2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA Complaints

VSC LIGHT COMES ON WHEN TURNING CORNERS. DEALER INDICATES THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE FOR MY MAKE AND YEAR OF CAR. CAR TEMPORARILY LOSES POWER WHEN THIS HAPPENS. CAR HAS 60,000 MILE. *TR

2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA VAC TRAC DISENGAGED LOST CONTROL / ACCELERATOR/BRAKES/ TOOK AUTO TO REPAIR DEALER COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM. *TR

THE VSC TRAC LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT OF MY 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA IS ON. WHEN DRIVING THE ENGINE SEEMS TO HESITATE AND LURCHES FORWARD. I WAS TOLD THAT I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION. MY CAR ONLY HAS 45,000 MILES ON IT AND OUR WARRANTY EXPIRED ONE MONTH AGO. MY INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. A NEW TRANSMISSION WILL COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND IS UN-ACCEPTABLE FOR SUCH A YOUNG CAR. *TR

THE TRACTION CONTROL COMPUTER ON MY 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY. TOYOTA ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN RELATED TO THIS BUT WILL NOT REIMBURSE OR RECALL THOSE WITH THIS FAULTY COMPUTER EVEN WHEN THEIR TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS CLEARLY STATES THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SKID CONTROL COMPUTER LOGIC. IN MY CASE, THE BAD SKID CONTROL COMPUTER (PART #89541-OC070) CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO NOT BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE IN CERTAIN INSTANCES. AS THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED RANDOMLY, IT PRESENTED DANGER TO THE DRIVER AS WELL AS OTHER VEHICLES. I BELIEVE THAT THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED IN ALL TOYOTA SEQUOIAS WITH MODEL YEARS 2003 - 2005 AS INDICATED IN TOYOTA'S SERVICE BULLETIN. *TR

VSC, TRACK, AND BRAKE LAMP STAY ON. TOYOTA HAS NOT REPAIRED PROBLEM. WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO THEM IN WARRANTY WHEN THEY SAID THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE COMPUTER BUT DIDN'T HAVE THE PART. THEY HAVE SINCE REPLACED THE COMPUTER BUT THE PROBLEM PERSIST. NOW THEY SAY IT IS A MASTER CYLINDER SENSOR (2 OF THEM) BUT STILL HAVE NOT REPAIRED. WHEN FIRST BROUGHT TO THEM, I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. HAVE SINCE NOTICED THAT THE INTERNET IS FILLED WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. THIS AFFECTS TRACTION AND IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. THIS PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED FROM 2005 TO PRESENT. *TR

I WAS LEASING AN 2005 SEQUOIA THROUGH SOUTHEAST TOYOTA. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 6 MONTHS AGO AND AT THE TIME IT WAS CERTIFIED. SINCE I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE I EXPERIENCED THE BRAKE LIGHT GOING ON AND OFF. IT NEVER STAYED ON LONG ENOUGH TO TAKE IT IN TO BE CHECKED OUT AND WOULD OFTEN GO AWAY AFTER THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN. RECENTLY, THE CHECK ENGINE, VSC TRAC AND TRAC OFF LIGHTS CAME ON AND REMAINED LIT AFTER THE CAR WAS STARTED - THE BRAKE LIGHT WOULD ALSO CONTINUE TO COME ON AFTER DRIVING AND WOULD NOT ALWAYS COME BACK ON AFTER THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND STARTED BACK UP AGAIN. I TOOK MY SEQUOIA INTO THE CLOSEST DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A SKID CONTROL ECU #89541-0C070 ($2206), MASTER CYLINDER PRESSURE SENSOR #89637-0C020 ($477.86) AND A KNOCK SENSOR BANK 2 #89615-06010 #17171-50030 ($741). MY RESEARCH HAS SHOWED THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY VEHICLE OWNER WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS CONFIRMED WITH ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE; HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE SENSORS ARE MALFUNCTIONING, MY ABS AND TRAC IS NOT WORKING. I HAVE CALLED TOYOTA CORPORATE. THEY WERE ONLY WILLING TO HELP ME OUT WITH APPROX 20% OF THE COST. I MADE MY FIRST CALL YESTERDAY. I CALLED AGAIN TO DAY AND WAS TOLD THAT I SHOULD HEAR BACK FROM A MANAGER BY 6PM PST TOMORROW. AN INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO BE STARTED ON THIS PROBLEM. *TR

WE JUST PURCHASED A USED 2005 TOYOYTA SEQUOIA SR5 4WDON 01/23/2009. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS KEPT COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY SO IN THE INTREST OF OUR SAFETY WE TOOK IT IN TO A TOYOTA DEALER AND GOT IT LOOKED AT. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE SKID CONTROL ECU WAS BAD AND THROWING THE CODES C1223 AND C1247 AND THE COST TO REPLACE THE ECU IS AROUND $2400 DOLLARS AFTER DOING A FEW GOOGLE SEARCHES I FIND OUT THAT THIS IS A VERY WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AND CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL FOR SUCH AN IMPORTANT AND EXSPENSIVE PART OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA WITH 56,000 MILES ON IT. OVER THE PAST MONTH THE DASH BOARD BRAKE WARNING LIGHT HAS STARTED COMING ON. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER LAST WEEK, STERLING MCCALL TOYOTA IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. THE DEALER DIAGNOSTICS REVEALED A ERROR CODE ON THE COMPUTER OF C1247 STROKE SENSOR FAILURE. AFTER A DAY THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. THE DEALERS RESPONSE WAS THAT A $2,300 ECU WAS REQUIRED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. IF YOU LOOK ONLINE THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAIN ON THIS VEHICLE. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE! *TR

I HAVE A 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA WITH 36,000 MILES ON IT. OVER THE PAST MONTH THE DASH BOARD BRAKE WARNING LIGHT HAS STARTED COMING ON. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER LAST WEEK, ARLINGTON TOYOTA IN JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA. THE DEALER DIAGNOSTICS REVEALED A ERROR CODE ON THE COMPUTER OF C1247 STROKE SENSOR FAILURE. AFTER A $100 ADJUSTMENT OF THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH, WITH IN A DAY THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. THE DEALER'S RESPONSE WAS THAT A $2,300 ECU WAS REQUIRED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I AM AMAZED THAT A VEHICLE WITH 36, 00 MILES AND LESS THAT 4 YEARS OLD COULD REQUIRE A PART THAT EXPENSIVE. DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM TOYOTA TRUCKS. AN INTERNET SEARCH WILL RETURN PAGES OF 'HITS' COVERING SEVERAL MODEL YEARS OF TOYOTA TRUCKS FROM HUNDREDS OF VICTIMIZED OWNERS. MOST OF THOSE POSTS DETAIL OWNERS BEING TAKEN FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BY TOYOTA SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AS THEIR TECHNICIANS STRUGGLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING MULTIPLE VERY EXPENSIVE PARTS. IN MY MIND, THIS IS CLEARLY SOMETHING THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO GET INVOLVED IN, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I DO NOT KNOW IF THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE HERE. TO ME A SENSOR DETECTING AN ISSUE WITH A VEHICLES BREAKING SYSTEM IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE IGNORED AND THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO CORRECT THIS CLEARLY SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WITH ONE OF THEIR PRODUCTS. RICHARD HARP *TR

I HAVE A 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA LIMITED 2WD. AT RANDOM TIMES THE VSC DEALERSHIP, VSC OFF, ABS, AND PARKING BRAKE LIGHTS ALL COME ON AT ONCE. THEY WILL STAY ON UNTIL I STOP THE VEHICLE AND TURN THE IGNITION OFF. WHEN I RESTART THE TRUCK THEY WILL FUNCTION NORMALLY. THERE ARE MANY THEORIES OF WHY THIS HAPPENS, BUT MY DEALERSHIP SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG. I AM WORRIED ABOUT A COSTLY REPAIR WHEN I AM OUT OF WARRANTY OR A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK AT THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY SAY THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *TR