The 2003 Toyota Sequoia has 6 recalls, the most serious being a Takata passenger-side airbag inflator that can explode in a crash and send metal fragments into the cabin, potentially causing serious injury or death.
All four airbag recalls describe the same underlying defect in the passenger-side frontal airbag inflator. The inflator can rupture violently during deployment, scattering sharp metal fragments toward anyone seated in the vehicle. This risk is well-documented across a broad range of Toyota products from this era, and prior repair attempts across earlier filing waves did not fully resolve the issue for all affected vehicles, which is why multiple rounds of recalls exist for the same defect. If this repair has not been completed, it represents the most urgent concern on this vehicle.
The remaining two recalls both trace back to a software logic error in the skid control computer that handles stability and traction control. The steering angle sensor may not correctly store its center position, which can cause the vehicle stability and traction control warning light to illuminate on the dashboard. Beyond the warning light, the traction control system may not respond as expected during acceleration, meaning the vehicle can accelerate more slowly than the driver anticipates in certain situations, raising the risk of a collision. These two recalls describe the same root problem filed under different components, so resolving one addresses both.
