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2003 Toyota Sequoia engine problems

14 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine on the 2003 Toyota Sequoia2% of all complaints for this model year.

14
Engine complaints
2%
share of all complaints
170,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Can not get BSC, TRC engine lights off traction control kicks in and locks steering and brakes . Unsafe can not smog after spending thousands replacing parts

    filed Mar 11, 2024

  • On 12/21/2020, after running errands, I put my vehicle inside my locked garage at 10:30 a.m. And all was fine. At around 9:00 p.m. That same night, I opened my garage to find it full of smoke. After inspecting everything, I saw nothing was still on fire and waited until the morning to investigate…

    filed Jan 5, 2021

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.