2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA Complaints

CHECK ENGINE AND VSC OFF / VSC TRAC LIGHTS KEEP COMING ON. HAVE BEEN RESET BUT KEEP COMING ON AFTER A FEW DAYS TO A WEEK. NOW MAINT REQ. LIGHT IS COMING ON AS WELL. ALSO EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE IDLE SPEED WHICH CAUSES BRAKES TO FEEL LIKE THEY DO NOT FULLY WORK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE VEHICLE HAS DUNLOP GRANTREK TIRES, SIZE P265/65R17. THE TIRES HAD EXCESSIVE WEAR INSIDE AND OUT. TOYOTA AND DUNLOP DO NOT WANT TO REPLACE OR HONOR THE WARRANTY ON THE TIRES. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WHILE IT IS RAINING. THE TIRES WOULD NOT HOLD IN THE RAIN DUE TO THE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. THE DOT NUMBER AND VIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

THE VSC COMPUTER ON MY 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA FAILED AND WHEN I LOOKED FOR HELP IN THE AUTO CLUB I FOUND OUT THAT THIS APPEAR TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH SEQUOIAS. *TR

I AM REPORTING ABOUT 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. YOU ARE LIKELY AWARE OF THE RECALL OF THE BALL JOINT FOR THE FRONT WHEELS. THIS WAS OFFICIAL AS OF JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2007. I WAS INFORMED ABOUT THIS WHEN I TOOK MY CAR IN SERVICE IN NOVEMBER 2007, AND THEN IN DECEMBER I RECEIVED A POSTCARD. ANYWAY, MY CAR'S ALL FOUR TIRES HAD UNEVEN TREAD WEAR, WITH MARKED WEARING OUR OF THE OUTER HALF TO THE EXTENT IT IS PRACTICALLY SMOOTH WITH NO TREAD LEFT. AS YOU KNOW THE BALL JOINT DEFECT IS A COMMON CAUSE FOR THIS. I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE WITH TOYOTA DEALER AND SUBSEQUENTLY TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE, WITHOUT ANY HELP. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY LEAD TO PRE-MATURE TIRE WEAR AND ON ROAD TIRE RUPTURE WITH CRASH. I BELIEVE, TOYOTA SHOULD BE MADE RESPONSIBLE FOR REIMBURSING FOR THE TIRE REPLACEMENTS. AT LEAST THEY SHOULD BE PROVIDING A PRORATED COST ADJUSTMENT. *TR

REAR WINDOW/WIPER AND DEFROST NOT WORKING AND REAR DOOR UNABLE TO OPEN TOOK SEQUOIA IN TO BE REPAIRED BEFORE WARRANTY EXPIRED AND WAS TOLD THAT THE REAR WINDOW MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED(8/2006) WINDOW WORKED FOR A SHORT TIME, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THIS WAS AFTER THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. IT WASN'T UNTIL THE DOOR WAS ENABLED TO BE OPENED THAT WE TOOK THE CAR IN. I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS GOING TO NEED TO REPLACE THE WINDOW MOTOR AGAIN, REPLACE THE ECU CHIP AND ALSO REPLACE THE DOOR HANDLE(APPROX $1,000) AFTER TALKING WITH THE SERVICE REP I WAS TOLD THAT A TSB MAY HAVE BEEN ISSUED ABOUT THE ECU AFTER I HAD MY CAR SERVICED ANT THAT THEY ROUTINELY DO NOT CHECK THE ECU UNLESS THEY HAVE AN IDEA THAT IT COULD BE CAUSING A PROBLEM. WELL AFTER LOOKING AT THE TSB THAT WAS ISSUED IN JUNE OF 2006 IT STATES THAT THE ECU SHOULD BE REPLACED. THE TSB HAD BEEN ISSUED BEFORE MY WARRANTY EXPIRED!! *TR

I BOUGHT TOYOTA SEQUOIA BRAND NEW IN NOVEMBER OF 2005, AND MY TIRES WEAR OFF IN LESS THAN A YEAR, IT HAD ONLY 26,000 MILES. REPLACE TIRES WITH BRAND NEW SET OF TIRES AND I NEED TO REPLACE THEM AGAIN. AND MY SEQUOIA ONLY HAS 56,105 MILES. WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED I CALL DEALER AND THEY SAID TO ALLIGN THE CAR AND TO ROTATE TIRES BUT STILL MY TIRES WEARS OFF VERY FAST. PLEASE IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THIS SITUATION HELP ME. THANK YOU KAREN *TR

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 THE REAR GLASS DID NOT OPEN. UPDATED 04/23/08

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE BRAKE LIGHTS, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AND VCS TRACK LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER APPROXIMATELY NINE TIMES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKE BOOSTER THE FIRST TIME, CHECKED THE EMISSIONS AND CLEARED THE CODES THE SECOND TIME, CLEARED THE CODE THE THIRD TIME, REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER NECK THE FOURTH TIME, AND REPLACED THE BRAKE BOOSTER AGAIN THE FIFTH TIME. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE COMPUTER SKID CONTROL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,802.

THE DUNLOP AT20 TIRES ON MY 2005 SEQUOIA HAVE BEEN WEARING EXCESSIVELY ON THE EDGES FROM THE TIME THAT I FIRST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW. I HAVE HAD THE TIRES ROTATED, AND THE FRONT END ALIGNED AT 17,000 MILES TO TRY TO SLOW DOWN THE UNEVEN WEAR ON THE TIRES. ALL THE SERVICING WAS DONE BY THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN FREDERICK, MD. WITH 27,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE THE TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED AS THE TREAD ON THE EDGES HAVE WORN TO AN UNSAFE LEVEL AND I CAN'T CORNER THE VEHICLE WITHOUT THE TIRES SQUEALING. THIS SEEMS RIDICULOUS IN THAT THE TIRES WERE PROPERLY CARED FOR AND THE VEHICLE WAS MAINTAINED AND THE TIRES HAVE PREMATURELY FAILED. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE NUMBER 07V013000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT) IN MID-JULY OF 2007. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. HE IS CONCERNED BECAUSE HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN ARE OFTEN IN THE VEHICLE AS WELL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE IS A THREE MONTH WAITING PERIOD FOR THE RECALL REPAIR TO BE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 18,000.