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Toyota Sequoia

The full-size body-on-frame SUV built on the Tundra's chassis, which is where its information lives — anything true of a Tundra of the same year is almost certainly true of the Sequoia. The 4.7 and 5.7 V8s are durable, and the faults that bring one in are usually elsewhere: the secondary air injection system on 2005-2012 cars is the well-known one, where the pump and its changeover valves corrode and set a family of air-injection codes on cold start that will not clear without replacing the assembly. The 2023-on car drops the V8 entirely for a twin-turbo V6 hybrid, which changes the entire thermal and boost picture and shares nothing with the older diagnosis.

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Toyota Sequoia
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Generations

  • XK30 2000–2007

    The first Sequoia on the Tundra's chassis, with the 4.7 2UZ-FE and the secondary air injection faults that define the era.

    Body styles
    SUV
    Platform
    Toyota XK30
    Engines
    • 4.7 V8 — 2UZ-FE · petrol · 170–212 kW (228–284 hp) · 410–448 Nm (302–330 lb-ft)
    Transmissions
    4-speed automatic · 5-speed automatic
    Drivetrain
    Rear-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
  • Second generation (XK60) 2008–2022

    Tundra chassis with the 4.7 and 5.7 V8s; secondary air injection pump and valve corrosion is the recurring cold-start fault.

    Body styles
    SUV
    Platform
    Toyota XK60
    Engines
    • 4.7 V8 — 2UZ-FE · petrol · 170–212 kW (228–284 hp) · 410–448 Nm (302–330 lb-ft)
    • 5.7 V8 — 3UR-FE · petrol · 284 kW (381 hp) · 544 Nm (401 lb-ft)
    • 4.6 V8 — 1UR-FE · petrol · 221–255 kW (296–342 hp) · 439–460 Nm (324–339 lb-ft) · UPK60/65; 2010–2012
    • 5.7 V8 — 3UR-FBE · petrol · USK65
    Transmissions
    5-speed automatic · 6-speed automatic
    Drivetrain
    Rear-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
  • Third generation (XK80) 2023–present

    TNGA-F with the i-FORCE MAX twin-turbo V6 hybrid — no V8, and a completely different boost and cooling architecture.

    Body styles
    SUV
    Platform
    Toyota TNGA-F
    Engines
    • 3.4 twin-turbo V6 i-FORCE MAX — V35A-FTS · hybrid · 549–650 Nm (405–479 lb-ft)
    Transmissions
    10-speed automatic
    Drivetrain
    Rear-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive

Service information

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