Door Problems of Toyota Sequoia

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Sequoia. The contact stated that he noticed that the bottom of vehicle was severely rusted. In addition, the inner line of the doors was beginning to exhibit rust. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer nor was it repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they advised him that his warranty was expired and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 94,000.

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2003 Toyota Sequoia limited rear hatch handle breaks off. Can't open rear liftgate. This is a known problem since 1999 with Toyota. There are several Toyota forums with over 500 complaints of the same problem. Apparently, the handle part is inferior it is made out of plastic. The part has not been changed since 1999 and is still used. Most Sequoia owners have had to have this problem fixed more than one time. The problem starts from water pooling in the hatch area under the liftgate. As a result, the lock /hatch handle area corrodes/rusts puts tension on the handle and then eventually breaks. The part fails without warning except that the latch may be hard to open for quite awhile before completely breaking. I am the original owner and have had this latch problem since the first year of ownership . Ask anyone who owns a Sequoia, and the will have or have had the same problem. The repair cost is approximately $500. 00. This is a safety issue, you cannot access the rear properly and or get to the spare tire. Toyota dealership if out of warranty will charge you anywhere from $500 to as much as $800 dollars to repair the problem. Generally, they seem to tell the owners that it is a wear item.

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Interior door handle failure - only method of exiting vehicle. Failed for a third time under normal use before reporting to NHTSA. If vehicle is in a crash, on fire, or under water, a person will panic and exert greater force than normal on the handle, snapping it, leading to potential death. Dealer told me they have "hundreds" of these come through. Ask Toyota how many they have replaced to get actual scope. They have no incentive to correct failure since dealer makes $250. 00 to correct the failure. No egress in a burning car is equivalent to no fire exit doors in a burning building.

I have a 2002 Toyota Sequoia that has had 3 door handles replace in the last year. All three broke from inside, making it necessary to roll down the window to exit the vehicle. The rear cargo door handle broke this year and I have had the rear window motor replaced. The rear window constantly goes off track and has to be fixed for it to open again. I am highly disappointed with this Toyota. I had gas pedal and brake issues the first year I bought the vehicle. It is the exact issues the company is recalling for other models. I was told by the dealership that I am a woman who didn't know how to handle this large of a vehicle. Still no recall on the vehicle and yet I've read many complaints about the same issues!.

Frequently, the power side door does not open when you click on the door open button. Worst yet, the door continues to close when you try to open it manually. You have to be careful it does not close on your arm if you reach in the vehicle.

My 2003 Toyota door handles are breaking off. The driver door broke off at about 41,000 miles and they said I would have to fix it at a cost of 180. 00 dollars. Then at about 56,000 miles the right rear passenger door handle broke off. If I was to get into an accident god forbid, I would be unable to get out of the car. I have written Toyota several times and no response.

Door handle breaking: 2002 Toyota Sequoia (1) events leading up to the failure nothing abnormal. Housewife exiting vehicle after dropping kids off at school. (2) failure and its consequences the door handle snapped in half, rendering no exit from vehicle impossible, other than rolling down electric window, and reaching outside, opening with exterior handle. Although the immediate consequences in this case were minimal, if the plastic door handle were flawed on a large scale, it is probable that the door handle will break repeatedly, (also confirmed with technician, "we replace these all the time". ) the deadly combination of an accident, and subsequent high-stress conditions, potentially creating a life-threatening circumstance of an emergency exit, result in a significantly greater amount of force to be used than normal, I. E. Yanking the handle to get out. Bottom line, if a kindergarten teacher casually exiting a vehicle will snap it in half, what happens when a person is inhaling smoke surrounded by flames, trying to get their kids out? they will exert a tremendous amount of force on the handle to get out, snapping it in half, the window method will not work, or not come to mind. Issue a recall, or at a minimum, obtain from Toyota the number of door handles replaced in after-market parts. Unfortunately, Toyota postures itself that this is a warranty item. It is not. Human life is not a warranty item. This is a matter for the NHTSA to decide.

Every interior door handle has broken at one time or another. I have had all of them replaced at least once (at a cost of $175. 00 per handle) and I have to replace one for a second time. The handles are made of plastic that cracks easily and eventually breaks. All of the handles were broken during the course of normal use. No undue or excessive force was exerted when the handles were broken. When the handles are broken, it is impossible to exit the vehicle unless someone opens the door from the outside. If my family and I were involved in an accident and needed to get out of the vehicle quickly, they may not be able to get out in time. This is not only expensive, frustrating and inconvenient, it can lead to a deadly situation. There is no reason that equipment as important as door handles should ever break under normal circumstances.

The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Sequoia. The contact stated that the door handle broke off the inside of the vehicle, which prevented him from exiting the vehicle. Within a year, the remaining four door handles have broken, including the handle on the hatchback. The dealer stated that they were aware of the failure however; this was not included in the warranty. The contact submitted a complaint to the manufacturer. As of December 5, 2007, the dealer had not repaired the vehicle. The failure mileage was 20,000 and current mileage 35,000.

While driving front driver/passenger doors vibrated heavily. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.

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While traveling any where I would lose power and my vsc trac warning lights and skid trac lights will come on and I will have to wait for the lights to go off in order to get my power back. And also I had to replace two of my door handles. And before my SUV was 3yrs I had to replace the transmission.

Sliding door continued to close while consumer was standing in door way. Please provide further information.

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