Toyota Sequoia 2011
Model Sequoia made in 2011 by Toyota got 17 consumer complains there are 2 recalls as well as 8 service bulletins. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to air bags, electrical system and engine and engine cooling. Technical service bulletines regarding air bags, equipment adaptive and power train. There were some recalls concerningair bags, tires.
Model 2011
Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL - SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE | ||||||||||||||||
| 13V014000 | Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC | V (Vehicle) | 3235 | MFR | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 01/16/2013 | 01/17/2013 | |||||||||
| Defect Summary | Southeast toyota distributors, llc (set) is recalling certain models interspersed through model years 2009 through 2013 as follows: model year 2009-2012 tacoma, 4runner, camry, camry hybrid, prius, and rav4; model year 2009-2010 avalon, fj cruiser, and highlander hybrid; model year 2010-2013 model year corolla, sienna and tundra; model year 2009-2013 highlander and venza; model year 2012 prius v; and model year 2010-2012 sequoia. during modification by set to include accessories such as leather seat covers, seat heaters or headrest dvd systems, these vehicles may not have had the passenger seat occupant sensing system calibration tested. without passing the calibration test, the occupant sensing system may not operate as designed. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | If the front passenger seat occupant sensing system is out of calibration, the front passenger airbags may not deploy or they may deploy inappropriately for the passenger's size and position. this could increase the risk of personal injury during the event of a vehicle crash necessitating airbag deployment. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Southeast toyota will notify owners, and dealers will test the sensitivity of the occupant detection sensors, and recalibrate them as necessary. the recall is expected to begin during january 2013. owners may contact southeast toyota at 1-800-301-6859. | |||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||
| TIRES - PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS | ||||||||||||||||
| 11V148000 | TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. | V (Vehicle) | 22000 | 03/31/2011 | MFR | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 03/04/2011 | 03/04/2011 | 571 | 138 | ||||||
| Defect Summary | Toyota is recalling certain model year 2008 through 2011 fj cruiser, land cruiser, tacoma, sequoia and tundra vehicles for failing to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 138, tire pressure monitoring system (tpms). when factory-installed wheels and tires were replaced with toyota authorized accessory wheels and lt tires prior to first sale, the tire pressure monitoring systems were not re-calibrated correctly and therefore do not start illuminating the low tire pressure warning telltale at the required minimum activation pressure. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Failure to warn of tire deflations is a non-compliance with fmvss 138 and could lead to tire failure increasing the risk of a crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | For the land cruiser, sequoia, tacoma and tundra vehicles, the dealer will re-calibrate the tire pressure monitoring system on affected vehicles and install an updated tire and loading information label at no charge. for the fj cruiser vehicles, the tpms cannot be reset so the electronic control unit (ecu) for the tpms will be replaced. toyota is currently developing the remedy ecu. if an owner is not certain whether his or her vehicle is equipped with these accessories, please contact any toyota dealer for an inspection at no charge. the safety recall began on march 31, 2011. owners may contact toyota at 1-800-331-4331. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov . | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||||
| TSB-0122-11 | 09/06/2011 | 10042555 | Toyota: information provided for replacing the seat covers for vehicles equipped with side airbags. *pe | 12/16/2011 | |
| EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE | |||||
| TSB-0086-10 REV1 | 03/10/2010 | 10036967 | Toyota: floor mat installation during pds. vehicles equipped with driver's side floor mat retaining clips to secure the floor mat in correct position. *pe | 04/25/2011 | |
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||||
| TSB-0049-11 | 05/31/2011 | 10039109 | Toyota: information on installing manual transmission shift lever or park neutral position switch. *rm | 07/08/2011 | |
| TSB-0049-11 | 05/31/2011 | 10039109 | Ready | 07/08/2011 | |
| POWER TRAIN - MANUAL TRANSMISSION | |||||
| TSB-0049-11 | 05/31/2011 | 10039109 | Toyota: information on installing manual transmission shift lever or park neutral position switch. *rm | 07/08/2011 | |
| TSB-0049-11 | 05/31/2011 | 10039109 | Ready | 07/08/2011 | |
| SEATS | |||||
| TSB-0122-11 | 09/06/2011 | 10042555 | Toyota: information provided for replacing the seat covers for vehicles equipped with side airbags. *pe | 12/16/2011 | |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||||
| TSB-0087-12 | 06/13/2012 | 10045140 | Toyota: accelerator pedal sensor assembly information regarding the inspection, removal, and installation, if lubrication or oil, is applied. *pe | 08/21/2012 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 11/09/2011 | 0 | ||
| As evidenced in the 11-9-11 new toyota commercial, this is exactly why toyota went to congress to remove 8 to 10 leaking cylinders of toxic, flammable inflators voluntarily from their vehicles. as we all know all inflators in the airbag are made the same, you should never see a foreign recall without its american model. with the new upper cut design displayed in the commercial, all the previous defects have been recreated in this model. this will make insert & deploy and blow it out of the womb worse. this model will hit the soft tissue just under the protective rib cage and deploy the explosive up into the splean and diaphram. it is still a soft tissue issue. they designed this from the model with chamber breach while a solid rocket generant, now it is filled with gas mix unidentified. every year we haz this problem, from october to january they decide what haz whooping gas they will fill with in the new model released in january. next they will decide the solid rocket generant from january to march. autoliv has increase the size of the leaking cylinder in the passenger seat. as trended previously, side curtain guillotines trap the head in the force and direction of the crash and repeatedly whip customers when door structure haz been compromised. they do not test or file msds for the proprietary mix. in previous years it haz been argon, helium, xeon, and neon. all toxic and flammable as hell and mixed together without reactive tests performed or tempurature tests performed. these models have released from the plant year after year with a 100% failure rate on the inflator component. the cylinders leak in extreme temperatures in winter and summer, and the inflator casings have never been able to contain the solid load. spontaneous deployment is possible 100% of the time in both solid and gas models. the interim i left will not work. inert. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 10/01/2010 | 3000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota sequoia. while driving approximately 70 mph, the contact noticed that the digital speed reader was providing a different reading from the speedometer reading. the difference was approximately 3 mph greater on the speedometer. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostics where the technician stated to the contact that the speedometer was within specifications according to their service manual. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and sent an engineer to inspect the vehicle. the engineer determined that the speedometer was working as designed and a defect was not found within the vehicle. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 3,000. | |||
| 10/01/2010 | 3000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2011 toyota sequoia. while driving approximately 70 mph, the contact noticed that the digital speed reader was providing a different reading from the speedometer reading. the difference was approximately 3 mph greater on the speedometer. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostics where the technician stated to the contact that the speedometer was within specifications according to their service manual. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and sent an engineer to inspect the vehicle. the engineer determined that the speedometer was working as designed and a defect was not found within the vehicle. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 3,000. kmj | |||
| 10/01/2010 | 3000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2011 toyota sequoia. while driving at approximately 70 mph the contact noticed the digital speed reader was different from the speedometer reading. the difference was approximately 3 mph greater on the speedometer. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic the technician stated the speedometer was within specifications according to their service manual. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and sent an engineer to inspect the vehicle. the engineer determined the speedometer was working normally and there was not a defect. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 3,000. ds | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 05/25/2011 | 2050 | ||
| My toyota sequoia 2011 has a slow leak at the front passenger side just on top of the exhaust manifold,took it to the dealer and they said the cam shaft oil seal is leaking.they are willing to fix it,but my concern is if my car will be the same again since its just 6 weeks old,and i might encounter more problem in the future considering they took the engine apart. | |||
| SEATS | |||
| 08/26/2011 | 0 | ||
| My 2011 toyota sequoia only has two heights on the third row headrests. the lowest setting lays the headrest right on the seat and is too low to support anyone's head. the other setting on the two outside seats raises the headrest all of the way up which is too high to support a child's head. in that setting my children's heads hit under the headrest and on the metal bars of the headrest. the middle seat's headrest only raises halfway up which is too short to support the head of an older child or an adult. since it is usually children who are sitting in the third row of an suv i would expect the headrests to have many adjustable heights to them like the headrests in the other two rows. i had a 2006 toyota sequoia prior to buying this car and the headrests in the third row of that car had numerous settings for the third row headrests. the toyota manual talks about adjusting the headrests so that the middle of the headrest hits the back of your head near your ears but this is not possible to do with the headrests on the third row. this would be very dangerous in a crash because the head and neck would not be properly supported. i contacted the dealer a week ago, two days after i bought the car, about this problem. he contacted toyota but as of today they have not given an answer as to why the headrests were made this way or what, if anything, they are going to do to correct this. | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 12/01/2010 | 3000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2011 toyota sequoia. while parked on an incline, the contact utilized the parking brake but the vehicle continued to roll forward. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic. the technicians stated the vehicle was performing as designed and could not be repaired. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 3,000. kmj | |||
| 12/01/2010 | 3000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2011 toyota sequoia. while parked on an incline the contact placed the parking brake and noticed the vehicle continued to roll forward. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic. the technicians stated the vehicle was designed this way and nothing could be done. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 3,000. ds | |||