Hatchback/liftgate Problems of Toyota Sequoia

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Sequoia. While driving at an unknown speed, the contact experienced a flat tire and was unable to open the rear hatch (to remove the spare tire) due to excessive rust. The contact also stated that the hatch window did not open and the rear wipers did not work due to rust. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where it the hatch mechanism was upgraded with a metal piece to prevent it from rusting again. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to NHTSA to file a complaint. The failure mileage was 102,000.

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Rear window began operating only off and on over a long period of time. Finally it quit working completely in 2007. Fortunately it was closed, so owner just didn't use until having it fixed along with rear door hatch. A new power motor assembly was installed at owners expense. The incident date is actually the date of repair.

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Rear hatch handle inoperable, replaced at owner's expense.

The contact owns a 2004 Toyota Sequoia. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership because the lift gate was corroded. The vehicle was repaired at that time. The contact stated that the lift gate was rusted again and unable to lock properly. The vehicle had not been taken to the dealership for diagnostic testing and had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The contact believed that the steel used for the lift gate was defective. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000 the approximate current mileage was 139,000.

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Trac,vsc, brake light had been coming on and then going out. This particular incident involved them coming on during a turn into traffic at which time all power was lost nearly causing an accident. Dealer treated this as 2 different problems:an induction service was performed for the "hesitation" at my expense, and a brake booster gasket and assembly were installed under the warranty. The lights continued to go off and on from time to time, but the car did not lose power again after this "fix". The lights continued to come on and off intermittently until in August 2006 the check engine light and vcs/trac lights came on and would not go out. This time, my dealer replaced the oxygen sensor at my expense. Now, with 70,000 miles on 9-26-07 the vsc/trac & check engine lights came on while traveling on the road and will not go out on turning off the engine as they sometimes did in the past. I believe after reading all the complaints about this problem on various internet sites some sort of action should be taken at Toyota's expense. I am also filing a report about the new rear window motor and hatch release handle I had to replace in July on this vehicle which also is mentioned in many reports I've read on the internet. I can't tell you how many failures on the light situation I've had because they've been in the dozens.

Unable to open rear liftgate. The latch that is used to release the locking mechanism would stick and you cannot release the liftgate. The problem turned out to be the lock mechanism was severely corroded and both the rear latch and lock assembly had to be replaced. The parts alone cost approx $140. 00 my mechanic had contacted Toyota for the parts and was told that there were 3 other Sequoias in for the same issue.

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Toyota Sequoia sr5 2001. Rear liftgate glass is lowered by itself when the vehicle is not running and locked-up. His problem was reported to me by the original owner. I noticed it once in November 2003. Suspected that the key on the remote control that lowers the liftgate window may have accidentally been depressed, causing the window to lower. Then decided to have the manual lock that disables all power window and liftgate glass switches depressed to disable the power window options. Verified that with this key depressed, I could not lower the lifygate window neither by depressing the remote control key, nor by the switch on the dashboard. Then in December 2003, on two occasions, I noticed that on two occasions the liftgate window had lowered by itself. I ensurded that the key for disabling the power window and liftgate glass was still engaged. Called the dealer. Toyota dealer indicated there is a service bulletine for replacing the remote control unit (for power lock and lowering the liftgate glass). I have agreed to replacing the remote control units, but strongly disagree with Toyota's position that changing the remote control unit will address this problem. The problem happens when the key to disengage the power window and rear liftgate glass keys is engage. I suspect that the problem is with a control module activating the liftgate motor rather than the remote control unit (based on the condition under with the liftgate glass in my car has been lowered on two occasions in Dec 2003).

Tl-the contact owns a 2001 Toyota Sequoia. While examining the under carriage of the vehicle the contact noticed excessive corrosion. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer but the vehicle was not serviced because it was out of warranty. The contact also stated that the latch for the lift-gate has corroded and been replaced three times. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 45,000 and the current mileage was 135,000. Sm.