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I am planning to buy an LX470 and wondering what my trade-in value on my 2001 SR5 2WD w/60K miles will be at. Terry gave me a ball-park in the low low $17K for dealer trade-in value. Of course he counselled selling it myself for about $20K-ish. So yours gave me additional number to work with.
How much was your price, if you don't mind me asking?
Thanks
DVD for 35500 im dec 04
Can you tell how much you paid just to get a idea
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Thanks for your help!
One item that is likely a must at this point is timing belt/water pump replacement. If anyone has had this done yet, what should I expect to pay. Any comments would be appreciated.
Question is: Have you driven your Sequoia hard, or have you babied it ? If babied, you may get by with a scaled down 30K mile service at 90K miles, and look to spending the most money at 120K mile service. However, if your Seq has been driven hard, start adding, as Terry (RRoyce on Real world Trade-in Forum) would say.
It could be the suspension - hard to have a soft smooth ride and also tow 7,000 pounds. I would guess 99% of Sequoia buyers care more about a soft ride than they do about towing 7,000 pounds.
The limit could also be due to the tranny or brakes. I think some of the Sequoia drive line comes from the Tacoma parts bin - the Tacoma has the about the same tow limits as the Sequoia.
Even though the tow limits of the Tahoe are 7,800 pounds I don't think very many people would want to use the Tahoe to tow this much weight on a regular basis. Plus if you plan to tow more than 5,000 pounds you really need to use a weight distributing hitch.
Is there any recalls out on this. I have 71K miles on my 2001 Sequoia 4wd. The system is actually off, I tried it on a snow covered road and it did not kick in. When the engine is warm and I restart the engine, the lights will go out and the system will perform accordingly. However the lights eventually come back on an the system is off again.
yes i tried turning the 4wd VSC on and off, but it has no effect. I am getting ready to take it in for the 75k check up,but would like to know if there are any service bulletins out on this. It appears to be a loose connection.
gedmundsc.
Now one more, while coming down a mountain last year, once the brakes heated up the whole front end of the truck started vibrating really hard, like the disc's were warped or something. I was really concerned because i had to tow the camper down that same mountain. It turned out, the electronic brakes on the camper, softened the vibration. Could this possibly been linked to low brake fluid. I don't recall if we had the brake light coming on back then. The brake pads had recently been replaced by the dealer. Any thoughts?
Braking with a trailer load on the rear, and downhill to boot, will tend to raise the front wheels from the roadbed. Front brakes otherwise carry over 70% of the braking "load".
"lifting" the front wheels from the roadbed will result in quicker braking action since there is less roadbed friction to keep them rolling. My guess is that what you experienced is the on-and-off cycling of the brakes in anti-lock mode.
Conversely when you applied the trailer brakes mode heavily that action probably added some of the weight back to the front wheels and with the added traction no anti-lock was needed.
Generally when brake pads are replaced that results in a surplus of fluid in the reservoir. New pad thickness pushes the pistons farther back into the caliper forcing a lot the fluid back into the reservoir.
Under the circumstances I think I would check the vehicle quite thoroughly for brake fluid leaks and if none are found I would have a heart to heart with whosomeever replaced those pads.
Absent a satisfactory explanation I would have my vehicle serviced elsewhere.
Just one more reason why I became a DIY'r.
Yesterday, I topped off the brake fluid( It was less than minimum) and no more brake, trac off , VSC off lights!
Thanks again and I love these forums for problem solving !!
I better start checking the fluid levels after every oil change as the dealer claims to top off the fluids during oil change.
John
everything but DVD, middle seat center console and rear spoiler but has $2,300 custom wheels
Sticker 46,900, Dealer said invoice was 41,075
Offer to us $1,000 down
$639/month for 48 months
15k miles per year
no other cost/charges
Pushed us hard for this one white model (last one on lot). We want silver but none at this dealer. Should we pass and find the silver or jump on this one because of the deal?? Great, good, average or bad deal.
Steve, Host
Last Thursday, while driving in city conditions, the vehicle began to shake and emit a loud metallic "clanking" sound - rather like a lug nut loose in a hubcap - My immediate reaction was that I had blown a tire - as I slowed to a stop, the noise slowed, reinforcing my initial impression. I got out and found all four tires in good order. Since I was only a few miles from my dealer, I decided to try and drive, slowly, to the service department. I started up - noise and shaking gone! I drove on a bit - nothing - and then decided that i had picked up a rock or piece of debris in a tire and it had been thrown off.
The same thing happened on Saturday under similar (city driving) conditions. After stopping, I drove uneventfully to the dealership.
Thus far, they have found nothing - no stored codes and no apparent problem seen on inspection nor have they been able to duplicate the problem.
Any suggestions?
With me, it usually has occurred after someone else has driven my car, and parked w/o setting the parking brake. By habit, I kick the brake off just before starting to roll. If the brake wasn't set to begin with, I end up kicking it on w/o realizing it.
We currently own a Dodge Grand Caravan 98 and a Toyota Corolla Station Wagon 95.
Our Dodge just caught on fire last week due to electrical problems. Sigh!
Ok prior to that I owned an 82 Toyota Supra that was running just fine in 1994. I have been happy with the Toyota but the vibrating problem is a pain. I have had vibrating problems with all of my Toyota vehicles.
We are a family of 5 living in the Bay Area East Bay CA. We have two dogs. We are planning on going on more camping trips and ski trips in the future as well as owning a horse (for my young daughter-she is 7yrs) and getting an airstream and traveling (for my husband).
We have test drove an Odyssey, Pilot, Sienna, and Sequoia. And "looked" at a Highlander.
We liked the Sequoia the best. The kids were comfortable in the back-their legs weren't squished like in the Pilot. The visability was good for me than the Odyssey. I am short. The seat felt more comfortable for my back than the Odyssey and Sienna.
I want to know whether or not Sequoia 2005 SR5 2wd can safely tow a horse trailer (one horse) and if so what extras should we have the dealer install prior to taking it. We are going to do this purchase online.
By the way do NOT go to the Dublin, CA Toyota dealership. They were rude and pushy. We have been there several times now and it is the same old same old attitude. We wanted to test drive and boy did they give a stink about that.
I am also waiting to see whats new in '06. I may trade mine in as it has almost 90,000 miles on it.
I am also wondering if 4x4 is necessary to tow? Ok would you say horse trailers are heavier than the travel trailers? What travel trailers do you have? We are thinking of airstream.
Carolyn
Carolyn
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Steve, Host
In CA the speed limit is 55 for vehicles pulling trailers but other states vary. A few years ago we took a trip to Yellowstone from CA and many of the states had different limits. I found no problem at the higher speeds.
As was said before an weight distribution hitch is a must and a sway bar is nice, but I don't use mine. I found it too restrictive once I learned how to pull a trailer without one.
I will appreciate your suggestion.
I hate to take it to the dealership if it's possibly something simple and easy to correct.
Any info would be much welcomed!!
KD
I live in the northwest where inexplicably Arco gas is about 10 cents a gallon less than the next cheapest gas. I hear lots of people claim they won't put Arco in their car but they don't give any tangible reason why. I think they just assume that since it's cheap, it must be bad. Is the oil industry regulated to the point where gas from one company is essentially the same as gas from another? I mean, 87 octane is 87 octane right?
Steve, Host
Well to make a long story very short
I had a SEQ 2WD and Tundra 2WD both 01
Don't go there if you run into snow more then twice a year. The REAR end is WAY TOO LIGHT
I changed this year to 2005 SEQ Lmt - Fantastic -4x4 saved me greatly. Remember though - you know have 4 wheels spinning! as a Firefighter - we pull 100 4 wheel drives to 1 two wheel drive!!!
just a friendly reminder ;o)
After I posting here, I was thinking I better go with 4x4 for family safety. Thank you very much for your kind answer! And I will keep in mind that stat (Wow?!), too.