2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA Complaints

2003 SEQUOIA BOUGHT IN NOV 2002. CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE 20,474 MILES. 1-1/2 YRS AFTER BUYING CAR, BRAKE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. TOOK TO 3 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP AND NO ONE COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. FINALLY, ON 4TH ATTEMPT, THEY SAID IT WAS SKID CONTROL BOARD. THEY INITIALLY TRIED TO CHARGE ME TO FIX IT, BUT ENDED UP DOING UNDER "GOOD WILL." NOW, A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE ABS, VSC AND TRACK LIGHTS ARE COMING ON AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID I NEED TO REPLACE THE YAW SENSOR. THEY KNOW AND I KNOW IT IS ALL RELATED TO THE SKID CONTROL SYSTEM, BUT THEY WANT TO CHARGE 423.00 + TAX TO REPLACE IT. I THINK IT SHOULD BE FREE, CONSIDERING THE COMMON PROBLEM THEY HAVE WITH THE SKID CONTROL SYSTEM. MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED AND I DON'T HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. *JB

2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA WITH VSC WARNING AND ENGINE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. CUSTOMER STATES THEY CAME ON AFTER HE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. DEALER SAID IT WAS FINE AND IF THEY DIDN'T GO OFF CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT. MECHANIC DETERMINED IT WAS THE OXYGEN SENSOR WAS FROZEN IN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD.. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER BEGAN HITTING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER LEVER WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE. UPON REMOVING THE PLASTIC COVERING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN THE DEALER DISCOVERED THAT THE SHAFT LEVER AND ASSEMBLY WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN ON ONE SIDE AND HANGING BY A THREAD ON THE OTHER. *TR

VSC/ABS SKID CONTROL ECU FAILURE. THE DEALERSHIP IS SAYING THAT MY 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA LIMITED 2 WD 53,500 MILES NEEDS A NEW ABS COMPUTER AT A COST OF $3,600. APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AGO I HAD THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPEN, THE CAR ACTUALLY FROZE UP AND THE DEALERSHIP HAD IT TOWED TO THEIR LOCATION TO FIX IT, THEY SAID IT WAS THE THIRD MEMBER AND REPLACED THAT. NOW THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING AND THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING. *TR

REAR WINDOW BEGAN OPERATING ONLY OFF AND ON OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. FINALLY IT QUIT WORKING COMPLETELY IN 2007. FORTUNATELY IT WAS CLOSED, SO OWNER JUST DIDN'T USE UNTIL HAVING IT FIXED ALONG WITH REAR DOOR HATCH. A NEW POWER MOTOR ASSEMBLY WAS INSTALLED AT OWNERS EXPENSE. THE INCIDENT DATE IS ACTUALLY THE DATE OF REPAIR. *TR

TRAC,VSC, BRAKE LIGHT HAD BEEN COMING ON AND THEN GOING OUT. THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT INVOLVED THEM COMING ON DURING A TURN INTO TRAFFIC AT WHICH TIME ALL POWER WAS LOST NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. DEALER TREATED THIS AS 2 DIFFERENT PROBLEMS:AN INDUCTION SERVICE WAS PERFORMED FOR THE "HESITATION" AT MY EXPENSE, AND A BRAKE BOOSTER GASKET AND ASSEMBLY WERE INSTALLED UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE LIGHTS CONTINUED TO GO OFF AND ON FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT THE CAR DID NOT LOSE POWER AGAIN AFTER THIS "FIX".THE LIGHTS CONTINUED TO COME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL IN AUGUST 2006 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND VCS/TRAC LIGHTS CAME ON AND WOULD NOT GO OUT. THIS TIME, MY DEALER REPLACED THE OXYGEN SENSOR AT MY EXPENSE. NOW, WITH 70,000 MILES ON 9-26-07 THE VSC/TRAC & CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON WHILE TRAVELING ON THE ROAD AND WILL NOT GO OUT ON TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AS THEY SOMETIMES DID IN THE PAST. I BELIEVE AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON VARIOUS INTERNET SITES SOME SORT OF ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN AT TOYOTA'S EXPENSE. I AM ALSO FILING A REPORT ABOUT THE NEW REAR WINDOW MOTOR AND HATCH RELEASE HANDLE I HAD TO REPLACE IN JULY ON THIS VEHICLE WHICH ALSO IS MENTIONED IN MANY REPORTS I'VE READ ON THE INTERNET. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY FAILURES ON THE LIGHT SITUATION I'VE HAD BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN IN THE DOZENS. *TR

MY 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA HAS HAD MULTIPLE FAILURES OF IT ABS ECU TRANSLATE. THE ABS ECU TRANSLATE HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND HAD BEEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP SIX TIMES WITHOUT A RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT HAS COME ON MUTIPLE TIMES.*JB

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, MY 2003 LIMITED TOYOTA SEQUOIA 4WD VEHICLE LOST POWER, CUTTING THE ENGINE OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. PLACING VEHICLE INTO PARK, THEN ATTEMPTING TO RESTART VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESULT IN RESTART OF VEHICLE. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE MOVED OUT OF HEAVY TRAFFIC MANUALLY, THEN TOWED TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. DEALER FOUND EFI FUSE NUMBER 1 BLOWN, REPLACED, FUSE BLEW AGAIN AT DEALERSHIP, REPLACED FUSE A 2ND TIME AND THE VEHICLE HASN'T BLOWN THE FUSE SINCE (A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER). DEALER NOTED THEY DO NOT KNOW WHY EFI FUSE BLEW EITHER TIME. *JB

VSC/ABS/SKID LIGHT ON MY 03' SEQUOIA BEGAN COMING ON NOV. 06. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE ECU SKID CONTROL COMPUTER AND RESET IT. THEY SAID THE LIGHTS MIGHT COME BACK ON AND THEY HAVE ON AND OFF FOR THE LAST YEAR. ALSO, NOTICED ISSUES W/ THE BREAK SKIDDING EVEN THOUGH I RECENTLY HAD BRAKES REPLACED. NOW I HAVE TO PAY $1500 TO HAVE THE ECU SKID CONTROL COMPUTER REPLACED AND THE CAR ONLY HAS 62K MILES ON IT. WAY TO EARLY TO START REPLACING ELECTRONIC PARTS. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SKID CONTROL ECU FOR THE ABS MALFUNCTIONED AND THEY MADE THE REPLACEMENT. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AND SEVEN MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER REPEATED THE REPAIR AND CHARGED HALF THE COST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,000. UPDATED 01/09/08. *LJ UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

REAR WINDOW STOPPED WORKING. I HAD ABOUT 55,000 MILES ON MY TOYOTA WHEN THIS STARTED. MY REAR WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN. A FEW WEEKS LATER, I TRIED IT AND IT WORKED, THEN NEXT TIME I TRIED TO ROLL IT DOWN, IT FAILED AGAIN. I WAS JUST TOLD TODAY THAT IT WAS THE MOTOR AND IT WOULD BE $300 FOR THE PART AND $200 FOR LABOR. COME ON.... THIS CAR IS NOT THAT OLD......