2003 Toyota Sequoia SR5 4WD - Pre-Purchase Question

[aguison]

I was looking at a 2003 Toyota Sequoia SR5 4WD this morning (Sun 1/29/23) to buy as a second vehicle. Everything looked good except when I shifted the lever to Drive, the "D" green indicator would not light up. Everything else, i.e., P, R, 2, 3 the green indicators would light up. When I test drove the vehicle, when it reached 50 mph the sound it make was like it was in a lower gear than should be. I checked the RPM gauge and it looked ok, somewhere around 2,500 rpm.

What could this be? Would it be something that might be expensive? Should this be something that I walk away from?

Appreciate this forum's advice. Thank you very much!

 

[So Yo Say]

This is very common problem. The light bulb under the drive indicator (D) burned out. Mine has the same issue

 

[clmanaa]

I was looking at a 2003 Toyota Sequoia SR5 4WD this morning (Sun 1/29/23) to buy as a second vehicle. Everything looked good except when I shifted the lever to Drive, the "D" green indicator would not light up. Everything else, i.e., P, R, 2, 3 the green indicators would light up. When I test drove the vehicle, when it reached 50 mph the sound it make was like it was in a lower gear than should be. I checked the RPM gauge and it looked ok, somewhere around 2,500 rpm.

What could this be? Would it be something that might be expensive? Should this be something that I walk away from?

Appreciate this forum's advice. Thank you very much!

Same drive indicator light issue with mine. Those tranny's have overdrive issues so beware.