2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA Complaints

VSC TRACTION AND ABS CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS STAY LIT. LIGHTS WOULD GO ON AND OFF AND NOW STAY LIT ALL THE TIME SO HAVE NO WARNING IF ABS SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONAL OR HAS OTHER ISSUES. LOST THE ABILITY TO TURN TRACTION CONTROL ON/OFF. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AT DEALER, 3-26-07, AND WAS INFORMED IT WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WITH AN INTERNAL COMPONENT, YAW RATE SENSOR. REPORTED TO TOYOTA AND REQUESTED ASSISTANCE IN REPAIRING AS THIS APPEARED TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. TOYOTA DENIED CLAIM. HAVE SEEN VEHICLES PRODUCED 1 MONTH EARLIER ARE NOW UNDER RECALL FOR SIMILAR ISSUES NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 10V176000. DEALER COST TO REPAIR AT TIME WAS $1433. HAVE EXPERIENCED BRAKING ODDITIES ON OCCASIONS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A FAMILIAR TWO LANE ROAD WITH MANY CURVES AND NOT REACHING A SPEED ABOVE 45 MPH, I CAME UPON A CURVE, BRAKED, AND STEERED MY SEQUOIA APPROPRIATELY. I WAS DRIVING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CURVE, BUT WHEN I TRIED TO TURN WITH THE CURVE, MY SEQUOIA HEADED TOWARD THE ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC. AS IT VEERED TOWARD THE FENCE POSTS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD, I COULD NOT SLOW IT DOWN OR STEER IT BACK TO MY LANE. NO MATTER HOW I PRESSED THE BRAKES, IT WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN BUT INSTEAD SPED UP. THE LAST I REMEMBER IS THE REALIZATION THAT I COULD DO NOTHING TO STOP OR STEER MY SEQUOIA. I ROLLED IT 3 1/2 TIMES (THROUGH THE FENCE AND THEN BACK THROUGH IT AGAIN IN ANOTHER SPOT). MANY THANKS TO GOD, MY 3 YEAR OLD MADE IT OUT WITH BUT ONE SMALL SCRATCH ON HIS ARM AND A HUGE FEAR. HOWEVER, IT TOOK THEM 1 1/2 HOURS TO GET ME OUT AND THEN I HAD TO BE CARE-FLIGHTED DUE TO FACIAL INJURIES, HEAD TRAUMA, AND DISFIGURED LEFT ARM. ALTHOUGH MY SEQUOIA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE EQUIPPED WITH SIDE IMPACT AIRBAGS ALONG WITH FRONT AIRBAGS NOT A SINGLE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. I KNOW CERTAIN SENSORS HAVE TO BE ACTIVATED TO INFLATE AN AIRBAG SO I FEEL I NEED TO MENTION THAT THIS VEHICLE NO LONGER RESEMBLED A SEQUOIA. NO HEADLIGHTS REMAINED, ALL WINDOWS WERE GONE, THE DASH, HOOD AND ROOF COLLAPSED IN ON ME. IT TOOK ME FIVE WEEKS TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL AGAIN AFTER FEELING SUCH HELPLESSNESS. LAST WEEK I RECEIVED A POST CARD ABOUT TOYOTA RECALLS THAT INVOLVED MY SEQUOIA SO I DECIDED TO LOOK IT UP. I GOT VERY SICK READING THE RECALLS AND INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE RELATED TO WHAT I EXPERIENCED. IT IS VERY UPSETTING THAT I TRUSTED TOYOTA FOR MY FAMILY AND THAT THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. *TR

THE FRAME IS RUSTING OUT I HAD THE REAR BEARINGS REPLACED AND THEY WHERE RUSTED OUT TOO. ALL MOST ALL OF THE BOLTS ON THE FRAME ARE RUSTED CANT CHANGE ANY PARTS ON THE FRAME DO TO THE RUST MY WIFE WILL NOT LET THE KIDS RIDE IN THE TRUCK IAM THINKING ABOUT CALLING THE LOCAL NEWS AND HAVE THEM DO A STORY ON IT I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE A RECALL AND FIXES THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VSC TRAC, VSC AND THE ABS WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE SEIZED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLIDE ACROSS THE PAVEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE SENSOR POSITION FOR THE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V176000 (ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000. *TR

STARTED CAR UP AND PUT IT IN REVERSE ALL THE SUDDEN THESE LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE BAKES NOW FILL FUNNY. *TR

UNINTENDED ACCELERATION, INCREASED ACCELERATION DESPITE STEPPING ON BRAKE, , BRAKES DID NOT STOP CAR AND CRASHED TOTAL LOSS. *TR

THE TOYOTA SEQUOIA WENT NOSE DOWN AND STARTED TO MAKE A GRINDING NOISE PULLING HARD TO THE RIGHT. LOSS OF POWER HAPPENED AND I HAD NO CONTROL. I TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. IT HAS DONE THIS THREE TIMES. I FEEL LIKE I WILL HIT SOMEONE OR SOMEONE WILL HIT ME! *TR

MY WIFE WAS ON FREEWAY, DRIVING OUR 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA LIMITED 2WD, WHEN VSC LIGHT LIT UP AND A BUZZER SOUNDED. AT THE SAME TIME, HER VEHICLE STARTED TO DECELERATE ON ITS OWN, CAUSING VEHICLES BEHIND HER TO HAVE TO BRAKE TO KEEP FROM REAR-ENDING HER VEHICLE. THIS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A HORRIFIC GRINDING AND BANGING SOUND. MY WIFE FOUND A SAFER PLACE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND STOP THE VEHICLE. A TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED AND VEHICLE WAS "FLAT-BED" TOWED TO REPAIR GARAGE. *TR

RECEIVED A LETTER FROM TOYOTA FOR A LIMITED SERVICE CAMPAIGN, FOR RUSTING OF THE FRAME. I TOOK MY TOYOTA TO KOONS TOYOTA IN ANNAPOLIS, MD. THEY CALLED ME THE NEXT DAY AND SAID IT FAILED FOR RUST. THERE WAS A HOLE IN MY FRAME AND TOYOTA WOULD REPLACE THE FRAME AT NO COST TO ME. THEN THEY CALLED ME TO TELL ME IT WOULD COST $6,400.00 TO REPLACE EVERYTHING UNDER THE VEHICLE, BECAUSE IT WAS SO RUSTED OUT THAT WHEN THEY TOOK THE PARTS OFF THEY WOULD CRUMBLE. TWO DAYS LATER THEY CALLED AND TOLD ME IT WOULD COST $6,900.00 TO REPLACE PARTS. THEY CALLED LAST NIGHT AND SAID IT WOULD COST ME $7,845.00 AND THEY COULD NOT GUARANTEE THE PRICE WOULD NOT BE HIGHER.THEY SENT ME PICTURES OF MY FRAME AND THERE IS A LARGE HOLE IN THE FRAME. MY QUESTION IS SHOULDN'T I GET MY TRUCK BACK IN WORKING CONDITION WITHOUT ME PAYING FOR ANYTHING? I CONTACTED TOYOTA IN CA. AND TALKED TO THE RUST SPECIALIST, AND HE SAID THEY WOULD NOT PAY FOR MY PARTS. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE RETIRED AND LIVE ON A FIXED INCOME. WE CAN NOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE PARTS. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN PAID FOR ONCE, WHY SHOULD I TAKE OUT A LOAN FOR A TRUCK THAT HAS BEEN PAID FOR. THE DEALER ALSO ASKED US TO COME PICK UP MY TRUCK IF I WOULD NOT AUTHORIZE TO PAY FOR THE PARTS. WHEN I PICKED UP MY TRUCK TODAY, THEY SAID IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO THE TRUCK WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT HOME, THEY WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE, BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET IT FIXED. PLEASE MAKE TOYOTA RECALL THESE RUSTED TRUCKS BACK. THE RUSTED FRAME ALSO INCLUDES TUNDRAS, BECAUSE THEY USE THE SAME FRAME. THANK YOU. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VSC AND ABS WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE MALFUNCTION OCCURRED AFTER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V176000 (ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL , TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM) WAS COMPLETED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE. .