2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA Complaints

PLASTIC PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLE FAILED IN FATIGUE (CRACK), PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING OPENED FROM THE INSIDE. VEHICLE IS 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY. DEALER REPLACED HANDLE WITHOUT CHARGE, BUT THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION. *JB

DT: 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS WORE OUT QUICKLY. THIS CAUSED SHAKING IN THE STEERING AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 12-12-2002, AND THEY REPLACED THE CALIPER ASSEMBLY, THE FRONT CALIPERS, BACK PLATE, AND BEARINGS. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN ON 8-5-2004. HOWEVER, WARRANTY EXPIRED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER BECAUSE THE FRONT END VIBRATED AGAIN AND THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKES PADS AND MACHINED THE ROTORS. THE THIRD TIME WAS ON 7-29-05, THE ROTORS, CALIPERS ,AND PADS WERE COMPLETELY WORN OUT. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED AT THE DEALERSHIP. THERE IS TSB BR0052 ON THIS ISSUE. WHEN CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD SEND AN ATTENTION NOTICE ABOUT THE TSB TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD CONSUMER WHEN HE GOT TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT HE SHOULD TALK TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE , WHO WAS UNAVAILABLE AT THE TIME HE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP. AS OF NOW THE CONSUMER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE CONTACT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE . *AK

FIRST OCCURENCE OF LIFT GATE FAILURE WAS FEB 2005. LIFT GATE UNABLE TO BE OPENED, REAR WINDOW INOPERABLE, AND REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER WORKED ONLY SPORADICALLY. TOOK CAR TO THE DEALER WHO SAID THAT WATER HAD GONE DOWN WINDOW INTO LIFT GATE AND HAD RUSTED OUT LIFTGATE DOOR LOCK, HANDLE AND CABLING COMPONENTS AND WOULD COST APPROX. $500 TO FIX WITH NO GUARANTEE THAT SAME FAILURE WOULD NOT OCCUR IN THE FUTURE. WE HAD REPAIR DONE AND IT WORKED FINE UNTIL JULY 1, 2005 AND WE ARE HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AGAIN AND OF COURSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE DEALER SAYS IS NOT COVERED BY OUR WARRANTY.

THE A/C IN THE CONSUMER'S 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA FAILED. *NM THE COMPRESSOR FAILED, THE FAILURE OF THIS PART SENT METAL SHAVINGS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, WHICH REQUIRED THE WHOLE SYSTEM TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THE COMPRESSOR WAS UNDER SIZED FOR THE VEHICLES FRONT AND BACK SYSTEMS AND THE BACK UNIT ROBBED THE COMPRESSOR OF IT LUBRICATION WHICH CAUSED IT TO SEIZE. *JB *NM

REAR HATCH DOOR NOT STAYING UP WHEN DOOR IS RAISED. THEREFORE FALLING ON PERSONS HEAD

DT: ON DRY PAVEMENT THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT ON FRONT END AND NO AIR BAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, OWNER THOUGHT THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS GOING ABOUT 45. MPH VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS AND FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS. THE OCCUPANTS WERE WEARING SEAT BELTS. THERE WAS NO AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS ON. THERE HAS NEVER BEFORE BEEN AN ACCIDENT WITH THIS VEHICLE, AND AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT NEW. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES, BROKEN AN ANKLE A TIBIA, LEFT WRIST, AND SUSTAINED MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS. DRIVER'S DAUGHTER HAS SUFFERED FROM LABOR CONTRACTIONS AFTER ACCIDENT. OCCUPANTS WERE TREATED IMMEDIATELY AFTER. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION BY INSURANCE COMPANY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, FRAME WAS BENT. OWNER CALLED TOYOTA, AND THEY REFERRED HER TO NHTSA. *AK

DT: CONSUMER SAYS VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING LAST THURSDAY WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. ALSO, VEHICLE STALLED SIX TIMES THIS MORNING WHEN CONSUMER WAS TAKING IT TO GARAGE. SOMETIMES IT STARTS MISSING, AND ONE CAN PUSH THE GAS PEDAL AND VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE ON WITH OUT STALLING.*AK

I HAVE A 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA LIMITED. I'VE HAD TWO SETS OF BRAKE PADS AND REAR SHOES AND EVEN NEW ROTORS BUT I STILL HAVE A SHAKING PROBLEM. IT FIXES IT FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THEN IT'S RIGHT BACK TO SHAKING. MY BRAKING DISTANCE HAS INCREASED GREATLY

(1) GRINDING NOISE ON ACCELERATION. ENGINE CUTTING OFF WHEN STOPPING VEHICLE. (2) STUCK IN MIDDLE OR ROAD TRYING TO GET TRUCK TO STAY CRANKED. (3) REPLACED TRANSMISSION AT 1/2 DEALER COST AND 1/2 MY COST WHEN COMPLAINT STARTED ON PROBLEM WHILE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.

1. REAR AXLE LEAKING - ONE AT 62K MILES AND ONE AT 72K MILES. 2. WOBBLING IN REAR END ON BRAKING. 3. REPAIRED BY DEALER AT MY COST - $1300.