Airbag light on and needs spiral cable. safety is at risk because the mechanism to deploy air bag is not functioning confirmed by both dealer and outside mechanic Has been inspected by Toyota dealership there has been multiple airbag recalls for Toyota vehicles during the year my car came out. I feel there needs to be a recall on this airbag issue
Toyota Sequoia airbag light comes on
19 of the 3,065 owner complaints about the Toyota Sequoia describe airbag warning light, most of them for the 2002 model year.
- owner complaints
- 19
- worst model year
- 2002
- typical mileage
- 116,000
Is there a fix? There are 7 recalls for this area of the car. See below
By model year
- 20151
- 20141
- 20131
- 20101
- 20072
- 20061
- 20051
- 20043
- 20032
- 20024
- 20012
Often reported together
Trouble codes mentioned
B1141 1B1140 1B0132 1B0116 1
What owners say
When temperatures fall to 32 degrees f (sometimes higher) or below airbag light illuminates on 2004 toyota sequoia. When the car is started the SRS (airbag) light illuminates in cold temperatures. After car warms up and if the car is turned off and back on SRS light will go back off. Following airbag codes are stored in SRS airbag module (ecu): b1141 b0116 this is a known problem by toyota since 2004 but they are not recalling this part or offering replacement. Affected part number: 89170-0c070 this is especially dangerous since it disables all airbags. The only repair option is to replace the airbag ecu that has been updated. This affects the following vehicles: 2003 - 2004 toyota sequoia 2001 - 2003 toyota highlander here is the official toyota technical service bulletin: air bag system - mil on/dtc's b1140/b1141 set electrical el007-04 title: m.I.l. "on" dtc b1140 & b1141 models: '03 - '04 sequoia may 26, 2004 introduction under certain cold conditions (approximately 0f /-18c or below), some 2003 and 2004 model year sequoia vehicles equipped with side airbags may exhibit a m.I.l. "on" condition with a diagnostic trouble code (dtc) b1140 or b1141 stored in the airbag ecu memory. To prevent a m.I.l. "on" condition, the airbag ecu has been updated. Applicable vehicles ^2003 - 2004 model year sequoia vehicles equipped with side airbags and produced before the production change effective vins shown. Many people are affected by this: https://www.toyotanation.com/threads/airbag-error-light-when-cold.369378/ https://www.toyotanation.com/threads/air-bag-light-flashing.229336/ https://repairpal.com/air-bag-light-due-to-defective-sensor-in-air-bag-system-921 https://www.toyotanation.com/threads/blinking-airbag-light-when-very-cold.182500/ many more people are affected if you google this issue.
Air bag light came on after 6 years. Repair part for airbag system $1627. Why would this part break? Doesn't get used. Just sit's in the car. Should be a faulty manufactured part. No one in area has the part. Seems like something toyota should be covering.
Takata recall we have owned our sequioa since 12/13/2001, we bought it brand new. When we 1st bought it the airbag light came on immediately and bill dube of dover nh replaced something and fixed it. I have had many complaints with my vehicle and returned to the dealership many times thru out the years. I have had multiple issues with vsc traction control starting in 2002 lights would come on and go out, air bag light comes on when there is high humidity and when using air conditioning, my alloy wheels have been disgusting since 2004. I have a extensive repair history with bill dube dealership they never addressed issues as once lights on dash turn off there is no history. In 2006 my lights on dash came on I brought it to toyota of portsmouth nh as I was almost at 100000. Miles. They could not look at vehicle due to warranty. I drove to bill dube and they refused to see me that day or document that lights were on so they could fix it. Once my odometer hit 100000 warranty was null and void. I was extremely upset called multiple times to toyota corporation and appeared to get same jerk who refused to help and gave me the run around. We have owned our sequioa for 18 1/2 years. I love my car it has approx 445000 miles and would appreciate assistance. My vsc is constantly on now along with the ABS light. The air bag only comes on when there is high humidity and I am driving. When we bought the sequioa the salesman actually stated the sequioa had a hard drive to retain light history. I also have been concerned with my frame which was replaced in 2012. I have return to portsmouth toyota where work was down a few times. My vehicle appears crooked and not aligned they think I am crazy. I practically live in my vehicle I work in hospice so I am very aware of my vehicles look and condition. I would appreciate your assistance with my vehicle, I would like make it to 500000.
Just crank the vehicle up and the airbag insignia came on and the book says take to dealership immediately. So I did that and now they are trying to charge me s125 for checking out a manufacturer problem other than that I would have never took it to manufacturer if I knew it would costs me 125 dollars to check a manufacturer problem.the vehicle was stationary when the airbag light came on and then I started driving and it stayed on.
Srs airbag light has been on for 8years during driving. I've taken this vehicle to get check at several dealerships & they don't know what's wrong with throughout the years. Finally took it to get check & its discover it's the control module, the programming was dead. Checked VIN & there's a recall status waiting to get approved for the control module as of february 2016. It states it was to be determine by september 2016. I'm now in a waiting to get a reimbursement due to I need a vehicle & have to pay for fixing. The disturbing issue is that I was driving with a defected control module that controls the deployment of airbags. Need this recall to happen quick for others vehicle owners.
Airbag light was flashing mechanic determined the code to was b0132 short in pt squib right circuit ground. Toyota dealer determined the cause was a mechanical failure in the right seat belt assembly in the passenger side. Once that was replaced, the error persisted and determined that the passenger side sensor also has to be replaced. Airbag sensor failure is common in many toyota models. However, toyota said that the 2001 sequoia is not in the recall list.
My wife first noticed the problem with our brand new toyota sequoia while driving. The slip indicator icon and the SRS warning light icon stays on. She called me at work and I told her that she might have pressed the vsc button that caused this problem. The next day I used the car and drove my daughter to school for about 8 miles and did not notice any of the lights in the dashboard. The day after when I was driving with my wife we noticed the same icons she was telling me in addition to the blinking passenger seatbelt icon even if she was wearing her seatbelt on. Also it shows that her passenger airbag is off. These problems with the dashboard lights would turn off once you restart the car and then it would go back while driving. There are also instances where it occur the moment you start the car. We even brought the car to toyota dealership to have it checked but I forgot not to turn off the engine, and when I did the icons wasn't lit. We told the service staff that'll go back the next day to have it check. We thought it was just a glitch and we drove in the highway for 60miles back and forth and saw no icons until we're about to reach home that we saw the familiar icons once again. We're bringing the car to toyota service tomorrow to have it checked.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 toyota sequoia. While the vehicle was parked, the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v312000 (air bags); however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 116,000. The VIN was not available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota sequoia. The contact stated that the air bag warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact stated that the federal safety agency campaign number: 13v014000 (air bags, seats) exceeded a reasonable amount of time for repair. The dealer stated that the parts were not available for repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the delay. The vehicle was repaired on april 11, 2015. The failure mileage was 114,252. Updated 5/4/15*cn updated 07/07/16
Related recalls
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- What is wrong
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2010-2016 4Runner, 2003-2006 Tundra, 2003-2013 Corolla, 2009-2010 Corolla Matrix, 2004-2005 RAV4, 2002-2007 Sequoia, 2011-2013 Sienna, 2008-2012 Scion xB, 2008-2009 Lexus IS-F, 2007-2012 Yaris and Lexus ES350, 2010-2017 Lexus GX460, 2002-2010 Lexus SC430, 2006-2012 Lexus IS250 and IS350 and 2010-2015 Lexus IS250C and IS350C vehicles. These vehicles had their driver or passenger frontal air bag inflators previously replaced under a prior recall using inflators of the same design. The inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling.
- Risk
- An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
- Remedy
- Toyota will notify owners. Depending on the vehicle model, dealers will replace the front driver inflator, front passenger airbag inflator, the airbag assembly, or the front passenger airbag sub-assembly and inflator. The recall began November 20, 2019. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1‑888‑270‑9371 or Lexus customer service at 1‑800‑255‑3987. Toyota's numbers for this recall are J0A, J0B, and J0C. Lexus' numbers for this recall are JLI, JLJ, and JLK.
Recall number 19V741000 · Recall details
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- What is wrong
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2002-2005 Lexus SC and Toyota Sequoia, 2003-2005 Toyota Corolla and Tundra, and 2003-2007 Pontiac Vibe vehicles. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these inflators may explode due to propellant degradation.
- Risk
- An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
- Remedy
- Toyota will notify the Toyota and Lexus owners. General Motors will notify the Pontiac Vibe owners. Depending on the vehicle model, dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, or replace the air bag assembly that includes an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began January 23, 2019. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1‑888‑270‑9371, Lexus customer service at 1‑800‑255‑3987 or Pontiac customer service at 1‑800‑762‑2737. Toyota's numbers for these recalls are J0A (Zone A Toyota), J0B (Zone B Toyota), J0C (Zone C Toyota), JLI (Zone A Lexus), JLJ (Zone B Lexus), and JLK (Zone C Lexus). Note: This recall includes vehicles that have had their air bag previously replaced under an earlier air bag campaign.
Recall number 18V883000 · Recall details
Air bags
- What is wrong
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Toyota Tundra and Sequoia vehicles and 2019 Toyota Avalon and Avalon Hybrid vehicles. The air bag electronic control unit (ECU) may erroneously detect a fault during the vehicle start-up self check. If this occurs, the ECU may not deploy the airbags as intended, in the event of a crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection," and 214, "Side Impact Protection."
- Risk
- If the air bags do not deploy as intended, it can increase the risk of injury in a crash.
- Remedy
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will update the software for the air bag ECU, free of charge. The recall began October 26, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1‑888‑270‑9371. Toyota's number for this recall is J0X. Note: 18V‑122 was superseded by this recall. The software remedy also includes the updates to the software for 18V‑122.
Recall number 18V685000 · Recall details
Air bags: side/window
- What is wrong
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2003-2006 Toyota Land Cruiser and Lexus LX470, 2005-2006 Toyota Tundra and Sequoia, 2004-2006 Toyota 4Runner and Lexus GX470 vehicles equipped with side curtain-shield-air bags. The affected vehicles have an air bag control module that may be improperly programmed, causing the side curtain-shield-air bags to deploy inadvertently.
- Risk
- If the side curtain-shield-air bags deploy unexpectedly, it can increase the risk of occupant injury.
- Remedy
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the air bag control module with one that has improved programming, free of charge. The recall began on December 1, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1‑888‑271‑9371. Toyota's number for this recall is G0C and GLB.
Recall number 16V065000 · Recall details
Air bags
- What is wrong
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) notified the agency on May 13, 2015, that they are recalling 2005-2007 Lexus SC, Toyota Corolla, Corolla Matrix, Sequoia, and Pontiac Vibe, and 2005-2006 Toyota Tundra vehicles that were originally sold, or ever registered, in Florida, along the Gulf Coast, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Saipan and American Samoa. On June 16, 2015 Toyota expanded the recall to cover an additional 769,055 vehicles, including certain model year 2002-2004 Lexus SC, Toyota Sequoia, 2003-2004 Toyota Corolla Matrix, Toyota Corolla, Pontiac Vibe, and Toyota Tundra vehicles, as well the vehicles covered by the May 13, 2015 notification in the portions of Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas that were not previously included. The inflators in the front passenger air bags are susceptible to rupture in the event of a crash necessitating the deployment of the front passenger air bag.
- Risk
- In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
- Remedy
- 2003-2004 Corolla and Corolla Matrix vehicles that are recalled under both 15V‑043 and 15V‑286 are under a Do Not Drive advisory. Owners of these vehicles are advised not to drive their vehicles until the recall remedy has been completed. Toyota will notify their owners. Pontiac Vibe owners will be notified by GM. Dealers will replace the passenger side front air bag, free of charge. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1‑800‑331‑4331. Toyota began the recall on July 13, 2015. Pontiac Vibe owners may contact GM at 1‑800‑762‑2737. GM began the recall on June 29, 2015. NOTE: This recacll supersedes recall 14V‑655 in its entirety. For vehicles located in the U.S. states not listed above, please see Toyota recall 15V‑285 which covers all other U.S. states.
Recall number 15V286000 · Recall details
Air bags
- What is wrong
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) notified the agency on May 13, 2015 that they are recalling certain model year 2004 Sequoia vehicles manufactured August 18, 2003, to August 19, 2004, and 2003-2004 Tundra vehicles manufactured March 18, 2003, to August 25, 2004. On June 16, 2015, Toyota expanded the recall to include an additional 1,270,468 vehicles, including model year 2002-2003 and 2005-2007 Sequoia, 2005-2006 Tundra, 2003-2007 Corolla, 2003-2007 Corolla Matrix, 2003-2007 Pontiac Vibe and 2002-2007 Lexus SC vehicles. This is to address a safety defect in the passenger side frontal air bag inflator which may produce excessive internal pressure causing the inflator to rupture upon deployment of the air bag. This recall addresses both the passenger side frontal air bags that were originally installed in the vehicles, as well as replacement air bags that may have been installed as replacement service parts. A replacement air bag may have been installed, as one example, if a vehicle had been in a crash necessitating the replacement of the passenger side frontal air bag.
- Risk
- In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
- Remedy
- 2003-2004 Corolla and Corolla Matrix vehicles that are recalled under both 15V‑043 and 15V‑285 are under a Do Not Drive advisory. Owners of these vehicles are advised not to drive their vehicles until the recall remedy has been completed. Toyota will notify their owners. Pontiac Vibe owners will be notified by GM. Dealers will replace the front passenger air bag. The recall began on July 13, 2015. Toyota owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1‑800‑331‑4331. Pontiac owners may call 1‑800‑762‑2737. NOTE: This recall supersedes recall 14V‑312 in its entirety.
Recall number 15V285000 · Recall details
Air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive
- What is wrong
- Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain models interspersed through model years 2009 through 2013 as follows: model year 2009-2012 Tacoma, 4Runner, Camry, Camry Hybrid, Prius, and RAV4; model year 2009-2010 Avalon, FJ Cruiser, and Highlander Hybrid; model year 2010-2013 model year Corolla, Sienna and Tundra; model year 2009-2013 Highlander and Venza; model year 2012 Prius V; and model year 2010-2012 Sequoia. During modification by SET to include accessories such as leather seat covers, seat heaters or headrest DVD systems, these vehicles may not have had the passenger seat occupant sensing system calibration tested. Without passing the calibration test, the occupant sensing system may not operate as designed.
- Risk
- If the front passenger seat occupant sensing system is out of calibration, the front passenger airbags may not deploy or they may deploy inappropriately for the passenger's size and position. This could increase the risk of personal injury during the event of a vehicle crash necessitating airbag deployment.
- Remedy
- Southeast Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will test the sensitivity of the occupant detection sensors, and recalibrate them as necessary. The recall began on March 21, 2013. Owners may contact Southeast Toyota at 1‑800‑301‑6859.
Recall number 13V014000 · Recall details
Questions about the Toyota Sequoia airbag light
Why does the airbag light come on in the Toyota Sequoia?
Owners who report it most often also describe airbags did not deploy in a crash, adaptive cruise control problems and jerking or lurching, and the codes they mention most are B1141, B1140 and B0132.
Which Toyota Sequoia years have airbag warning light problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2002 (4 complaints), 2004 (3 complaints) and 2001 (2 complaints).
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