Toyota Sequoia 2004
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Alfian Adi Saputra
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Friday, June 15, 2018
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2004 Toyota Sequoia
toyota sequoia 2004
The Sequoia is a good lorry for huge family members, especially for those that pull trailers. It offers three rows of seats efficient in bring eight passengers. Though large, it's surprisingly maneuverable. It's excellent for towing.
All designs are well equipped, and also Toyota has actually boosted worth for 2004 by adding equipment without raising the base price. The less costly SR-5 model adds typical dual-zone front as well as rear environment control and also power front seats. The high-trim Sequoia Limited currently comes criterion with a power moonroof.
If the room, hauling capability and also off-road capacity of a truck-based, full-size sport-utility are exactly what you need, the Toyota Sequoia is difficult to defeat.
LINEUP
The Toyota Sequoia is available in 2 trim degrees: SR5 and Minimal. Both are powered by a 240-horsepower 4.7-liter V8 mated to a four-speed automatic transmission. Rear-wheel-drive as well as four-wheel-drive are readily available.
The SR5 ($ 31,625) comes requirement with power home windows, mirrors as well as door locks, cruise control, automatic dual-zone environment control, power pole position, an AM/FM stereo with both cassette and CD players, ABDOMINAL with brake help, and 16-inch styled steel wheels. Four-wheel-drive ($ 3,530) is added on both models.
The Minimal ($ 40,900) adds leather furniture, heated seats and also outdoors mirrors, color-keyed body, premium JBL stereo with 10 audio speakers, a power slide-and-tilt moonroof, a roof covering shelf as well as 17-inch light weight aluminum wheels.
Both trim lines come typical with a lot of security tools. The electronic stability control system can aid correct a skid when cornering. Grip control keeps the wheels from sliding when accelerating in slippery driving conditions. Front air bags are typical, as are three-point seat belts for all 8 places. Front side-impact and head-protection air bags are optional ($ 500).
Toyota enables its customers more flexibility with optional tools compared to many manufacturers. The SR-5 can be equipped with the majority of the Limited material in numerous alternative bundles. These include a Preferred Bundle ($ 1,770) with the natural leather and costs stereo with a six-disc in-dash changer. An Alloy Wheel Package ($ 1,835) adds P265/65 R17 tires on 17-inch rims, color-coordinated fender flares and also running boards, rear personal privacy glass, a lugging receiver drawback, seven-pin circuitry harness converter and high-power alternator. The Convenience Plan ($ 255) consists of warmed outside mirrors, a trip computer system with compass, outside temperature level, present and typical fuel intake as well as fuel variety features, and a HomeLink global transceiver. Stand alone alternatives for the SR-5 include the power tilt/slide moonroof with sunshade ($ 1,000), roof rack ($ 220), remote keyless entry ($ 245), trailer package ($ 380)), the premium stereo with a 6-disc in-dash CD changer ($ 715), rear-seat sound controls ($ 240) and also a rear-seat home entertainment plan with a DVD viewer as well as the rear sound controls ($ 1,770).
Alternatives for the Minimal model are, well, limited. They include the DVD home entertainment system, rear-seat audio, in-dash CD changer ($ 200), a back self-leveling suspension ($ 360), and also a rear spoiler ($ 200).
WALKAROUND
Sequoia's overall appearance is tidy, purposeful as well as, most of all, large. The Sequoia takes its designing cues from the Toyota Tundra full-size pickup. Both are built at the very same setting up plant in Princeton, Indiana. Sequoia could be the most cautiously styled full-size SUV offered. The rear looks even more like a minivan compared to a truck.
Sequoia's front and also back doors are nicely integrated and fit proportionally with the rearmost seats and cargo area. They swing open as well as gathered phenomenal agility, however closed with a great, protected thunk. The home window in the rear liftgate in fact rolls down, much like those on the wood-paneled station wagons of the '60s and also '70s. That excels, since this is a huge car. The liftgate swings so high that it's a long stretch for people five-feet high, despite the hanging assist strap.
Sequoia's overhangs, specifically the front, are short, so the approach and also separation angles are good for off-roading. The Restricted model has actually body tinted wheel arcs, mirrors and also molding, rather than black. It's likewise differentiated by its haze lights, running boards as well as common alloy wheels. Toyota hasn't required to the pattern of decking its SUVs with large swathes of black vinyl or plastic, and also in our sight that excels.
INTERIOR
Entering as well as from the Sequoia can be a challenge, specifically for smaller sized kids and Grandmother. Running boards are offered and also are immensely practical, along with the grab manages placed just inside the doorframes. But you need to be prepared to raise yourself up and right into this car. A large beast like the Sequoia calls for some physical mastery, which its owners not hesitate of heights.
As soon as in, there's a powerful view from every seat. The big, sumptuous leather seats in the Minimal model are incredibly comfy, and also warmed.
Controls adhere to Toyota's classic, and also convenient, common: Lights on the left stalk, wipers on the right. Stereo and also climate-control switches and knobs are larger than those in a lot of automobiles as well as are clustered in a sheath in the facility of the dash. Certainly, the temperature as well as follower dials are the largest in the Sequoia, which takes a little getting used to. Our instinct was to alter the indoor temperature level when we intended to change the quantity. All buttons have an enjoyable feeling, however we have a couple of nitpicks. The clock is mounted too low in the center of the dash, as well as obscured from sight by the climate-control buttons. And not all of us are enamored with the metal-tone trim that adorns the button clusters on the doors as well as dashboard.
Toyota's focus on information can be seen anywhere inside the Sequoia. The remarkably large container in between the pole positions is divided into two degrees. The leading degree has a fold-out clipboard and spring-loaded coin slots. The bottom level has a shaped, bookshelf-like CD holder to maintain to eight CDs from rattling around, however there suffices space left over to hold a six-pack or a moderately sized purse. The door pockets are slim, however there are two open bins at the front of the console, lined with rubber as well as deep enough to keep cell phones or purses from sliding around. An overhead console holds sunglasses. The motorist information center includes a compass, outside temperature level gauge, as well as fuel economy data, such as miles up until empty and also mpg.
The three-passenger second-row seat is big, contoured and comfy. The seat backs recline over a broad variety, as well as the rear sound and also environment controls on Sequoia's so complete are plainly positioned on the rear of the large center console, within easy reach of all 3 second-row seating positions, as well as those ahead. The seat itself splits 60/40 to fold.
The Sequoia is a champ if you have to transfer lots of youngsters on a regular basis. We say children because they'll have one of the most power and also dexterity to jump over the middle-row to get to the third-row seats. Nonetheless, asking full-sized grownups to crawl back there isn't really likely to cost you a couple of buddies. A bar on the curbside of the second seat launches a spring-loaded mechanism that drops the seatback as well as flips the entire seat onward. It clears a relatively broad path to the rear, and also the center seat is simple to plop back when travelers are aboard.
The three-place 3rd row is about just as good as they get. Legroom is restricted compared with the second row, yet the seatbacks recline and there's sufficient headroom. Even more, the whole 3rd row also glides fore/aft over a range of eight inches, to readjust for even more legroom or more storage behind the seat. With the 3rd seat up and all the method forward, there's area behind for a big travel suitcase and a number of carry-on bags.
For even more freight room, the third-row seats are easy to roll onward, or they can be eliminated entirely with a bit extra initiative. With them rolled, we found sufficient space for a jogging baby stroller, an infant knapsack and all the rest of the gear required for a day walk. For optimal cargo bring, you can remove the third-row seats as well as layer and also roll the second-row seats. Then there's enough area back there to clear out Toys 'R Us throughout an inventory-clearance sale.