2005 Toyota Sequoia: windshield wiper failure

Filed Jun 13, 2017 · Body, Electrical · 60,000 miles · PA

My rear hatch quit 48 months after purchase. First the rear defrost/wiper/window quit soon followed by the hatch not opening at all. The issue lies with the inadequate 360 degree sealing of the rear hatch itself. Several issues have resulted from the inadequate seal: water coming in under the hatch and mold forming inside the vehicle. Dust comes in the vehicle while driving on dirt roads. Night driving is especially difficult due to the rear wiper and defrost not working. Every 03-05 owner I speak with has an issue with the rear hatch and the internet forums are endless.

Filed Aug 12, 2016 · Body, Electrical · IA

The rear door has continued to have issues repeatedly. The handle to open the rear door broke once and had to be replaced in order to open the door. The rear wiper has stopped working severall times, and the window in the rear door has stopped working multiple times despite repeated repairs.

Filed Jan 26, 2011 · Electrical · 5,000 miles · AR

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota sequoia. While driving approximately 25 MPH he noticed that the defrost, windshield wiper and the rear window were not working. The power rear window would not open and close. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who repaired the vehicle. Four to five months later, the vehicle was taken back to the dealer for the identical failure and it was repaired again. The failure recurred 6 to 7 months later and the vehicle was taken back to the dealer. The vehicle was not repaired since it was no longer under warranty. The estimated repair cost was $800. The contact was advised that the dealer was pressing a button and shutting the rear hatch with force as a repair option. The vehicle had not been repaired. The contact stated that there was an electrical short that was causing the failure. The VIN was not available. The approximately failure mileage was 5,000 and the current mileage was 106,000.

Filed Nov 18, 2010 · Acceleration, Electrical · TX

I was on my way home from work when the engine light came on for a few seconds then disappeared. Two days later the engine light came on again and the vehicle started to ride rough like it need a tune-up. The engine light disappeared and the vehicle drove fine until I reached home. The engine light, vsc off and vsc trac all came on and the vehicle was riding really rough. I took it to firestone so they could look at but they couldn't figure out the problem. So I took it to toyota so they could fix the problem. They thought it was carbon build up around the cylinders, so they cleaned all eight cylinders but that didn't work. I still had to pay for it. The finale solution was for them to tear down the engine. They claimed that piston #3 wasn't working at its full capacity after running a compression test but they're not 100% sure. The cost for them to take the head off would be $862 and another $862 to put it back together plus what ever real problem is. The service guy at toyota said that he has seen three similar problems like this and it cost the customer around $3000. My dvd player wasn't working so the tech tested it and stated that power was going to it and that it should work. Three weeks later the dvd player worked but now my back window didn't. When I push the button for the back window the back wiper comes on.

Filed Feb 22, 2010 · Visibility · 35,000 miles · FL

The rear windshield wiper and window opener/closer on my 2005 toyota sequoia stopped working several years ago. I approached toyota about this problem several times and was told that although this is a common problem (and a safety issue) they would not fix it for free. They wanted to charge $500 to install a new motor and sensor. I have since talked to numerous toyota service technicians who acknowledge that this is a widespread problem.

Filed Apr 18, 2008 · Visibility · SC

Rear window/wiper and defrost not working and rear door unable to open took sequoia in to be repaired before warranty expired and was told that the rear window motor needed to be replaced(8/2006) window worked for a short time, but unfortunately this was after the warranty had expired. It wasn't until the door was enabled to be opened that we took the car in. I was told that I was going to need to replace the window motor again, replace the ecu chip and also replace the door handle(approx $1,000) after talking with the service rep I was told that a tsb may have been issued about the ecu after I had my car serviced ant that they routinely do not check the ecu unless they have an idea that it could be causing a problem. Well after looking at the tsb that was issued in june of 2006 it states that the ecu should be replaced. The tsb had been issued before my warranty expired!!

Filed Jan 12, 2008 · Visibility · 16,900 miles · CA

Had problems with rear window, rear defogger, and rear wiper.