2003 Toyota Sequoia Sr5 Recalls

No recalls on record Updated July 2026

No NHTSA recalls on record for the 2003 Toyota Sequoia Sr5. That means NHTSA has no open safety campaign for this vehicle — it does not guarantee the absence of problems. Owners have filed 177 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the traction control system. Last updated July 5, 2026.

Complaints by component

TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
37
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
34
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
29
1crashes1fires2injuries
SERVICE BRAKES
14
1fires
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
9
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
9
SUSPENSION
5
1crashes
AIR BAGS
4
1crashes2injuries
POWER TRAIN
4
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
4
Total complaints177

What owners report

Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.

“When driving the back light an traction control light come in brake light stays on an it says codes c1203 c1223 c1247 also saying the abs sensor on master cylinder open circuit also has a code fro 0dtc had it checked out on 7/1/2019”

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL · reported 2019-07-01

“"ball joint failure" while travelling down freeway at 35-40 mph the passenger front tire had come off and caused the vehicle to drop. Lost steering, brakes and any control of the vehicle at this time. The vehicle skid into the guard rail spinning it around and sliding until it came to a stop. The…”

STEERING · reported 2019-04-15

“"ball joint failure" while travelling down freeway at 35-40 mph the passenger front tire had come off and caused the vehicle to drop. Lost steering, brakes and any control of the vehicle at this time. The vehicle skid into the guard rail spinning it around and sliding until it came to a stop. The…”

SUSPENSION · reported 2019-04-15

“"ball joint failure" while travelling down freeway at 35-40 mph the passenger front tire had come off and caused the vehicle to drop. Lost steering, brakes and any control of the vehicle at this time. The vehicle skid into the guard rail spinning it around and sliding until it came to a stop. The…”

WHEELS · reported 2019-04-15

“Takata recall never informed my family about the recalls for the frame on toyota sequioas. Therefore for more investigation during repairs to my vehicle not long ago I saw holes in my frame and was very bad and had my worried about my vehicle. I was unable to take photos at the time but am willing…”

STRUCTURE:BODY · reported 2019-03-13

“My toyota sequoia 4x4 limited has about 230000 miles. I was driving this vehicle down the highway and slowed down to take a turn and heard a large "thunk". I then continued to drive and later as I got up to about 60 vehicle started shaking violently. I pulled over and checked under heath and the…”

STRUCTURE:BODY · reported 2018-11-03

“Vsc, vsc traction, check engine light stay on. No other problem to drive. Lights seen from 89000 mile. Changed brake system on 75000 mile including router and works fine.”

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) · reported 2017-11-20

“I live in northern ky and I was driving west on ky 20.I was driving straight all of a sudden the front of the vehicle pulls right and the back pulls left .when I got the vehicle to safely stop I noticed the rear frame of the vehicle broke in half. It broke because it rusted in half.this could of…”

STRUCTURE:BODY · reported 2017-11-17
Sources & methodology

Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2003 Toyota Sequoia Sr5 as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.