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2014 Sequoia with a poor gas mileage and loose steering wheel?

Discussion in 'Sequoia 2nd Gen (2008-2022)' started by Mo2020, May 3, 2020.

  1. May 3, 2020 at 12:58 AM
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    I just bought 2014 Sequoia and I have these 2 problems
    1. Gas mileage is around 7 combined
    Changed sparked plug and notice some oils on the old ones, not a lot but there is a little bit of oil, after that the gas mileage went up to 10 mph, is that the best thing I can get with the Sequoia.

    2. The steering wheel is loose it plays a little bit.
    It's v8 with 35k, standard tires.
    Any suggestions.
     
    Mo2020, May 3, 2020
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  2. May 4, 2020 at 2:11 PM
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    Damn... My old 2012 pulled 14-19 and the steering was tight. Disconnect the battery, and let it sit over night. Hook it back up and try it. Buy a bottle of AMSOIL P.I. run a tank of gas with that in it and try to blow it out. I usually feed my tundra a bottle when I am going to tow the camper and I can get it good and blown through. As far as the steering, find a body shop that has a frame machine and does alignments. Tell them to check it out and throw a four wheel alignment on it. With the rear independent suspension it will save your tires. These aren't solutions, but it is the cheap and easy things to try. If you have been running E-85 then that doesn't help anything.
     
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  3. May 4, 2020 at 4:14 PM
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    Is your sequoia flex fuel? My wife’s sequoia was getting very poor mileage and even though we’ve never used e85 the ECU was reading high alcohol %. Toyota tried resetting but ended up replacing the fuel pump under a recall.
     
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  4. May 4, 2020 at 5:45 PM
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    That's pretty low mileage for a 2014, the motor should be near new condition. We have a 2015 and consistently get 14-15 mpg combined. Are you calculating the mileage by hand, or going off the computer?
     
    DoubleJackOnTap, May 4, 2020
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  5. May 4, 2020 at 5:54 PM
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    Something doesn't sound right. There should not be any oil on the spark plugs and loose steering on a Sequoia with only 35K miles. No modern vehicle should get only 7 mpg's. There is something seriously wrong here.
     
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  6. May 4, 2020 at 6:04 PM
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    I agree, my old 76 Dodge 4x4 with the full time 4x4 used to get around 7-9 mpg's.
     
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  7. May 4, 2020 at 6:20 PM
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    Same, I had an 72 Delta 88 with the 455 4bbl that would get 10mpg in the city but cruising at 70 would pull 21mpg
     
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  8. May 4, 2020 at 6:26 PM
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    Yeah, I've had a number of 60's cars with big V8's and none got me worse than 10 mpgs.
     
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