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I have a DVD player mounted in the center console that is hooked up to a 15" overhead monitor in the rear and that's how I have mine hooked up. I can watch the movie playing on the rear monitor up front or watch a totally seperate movie from what's playing in the rear.
Your dealer probably didn't install an FM modulator or even consider patching the signal from the factory DVD player to the AVN30D, but ask their installer to make sure so you don't double your efforts.
Nice to hear from you again. I still remember most of those 2001 SEQ batch who were very active in this forum.
How similar we are in our situation and mindsets. My battery was not really dead yet, but sometimes it showed a little bit of hesitation. Since it is 4.5 years old, I figured I already got my money's worth. Besides, it's not always easy to find somebody who has a battery to boost up a SEQ, in case it fails. I was actually not sure if the battery was bad because when I ldisconnected the terminals, they were slightly corroded. It could just have been contact problem.
I actually went to Sam's to pick up the 27F battery for $68, but after I looked at the old battery I noticed that it had 710 CCA, while the Sam's battery had only 675 CCA. I went to Sears, but their equivalent battery was $118, plus tax and disposal fees (almost twice as much as Sam's). It had no clear label but I suspected that it was made in Mexico. When I called Toyota, they were selling replacement battery for only $100 plus tax and disposal fee. So I decided to go for the Toyota battery. It turned out to be also made in Mexico, but with a supposed 84-month pro-rated waranty. I would be glad to get half of that.
Keep enjoying your SEQ.
1.WAY UNDERPOWERED COMPARED TO THE AMERICAN UTES.
2.OVER WEIGHT.
3.UGLY EXTERIOR AS WELL AS INTERIOR.
4.ITS A TOYOTA
5.TO EXPENSIVE FOR NOT THAT GREAT OF A CAR
"PROS"
1. UMMM.. YUKON/TAHOE ARE BETTER HAHAHA :P
When did you father open the dealership? It must have been fun selling Toyotas when the Corona first hit the States in the mid-60's.
Steve, Host
How are the Sequoia's in snow? I live in CO. and put Blizzacks on already-I read that the Dunlops stunk, but I'm just a little leary about this much weight going in the wrong direction. Any experience or thoughts?
Thanks for the welcome.
What a few of the best sites for cool mods to the Sequoia?
Thanks in advance!
Try the Toyota Sequoia Owners: Accessories & Modifications for some ideas; there's also a whole Speed Shop: Tuning & Modification board. I'm sure a net search will turn up some sites beyond us.
Steve, Host
"CONS"
1.WAY UNDERPOWERED COMPARED TO THE AMERICAN UTES.
2.OVER WEIGHT.
3.UGLY EXTERIOR AS WELL AS INTERIOR.
4.ITS A TOYOTA
5.TO EXPENSIVE FOR NOT THAT GREAT OF A CAR
"PROS"
1. UMMM.. YUKON/TAHOE ARE BETTER HAHAHA
Way under powered? Hardly!!!!
Over Weight: Compared to What? A smaller US made Sport Ute, perhaps
Ugly Exteriorand interior: Your opinion. Not many would agree with that.Your loosing credibility here. Mine: Ugly exterior Buick Rondevous, Pontiac Aztec. Lets be fair, Will Ya!
Its a Toyota: Right. So that means to me and most people, better quality and reliability. I suppose listing that as a Con for you shows only that you dislike a well engineered Sport Ute. Better engineered than the Yukon or Tahoe!!!!!
To expesive for not that great of a car? Toyota Sequoia Ltd - 46,705, GMC Yukon XL - 50,405, Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer - 47,335, Chevy Tahoe LT - 48,175, GMC Yukon SLT -48,835. The G.M. giveaways are over with!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, and Yukon and Tahoe are better? Really? How so?
According to Consumer Reports buying Guide 2006, Sequoia LTD is the ONLY one rated with a Very Good Predicted Reliability listed in the Large Sport Utility Vehicle category. GMC Yukon XL rated Average, Ford Expedition rated Poor, Tahoe rated - Average.
The Employee Discounts are over with! G.M is laying off people while Toyota has gained a larger piece of the automoive pie. Well, I guess a lot ofpeople just plain like those underpowered, overweight, ugly Sequoias after all bigo!!!
Made in Mexico should not be a problem as a lot of the seq parts are made their.
1. That person is obviously ignorant, and I refuse to go down to that level.
2. I AM very biased myself. I just bought my 9th Toyota in a row last month, an 06 Solara for my wife.
3. I am "cheap" and I am not into the horsepower issues.
I buy the low end of a particular model, provided it has the options I want (and ONLY the options I want). Limited is something for somebody to pay for, and I have no issues with that. Also, one reason I liked the Sequoia is because it had the SMALLEST V8 available for an 8-seater, full-sized SUV at that time. The MDX had a smaller 6-cylinder SUV, but it only seats 7 and I wanted a truck-based SUV. I also have no issues with people who need 7-liter motors to tow their house. In almost 5 years I owned the SEQ and 80K piled into it, I NEVER had a situation where I wished I had more horsepower. I prefer the torque.
To me the bottom line is whether we are happy with our purchase or not, and I have yet to be disappointed with any of my 9 Toyotas (including 1 Lexus). For guidance, yes, I am also a big Consumer Reports disciple.
Last winter I actually tried to get stuck in the snow, found a snowdrift that was several feet high covering the entire road and actually had a car buried up to it's roof in it. Drove right through it with no issues at all, love the Sequoia 4wd system. When I was done playing in the snow a pickup truck came along, with a lift and nice tires. When he went through the drift he decided to drive in my tracks
Btw, BF Goodrich tires are made by Michelin
I Have the Platinum Warranty BUT much To My surprise, it Doesn't Cover Door Handles, listed on Page 2 of Exclusions!
I had taken it in for a rear window motor replacement, which was covered. But the dealership had ordered the new door handle in, and installed it before calling Toyota!
Because I have most all my service done at this dealership,
they told me to forget about it, they absorbed the cost!
Good thing too because the handle and install was $150.
The Service Manager told me they have had several of these handles break on the Sequoias and Tacoma Trucks, and believes a Service Bulletin Should Be Issued On Them!
Happy thanksgiving.
Also, anyone know if this money factor is going to stick around past the quoted 12/5? My current lease is up in January and I'd rather not carry two payments if I don't have to.
HOWEVER, the reason I picked Michelin CT is because that seemed to be the overwhelming choice in this forum, even compared to Michelin LTX
My '01 Seq came with the Bridgestone Duellers. I replaced them at 25K miles with the Michelin LTX M/S tires, at a 275/70/16 size (the LC size). Very nice tires, but didn't last as long as I'd hope. Recently replaced them at 62K miles (so I got less than 40K miles on them) with the Michelin C/T. Excellent tire, the C/T is. Much softer and quieter, plus it rides even more supple than the other 2 tires I had gone through earlier. I will strongly recommend the CrossTerrains, definitely.
"One funny thing about my truck is that it actually gets a little bit better mileage on regular than premium."
This is a very common observation and also true in my personal experience. I once went on a 2700-mile trip one way with my old Toyota van. I used regular one way and premium on the return. I got an average of 2 more miles per gallon on regular gas. My 01 SEQ has not seen premium gas, ever.
I think the explanation for this is that the premium gas has a retardant to prevent auto-ignition in high compression engines. I do not know what to make of this because, at least in perception, the premium gas is supposed to burn cleaner.
Happy Thanksgiving to you all.
Someone on this forum replaced their brake drums ? (the thing the pads press against) that are non toyota from some tundra forum? Any leads or are you still around???
Still my old ford van at this milage had goen through two transmissions and so many small repairs it wasen't funny.
I was wondering if any one out there has any feedback or advice on the toyota seq towing capability. I'm looking to purshase one to tow my fishing boat which is 4500 lbs including the trailer. Toyota claims 6500 for the 2WD but I have concerns, specially when the time comes to get the boat out the water at the boat ramp. I love toyota quality and reliability,I own a 02 toyota sienna, which I have being very happy with but I don't want to make an big mistake. I appriciate any help regarding this matter.
Happy holiday season!
Not sure about pulling it out of the water, the engine won't have any problems with it but I could see the tires slipping if it's wet, but of course any 2wd would have that same problem.
My sister's 02 SEQ (built in Aug 01)had transmission problems at 65K and that was a disappointment to me because I facilitated the purchase for them. The Toyota dealership just told them to have the transmission replaced outright for about $5K. They had it rebuilt at AAMCO for $2800, and seems to be okay. Psychologically it makes me nervous to think that my transmission might go, too. It's nice to think that a number of the 01 owners are getting past 100K without problems. I have now 82K and everything is still great, except that sometimes it doesn't do anything when I try to start it. Then, when I just turn the key again it will start without a problem. I know it is not the battery because the battery is brand new. Maybe it is just a contact problem. Otherwise, I still love my SEQ.
My view on AAMCO: I hope your sister has a better experience and also tell her to check her warranties from them and do the fluid changes. I had a '94 Explorer that started leaking fluid REAL bad while driving and stopped pretty much right in front of AAMCO, what luck, NOT. I went with the "experience, national warranty, blah, blah, etc." AAMCO only replaced the "worn/broken" parts and not much else. What you wind up with is a 3 brand new pieces in a tranny where everything else has 65k of wear. They also only give a 12 month/12k warranty. $2100 and 1 week later, my truck was back working fine. 13 months and almost exactly 13k later, tranny started slipping and making noise. Went back to AAMCO to have checked, something else was worn, out of "good faith" they replaced the worn parts and I only had to cover the parts (another $600) not labor. 1 week later I get it back. 2 weeks later (mid/late November) it's not shifting back into 1st gear when you stop at a light while cold EVERY cold morning. 7 minutes of driving all is well as everything warms up. AAMCO dealer is 10 minutes away so by the time you get there, can't be duplicated. Leave the truck for a week, they check everyday, no issue, can't duplicate. Take truck back, next AM no 1st gear, 2nd day, no 1st gear. Get a ride and park it in front of their shop, take keys, say to call in AM. Problem duplicated right away, repair as needed which "supposedly" was a piece of dirt in valve body not allowing something to close. Once warm and metal expanded tolerance allowed full function. 1 month later tranny would make weird noise AFTER 15 minutes of driving on highway that would go away after 5 minutes. Didn't trust the POS anymore for me or wife and kids so sold it and replaced with the Sequoia.
After being extremely ticked off during the whole thing I made a bunch of calls. My normal maintenance shop and local Ford dealer would have replaced it with a factory rebuilt unit (all parts replaced) that also would have had a 3 year/36k warranty and honored by Ford. Total cost for factory rebuilt including labor unit $1800 and 1 day down time!!!!!
Something else: I had nightmares the other night because I realized I used some cheap non-moly grease when I greased it last time.
Now you are making me even more nervous - about my sister's "rebuilt" tranny and my own tranny.
Replacing 4 qts out of 16 may actually be not a bad idea. I heard or read somewhere that tranny fluid is actually better replaced in fractions, much like replacing aquarium water. I could not remember what the reason was.
Out of curiousity, what fluid do you use for the tranny?
Thanks!
Didn't mean to make you nervous just giving my personal experience which was very poor. Hopefully neither of you have any more issues. You might want to have her scrutinize and question what was done with AAMCO and what coverage she has. She might want to consider using them for the fluid changes as they might be more willing to do a good faith type thing if needed in the future.
Haven't heard the only 4 thing. I CAN tell you that I saw a fluid being done with the machine and manually and after about 12 qts on both there was a NOTICEABLE difference in color of the fluid. Dirty and dark red at the beginning, perfectly clear and bright red at the end. Given my personal preference if I was able to, I would use one of the synthetics like Mobil-1 and flush every 25-30k. Having the dealer do it with the machine is about $125 but to me cheap insurance to hopefully keep the fluid and tranny as it should be.
Tranny fluid is not as subject to as many contaminants like the oil is. But when you consider capacity, how bad would your oil get if you only drained and replaced 1-2 qts out of 6 at every oil change? Better than not doing anything but not as good as full replacement.
Side note to my other post. The reason they could not duplicate the "cold morning" problem for a full week. For security reasons they park the vehicles inside the shop over night. Heaters working kept the shop at 65-70 degrees. The no 1st gear issue was only below about 30 degrees.
I will change the fluid right away if I were you.
out of the 2004 Sequoia?
If I use a siphon to suck it out, what is the right size of siphon to use
and how long? Any thing smarter than sucking it out with mouth, just in
case...? Will siphon damage anything inside of tranny?
Thanks for any input
Hoping to save some $ by changing a few quart at a time instead.
Make your e-mail public for a day or two. I'll send you some info to help. You WILL want to do a complete flush to get the old fluid out which is actually very easy to do by yourself. If you only do some drain and fills it will continue to mix old dirty contaminated fluid with the new stuff. You'll need 16 qts to do the flush and about 45 minutes of your time.
DO NOT USE ANY OF THE DEXTRON VERSIONS!!!!!! Not Amsoil, Mobil 1, Redline, RP, etc. Use the T-IV!!!!
You can make your email public in your profile and since profiles aren't indexed by the search engines, there's much less risk that spammers will harvest your email address.
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Steve, Host
Thank you for the info first. BTW, I am not a hands on guy and never crawl under a car. Can I do that?