How is it a “miss”? Unless you need a Suburban, the Sequoia’s I’ve seen have been a huge upgrade over previous gen. They look fantastic as well & not a mommy mobile herd vehicle like you see at school pickup line.
As far as engine issues, yes there was definitely teething issues with engine at first, but I’ve read where that’s been taken care of. Don’t buy first model year of anything. As far as longevity, it’s Toyota & not even close.

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Posted by Pettifogger

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Posted on 2/19/24 at 12:09 pm to NoBoDawg

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How is it a “miss”? Unless you need a Suburban, the Sequoia’s I’ve seen have been a huge upgrade over previous gen. They look fantastic as well & not a mommy mobile herd vehicle like you see at school pickup line.

1. The cargo space is limited by that stupid floor system and you have to basically vertically stack bags in a weird configuration
2. No flat third row fold to alleviate the above
3. They look precisely like a mommy mobile herd vehicle

This obviously isn't just me, practically every review of the Sequoia talks about how bizarre it was for Toyota to wait so long for a redesign and then release something so clearly behind competitors on arguably the #1 or #2 needed feature of families in the market for a full size SUV.

I wanted a Sequoia TBH, like I said we've got a GX and have owned multiple Lexus vehicles. But for those who wanted a viable alternative to a Yukon/Tahoe it falls short in terms of cargo, and it certainly provides nothing to think about for those considering the XL/Suburban.

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Posted by dewster

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Posted on 2/19/24 at 3:15 pm to NoBoDawg

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the Sequoia’s I’ve seen have been a huge upgrade over previous gen.

I'm not sure if it was the pandemic/lockdowns impacting the design, but the new one is a huge miss from Toyota. It's not well thought out and needed more time to develop. They should have just updated the old one and kept it around for a few more years while they figure out how to handle the new one.

They did a very good job on the new Tacoma, the Lexus GX, and the new Land Cruiser. The Tundra and Sequoia are both disappointing.

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yes there was definitely teething issues with engine at first

The Toyota waste gate issues with their new turbo motors are overblown, and the engine replacements were mostly impacting the new Tundras. I don't think many SUVs were really seeing those issues, but they didn't hit the market until later.

I would absolutely prefer the 5.7L V8 paired to their new 10 speed, but I don't think the turbo 3.4L V6 they are using is a bad engine at all (at least not in a way that most people would notice before 175,000 miles or so). But I do see how it will be very hard for Toyota dealers to convince buyers to step out of their 5-6 year old V8 model to a new turbo V6 version with less cargo space and a much higher price tag.

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