NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Toyota Sequoia Recalls
The 2012 Toyota Sequoia has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 23, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Toyota Sequoia. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 20
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2012 Toyota Sequoia, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2012 Toyota Sequoia
Steering: hydraulic power assist system
- Campaign
- 21V920000
- Reported
- November 23, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 22,462
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2008–2011, 2013–2019, 2021–2022 Sequoia, 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 13V123000
- Reported
- April 9, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,525
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 16 other models
Air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive
- Campaign
- 13V014000
- Reported
- January 16, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,235
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011 Sequoia, 15 other models
Steering: hydraulic power assist system
- Campaign
- 21E103000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2008–2011, 2013–2022 Sequoia, 1 other model
2012 Toyota Sequoia complaints by year
NHTSA has received 20 owner complaints about the 2012 Toyota Sequoia, the newest on July 1, 2025. Owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2012 Toyota Sequoia, the component group named most often is the service brakes (30%), followed by the electrical system (25%) and the electronic stability control (esc) (20%).
None of the 2012 Toyota Sequoia's 4 recalls concerns the service brakes.
Where 2012 Toyota Sequoia owners gave the mileage (14 complaints), the median was 15,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes6
- Electrical System5
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)4
- Engine3
- Fuel/Propulsion System3
- Structure3
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2012 Toyota Sequoia peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 5. 50% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Toyota Sequoia drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Toyota Sequoia year in the same window: 11th highest of the 12 ranked years.
That makes 2012 one of the three best-measured Toyota Sequoia years.
The 20 complaints about the 2012 Toyota Sequoia are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Sequoia by model year
Other 2012 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: July 1, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted