SCREW HOLDING TOGGLE MECHANISM FOR LATCH STRAPS IN SUNSHINE KIDS MONTEREY BOOSTER PULLED AWAY FROM BASE, CAUSING TOGGLE MECHANISM TO RECEDE INTO THE BOOSTER BODY- MAKING IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE SEAT FROM VEHICLE. (NEITHER "SUNSHINE KIDS" NOR "MONTEREY" IS LISTED ON THE "RESTRAINT TYPE" BOX IN THE NEXT PAGE). I AM A CPST AS WELL AS A FIREFIGHTER AND PARAMEDIC. THIS PARTICULAR SEAT RESTRAINS THE CHILD WITH THE VEHICLE'S LAP AND SHOULDER BELT, AS IT IS A BELT-POSITIONING BOOSTER. HOWEVER, THIS SEAT ALSO HAS A LATCH SYSTEM TO SECURE THE SEAT TO THE VEHICLE SO THAT THE SEAT ITSELF DOES NOT BECOME A PROJECTILE IF NOT BUCKLED INTO THE VEHICLE WHEN NOT IN USE. I HAVE MARKED ANSWERS TO FOLLOWING QUESTIONS TO REFLECT THAT THE SEAT WAS INSTALLED WITH LATCH, BUT DO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS SEAT IS DESIGNED TO BE USED (SECURING CHILD WITH LAP AND SHOULDER BELT), AND HAVE ALWAYS USED IT 100% CORRECTLY. THE CHILD IN QUESTION IS 9 YEARS OLD AND 58 POUNDS. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2005, MAKE=TOYOTA, MODEL=SEQUOIA). *TR

TRAC OFF, VSC TRAC AND BRAKE LIGHT ON. ALL THREE LIGHTS COME AND GO AT WILL. I HAD SIMLAR PROBLEM DURING WARRANTY. FOR LAST 2 YEARS IT HAS COME AND GONE. BUT THIS TIME IT IS MORE ON THAN OFF FOR LAST 10 DAYS. *TR

BRAKE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON PERIODICALY. VSC LIGHT SHOWS ON AND OFF. ALL THREE LIGHTS COME ON AND OFF. TRACTION CONTROL IS ACTIVATED WITHOUT WARNING. I AM RELUCTANT TO TAKE IN TO THE SHOP, SINCE MANY OF THE COMPAINTS HAVE SPENT MUCH $$ AND NO RESULTS. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ISSUE THE 2003 MODELS WERE HAVING, WHICH TOYOTA RECALLED THE PROBLEM. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ON ALL MODELS AND ALL YEARS THAT ARE AFFECTED. THIS VEHICLE IS USED BY MY WIFE AND THREE KIDS. IT IS STRESSFUL KNOWING THAT THIS VEHICLE COULD POTENTIALLY HARM MY FAMILY. *TR

WHEN I AM DRIVING MY 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA SR5 ON DRY SURFACE, SOMETIMES GOING STRAIGHT, SOMETIMES DURING A TURN, THE VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL ALARM BEGINS TO GO OFF AND THE CORRESPONDING LIGHT FLASHES ON THE DASHBOARD. ALL POWER IS LOST - I CANNOT ACCELERATE OR EVEN BRAKE, I CAN ONLY TURN THE WHEEL. SOMETIMES, IN ADDITION, A SEVERE GRINDING SOUND IS HEARD, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT I TOUCH THE BRAKES. THIS HAS HAPPENED, SUDDENLY, ABOUT TWENTY TIMES IN THE PAST WEEK. ONE DAY IT HAPPENED FIVE TIMES WITHIN A FIFTEEN MINUTE PERIOD. I HAVE FOUR SMALL CHILDREN, AND THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. WE ALL COULD BE KILLED SHOULD IT HAPPEN WHEN ONCOMING TRAFFIC IS UNAVOIDABLE. I TOOK IT TO TOYOTA IMMEDIATELY AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. I TOOK IT BACK TWO DAYS LATER AND THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW YAWR SENSOR. *TR

I HAVE A 05 TOYOTA SEQUOIA AND HAVE RECENTLY BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. I HAD SOME ROUTINE MAINTENANCE DONE ON MY CAR IN EARLY AUGUST TWO DAYS LATER MY SKID CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON CAUSING MY CAR TO SLOW DOWN FOLLOWED BY A BRAKE LIGHT. WHEN MY HUSBAND TOOK IT TO THE TOYOTA DEALER THEY SAID THE TILT HAD TO BE ZERO CALIBRATED. THE SAME DAY AFTER LEAVING THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THE SKID LIGHT STARTED TO COME ON MORE FREQUENTLY AND I GOT A LITTLE WORRIED FOR MY CHILDREN'S SAFETY. I RETURNED TO THE TOYOTA DEALER FOR THEM TO TELL ME THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE SKID CONTROL SYSTEM AT A COST OF 840 WITH NO GUARANTEE TO FIX MY CAR. TWO DAYS LATER I TOOK IT TO THEM TO BE REPLACED AND THEY WERE NOT SO SURE THAT WAS THE REAL PROBLEM. THEY SAID IT COULD BE THE BREAK BOOSTER AND THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE A FURTHER LOOK. THE NEXT DAY WHEN WE CALLED TO CHECK ON MY CAR THEY INFORMED US THEY HAD THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM IN ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT THEY DID REPLACE THE SKID SYSTEM AND DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM ONLY GENERATED DIFFERENT CODES. THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO KEEP MY CAR TO COMPARE IT TO THE OTHER CARS CODES. I STILL AM WAITING TO HEAR WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY CAR. I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE TRYING TO FIND ANSWERS AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. I FEEL THE MANAGER OF THE TOYOTA DEALER WHERE I LIVE KNOWS THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM AND ALL BUT TELLING ME IT WAS NOT GOING TO FIX MY ISSUE. I HAVE THREE SMALL CHILDREN AND WE ALL LEAVE FOR THE BEACH IN THREE WEEKS AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THIS MALFUNCTION. THE 03 SEQUOIA WAS RECALLED FOR ALMOST THE SAME THING. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND COULD BE DANGEROUS. I HAVE BEEN VERY CAREFUL NOT TO FULL IN FRONT OF ANYBODY DUE TO THIS. I FULL OUT ONTO A ROAD AND MY CAR STALLS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TO ME AND MY FAMILY AND TOYOTA IS NOT DOING ANYTHING TO FIX IT.... THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED!!! *TR

2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA FAILURE OF SKID CONTROL ECU AND BRAKE BOOSTER, DETECTED BY DIAGNOSTIC TEST BY DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP SERVICE PERSONNEL STRONGLY SUGGESTED REPLACING AT $2K COST OR THE VEHICLE WOULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD (BRAKES COULD LOCK UP AT ANY TIME, WHICH WOULD CREATE AN EXTREME HAZARD). AS THE VEHICLE OWNER I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PAY THE EXORBITANT REPAIR COST. *TR

WE HAVE A 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA AND MY VSC TRAC, VSC OFF AND ABS LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS BACKING UP FROM OUR GARAGE WE HEARD A GRINDING NOISE AND FELT THE VIBRATING GRINDING. SO I LOOK IT UP ON THE MANUAL AND IT TELLS US TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER. BUT THE DEALERSHIP IS CLOSED SO I LOOKED ONLINE TO RESEARCH IT AND FOUND THAT MAY PEOPLE WITH SEQUOIA'S BETWEEN THE YEARS 2003-2005 ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. IT DEFINITELY SHOULD BE RECALLED. I HAVE 5 KIDS AND I WOULD HATE FOR ME TO EXPERIENCE A BAD SCENARIO WHILE DRIVING. THERE'S MANY COMPLAINTS SO I DON'T SEE WHY IT IS NOT BEING RECALLED. *TR