The 2027 Sequoia Now Helps Steer the Trailer Behind It

The 2027 Toyota Sequoia gets new trailer-assist systems that can measure a hitched trailer, keep it centered in its lane and help steer it in reverse.

Toyota has also confirmed that the refreshed SUV starts at $69,900. It groups the new features under the name Trailer Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, and they sit on top of the Toyota Safety Sense 4.0 suite that every 2027 Sequoia gets as standard. The Sequoia arrives with the same i-FORCE MAX hybrid as before, a 3.4-liter twin-turbo V6 paired with a motor generator for 437 horsepower and 583 lb-ft of torque, and its maximum towing capacity stays at 9,520 pounds.

The details come from Toyota’s U.S. launch release, published November 4. Toyota’s first announcement of the 2027 Sequoia in July covered the new styling, the Trailhunter package and the 14-inch touchscreen, but it said nothing about the towing systems and held back pricing until closer to the start of production.

The suite has four parts. Automated Trailer Detection uses the rear radar and camera to notice that a trailer is attached, measure its physical characteristics and enter them into the Trailer Garage menu, which Toyota has moved from the gauge cluster to the main touchscreen. Trailer Blind Spot Monitor stretches the blind-spot zone back along the length of the trailer, sized to the trailer it detects. Trailer Lane Trace Assist is a towing version of Lane Tracing Assist that gives steering support to keep the rig centered, and Toyota says it can compensate when lanes split and help with uneven roads and some crosswinds. The fourth piece is an improved Trailer Backup Guide with dynamic on-screen guidelines, a slider control and semi-automated steering support, and Toyota says it can guide a path to the trailer and help detect the risk of a jackknife. Toyota calls the towing systems "available," and the release does not say which grades get them.

The release adds a few other new items. An Advanced Rear Seat Reminder uses a millimeter-wave radar hidden in the headliner to detect movement in the second and third rows after the driver has parked and walked away, and it can respond with the hazard lights, the horn, app notifications, text messages and an automated phone call when a Safety Connect trial or subscription is active. A 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster is now standard, the built-in Drive Recorder dash cam can play its 20-second clips back on the touchscreen, and the multimedia system runs on Arene, the software platform from Woven by Toyota that supports over-the-air updates.

The $69,900 starting price matches the figure for the 4×4 SR5 on the 2027 pricing sheet that surfaced in October, which also showed Toyota dropping both rear-wheel-drive Sequoias. Toyota’s release lists the lineup as SR5, Limited, Platinum, 1794, TRD Pro and Capstone, with the Trailhunter package offered on the SR5. The TRD Pro gets Sequoia-specific FOX QS3 adjustable shocks, standard red tow hooks and the new Honeycomb color, while the Trailhunter package brings Old Man Emu suspension, an underbody skid plate, front recovery hooks, Michelin LTX Trail tires, bronze-colored wheels, Crawl Control, Multi-Terrain Select and a locking rear differential. Toyota says the 2027 Sequoia is expected at dealers in the fall of 2026.

The Toyota Report Take

The trailer tech is the most useful thing Toyota added to the Sequoia this year, because towing is the reason most people buy a body-on-frame SUV over a Grand Highlander. A Sequoia that measures its own trailer and helps with the backing-up part will make the 9,520-pound rating a lot less intimidating for a family hauling a camper for the first time. We’d like to see Toyota say which grades get the full suite, because if it’s reserved for the top trims, the $69,900 SR5 buyer will be left doing it the old way.