NHTSA Complaint #10387948 — 2006 TOYOTA SEQUOIA

2006 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. CONSUMER STATES MATS WOULD CONSTANTLY MOVE UNDER THE PEDALS INTERFERING WITH GAS AND BRAKE PEDALS, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE WHILE DRIVING HIGH SPEEDS AND WHEN IT RAINS WATER WOULD LEAK INSIDE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER ASSURED HER, THEY HAD RECTIFIED THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING THE MATS AND MAKING SURE THE LINING AROUND THE WINDOWS WERE TIGHT. HOWEVER, THE LEAK CONTINUED AS WELL AS THE NOISE WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, THE NAVIGATION/RADIO,CD PLAYER WASN'T WORKING PROPERLY. THE DEALER WAS FINALLY ABLE TO STOP THE WATER FROM LEAKING IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER THEN STATED THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL/ HESITATE WHILE TURNING AND THEN IT WOULD JERK FAST AT TIMES. A DIAGNOSIS REVEALED THE TRANSMISSION PAN GASKET WAS LEAKING. ALSO THE POWER OUTLETS WERE NO LONGER WORKING, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO RIDE ROUGH, THE SEAT WOULD GRIND AND VIBRATE, THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE BRAKE HARDWARE KIT WAS FALLING APART, THE ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE GASKETS, THE TRUNK WOULDN'T OPEN. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED. THE DEALER STATED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE DRAIN PLUG WAS MISSING. *JB