MYMODEL YEARFACTS

Model-year matrix

Toyota Sequoia
which year?

Compare every Toyota Sequoia model year the EPA recorded, 2001 to 2026. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.

Evidence-led answer

Looking for the best Toyota Sequoia year—or years to avoid?

The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.

What is the best year for the Toyota Sequoia?

No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.

Which Toyota Sequoia years should you avoid?

The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.

01 · More reports to inspect2002

666 indexed complaint reports; electronic stability control (esc) is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2002 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect2003

564 indexed complaint reports; electronic stability control (esc) is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2003 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect2001

530 indexed complaint reports; electronic stability control (esc) is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2001 dossier →

Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.

Read this as evidence, not a ranking.

Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.

Direct comparison

Compare two Toyota Sequoia model years.

Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.

2025 Toyota Sequoia

NHTSA complaint allegations
0
Combined EPA economy
20–22 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations
2
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate
$2,800–3,100
Fuel labels
Regular Gasoline
Most-reported component labelsNo component label indexed
Open the 2025 evidence dossier →

2026 Toyota Sequoia

NHTSA complaint allegations
0
Combined EPA economy
20–22 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations
4
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate
$2,800–3,800
Fuel labels
Premium Gasoline · Regular Gasoline
Most-reported component labelsNo component label indexed
Open the 2026 evidence dossier →
Observed complaint-record difference

The two years have the same number of indexed NHTSA complaint allegations.

This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.

Side by side

Toyota Sequoia by year.

Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.

YearComplaintsMost-reported componentsCombined MPGEPA configsAnnual fuel cost
20260—20–224$2,800–3,800Dossier →
20250—20–222$2,800–3,100Dossier →
20240—20–222$2,800–3,100Dossier →
20230—20–222$2,800–3,100Dossier →
20221steering 114–152$4,100–4,400Dossier →
20214fuel/propulsion system 1power train 1structure 114–152$4,100–4,400Dossier →
20204power train 2suspension 1unknown or other 114–152$4,100–4,400Dossier →
20197fuel/propulsion system 2unknown or other 2seat belts 114–152$4,100–4,400Dossier →
201820electrical system 8unknown or other 5electronic stability control (esc) 414–153$4,100–4,400Dossier →
20177fuel/propulsion system 2unknown or other 2electrical system 114–153$4,100–4,400Dossier →
201610service brakes 4electrical system 2vehicle speed control 214–153$4,100–4,400Dossier →
20159air bags 3electrical system 2vehicle speed control 214–153$4,100–4,400Dossier →
201417unknown or other 7structure 3air bags 214–153$4,100–4,400Dossier →
201312engine 3unknown or other 3structure 214–153$4,100–4,400Dossier →
201220service brakes 6electrical system 5electronic stability control (esc) 414–165$3,850–4,400Dossier →
201117engine and engine cooling 3electrical system 2engine 214–165$3,850–4,400Dossier →
201031engine and engine cooling 8structure 5electrical system 414–165$3,850–4,400Dossier →
20096electrical system 1electronic stability control (esc) 1engine 114–155$4,100–4,400Dossier →
200866structure 16unknown or other 12vehicle speed control 914–154$4,100–4,400Dossier →
2007136air bags 34structure 27engine 16152$4,100Dossier →
2006202air bags 46structure 46electronic stability control (esc) 3614–152$4,100–4,400Dossier →
2005352electronic stability control (esc) 93vehicle speed control 85service brakes 60152$4,100Dossier →
2004379electronic stability control (esc) 98structure 78vehicle speed control 53142$4,400Dossier →
2003564electronic stability control (esc) 158structure 98vehicle speed control 91142$4,400Dossier →
2002666electronic stability control (esc) 196vehicle speed control 135structure 99142$4,400Dossier →
2001530electronic stability control (esc) 124structure 107vehicle speed control 102142$4,400Dossier →

Evidence snapshot generated . “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.