Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / SEQUOIA / 2003

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003270318 Incident Date: Dec, 22 2003
Consumer's City: BAYTOWN Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: SEQUOIA Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 5TDZT34A53S Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 13 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 22 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 2003 sr5 sequoia with 4700 mi, and two accelerator problems: 1. surging from a stop and when accelerating out of a turn. 2. a dead accelerator for a period of six to ten seconds when accelerating out of a turn. the engine does not die it just remains at an idle for the six to ten seconds while the driver is pressing on the accelerator pedal. these two problems are not constant they just happen from time to time. three trips to the dealer so far results in the response "unable to duplicate problem". the first failure date is the day we drove the vehicle home for the first time and continues to now.