2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA Complaints

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE DRIVESHAFT PRODUCED A KLUNCKING NOISE. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER FELT LIKE THAT VEHICLE WAS BEING HIT FROM BEHIND. *AK

CONSUMER SMELLED A STRONG CHEMICAL ODOR IN THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE SMELL CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO FEEL NAUSEOUS, AND MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. (ISOLATED REMOVE BLOWER MOTOR, CHECKED ALL A/C DRAINS AND DEODERIZED) *AK *SC *JB

2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA WITH SEVERE FRONT END VIBRATION ON BRAKING WHILE VEHICLE HAD APPROXIMATELY 35000 MILES. DEALER FOUND ROTOR WARPING AND CHANGED DISC BRAKE PADS AND "TURNED"ROTOR. PROBLEM RECURRED IN VEHICLE NOW WITH 56000 MILES AND HAD TO REPLACE DISC PADS AGAIN AND TURNED ROTOR TO MINIMUM SAFETY STANDARD. FIRST OCCURRENCE AT 35000 MILES COVERED BY WARRANTY, THIS MOST RECENT EPISODE HAD TO PAY FOR. WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE IS A VERY HEAVY ONE AND NOT UNUSUAL TO REQUIRE FREQUENT BRAKE PAD REPLACEMENT AND ROTOR REPLACEMENT. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS THE VIBRATION CAN COME ON UNEXPECTEDLY AND INITIALLY WAS VERY SEVERE DURING THE 35000 MILE DEALER SERVICE BUT NOTICED A VERY SLIGHT VIBRATION MOST RECENTLY AND THEREFORE BROUGHT INTO DEALERSHIP BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS OVERT. I ALSO BELIEVE THIS IS AN ENGINEERING FLAW IN WHICH BRAKE PADS/ROTOR MISMATCH CAUSES PREMATURE WEAR AND POTENTIAL SAFETY AND HANDLING PROBLEMS DURING SUDDEN BRAKING. HAVE CONTACTED MANUFACTURER WHO HAS FILED A COMPLAINT NUMBER BUT WAS TOLD TO NOT EXPECT ANY RESPONSE. *JB

THE VSC SYSTEM ENGAGED AND DOES NOT TAKE POWER FROM THE DRIVE TRAIN. AS A RESULT, A VERY LOUD METAL SHEARING NOISES FROM UNDERCARRIAGE. TOYOTA IS SAYING THIS IS NORMAL VEHICLE IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *LA

I AM HAVING FRONT BRAKE VIBRATION ON A 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. I SEE WHERE TOYOTA HAS ISSUED A TSB (BR00502) ON THIS. MY CONCERN IS SAFETY. AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS WHEN I BRAKE THE VIBRATION IS SEVERE. I HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE I HAVE 42,000 MILES ON MY CAR. DOES NHTSA CONSIDER THIS TSB A SAFETY PROBLEM?*AK

I PURCHASED A 2002 SEQUOIA WHICH I HAVE TAKEN TO THE CHAMPION TOYOTA SERVICE CENTER TWICE FOR THEM TO LOOK AT THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. THERE WAS A MOLDY, MUSTY SMELL TO THE AIR BLOWING THROUGH THE VENTS ON BOTH THE RECYCLE AND FRESH AIR. THE FIRST TIME CHAMPION TOYOTA SIMPLY SPRAYED A DISINFECTANT IN THE SYSTEM AND THIS HELPED FOR ABOUT TWO TO THREE MONTHS. THE NEXT TIME BEFORE I TOOK THE AUTO TO CHAMPION I MADE A CALL TO WHAT I REMEMBER AS THE TOYOTA MANUFACTURING SERVICE CENTER AND THE PERSON ON THE PHONE TOLD ME THAT THE DISINFECTANT SPRAY WOULD DO NOTHING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND THAT THE SERVICE CENTER MUST GO INTO THE AIR SIDE OF THE A/C SYSTEM AND MAKE SOME CHANGES AND CLEAN OUT THE SYSTEM FROM ALL THE MOLD. I THEN TOOK THE AUTO TO CHAMPION (CORPUS CHRISTI, TX) AND GAVE THEM THIS INFORMATION AND THE DEPARTMENT I SPOKE WITH. THEY, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, MADE THE CALL AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS WAS LATE LAST SUMMER AND WE USED THE A/C SYSTEM VERY LITTLE. WE ARE CURRENTLY USING THE SYSTEM MUCH MORE AND THE MOLDY, MUSTY SMELL IS BACK AND IT IS NOW EVEN STRONGER. I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS A RECALL AS CHAMPION TOLD ME THEY HAVE HAD OTHER SEQUOIA'S IN FOR THE SAME ISSUES. *JB

WHILE ON VACATION IN FLORIDA, OUR 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA JUST FROZE UP. IT WOULD NOT MOVE. LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS HURT, HOWEVER, WHEN THE TOW TRUCK FINALLY CAME, THE ONLY WAS TO GET IT UP ON THE FLATBED WAS TO DRIVE IT ON BACKWARDS. IT TURNS OUT ALL THE BOLTS WERE LOOSE ON THE CALIPERS. THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT HAD WORKED ON MY CAR WAS THE TOYOTA DEALER AFTER A COMPLAINT I HAD AT 15,000 MILES. I HAVE SINCE HAD MY TOYOTA DEALER LOOK AT IT, AND THEY SERVICED IT AGAIN AFTER RECEIVING SERVICE BULLETINS ON THE SUBJECT. GET THOSE BRAKES LOOKED AT EVERY TIME YOU SERVICE YOUR VEHICLE.*AK

WE HAVE A 2002 SEQUOIA. I HAVE HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED THREE TIME AT 18,277, 28,460 AND NOW AT 42,463. THE FIRST TIME THE CAR WAS VIBRATING A LITTLE, EACH TIME THE SOUND AND NOISE GET WORSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH ON A ICY ROAD CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND ROLLED INTO A DITCH. CONSUMER FELT THAT T STABILITY OF THE VEHICLE WAS AT FAULT. THE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK

EXCESSIVE WEAR ON FRONT BRAKE PADS. AT 35000 MILES THE FRONT BRAKES WERE WORN DOWN TO 10%; THE REAR PADS WERE ONLY WORN DOWN TO 70%. THE DEALER DID NOT THINK THIS IS A PROBLEM, BUT IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE REAR BRAKES ARE DOING NO WORK TO STOP THE CAR. I HAVE A 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA, SR5, 4X4.*AK