Toyota Sequoia Trunk Wont Open (Ultimate How-To) 

Thanks for this. I’m fixing mine for the 2nd time.

How much was it?

That would have been nice to know 15mins ago before I broke my second handle five minutes after installing it 😭

I’m now having this issue I will be replacing the cable also.

@@KevsHowToDIY and Latch as the latch may be gummed up. Ask for a discount on the parts in a very polite way and you will likely save money! The way I did it was I went to the dealer, asked about the parts, told them about my prior attempts to fix the handle… then asked about a new handle, cable and latch, and discreetly asked for a “friends and family” discount and winked my eye. The guy laughed and then took money off each part.

Awesome ! Glad I could help!

I like it

Don't teach him secrets.. 🤣 jk. .. ..

I had no idea 😅

Yeah I do the same hose pick trick

Can you explain a little more please

How do you do this

Awesome!

You would have to push the cable, you might be screwed getting to it tho

No. It sounds like the lock actuator is bad or one of the connectors came loose. It is connected to the latch and not too difficult to swap out if you have mastered the door handle. Best bet is buy assembly with latch and actuator.

its a BMW completely. no toyota parts or systems at all with that vehicle. but no only saw them come in for oil changes when I was at Toyota.

Yea it’s almost a 20 year old car now anyways though things are going to break.

@@LetsDriftMediaYes I realize the wear and tear on the handle do to age. But my thought is that the new handle will not last long if there is excessive amount of tension before the latch can be fully operated. In my case excessive tension was caused by the sleeve on the arm of the latch at the bottom of the door. It’s split apart and kept the latch from being easily engaged and retracted when the handle was pulled. Which eventually broke plastic lever of the handle. Option one was just to replace the latch. We chose option two to be cheaper so I methodically cut out pieces of that sleeve(which took a long time😂). Eventually it freed it up. My first thought was to burn it out but I didn’t know if there was a bunch of other plastic parts in that latch. So I went with option 2. I wish they wouldn’t rivet these parts together and use screws. Would have been a lot easier

@@t.k5928 dam nightmare. And yea you would think Toyota would make a stronger re designed not plastic handle. But maybe it’s there way of selling more parts

@@LetsDriftMedia Has this been corrected in 2008 and up models??

You sure the belt tension is tight enough?

@@LetsDriftMedia yep. It feels like I had over tightened it, but I slacked it a lil bit.

Mine does the same thing....I replaced the handle and cable and when I hook everything back up, including the electric connectors, the gate does not lock. All 4 doors lock, but not the gate...is there a way to reset this? @LetsDriftMedia

Gonna have to go from the inside.. I had a problem just like this: 07 Sienna, passenger rear sliding door outside handle ripped off and inner handle cables slipped off. (What a nightmare.) Car was +10 years old so customer didn’t care if I was able to pull the inner panel off and replaced the door lock actuator (would not retract after pulling). The cables were re-usable so I just popped them onto the new lock actuator. Hope this helped! (If you want the door to slide open and lock when fully opened, there’s a cable running down to the bottom.)

If I run into one I will try

Where in the rear are you collecting water?

@@bourne8744 the entire back of the sequoia , I took out the carpet because it started to mold .

Was it the drain line that caused it if it has a sunroof there four drain lines two the run to the back and two that run down the pillars in the front. From the sun roof there a video if you look up drain line clean sequoia it pop up.

i have a 2001 & dont have that problem, @@israelvalencia6884

Same, did you find a solution?!

@@joes4292 had to replace it completely, straight forward not too bad to do

Remove the plastic panel from the inside like I did in the video to gain access to the latch and move it manually, or some people have commented saying you can stick an angled pick in from the outside where the plastic handle is to unlatch it if the handle is broken off.

Been awhile but should be all 10mm nuts possibly some 12mm

sounds like the latch itself is not locking shut once you close the lift gate.

@@LetsDriftMedia I use a screw driver and it moves the mechanism but it won't lock and stay. It just releases when you pull on it. I'd rather it was stuck shut then open freely like this. Not sure what would cause this.

Panel popper/remover

Yea I’m just discovering that you can do that lol

Also helps to pop the latch with one hand and lift the truck door with the other.

First time I made the mistake with the license plate lights too.

@@natevanlandingham1945 Yep, this is what I do when I open my rear door. It helps alot with taking the strain off the handle.

Freddy is taking vacation days lol

yep

I don’t think so this trunk does not have an electronic trunk release. Only cable release

People worry about the stupidest shit. What do you think is going to happen? Someone is like "ooohh a silver Toyota, I should run their plate and see where they live to steal there rims"? Its the same when people are selling cars that block the plate, even though most likely they will sell the car from there residence

@@adamhandyside9836 I know people worry about the stupidest shit, that's why I'm telling him to cover his ass in case his service manager or HR finds out a customers license plate was used in a video they didn't give permission to. IDK where you got the idea of wanting to steal oem "rims" (its wheels btw) but let your brain do the typing and not your rage.

@@2zzlow it's not like someone is going to figure out the repair happened on December 16th and the car had almost 248K on it, or that the VIN starts with a 5 and ends with a 2.

@@18avshalom you also miss the point

@@2zzlow no, I get your point and totally agree with you. I think you missed my sarcasm. Those things I mentioned were true. Notice I didn't put the whole VIN on the internet.

very true. I have replaced mine 2 times in the last 3 years. It always breaks at the most inconvenient times, both while camping on road trips.

Second generation and up, this was,corrected