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2003 Toyota Sequoia SR5 service brakes problems

14 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2003 Toyota Sequoia SR513% of all complaints for this model year.

14
Service Brakes complaints
13%
share of all complaints
127,676 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Defective abs system since initial purchase. At first, an intermittent problem but now a safety hazard. Brake light, vsc light &trac light constantly are on & now on several occasions going only 10 mph brakes are affected where there is a loud grinding noise & brakes don't function properly. I was…

    filed Nov 21, 2017

  • The 2003 sequioa frame is rust is eating away the frame. We paid a lot of money for this vechicle. Would toyota standby there vechicle and replace this frame or we have pay for replacement .

    filed Apr 26, 2016

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.