2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA Complaints

THE VSC LIGHTS COME ON WHEN DRIVING, THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL SEAL WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND SHOULD BE ON A RECALL, THE FRAME WAS ON RECALL AND REPLACED IN 2014, BUT THE REAR SEALS WERE RUSTED THRU AND TOYOTA AFTER COSTING ME THOUSANDS DOES NOT WANT TO COVER REAR SEALS WHY ? RIGHT AFTER THE FRAME WAS REPLACED AND THE TOYOTA DEALER IN DEERFIELD BEACH, FL SAID THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS ALSO WAY RUSTED OUT AND MAY BLOW THE SEALS, WELL THEY DID DURING A OIL CHANGE AND CHECK. IF TOYOTA KNEW OF THE EXTREME RUST ON THE FRAME THAT IT WAS ALSO ON THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL AS CONFIRMED BY 3 DIFFERENT MECHANICS ONE BEING TOYOTA. TOYOTA WANTS ME TO PAY $2,000.00 TO FIX WHICH IS OUTRAGEOUS. *TR

IN THE FAST LANE I-10 EAST MM 110 DRIVER TIRE AND SPINDLE FELL OFF AND WENT UNDER CAR SKID ACROSS 4 LANES WITH MY 3 KIDS 8-4- 7 WEEKS AND WIFE.RECALL ALREADY BEEN DONE HAPPENED ON PASS SIDE 10K AGO ALSO SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED COULD HAVE KILLED ALL OF US WENT TO TOYOTA THE FIRST TIME AND WAS TOLD "WE'LL IT HAS OVER 100K MI" DOES THAT MEAN AFTER A TOYOTA HAS 100K MI THE FRONT END WILL FALL OFF AND POSSIBLE KILL EVERYONE,KEEP IN MIND RECALL WAS ALREADY DONE ONCE I DON'T BELIEVE IT .I HAVE OWNED TOYOTA'S ALL MY LIFE MY FATHER HAS WORKED FOR THEM SINCE 78' I HAVE HIS 85 4RUNNER WITH 360K ON IT AND I AM A MECHANIC MYSELF AND HAVE TURNED DOZENS OF PEOPLE TO TOYOTA'S THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE I WILL BE GETTING A LAWYER AND BUYING A CHEVY ON TUESDAY. *TR

THE ABS, VSC, AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP PER OWNERS MANUAL AND THEY WANTED UP TO $4,000 TO REPLACE VARIOUS COMPUTERS AND SENSORS. THERE SEEMS TO BE NOTHING WRONG WITH PERFORMANCE OF VEHICLE AND I SUSPECT IT IS JUST AN ISSUE WITH A SENSOR OR THE WARNING LIGHT ITSELF. SHOULD BE EASY AND INEXPENSIVE FIX BUT DEALERSHIP SEEMS TO BE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION. RESEARCHED ON INTERNET AND FOUND MANY, MANY OTHER TOYOTA OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE SAME VEHICLE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AND TOYOTA SHOULD STEP UP AND FIX (OR BE FORCED TO FIX) THIS CRONIC ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES. *JS

WAS TRAVELING ALONG ROAD AT 20 MPH AND THE VSC LIGHTS CAME ON. I HAD HEARD ABOUT THE OTHER PROBLEMS THAT OCCUR WHEN THIS HAPPENS SO I IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTARTED IT. UPON RESTARTING, NO INDICATION OF THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. SO FAR IT HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN. I AM WORRIED THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AS HAS BEEN DESCRIBED HUNDREDS OF TIMES ALREADY. PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE TOYOTA!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

I HAVE A 2002 SEQUOIA, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH MY BRAKES LOCKED. I TOOK IT IMMEDIATELY TO MY BRAKE GUY; HE LOOKED IT OVER, PUT IT ON THE MACHINE, FOUND NOTHING. I LEFT THINKING IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING ON THE ROAD THAT I MISSED SEEING, THAT SET OFF THE TRACTION SENSORS. A WEEK WENT BY WITHOUT INCIDENT BEFORE IT HAPPENED AGAIN; THIS TIME AT 40MPH ON A FLAT CLEAN HIGHWAY. THE TRAC OFF, VSC TRAC & THE SLIP INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON WHILE THE FRONT END SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT. I WAS UNABLE TO ADJUST THE BRAKE, AS IT FELT LOCKED AND MY STEERING COLUMN, WHILE VIBRATING MADLY WAS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN, IT WAS LIKE DRIVING AN OLD STYLE TRUCK WITHOUT POWER STEERING. I WENT TO ANOTHER BRAKE SHOP, THEY HOOKED IT UP TO THE MACHINE, AND AGAIN NOTHING SHOWED UP!! TODAY, FIVE DAYS LATER, WHILE DRIVING HOME WITH MY CHILDREN ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY DOING THE POSTED 65MPH IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I WAS SUDDENLY UNABLE TO MANEUVER MY VEHICLE, THE BRAKES LOCKED, THE STEERING LOCKED, AND MY VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT. I JUST HELD ON AND PRAYED AS MY CAR PULLED OFF THE ROAD, THANK HEAVENS THE GROUND WAS FLAT. I HAVE ONLY BEEN THAT AFRAID FOR MY FAMILY'S SAFETY ONCE BEFORE, AND THAT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TORNADO. TOYOTA HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM HERE! *TR

I HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH MY VSC/TRAC OFF LIGHT SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. THE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AT SEEMINGLY RANDOM TIMES, STAY ON UNTIL I RESTARTED THE TRUCK - WE WERE TOLD IT WAS NOT SOMETHING WE NEEDED TO WORRY ABOUT BY THE DEALERSHIPS IN FORT WORTH (FORT WORTH TOYOTA). RECENTLY (2/2014 & 3/2014), AS I WAS COMING DOWN A HILL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, THERE WAS A GRINDING SOUND AND THE VEHICLE WOULD SEEM TO BE STOPPING INSTEAD OF ACCELERATING - AND THE VSC LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND STOPPED; I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG UNDER THE HOOD OR NEAR THE WHEEL WELLS, WHICH IS WHERE IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM. IT DID NOT CONTINUE AND DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN FOR ABOUT A WEEK. THE NEXT TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 70 MPH. IT GRINDED FOR ABOUT A SECOND AND SLOWED ME DOWN ABRUPTLY, THEN STOPPED GRINDING. PRETTY HAIRY SITUATION, GOING 70 AND HAVING YOUR BRAKES SLOW YOU DOWN. I HAVE NOT HAD THE ISSUE LOOKED AT BY A TECHNICIAN YET AND AM NOT DRIVING THE TRUCK. IN RESEARCHING IT, I FOUND HUNDREDS OF ONLINE COMPLAINTS AND A RECALL FOR THE 2003 MODEL YEAR ON YOUR WEBSITE. [NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V176000 ] OBVIOUSLY, THE 2002 MODEL YEAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED, AS I AM SEEING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. *TR

VEHICLE HAD VIOLENT GRINDING AND BRAKING OF THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL CAUSING A HARD PULL TO THE RIGHT. VSC AND TRAC LIGHTS AND WARNING BUZZERS CAME ON. TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED FIVE MINUTES LATER. SAME THING HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES SINCE WITHIN 6 MONTHS. THE LAST TIME WAS ON THE INTERSTATE AND CAUSED HARD PULL TO THE RIGHT. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM AND CLAIM THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE. *TR

I HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FRAME RUST ON MY 2002 SEQUOIA. I HAVE BEEN ISSUED A SERVICE CAMPAIGN FROM TOYOTA AND HAVE BEEN PROACTIVELY CALLED UPON BY A LOCAL DEALER TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE. AFTER READING ON THE NHTSA WEB SITE AND OTHER FORUMS ABOUT STRUCTURAL ISSUES AND THE WAY TOYOTA IS HANDLING THIS ISSUE I WANT TO BE PROACTIVE IN MY COMPLAINT. SPRAYING OR FRAME REPLACEMENT IS THE ONLY OPTION I HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO DATE. THIS ISSUE APPEARS TO BE WIDESPREAD AND CAUSED BY TOYOTA'S MANUFACTURING PROCESSES. THAT BEING THE CASE, IT APPEARS THAT TOYOTA IS NOT STEPPING UP TO BUY BACK THOSE VEHICLES THAT REQUIRE THIS DRASTIC MEASURE. THEY SHOULD BUY BACK THE EFFECTED SEQUOIAS MUCH LIKE THEY DID REGARDING THE EXACT ISSUE WITH THEIR TUNDRA TRUCKS A FEW YEARS AGO. THE SEQUOIA AND THE TUNDRA SHARE THE SAME FRAME, SO WHY WOULDN'T THE BUY BACK EFFECT BOTH VEHICLES GIVEN SAFETY IMPLICATIONS. *TR

VSC TRACK SYSTEM ACTIVATES UNEXPECTEDLY UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS PRODUCING A VERY LOUD GRINDING NOISE OF THE FRONT BRAKES AND FOR ABOUT 15-30 SECS THE BRAKES WON'T WORK. THIS PROBLEM CAUSES THE STEERING SYSTEM TO SUDDENLY PULL TO THE RIGHT SIDE WITH A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF SPEED. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN IT HAS HAPPENED ON HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUME HIGHWAYS. REPORTED THIS SITUATION TO TOYOTA CORP. AND THEY REPLIED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CAMPAIGN OR RECALL FOR THE CONDITION DESCRIBED. TOYOTA CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE PROVIDED ME WITH INCIDENT NO. XXXXXX-XXX303 FOR MY COMPLAINT REPORT. IT IS WORTH TO MENTION OF THE HUNDREDS OF SEQUOIA OWNERS COMPLAINING OF THIS PROBLEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITES FOR VEHICLE COMPLAINTS AND YET NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE BY TOYOTA. *TR

SINCE THE DATE INDICATED (NOV.29,2013) THE TRACK OFF LIGHTS AND SYSTEM IN MY SEQUOIA GETS ACTIVATED WITHOUT ROAD CONDITIONS WHICH JUSTIFY IT.I FELT A STRONG NOISE AND LOST POWER AND HAD A DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE OF THE SUDDEN STOP OR LOSS OF ACCELERATION. TOOK IT TO TOYOTA AND TOLD SENSORS AND COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT GREAT COST , BUT WITH NO GUARANTEE OF DEFINITE SOLUTION.I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE INVOLVING ANTI- SKID AND TRACK SYSTEM WHICH NEED TO BE ATTENDED TO PROMPTLY.CAN YOU HELP? *TR