2001 Toyota Sequoia battery, altenator or loose/ bad wire?

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Asked by ThisChikNeedsAnswers... Oct 22, 2017 at 07:10 AM about the 2001 Toyota Sequoia Limited 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I drive my sequoia daily. This past Friday I drove it several miles around town parked it In my aunts driveway, around 2.5 hours later came out and the truck wouldn't start. There was NO dash lights, headlights, dome lights, sounds or ANYTHING. I had my cousin jump start the battery. (he refused to let the truck "charge" said it wasn't necessary it'll charge on my drive home). The connection was literally for a split second it started up NO issues lights, radio EVERYTHING worked perfectly. I drove it home ( about 25miles) ran great. go into the driveway turned off the truck and decided to start it again to see if all was ok for work in the morning. well, it wasn't! SAME THING only this time the lights on the dash/dome slowly died out the door ajar light was illuminated. two days later I tried to start it again and same thing however, this time the door ajar light is still on ( when the door is open) and the lights on the door are VERY dim. I do not have cables to jump it again so I've got to wait until I can get a friend to help. Just wondering if this is a battery issue, Alternator or wire issue. Also, there is no corrosion or anything that looks "loose" that I can see but I am not a mechanic lol

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Sounds like you have a bad battery. If it ran properly and all the electrical stuff worked after it was started, then that eliminates the Alternator. The battery can be tested at a local parts store (usually for free). They will charge it and load test to see if it is bad. It could also possibly be dirty battery terminal ends. Even though the connections do not look dirty, the battery terminal connections could need cleaning.

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check your ground connection on your battery to make sure it is tight. charge your battery up all the way, and have it load tested. this will tell you if the battery is bad. if the battery is good, you can test the alternator with a cheap multimeter from the autoparts store, or they can do it for you. for this test the car will have to be running. then you set your meter to volts DC and hook it up to the battery red pos and black to neg. you should read 14 plus volts, if not, then your alternator is bad and not charging your battery.

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My 2002 Toyota Sequoia SR5 had the battery discounted for 5 day for work to be done . When everything was done the only thing not working was the radio , which was working fine before it was disconnected. I have checked all the fuses and have power to the radio . I was told by Toyota service I had a bad radio . Also this year has no codes . The radio is blank nothing on the screen. Any suggestions ? Thank you

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Hey everyone, this is seems to be a huge problem with the Toyota Sequoia from 2003 on. The same issue happens to multiple of these vehicles, and the only thing I've got, after I've had the battery tested for time's bought a new one and had all the wires checked for corrosion and any type of misalignment, it's that maybe there's a solenoid bad in the starter.

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