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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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5TDBT48A03S••••••2003 Toyota SEQUOIA SR5
This build draws 3.9× more complaints than the average 2003 Toyota SEQUOIA SR5 build (13 vs 3).
13on this build
97on the model
29builds in total
1involved a crash
1injuries
Most reportedElectronic Stability Control (esc) 5Vehicle Speed Control 4Structure 3Suspension 2
What owners of this build wrote
Power TraincrashAug 2004
Put my sequoia in park and shut off .I got out to go into gas station, as I shut the door to the vehicle, the car jerked and began making a grinding noise and proceeded to go in reverse back. I went to get into the vehicle to make sure I had gotten it into the park position and…
StructureDec 2020
The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Sequoia. The contact stated that the vehicle was rusted and towed to the local dealer and diagnosed that the rear differential casing and steering column needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was contacted however, no further assistance was…
Unknown Or OtherApr 2018
My 2003 sequoia failed inspection in state of penn for sever frame rust and toyota customer service says recall for this problem expireed in 2014 and they are no longer doing anything to service this problem. I am currently at 180k miles and vehicles like to should last lot…
SuspensionDec 2016
Replaced o2 sensor and was unable to obtain sticker due to frame is rusted. Have three teenage drivers using truck and is now unsafe. Have owned vehicle since 2007 and have serviced at woburn toyota in woburn,ma. I have never got an email or mail from toyota pertaining any…
Electronic Stability Control (esc)Aug 2016
Skid control ECU issue...my 2003 recently started having a failure in the ECU and causing the vehicle's brakes to go into ABS mode randomly during acceleration and not stop properly when applying the brakes. The brake light, vsc off and trac off all go off and the brakes go out…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 5TDBT48A03S196995 · decoded Oct 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.