FaultScore

Worst years for a Toyota Sequoia

Owners have filed 4,811 complaints about the Toyota Sequoia with NHTSA across model years 2001 to 2022. More of them are about the stability & traction control than anything else.

Avoid

2002 Toyota Sequoia

1,126 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly stability & traction control.

Cleanest on record

2016 Toyota Sequoia

14 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Toyota Sequoia year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2022 1 0 0 Steering
2021 4 1 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2020 4 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2019 8 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
2018 A 36 0 0 750 Electrical System
2017 8 1 0 30,750 Fuel & Propulsion
2016 A 14 0 0 24,850 Brakes
2015 A 15 0 0 4,400 Airbags
2014 B 25 2 0 12,000 Other & Unspecified
2013 A 16 0 0 15,000 Engine & Cooling
2012 B 33 0 0 15,000 Brakes
2011 B 21 2 0 60,000 Engine & Cooling
2010 B 38 2 2 55,000 Engine & Cooling
2009 9 0 0 115,641 Engine & Cooling
2008 B 95 5 0 65,000 Body & Structure
2007 B 194 10 1 75,596 Airbags
2006 B 293 9 0 87,000 Airbags
2005 C 558 9 5 91,800 Stability & Traction Control
2004 D 579 24 1 97,785 Stability & Traction Control
2003 D 877 27 2 85,000 Stability & Traction Control
2002 D 1,126 41 1 120,000 Stability & Traction Control
2001 D 857 31 0 121,000 Brakes

What breaks on a Toyota Sequoia

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2002

Brakes 817 17.0%

Worst in 2002

Worst in 2002

Body & Structure 514 10.7%

Worst in 2001

Worst in 2003

Suspension 257 5.3%

Worst in 2001

Airbags 236 4.9%

Worst in 2006

Engine & Cooling 208 4.3%

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2002

Steering 195 4.1%

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Worst in 2005

Worst in 2003

Exactly what failed on a Toyota Sequoia

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 302 42.7%
Underbody Shields 73 10.3%
Frame AND Members 70 9.9%
Automatic Transmission 53 7.5%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 52 7.3%
Lower Ball Joint 48 6.8%
Rotor 35 4.9%
Control Unit/Module 27 3.8%
Automatic (Asc) 25 3.5%
ABS Warning Light 23 3.2%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Toyota Sequoia, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Mar 2001 peak 74 Aug 2026

Toyota Sequoia problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Toyota Sequoia

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.