Tank Assembly Problems of Toyota Sequoia

While driving my 2003 Sequoia on vacation, a part fell off from the bottom of the car. We took the car to a local mechanic who raised it on a lift and said that the part was the protective plate covering the gas tank. It had eroded off. He said worse than that, the entire frame was rusting and rotting out and felt that the car would be unsafe within the next year or 2.

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Excessive rusting under the truck, including the axle, brake areas and gas tank.

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I have a 2004 Toyota Sequoia. Over the last two years the gas needle, on occasion fails to register the true level of gas in the tank. When I start the car, the needle reflects the tank is empty and the gas empty light is on. It takes approximately 10-15 minutes to correct. The first time it happened I immediately stopped to fill the gas tank. It took less than three dollars to top off the tank. After topping off, it still showed the tank was empty for at least 10 to 15 minutes. The latest incident was in June 2009.

Gas gauge drops to below empty when tank is 1/4 full. This has happened on several occasions, mostly from startup. Distance to empty indicator shows actual mileage left, but rapidly deteriorates to 0.

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Fuel gauge indicate empty, when tank is full.