2004 Toyota Sequoia Other Problems

Your Sequoia's frame has developed rust throughout, and Toyota dealers have identified a spot near the driver's side rear wheel where rust has eaten almost completely through the metal. The frame wasn't properly rust-treated at the factory, leaving you to deal with the consequences. This will likely require professional frame repair or replacement of the affected section.

Your Sequoia's frame is rotting, which can compromise the structural integrity of your vehicle. This is a serious issue that affects the safety and durability of your car. A mechanic will need to inspect the frame damage and may recommend rust treatment, frame repair, or welding to address affected areas.

The owner reported a concern with the vehicle's frame. No crash or fire was involved in this report.

Your tailgate won't open, even though it was working when you bought the vehicle in 2018. The Toyota dealership quoted a repair cost that seemed too high for you to proceed. A mechanic can diagnose whether the issue is a broken latch mechanism, damaged cables, or an electrical actuator problem.

THE FRAME HAS BEEN RECALLED. AS A RESULT OF THE RECALL IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FRAME WOULD NOT BE REPLACED BUT SPRAYED WITH ANTI RUST COATING INSTEAD. THE COATING PEELED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. COMPLAINTS WERE MADE BUT THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE FRAME AT TIME OF RECALL. CURRENTLY THE FRAME IS PRACTICALLY FALLING APART. WE ARE UNABLE TO GET A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE AT THIS TIME NOR CAN WE SELL IT AS IS. WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS AT THIS TIME? THANK-YOU *DT*JB

YESTERDAY MY MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE FRAME UNDERNEATH WAS ALL RUSTED AND FALLING APART. THAT PARTS ON FRAME COULD FALL WHILE I AM DRIVING. I TOOK TO TOYOTA DEALER BY WHERE I LIVE. THEY SAID THAT RECALLED HAD JUST EXPIRED. WHAT A COINCIDENCE. PLEASE HELP. I DONT WANT TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT.

A RECALL THAT I FEEL IS WARRANTED FOR TOYOTA TO ATTEND TO WHICH IS VSC OFF/TRAC OFF AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALL ON. I HAVE COUNTLESSELY RESEARCHED WHY THIS HAPPENS AND SPENT A LOT OF MONEY TRYING TO FIX IT BUT STILL NO LUCK. THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS ISSUE. PLEASE HELP AND PUSH THIS RECALL FROM TOYOTA. THANKS!

SEVERE RUST TO THE FRAME

RUSTED FRAME, VERY CLOSE TO FAILING STATE SAFETY INSPECTION, FRAME WAS SPRAY PAINTED BY THE DEALAR THREE YEARS AGO UNDER TOYOTA FRAME RECALL, POORLY APPLIED PAINT PEELED OFF WITH-IN COUPLE OF MONTHS OF THE APPLICATION. NOW FRAME OF THE SUV IS SEVERELY RUSTED. IT PASSED THE SAFETY INSPECTION TODAY BUT INSPECTOR FOUND HOLES IN THE FRAME CAUSED BY THE RUST.

I PURCHASED A NEW 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA LIMITED IN 2004. THE FRAME STARTED RUSTING EARLY. BY 2013 THE WERE PERFORATIONS IN THE FRAME. I TOOK IT TO LORESEN TOYOTA IN CT AND ASKED FOR A FRAME INSPECTION AND REPLACEMENT BY WARRANTEE. I WAS TOLD THAT ONLY 2005 MODELS AND MORE RECENT WERE ELIGIBLE FOR FRAME REPLACEMENT. THEY SPRAYED RUST COATING ON TOP OF THE RUST AS THEIR ONLY ATTEMPT AT REMEDIATION. THIS DID NOTHING. I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR A MUFFLER LAST WEEK AND WAS TOLD THE FRAME WAS TOO DANGEROUS TO BE ON THE ROAD. I CALLED TOYOTA CUATOMER SERVICE AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THAT EVEN THOUGH I WAS THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND HAD REPORTED THE PROBLEM FOUR YEARS AGO, THEY WOULDN'T REPLACE THE FRAME EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD REPLACED THE FRAME ON MANY SIMILAR SEQUOIAS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. NOW MY CAR IS WORTHLESS. TOYOTA HAS ADMITTED TO A SEVERE FRAME RUST PROBLEM ON MANY OF IT'S NEARLY IDENTICAL OTHER SUVS AND TRUCKS BUT WON'T ADMIT TO THE SAME SYSTEMIC FAULT HERE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM EFFECTING MANY TOYOTA OWNWERS. I HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT A DOZEN WARNINGS ABOUT MY VEHICLE'S AIRBAG DEFECTS BUT HAVEN'T HEARD A WORD FROM THEM ABOUT THE FAR MORE DANGEROUS FRAME DETERIORATION PROBLEM. PLEASE ADD MY CASE TO THE OTHERS WRITING OF THIS IRRESPONSIBLE AND UNSAFE POLICY OF TOYOTA NORTH AMERICA. THANK YOU.

REAR DOOR HANDLE AND CABLE BRAKES WITH LITTLE PRESSURE. MANY OWNERS HAVE SAME ISSUE ON SAME MAKE MODEL. CONTINUED EXPENSIVE REPAIR RESULTS IN OWNERS JERRY RIGGING THEIR VEHICLES TO OPEN REAR DOOR. IF THIS IS HAPPENING TO NUMEROUS OWNERS THAN WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT IT IS A COMPANY DEFAULT AND SHOULD BE FIXED! MY LATEST REPAIR ON IT WAS $600 AND ITS DISGUSTING TO HAVE TO FIX IT ALL THE TIME. IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO HAVE THE CABLE BRAKE. IT'S PLASTIC, CHEAP PLASTIC DOESN'T HELP MATTERS MUCH EITHER.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. ALONG WITH 2 OTHER LIGHTS. THIS HAS OCCURRED OVER 10 TO 12 TIMES SINCE OWNING THIS SUV. EACH TIME IT IS NOTED ON MY PAPER WORK NO LEAKS FOUND AND GAS CAP REPLACED. I HAVE SPENT EACH TIME ON A AVERAGE $578 AT LEAST FOR A GAS CAP AFTER THEY HAVE CHECKED OUT THE CAR. I EVEN HAD THIS PROBLEM WHEN THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY BUT OF COURSE NO CHARGE THEN. I NOTICE OTHER TOYOTA VEHICLES HAVE RECALL ON THIS CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS. I THINK THE SEQUOIA SHOULD GET INCLUDED IN THIS IT IS THE SAME THING. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW MUCH MONEY OWNERS OF THESE SUVS HAVE PAID OUT BECAUSE OF THIS. I NOTICE THIS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER I PUT GAS IN. THE LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF UNTIL YOU TAKE IN IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO THEN CHARGES YOU THE $578 OR MORE IT SIMPLY RIPPING THE CONSUMER OFF

MY 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA WAS THE SUBJECT OF A LIMITED SERVICE CAMPAIGN, NO. TC-13-013, FOR ABNORMAL FRAME CORROSION. A TOYOTA DEALER APPLIED A CORROSION RESISTANT COMPOUND (CRC) TO THE FRAME AND UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE ON MARCH 27, 2014. I HAD MY CAR SERVICED IN AUGUST 2015 AND DISCOVERED THAT LARGE PARTS OF THE FRAME ARE SIGNIFICANTLY CORRODED, WITH MUCH OF THE CRC NO LONGER PRESENT ON THE FRAME. TOYOTA RESPONDED TO MY COMPLAINT ON AUGUST 21, 2015 BY STATING THAT THE WARRANTY FOR THE CRC IS ONE YEAR AND THAT IT WOULD NOT AUTHORIZE AN INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, REAPPLICATION OF THE CRC OR REPLACEMENT OF THE FRAME. THE FRAME CORROSION IS DOCUMENTED IN PHOTOGRAPHS.

I SOLD THE AUTOMOBILE LISTED ABOVE ON 08/13/15 TO AN INDIVIDUAL AND REALIZED AFTER THAT I DID NOT REMOVE THE PLATE FROM THE CAR. BECAUSE I LIVE IN NC, I WILL HAVE TO RETURN THE PLATES BEFORE CANCELING THE INSURANCE. THE CURRENT OWNER IS DRIVING UNDER MY REGISTRATION AND INSURANCE.

UPON EXITING THE FREEWAY I WAS ON A RIGHT-TURNING OFF-RAMP WHEN I HEARD BEEPING AND A CRUNCHING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. IT SOUNDED AS IF SOMETHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. ONCE I WAS OFF THE FREEWAY, I PULLED OVER AND THE WARNING LIGHTS HAD GONE OFF. IT HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES SINCE THEN, HOWEVER IT'S ONLY BEEN THE BEEPING, NOT THE LOUD CRUNCHING NOISE. IN SEARCHING ONLINE, IT APPEARS THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE THAT THE 2003'S WERE RECALLED FOR. THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY COMPLAINTS THAT TOYOTA SHOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND RECALL THE 2004'S AS WELL. *TR

THE REAR DOOR LATCH FAILED, MAKING THE DOOR INOPERABLE. USE OF THE DOOR FOR ENTRY AND EXIT WAS IMPOSSIBLE, CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD. REPAIR OF THIS LATCH FAILURE IS EXPENSIVE ($400 - $700) AND INCONVENIENT. THE DESIGN OF THE PART AND THE MATERIAL USED (PLASTIC) APPEARS TO BE AT FAULT. A HEAVIER DUTY METAL PART IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM AFTER MARKET PARTS DEALERS. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE COMMON AND WIDESPREAD JUDGING FROM A DISCUSSION WITH A LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER SERVICE CENTER AND JUDGING FROM THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET. *JS

THE STEERING COLUMN JACKET AND CONTROLLER CRACKED FROM NORMAL WEAR. THESE 2 PARTS HOLD THE GEAR SHIFT AND GUIDE THE VEHICLE IN PARK,REVERSE AND DRIVE. WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED, THE GEAR SHIFT WAS IN THE PARK POSITION BUT DUE TO THE CRACKED PARTS THE VEHICLE WAS ACTUALLY IN REVERSE WITH OUT MY KNOWLEDGE. THE VEHICLE COULD BE TURNED OFF ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO MOVE FREELY. THE STEERING COLUMN COVER WAS REMOVED AND REVEALED WERE NON-SUPPORTIVE PARTS THAT WERE NEEDED FOR THE RANGE OF MOTION AND FORCE FOR THE GEAR SHIFT OVER TIME AND POSSIBLE INADEQUATE DIE CAST METAL.