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Recently I took the vehicle in to investigate a clunking noise. I was informed by the shop that the frame had completely rusted through, causing the rear stabilizer arm to become detached. I also had a front stabilizer link fail twice in a year, presumably from the frame excessively flexing. Upon further investigation, I came to learn that Toyota is quite aware of this very issue, they-€™ve issued recalls where insufficient measures may have been taken to temporarily stop the rusting, and that many many other Sequoia owners have the same exact problems that I-€™m having, and Toyota refuses to take responsibility for this premature failure and provide some sort of relief. Given the frequency and number of complaints, I-€™m kind of shocked that NHTSA hasn-€™t banned these vehicles from the roadways. Seems like a serious accident waiting to happen. It-€™s not like the facts are in question in this case. There must be hundreds or thousands of examples. If you do a web search for -€œ2001-2004 toyota sequoia rust corrosion on frame-€ you-€™ll find a bunch of examples, as well as accounts of Toyota-€™s numerous refusals to stand behind their mistakes. I still have the vehicle, and would gladly help you with any investigation. I did have part of the frame welded just so I could limp it back home to WI. I towed it on a trailer. It runs great, and is in very good condition, which is why this is all such a shame.
Toyota rust issue on my 2001 Toyota Sequoia R5. My vehicle was originally used to Transport children to and from practices and games twice a week. This past summer, I started driving it daily. I took my vehicle in for service because I kept hearing a knocking and my engine light was on. After taking it to the mechanic, we discovered it was an O2 sensor causing the engine light on, but also noticed extreme rust on the entire frame. The mechanic determined the vehicle was unsafe and recommended the entire frame be replaced as that knocking would cause the front half of the vehicle to separate from the back half and cause a serious issue. After talking to Toyota body shop, service department and a mechanic, I learned of a campaign that Toyota had issued. Toyota issued the campaign due to severe rust of its Toyota Tundra but failed to offer the same coverage for Toyota Sequoia issued for 2001. The campaign that was issued was for 2005-2008 Sequoia, however my Toyota was made in 2001. Currently, my vehicle which Transport my family, including young children has to sit until I can find $15,000-$17,500 to have it fixed by a Toyota dealership. At this point, I can not afford this, especially for a vehicle I purchased used last year. My mechanic and Toyota has deemed this vehicle unsafe. I'm requesting to have Toyota replace and fix the entire frame or buy the vehicle back from me so that I can purchase another vehicle that's safe, reliable and specious for my family. I would hope to have this issue expedited so I can continue transporting my family safely.
Came rusted apart and in safe to drive the frame was coated in 2013 at fannon Toyota in ashland Kentucky this dealership was closed by the fbi for cheating people on paying for sold cars
My vehicle has significant frame rust throughout. In some areas, the rust has gone all the way through the frame and large chucks/flakes of rust are falling off. In addition, there is rust coming through the weld seams in many locations.
- Fort Wayne, IN, USA
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The frame is rust and I have problem sometime in stering sostn and the trction control the light is on sometime and I need turn off my SUV whait a minute and turn in for the light turn off
I put my car in park and left it running exited the car open the back door and walked behind the car and then the car began rolling backwards until it ran into a wall after I had already removed items from the back door and walked behind the car
When driving at a speed anywhere from 10 to 60 mph, the skid control light and vsc trac can go off; alarm sounds...vehicle shake and grinding coming from brakes. Brakes and do not work well when this occurs. This can happen at any time. It is now occurring very frequently. The only way to stop it is to shut the car off.... and restart the vehicle.
The engine warning light keeps coming on. I have it repaired and a few months later it comes back on. This has been happening since I bought the car used 10 year ago.
Just driving along, and feels like the brakes grab - - jerk the wheel truck rocks and vsc trac lights go on. Problem has been occurring intermittently for months. Can be at highway speeds, but also happens at any speed. Very dangerous and scary. I recalled having a problem with my pistons in my calipers seezing up so I replaced them. But shortly after on the highway I had to come to a immediate stop not slamming on the brakes but just pressing the brake all the way down the vsc track off light comes on. If I shut the truck off the light goes off but even if not moving now if I press the brake all the way down the light will come on. Doing my research online I notice the 2003 version had a recall for the same or similar issue but this year has yet to be on that list.
The frame of the Toyota Sequoia is rotted out. My mechanic was doing a safety after I had purchased the vehicle. He discovered the frame was rotted out. (his words) he said the vehicle was not safe to drive.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015, I was driving down interstate 37 toward corpus christi, tx, and out of the blue my well maintained vehicle had a hard shake/shimmy in the rear end. It rocked my rearend left to right. Very scary. Luckily I had both hands on the wheel. The traction control sensor went off. I braked, thinking maybe I had had a tire go flat quickly. Very scary at 75 mph. Also very lucky that not semi's or vehicles were near me. I turned the Sequoia off and got out to check the tires. There was no problem. I got back in and restarted the vehicle, the traction control lights had gone off, so I started to accelerate back into traffic...and the Sequoia went crazy again, rear end shaking, traction control lights going off. It was 8 pm, dark. I was too scared to try driving again, so I called for a tow. I have done some research on similar problems and found there were many. Some people say it is an electronic control sensor. Each wheel has one and maybe one went out causing that wheel to rotate differently from the others, jerking the car around. This is very dangerous! I had been in san antonio, tx rush hour traffic just 3 hours before and had this jerking that caused swerving happened on the downtown highways, someone could have been killed. People should be warned and Toyota should recall vehicles affected, because from my research, there are a lot of affected Sequoias.
Was driving through town at about 50mph when the whole car started to sway back and forth. We immediately called my maintenance guy at midas and drove it over. Turns out the entire frame rusted and rotted through from the inside out. We had it thoroughly checked out by a couple of people last year before putting money into fixing it up and keeping it for my son to drive. It checked out fine. Nobody could tell it was rotting from the inside out. If the frame had fallen apart 4 days earlier, my son and I would have been severely injured, as he drove it for 2 hrs around the highway. We were told that if it had fallen apart around a turn on the interstate or on an off ramp, it would have flipped over. I don't know how it didn't happen then, but am grateful it didn't while he was driving. The service manager at midas has said he has never seen anything like it in all his years working on cars. When I called Toyota about the problem and knowing that online we have read many stories of the same problem, they stonewalled me and told me there was nothing they could do. I am truly concerned for anyone else driving one of these Sequoias and not knowing that it could fall apart at any time. The rest of the vehicle is in amazing shape, and it is disappointing that Toyota had not recalled these, as they did the Tacoma several years ago. It is a very dangerous situation!
While driving at 60 mph the vehicle pulled sharply to the right and its trac/vcs control lights began to blink and the warning sound came on as well. The vehicle made a grinding sound and I pulled over to the side of the road. I shut the car off and waited a few minutes. I turned on the vehicle and the indicator lights were off and it drove normal. This same incident continues to happen even after I took it in to get diagnosed. I was told by a Toyota technician that he could not find the problem.
Toyota sent me a letter asking me to bring my 2001 Toyota Sequoia truck to a dealer near me to have my rusted frame replaced at no cost to me because they were having a service campaign for trucks like mine. After taking the truck there I got a call from the dealership telling me I had to pay almost $2300 for parts.I called Toyota to complain but with no positive results. The dealer said it is not safe to drive the vehicle and yet Toyota will not keep to their word of doing the repairs at no cost.I feel Toyota needs to own up and fix a problem that was their fault to begin with.
2002 - vsc trac light came on, vehicle unexpectedly pulls to right, called dealer said okay to drive home. Took to dealer didn't find anything wrong. Vsc trac has continued to malfunction through the years, each time dealer reported nothing wrong. 2012- problem has worsen, trac light comes on everyday. Vehicle either unexpectedly pulls too hard to right or shakes badly as though frontend is falling out from under the vehicle.
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- Dover, DE, USA