AutoUtility currently tracks 7 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2019 Toyota Sequoia. Fuel & Propulsion System issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 2 complaints (28.6% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 1 reports one or more injuries.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 7 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Fuel & Propulsion System (2 reports • 28.6% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Air Bags & Restraints (1), Brakes & Traction Control (1)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 1 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
7
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
1
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2019 Toyota Sequoia

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

#1 Problem Area 28.6% of complaints

Fuel & Propulsion System

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 2 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 14.3% of complaints

Air Bags & Restraints

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
🩹 2 injury report entries
#3 Problem Area 14.3% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 14.3% of complaints

Suspension

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#5 Problem Area 14.3% of complaints

Steering System

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 2 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
✓ 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 2019 Toyota Sequoia

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

Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11733603
2 Injury Entries Filed: 04/24/2026

"Third row seatbelts broke. They came undone from where they are bolted to the bottom of the car. My children were in their car seats anchored by the seatbelts when these broke when the vehicle was moving and they flew sideways. Looks like poor products were used to secure the seatbelt, there are..."

Incident Date: 04/23/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: SEAT BELTS
Brakes & Traction Control NHTSA ODI ID: #11675254
Filed: 07/22/2025

"Parking brake requires continual adjustment. Brake becomes non functional when brakes are hot and then park on a hill. Examples would include pulling our boat and going to the boat ramp off the highway. Parking brakes loses any ability to hold the vehicle."

Incident Date: 06/20/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: SERVICE BRAKES
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA ODI ID: #11670121
Filed: 06/29/2025

"Fuel filler door hinge and pin does not work properly. The hinge, door, and pin are bent. This prohibits 1) opening the door, 2) filling the gas tank, and 3) the door from closing properly. The spacing around the door is not equal and is askew, tilted to the bottom right and dips inward. Toyota..."

Incident Date: 06/29/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Suspension NHTSA ODI ID: #11586120
Filed: 04/30/2024

"My 2019 Toyota Sequoia Platinum with air suspension is leaning to the left. The driver rear measured from the center of the tire hub to the bottom of the fender is 1and 1/8 inch lower than the passenger rear. There was a similar Toyota T-SB-0179-17 with a similar issue that was issued for 2013-2016..."

Incident Date: 04/30/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: SUSPENSION
Steering System NHTSA ODI ID: #11542145
Filed: 09/01/2023

"I took my 2019 Sequoia to Toyota of Knoxville for scheduled maintenance and was told the boots on my rack of my power steering has a leak and needs to be repaired for the cost of $2000. My Sequoia has 84,308 miles and I was told this was caused by "normal wear and tear." When I started looking into..."

Incident Date: 08/30/2023 • Raw NHTSA Component: STEERING
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 9 0 3 View 2015 Problems →
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 Current Page 7 0 6 Current
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 2019 Toyota Sequoia

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 7 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA category: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
Seat Belts NHTSA category: SEAT BELTS 1 0 0 2 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 1 0 0 0 0
Suspension NHTSA category: SUSPENSION 1 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 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 (7). 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 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.