I was driving on the free way when i felt my vehicle rattled and a something came off the front driver side tire. i was able to take an exit and safety. i got out and checked the tire and found a 2x5 chunk of rubber was missing from the tire wall and the tire was going flat. when i tried to open the back-hatch to put on the spare tire the hatch latch wouldn't work. upon closer inspection i found the plastic latch was broker and made it impossible to lower the the spare tire. i was fortunate to be close enough to home to drive it slowly before the tire went completely flat. upon further investigation i found the latch issue to be a common problem with sequoia 2002-2007 due to cheap plastic part and with out providing a secondary safety release to open the back-hatch in case of emergency. the dealer is charging $400 - $500 dollars labor to make the repair to a $20 dollar part. http://forums.edmunds.com/discussion/10071/toyota/sequoia/toyota-sequoia-rear-hatch-door-problems
On monday afternoon 1/19/2015 was driving my 2007 toyota sequoia 40 mph as i drove my vehicle suddenly dropped on the left side & my tire flew off. damage was done to my suspension as it scrapped & hit the concrete pavement damage was done to my rim. now the dealership i purchased the vehicle from is currently working to resolve my issue. what happened to me has happened to many others where they will input your vin into toyota system but it does not populate that your vehicle is involved in the recall. yet they recalled over 500,000 vehicle sold with the defect ball joint. this has cause substantial damage to a perfectly good vehicle. *tr