AutoUtility currently tracks 9 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2015 Toyota Sequoia. Electrical System issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 2 complaints (22.2% of submitted records). Zero crashes, fires, injury reports, or fatality reports are cited across these complaint records.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 9 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Electrical System (2 reports • 22.2% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Visibility, Wipers & Glass (2), Air Bags & Restraints (2)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
9
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
0
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2015 Toyota Sequoia

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 22.2% of complaints

Electrical System

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 22.2% of complaints

Visibility, Wipers & Glass

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#3 Problem Area 22.2% of complaints

Air Bags & Restraints

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 22.2% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#5 Problem Area 11.1% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2015 Toyota Sequoia

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11744827
Filed: 06/17/2026

"The vehicle is a 2015 Toyota Sequoia with the 5.7L V8 engine and approximately 192,632 miles. The vehicle developed an abnormal internal engine/timing noise, especially when warm. An authorized Toyota dealer inspected the vehicle and diagnosed an internal engine/timing-related condition involving..."

Incident Date: 05/26/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Body & Structure NHTSA ODI ID: #11633181
Filed: 12/30/2024

"Rear latch not locking or latching correctly leading to liftgate opening while driving. Has happened repeatedly, will latch some days and not other dealer said no recalls available but seems to be common problem on online forums."

Incident Date: 12/20/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: STRUCTURE
Wheels & Tires NHTSA ODI ID: #11472009
Filed: 07/01/2022

"My wife was driving Interstate 81 from Tennessee to West Virginia at 70 mph when her right front tire blew out. Two months prior to this we were driving approximately 40 mph on a back road and the left front tire blew out. These are Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season 275/55 R20, purchased..."

Incident Date: 06/18/2022 • Raw NHTSA Component: TIRES
Visibility, Wipers & Glass NHTSA ODI ID: #11289557
Filed: 12/17/2019

"WE PARKED OUR CAR IN OUR GARAGE AT ABOUT 11:30 AM. I WENT TO THE GARAGE AROUND 4PM TO GET MY WALLET AND THE SUNROOF WAS SHATTERED. THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF GLASS IN THE CAR, AND MORE GLASS ON TOP. THE GLASS WAS CRACKED AND BOWED UPWARDS, LIKE IT HAD EXPLODED FROM THE INSIDE. THERE WERE NO CRACKS..."

Incident Date: 12/14/2019 • Raw NHTSA Component: VISIBILITY/WIPER
Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11256442
Filed: 09/18/2019

"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT INDICATOR FLASHED, WHICH INDICATED THAT THE SEAT BELT WAS NOT ENGAGED. CRYSTAL TOYOTA (220 US-22, GREENBROOK, NJ 08812, [PHONE REDACTED]) DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANT SENSOR NEEDED..."

Incident Date: 06/01/2017 • Raw NHTSA Component: AIR BAGS
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Toyota Sequoia

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Toyota Sequoia Current Page 9 0 3 Current
2016 Toyota Sequoia 10 0 3 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Toyota Sequoia 7 1 3 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Toyota Sequoia 20 0 5 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Toyota Sequoia 7 0 6 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Toyota Sequoia 4 0 2 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Toyota Sequoia 4 1 2 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Toyota Sequoia 1 0 2 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Toyota Sequoia 37 1 5 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Toyota Sequoia 36 0 5 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Toyota Sequoia 7 1 2 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Toyota Sequoia 0 0 0 View 2026 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2015 Toyota Sequoia

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 9 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS 1 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 1 0 0 0 0
Tires NHTSA category: TIRES 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
Visibility / Glass NHTSA category: VISIBILITY 1 0 0 0 0
Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (9). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.

Official NHTSA Defect Investigations (1)

1 CLOSED

Formal safety defect inquiries and engineering analyses opened by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)

Official Federal Inquiries: NHTSA opens a defect investigation when safety screening or consumer defect trends indicate a potential unreasonable safety risk. An open investigation is a formal inquiry and does not by itself confirm a defect or result in a mandatory recall.
CLOSED Engineering Analysis (EA) ODI Action #EA19001
Opened: 2019-04-19 • Closed: 2024-09-19

Electrical overstress

Affected Component: AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE

The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation to determine if the failure of airbags to deploy during severe crashes, in certain vehicles, was the result of a safety related defect.  During the investigation a complex failure was studied that can result in non-deployment of subject vehicle air bags and other restraint system devices in severe crash events. The subject vehicles may be equipped with an airbag control unit (AC...

✓ Resulted in Safety Recall Campaign: 20V024 Official NHTSA File →
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.