2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA Complaints

WHEN DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, THE VEHICLE PERIODICALLY YANKS HARD TO THE RIGHT, IT SOUNDS LIKE I HAVE A FLAT TIRE, FRONT RIGHT TIRE FEELS AND SOUNDS LIKE IT STOPPED TURNING. CAR SLOWS, VSC SYSTEM IDIOT LIGHTS FLASH AND BEEP. AFTER I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY THOUGH UNINTENTIONALLY RUN ANOTHER CAR OFF THE ROAD IT RETURNS TO NORMAL. THE IDIOT LIGHTS STAY ON UNTIL THE CAR IS TURNED OFF. HAS BEEN TAKEN TO MECHANICS NUMEROUS TIMES IN LAST FEW WEEKS, CANNOT FIND A PROBLEM. BUT KEEPS HAPPENING. MECHANIC IS AWARE OF 2003 AND NEWER RECALL FOR THE SAME REASON, TRIED RECALIBRATING YAW SENSOR SUCCESSFULLY. 3 DAYS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN MECHANICS SAYS THE SENSOR MAY BE PERIODICALLY MALFUNCTIONING, OVER CORRECTING FOR A NONEXISTENT PROBLEM. IT HAS HAPPENED GOING 30 MPH ONCE, AS WELL AS TODAY THE LIGHTS AND BEEPING WENT OFF AT A DEAD STOP IN MY DRIVEWAY. WENT STRAIGHT TO MECHANICS, TURNED OFF CAR TO GO INSIDE, NOTHING FOUND WHEN HE PULLED IT IN

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V285000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

THE VSC OFF, VSC TRAC, BRAKE LIGHT, AND ABS INDIATOR LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD, STAY ON ALL OF THE TIME. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE VSC LIGHT PROBLEM IS AT LEAST A $700 FIX. THESE LIGHTS HAVE COME ON AND NEVER GO OFF.

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STATIONARY DURING DRY CONDITIONS, THE VCS LIGHT TURNS ON AND STARTS BEEPING WHILE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGE SUDDENLY WITH POWER LOSS AND SIGNIFICANT FRONT END VIBRATION. THERE IS A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND MUCH SLOWER BRAKING WHICH IS DANGEROUS AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. WHEN THE VEHICLE FINALLY COMES TO A STOP, THE "VSC TRAC" AND "TRAC OFF" LIGHTS COME ON AND STAY ON AND THE CAR DRIVES FINE FROM THAT POINT ON UNTIL TURNED OFF. WHEN THE "TRAC OFF" AND "VCS TRAC" LIGHTS STAY ON AFTER STARTING THE CAR, THE PROBLEM DOES NOT PRESENT ITSELF. HOWEVER, IF THOSE LIGHTS ARE NOT ON WHEN PUTTING THE CAR INTO DRIVE, THE PROBLEM WILL HAPPEN WITHIN THE FIRST MILE. THE CODE READER DOES NOT SHOW A SPECIFIC CAUSE SO OFFICIALLY UNKNOWN, HOWEVER, THE SITUATION SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE THAT OF OTHER 2002 AND LATER SEQUIOAS THAT WERE RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. OUR 2002 WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AS IT WAS MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO THE RECALL DATE BUT APPEARS THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE STABILITY LIGHT FLASHED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE YAW-RATE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 191,000.

TRAC OFF-ROAD LIGHTS, TRAC VSC LIGHT, BEEPING, PULLED RIGHT AND DECELERATE ON INTERSTATE. FORNUNATELY, IN THE RIGHT LANE OTHERWISE DO WOULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. SPEED APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH

WHETHER DRIVING ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS OR ON THE FREEWAY, I HAVE EXPERIENCED UNEXPECTED PULLS (JERKING) ON MY STEERING WHEEL AND WOULD HEAR GRINDING NOISE WHERE I CAN FEEL MY CAR SHAKING (AS IF I WAS DRAGGING A METAL SCRAPING THE ROAD AS I AM DRIVING). THIS WILL HAPPEN FOR A FEW SECONDS (TO AS LONG AS ALMOST A MINUTE, UNTIL I PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF MY ENGINE IN ONE CASE WHERE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY). EVERY TIME THIS OCCURS, THE VSC LIGHT COMES ON AND REMAINS ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WHEN I FIRST STARTED EXPERIENCING THIS, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THERE ARE NO RECALLS OR KNOWN ISSUES. IT WOULD CONTINUE TO HAPPEN PERIODICALLY AND SINCE IT WASN'T HAPPENING ALL THE TIME, THE DEALERSHIP WOULD ALWAYS SAY THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR, WHENEVER I BROUGHT IT IN, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T RE-CREATE THE ISSUE. LATELY, IT'S BEEN HAPPENING ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS (SOMETIMES 2-3 TIMES A DAY). JUST YESTERDAY, WHILE I WAS MAKING A U-TURN, THE VSC CAME ON AND LOCKED MY STEERING WHEEL TO THE POINT WHERE IT SLOWED MY ACCELERATION FOR SEVERAL SECONDS AFTER THE TURN. THEN, WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE FREEWAY (STRAIGHT, FLAT SURFACE) GOING 65 MPH, IT HAPPENED AGAIN: MY STEERING WHEEL JERKED TO 1 SIDE, THE GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE VSC LIGHT CAME ON. AND LATER, WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH ON RESIDENTIAL STREET (ALSO STRAIGHT AND FLAT SURFACE) IT HAPPENED AGAIN. TODAY, I WENT ONLINE AND TYPED IN MY VIN# AND SURE ENOUGH, IT SAYS THERE ARE NO RECALLS, HOWEVER, THERE'S MULTIPLE FORUMS AND COMPLAINTS OF THIS ISSUE. THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG, ESPECIALLY IF MULTIPLE OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING. THIS IS DEFINITELY A HAZARD & SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT HAPPENS UNEXPECTEDLY. FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CO-WORKERS WHO HAVE RODE IN MY CAR ALL WITNESSED AND EXPERIENCED IT. PLEASE ADVISE ME ON A RESOLUTION.

2002 SEQUOIA PURCHASED USED, VSC TRAC DESENGAGES WITHOUT WARNING AT ANY TIME, SLOWING DOWN THE VEHICLE AND MAKING GRINDING NOICE IN THE SUSPENSION OR BREAKS, IT WILL RESET AGAIN AFTER PARK AND SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF, THIS PROBLEM HAD HAPPEN AT LEAST 3 TIMES IN ABOUT ONE MONTHSINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED, THE WARNING LIGHTS NO LONGER SHUT OFF AFTER TURNING KEY OFF, VSC LIGHT; TRAC OFF DASHBOARD LIGHTS STAT ON. CAN THE VSC/TRAC DISENGAGED BE DUE TO A FAULTY SENSOR: CAN'T THIS JUST STAY TURNED OFF SINCE THERE IS A VSC TRAC BUTTON IN TRUCK TO TURN IT OFF?

WHILE DRIVING MY 2002 SEQUIOA AT ANY SPEED ABOVE 20MPH, THE VEHICLE MAKES A TERRIFYING GRINDING NOISE, WHILE THE SKID ICON BEEPS AND THE TRAC & VSC LIGHTS COME ON. THE STEERING & BRAKING BECOMES DIFFICULT AND THE CAR VEERS TO THE RIGHT. ITS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE YEARS AND I RECENTLY LEARNED OF THIS FORUM. IF I START THE TRUCK AND LET IT RUN WHILE I FINISH GETTING DRESSED, THE LIGHTS WILL SOMETIMES BE ON BEFORE I START DRIVING AND THE PROBLEM DOESN'T OCCUR BUT THAT COULD TAKE UP TO AN HOUR TO OCCUR, SO I'VE LEARNED TO ONLY DRIVE IT WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE ON ON THE DASH. BEEN TO DEALERSHIP WHO ONLY REMINDS ME THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON MY TRUCK. ONE DEALERSHIPS CONCERN WAS ONLY TO SELL ME ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE REMINDING ME HOW EXPENSIVE THE ISSUE WAS TO FIX, QUOTING ME A REPAIR COST OF APPROXIMATELY $3000. I'VE HAD THE TRUCK SINCE 2003 AND IT HAS ONLY 116K MILES, PARTLY BECAUSE I'M SCARED TO EITHER CRASH AND HURT MY FAMILY OR KILL SOMEONE ELSE'S FAMILY. I WORKED HARD TO PAY FOR THIS VEHICLE AND WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT BUT I'M TERRIFIED TO DRIVE IT. LIVING IN LOUISIANA WHERE HURRICANE EVACUATIONS ARE COMMON, I NEED MY TRUCK AND I CANT BELIEVE THAT A REPUTABLE COMPANY LIKE TOYOTA WONT ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. IM A TOYOTA FAN & THIS IS MY 3RD TOYOTA BUT I THINK I WONT BE BUYING ANOTHER ONE.

2002 SEQUOIA PURCHASED USED, VSC TRAC DESENGAGES WITHOUT WARNING AT ANY TIME, SLOWING DOWN THE VEHICLE AND MAKING GRINDING NOICE IN THE SUSPENSION OR BREAKS, IT WILL RESET AGAIN AFTER PARK AND SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF, THIS PROBLEM HAD HAPPEN AT LEAST 10 TIMES IN ABOUT ONE YEAR THAT I AM DRIVING IT, DUE TO THE UNEXPECTED DESENGAGE OF THE VSC TRAC AT ANY TIME SLOWING DOWN THE VEHICLE WITH OUT WARNING AND NO BREAK LIGHT IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN, I HAVE LOOK IN THE INTERNET AND THIS PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON WITH THIS VEHICLES EQUIPED WITH THE VSC TRAC, I HAVE CALLED TOYOTA AND THERE IS NO RECALLS FOR THE ISSUE, I BELIEVE IT IT IS A MALFUNCTION OF THE SYSTEM IT SHOULD BE TAKE CARE UNLESS THEY ARE WAITING FOR SOMETHING DRASTIC TO HAPPEN, HOPE I CAN GET SOME WHERE WITH THIS COMPLAINT, THIS IS A SECOND TOYOTA AT HOME AND I LIKE TO KEEP BOTH CARS FOR AS LONG AS I CAN. THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM DOES HAPPEN AT ANY TIME IN THE STREET AT 20 MILES HIGWAY AT 50 SOME TIMES AT 60 MILES, DURING STRAIGHT RIDE OR TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT, PLEASE ADVISE I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO INCURRE EXPENCES ON A FACTORY DEFECTIVE ISSUE.