2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN VEERING TO THE RIGHT ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT AN UNUSUAL GRINDING NOISE. THE PROBLEM CEASED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS POWERED OFF HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 114,000.

MY TRACTION LIGHTS HAVE BEEN ON AND HAVE REMAINED ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. MY HUSBAND SAYS MY PANEL LOOKS LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL BUT WAS ADVISED THERE IS NOT. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES,UNTIL THIS PAST WEEKEND, OTHER THAN NOT REALIZING I HAD ENGAGED MY EMERGENCY BRAKE SINCE THE LIGHT CONSTANTLY STAYS ON. I NEARLY WRECKED THIS WEEKEND. IT WAS DARK AND RAINING. I HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO MISS ANOTHER CAR, THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AND STARTED SLIDING OUT OF CONTROL. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET IT STOPPED IN TIME TO AVOID ANOTHER ACCIDENT. MY TRACTION CONTROL DOESN'T WORK EITHER, I GUESS IT WENT OUT WHEN ALL THE OTHER CONTROL LIGHTS WENT OUT. I JUST WONDER IF THE AIRBAGS WORK, HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO FIND OUT THE HARD WAY. I KEEP READING NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE 2002 MODEL BUT HAVEN'T SEEN A RECALL. APPEARS THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2003 MODEL FOR THE SAME ISSUES. MY STEERING COLUMN IS BROKEN. I HAD IT CHECKED OUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO. APPARENTLY THE MAIN METAL COMPONENT IS BROKEN AND THEREFORE MY GEARS ENGAGEMENT DOESN'T LIGHT UP WHEN I AM IN DRIVE. IF SOMEONE ELSE DRIVES MY CAR, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT GEAR IT'S IN. I READY MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME BUT NO RECALL. MY REAR HATCH HANDLE HAS BROKEN 2 TIMES NOW WITHIN A YEAR OF THE OTHER WHICH COSTS ME $100 TO REPAIR EACH TIME. IT APPEARS TO BE CHEAPLY MADE AND PLASTIC AND IT CAN'T BE REPAIRED WITHOUT A LOT OF LABOR TO DISMANTLE THE REAR DOOR PLATE ON THE INSIDE TO INSTALL A NEW HANDLE. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM. *TR

DRIVING VEHICLE ON INTERSTATE WHEN IT SUDDENLY BRAKED AND PULLED TO THE RIGHT, CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION JUST AVOIDING THE CAR NEXT TO ME.VSC AND TRAC LIGHTS CAME ON.DEALER REPLACED NUMEROUS PARTS AND VEHICLE HAS BEEN OK FOR A FEW YEARS, THEN LIGHTS ARE ON AGAIN AND MORE PARTS REPLACED...NOW LIGHTS ON AGAIN AND DEALER DIAGNOSED IT AS BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER,,,$825.00,,, AFTER SPENDING THOUSANDS ALREADY ON THIS PROBLEM..I HAD A INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP REPLACE MASTER CYLINDER AND LIGHTS STILL ON WITH 3 NEW CODES..LOVE THE VEHICLE BUT SO SICK OF THIS ISSUE...AND WORRY ABOUT IT SUDDENLY BRAKING AND PULLING...02 NEEDS A RECALL.. *TR

THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE TOYOTA DEALER IN JANUARY 2013 PER A RECALL FOR POSSIBLE RUST IN THE FRAME. PER THE INSPECTION, RUST WAS NOT NOTED AND THE FRAME WAS TREATED WITH AN UNDERCOAT RUST INHIBITOR. HAD RUST BEEN NOTED, THE FRAME WOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED ACCORDING TO THE DEALER/RECALL. IN SEPTEMBER, 2013 A NOISE WAS NOTED IN THE FRONT END AREA WHEN TURNING AND GOING OVER BUMPS. UPON INSPECTION BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SWAY BAR HAD BECOME SEPARATED FROM ATTACHMENT TO THE FRAME DUE TO RUST. IT WAS FURTHER NOTED THAT THE SWAY BAR COULD NOT BE REATTACHED DUE TO A HOLE IN THE FRAME CAUSED BY RUST. THIS WAS LATER CONFIRMED BY THE TOYOTA MECHANIC ON 11/15/13. THEREFORE, THE VEHICLE IS NEITHER REPAIRABLE NOR SAFE TO DRIVE. EITHER TOYOTA'S TREATMENT FOR RUST PREVENTION WAS NOT EFFECTIVE OR RUST HAD ALREADY COMPROMISED THE FRAME BUT WAS NOT NOTED DURING THE INSPECTION. TOYOTA IS NOT HONORING THE ORIGINAL RECALL AND IS OFFERING NO SOLUTION IN ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM. TOYOTA CLAIMS IT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADDRESSING THE RUST IN THE FRAME ENDED ON 1/18/13. YET, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AND WE ARE LEFT WITH A VEHICLE THAT IS NEITHER SAFE, DRIVABLE, OR REPAIRABLE DUE TO A CONDITION FOR WHICH IT HAD BEEN RECALLED JUST A FEW MONTHS EARLIER. *TR

I HAVE OWNED MY SEQUOIA FOR YEARS AND THE APPROXIMATE MILEAGE IS AROUND 122,000 MILES. I PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW AND THE FIRST TIME I HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL WAS AROUND 2005. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT HAPPENED. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND MY SPEED WAS AROUND 40 MILES PER HOUR. THE WEATHER WAS SUNNY AND THE ROADS WERE DRY. I RAN ACROSS A ROUGH PATCH IN THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WHEELS LOCKED UP, THERE WAS THIS AWFUL SCREECHING SOUND, AND THE STEERING BECAME HARD. IT WAS LIKE I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. NEXT THING I KNEW, THE SKID TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS WERE ON. AFTER I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAD RESET ITSELF. OF COURSE, THE DEALERSHIP COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. THIS HAS OCCURRED AGAIN THROUGH THE YEARS AND EACH TIME I TAKE IT IN FOR SERVICE, I COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. TODAY I HAVE IT IN FOR SERVICE AGAIN AND MENTIONED IT YET AGAIN. I ASKED IF THEY COULD JUST DISCONNECT THE SKID TRACTION CONTROL BECAUSE I HAVE COME CLOSE SEVERAL TIMES TO LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE MANAGER EXPLAINED TO ME THEY COULD NOT DISCONNECT IT. WELL, THE WAY I FIGURE IT, TOYOTA WILL WAIT UNTIL AFTER SOMEONE IS KILLED OR BADLY INJURED AND THEY ARE SUED BEFORE THEY WILL DO ANYTHING. I HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA AMERICA TO NO AVAIL AS WELL AS THE NTSB. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER BEING SERVICE UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL FOR FRAME CORROSION, THE SWAY BAR BECAME FRACTURED AND A HOLE WAS FOUND IN THE FRAME DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN VERIFIED THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONSUMER TOYOTA DENIED THE REPLACEMENT FRAME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 199,000. UPDATED 01/07/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED EARLY ON, AND WAS INFORMED NO RUST WAS PRESENT, AND THE VEHICLE WAS GIVEN AN UNDERCOAT TREATMENT TO THE FRAME AS OPPOSED TO A REPLACEMENT. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, WHILE ON A TRIP, THE CONSUMER HEARD A SIGNIFICANT NOISE AND VIBRATION WHILE TURNING AND GOING OVER BUMPS. UPON HIS RETURN HOME, HE TOOK THE VEHICLE T HIS MECHANIC, WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THE SWAY BAR HAD DETACHED FROM THE FRAME. HE INFORMED THE CONSUMER THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT RUST IN THE FRAME CREATING A HOLE AND THE SWAY BAR COULD NOT BE RE-ATTACHED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE UNDERCOAT TREATMENT THE VEHICLE WAS GIVEN WAS INEFFECTIVE IN INHIBITING FURTHER RUST. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE UNDERCOAT INHIBITOR APPLIED TO HIS VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER USED DUE TO A SHORT SHELF LIFE. UPDATE 01/09/14

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 65PM ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRAC CONTROL LIGHT AND VSC LIGHT CAME ON, WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE TRUCK DUE TO THE STEERING WHEEL GETTING LIGHT. PULLED OVER AND STOPPED CALLED TOYOTA CUSTOMER CARE THEY STATES WE ARE OWN OUR OWN WITH THAT PROBLEM. *TR

VSC TRAC, TRAC OFF, BRAKE, AND ABS LIGHTS ON AS THE SAME TIME FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. SOMETIMES THE CAR STRADDLED A LITTLE BIT WHEN I DROVE ON FREEWAY. I CHECKED THE CODE, BUT THERE ARE NO CODE. I TRIED TO LOOKING FOR HELP ONLINE, BUT I AM SURPRISED, THERE WERE A LOT OF TOYOTA SEQUOIA OWNER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM LIKE MINE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VSC AND TRACTION WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 186,000.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY ON A DRY DAY, TRAVELING AT 65 MPH AND NOTICED THE TRAC CONTROL, ABS, AND BRAKE LIGHTS ALL ILLUMINATE. I THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING. AS I DROVE AT STEADY 65MPH I NOTICED THE VEHICLE BECOME UNSTABLE, I COULD FEEL THE REAR END BEING VERY WISH-WASHY, TO THE POINT I HAD TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN TO ABOUT 55 MPH SO THAT IT WOULD FEEL MORE STABLE. I DRIVE THIS SAME STRETCH OF FREEWAY OFTEN AND HAVE NEVER HAD THE TRUCK ACT LIKE THIS UNTIL THE LIGHTS BECAME ILLUMINATED. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO MY MECHANIC, THEY PERFORMED SOME DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND DID SOME INVESTIGATING AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG, NO TRIPPED CODES OR ANYTHING ELSE POINTING TO SOMETHING NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. WHILE THEY WORKED ON THE VEHICLE THEY HAD AT SOME POINT DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY, RESETTING THE COMPUTER, THIS SEEMED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM UNTIL LAST WEEK, 9/23/2013 WHEN THE LIGHTS SAME LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THIS SECOND TIME I NEVER NOTICED THE REAR-END BEING SLIPPERY AS I DID IN THE FIRST CASE. THANK GOODNESS. I WAS ON A LONG TRIP 600 MILES FROM HOME. I WORRIED THAT WHEN THESE LIGHTS ARE ILLUMINATED THAT IF I'M REQUIRED TO DO A QUICK STOP OR MANEUVER TO AVOID SOMETHING I MAY END UP IN A REALLY BAD SITUATION. BUT WITH THE LIGHTS BEING ILLUMINATED TWICE IN A YEAR SPAN I'M BEGINNING TO THINK THAT THIS COULD BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM. I'M DON'T LIKE THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF WHEN THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATE. *TR