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2013 Toyota Sequoia SUV 4WD

1
Recalls
9
Complaints

Safety Ratings.

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Rollover
Overall Front Star Rating

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Front Driver Side
Front Passenger Side
Overall Side Star Rating

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Driver
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Overall Side Pole Star Rating

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Rollover Star Rating

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Rollover Risk: 18.5%

Complaints
Recalls

9 Complaints

for 2013 TOYOTA SEQUOIA
06/22/2020
Components: STRUCTURE
Incident Date: 06/15/2018
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: 5TDDW5G12DS******
Summary

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STAND STILL, THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE DASHBOARD WAS STICKY, AND MELTED WHICH CAUSED A CHEMICAL ODOR IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO RAY BRANDT TOYOTA LOCATED AT 2460 VETERANS BLVD, KENNER, LA 70062. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SUBJECTED TO A RECALL. THE DEALER OFFERED NO ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE, AND A CASE WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,000.

01/21/2020
Components: AIR BAGS
Incident Date: 12/02/2019
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: 5TDDW5G12DS******
Summary

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AFTER 6 YEARS. REPAIR PART FOR AIRBAG SYSTEM $1627. WHY WOULD THIS PART BREAK? DOESN'T GET USED. JUST SIT'S IN THE CAR. SHOULD BE A FAULTY MANUFACTURED PART. NO ONE IN AREA HAS THE PART. SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING TOYOTA SHOULD BE COVERING.

06/15/2019
Components: ENGINE
Incident Date: 05/11/2018
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: 5TDJY5G15DS******
Summary

MY 2013 TOYOTA SEQUOIA WITH THE 5.7 LITER ENGINE (ONLY 28,000 MILES) IS LEAKING OIL BY THE CAM TOWER (LEFT SIDE). THE OIL IS LANDING ON THE MANIFOLD WHICH CAN CATCH ON FIRE IF NOT REPAIR. NOT A SAFE SUV TO DRIVE ON LONG TRIPS.

11/09/2018
Components: VISIBILITY/WIPER
Incident Date: 12/27/2012
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: 5TDZY5G10DS******
Summary

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER SPEED WAS SLOWER THAN NORMAL. THE FAILURE PREVENTED THE CONTACT FROM SEEING THE ROAD CLEARLY DURING HEAVY RAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MIKE CALVERT TOYOTA (2333 S LOOP W, HOUSTON, TX 77054) WHERE THEY STATED THAT ALL OF THE VEHICLES WERE MANUFACTURED THE SAME WAY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

11/06/2018
Components: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Incident Date: 11/05/2018
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: 5TDBT48A231******
Summary

WE TOOK OUR 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA TO OUR LOCAL PRIVATE GARAGE HERE IN MAINE AND DISCOVERED IT IS UNINSPECTABLE DUE TO A TOTALLY RUSTING FRAME. THEY DEEMED IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE OR BE ON THE ROAD. WE HAVE HAD PROBABLY CLOSE TO 15 TOYOTAS THROUGH THE YEARS AND ARE SO UPSET THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED AND IS NOT UNDER RECALL. ONE PREVIOUS TUNDRA THAT WE OWNED HAD A FRAME RECALLED AND THIS ONE SHOULD BE TOO.

12/04/2017
Components: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE
Incident Date: 12/04/2017
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: 5TDJW5G10DS******
Summary

I BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE DASHBOARD SAFETY LIGHTS ( AIRBAG ASSY ) I TOOK MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS ON: 1ST ATTEMPT.- 2/18/15 DIAGNOSTIC STARTER CRANKS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN SPUTTERS AFTER IT DOES START. EXCESSIVE FUEL SMELL. 2ND ATTEMPT.- 6/29/16 SAFETY LIGHT FOR AIR GAG. DIAGNOSTIC SHORT IN DRIVER'S SIDE KNEE AIRBAG ASSY. 3RD ATTEMPT.- 6/29/16 SAFETY LIGHT FOR AIR GAG. DIAGNOSTIC SHORT IN DRIVER'S SIDE KNEE AIRBAG ASSY. 4TH ATTEMPT.- 6/1/16 SAFETY LIGHT FOR AIR GAG. DIAGNOSTICS SOP ORDERED PART LIGHT IS ON GEST TO RETURN FOR REPAIR 7/2 5TH ATTEMPT.- 7/12-16 SAFETY LIGHT FOR AIR GAG. DIAGNOSTIC SOP AIR BAG CENTER CENSOR ASSY PER CODE 1836. 6TH ATTEMPT.- 7/16/16 SAFETY LIGHT FOR AIR GAG. DIAGNOSTIC LOOSE FIN FIT CAUSING CODE 7TH ATTEMPT.- 7/29/16 SAFETY LIGHT FOR AIR BAG. DIAGNOSTIC CAUSE: B1863 FOUND SHORT TO B+ EVERY TIME WE MAKE A LONG DISTANCE TRIPS THE SAFETY LIGHTS FOR: TRAC OFF, CHECK ENGINE & 4LO COMES ON. WE CALLED THE SHOP AND THEY MENTION THAT WE NEED TO BRING THE TRUCK WITH THE LIGHTS ON SO THEY CAN LET THE TRUCK IN THE SHOP FOR A DIAGNOSTIC, THE PROBLEM IS THAT THIS LIGHTS GET OFF AND ON WITHOUT REASON. I HAVE A VIDEOS FOR THIS PROBLEMS. 7TH ATTEMPT.- 12/1/17 SAFETY LIGHTS FOR TRAC OFF, CHECK ENGINE & 4LO. BY PHONE CONVERSATION: THEY CAN PULL ANY DATA. I DID NOT GET A DIAGNOSTIC OR REPAIRS. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR WAS IN BEING DRIVE AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS FROM 5MPH TO 75MPH.

03/03/2016
Components: TIRES
Incident Date: 02/06/2015
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: 5TDJW5G15DS******
Summary

2013 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE DEFECTIVE TIRES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT, WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. WHEN THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER, HE DISCOVERED THE ENTIRE FACTORY INSTALLED TIRE HAD BLOWN AND DISINTEGRATED. NO TIRE INFO WAS GIVEN. *JB

11/13/2014
Components: ENGINE
Incident Date: 02/20/2014
Crash: No
Fire: No
Summary

FLEX FUEL MODELS OF THE TOYOTA SEQUOIA WITH 5.7 ENGINES HAVE AN ISSUE WHERE THE ENGINE'S COMPUTER THINKS THERE IS E85 FUEL (OR AN ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION THAT IS MUCH HIGHER THAN ACTUAL) IN THE SYSTEM WHEN THERE IS NORMAL 10% OR LESS GASOLINE ACTUALLY PRESENT. THIS CAN CAUSE ROUGH COLD STARTS/IDLE, POWER LOSS, SUDDEN RPM/POWER DROPOUT, MISSING, AND LESSENED FUEL ECONOMY, ETC. (DIFFERENT SYMPTOMS FOR DIFFERENT TRUCKS). MY SEQUOIA HAS NOW BEEN IN THE SHOP TWICE FOR THE SAME ISSUE RELATED TO THE ENGINE NEEDING RE-CALIBRATION AND THERE IS NO ASSURANCE IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. ,MY SEQUOIA WILL NOT START, WHEN IT DOES IT RUNS VERY ROUGH AND SENDS OUT A BLUE CLOUD OF EXHAUST. II CONSISTENTLY USE REGULAR GAS PURCHASED FROM SHELL OR CONOCO AND HAVE NEVER PUT IN THE E85 FUEL. JUST WENT IN AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 12,2014 - 9 MONTHS AFTER THE FIRST ISSUE. *TR

09/08/2014
Components: POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES
Incident Date: 05/01/2014
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: 5TDZY5G18DS******
Summary

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITHIN THE SHIFT LOCK. MY CHILDREN WERE IN OUR NEW 2013 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. WITHOUT THE KEYS IN THE CAR AND WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THEY MOVED THE SHIFT LEVER OUT OF PARK POSITION AND INTO NEUTRAL. THE CAR ROLLED INTO THE STREET AND WAS ALMOST HIT BY A PASSING CAR BEFORE MY 10 YEAR OLD PUSHED THE SHIFTER BACK INTO PARK, BRINGING THE CAR TO A LURCHING HALT. WITHOUT A KEY, OR A FOOT OR THE BREAK, OR PRESSING ANY BUTTON, THE TRANSMISSION WILL EITHER ENGAGE A DRIVE GEAR OR NEUTRAL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A BACKOVER OR ROLL-AWAY CRASH. TOYOTA OF PLANO SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL. FURTHER, THEY SAY IT IS NOT EVEN COVERED BY THE STANDARD WARRANTY OR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT I PURCHASED WITH THE VEHICLE. TOYOTA (CORPORATE) IS SAYING THE SAME THING, THAT IT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM/ISSUE. *TR

1 Recalls

for 2013 TOYOTA SEQUOIA
11/05/2017
CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V311000
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS
Lugnuts that crack and detach may cause the wheels to separate from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Campaign Number: 17V311000
Manufacture: Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC
Components: WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS
Summary

Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain model year 2013-2017 Toyota Tundra and Sequoia vehicles accessorized with Southeast Toyota accessory 20-inch Rockstar wheels installed by Southeast Toyota or a Southeast Toyota dealer. The Rockstar wheels were installed with lugnuts that may crack and detach.

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

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