2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA SEQUIOA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE ABS AND THE BSC LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER AND THE BRAKES INADVERTENTLY ENGAGED. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE WARNING LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE AND THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITHOUT FAILURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY SIX DIFFERENT TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE YAW SENSOR AND STROKE SENSOR WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V176000 (TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM) THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE RECALL DID NOT INCLUDED 2002 VEHICLES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

JUST PURCHASED MY 2002 SEQUOIA WITH 144,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE; NOTICED THERE WAS A BIT OF RUST IN THE REAR DOOR JAMS NEXT TO THE PORTION OF THE WHEEL WELL, NOT TOO TERRIBLY CONCERNED AS IT SEEMS TO BE JUST UNDER THE PAINT AND IN VERY SMALL AMOUNTS. I HAVE BEEN READING ON VARIOUS FORUMS OF THE TUNDRA RUST ISSUE AND HOW THIS EXISTS ON THE SEQUOIAS AS WELL WITHOUT ANY RECOURSE BEING AVAILABLE, SO I TOOK A LOOK UNDER MY FRESH PURCHASE TO FIND THAT I INDEED HAD AN ALARMING AMOUNT OF RUST ON THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE TRUCK ON THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL, WELD SEAMS AND MAJOR PORTIONS OF THE FRAME; MORE THAN I WOULD EXPECT EVEN FOR A TOYOTA. I DON'T QUITE KNOW THE DETAILS OF EXACTLY HOW SIMILAR THIS FRAME IS TO TUNDRA'S BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF PROVISION IN PLACE BY NOW TO SORT THIS OUT AS IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT TUNDRA OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING AND JUDGING BY THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DIG UP THUS FAR (9 FOR '03 MY, 6 FOR '02 MY AND 12 FOR '01 MY SEQUOIA) THIS REALLY CANNOT BE A COINCIDENCE. I BOUGHT THIS THING BECAUSE MY DAD HAS HAD TWO 4RUNNERS THAT RAN FOREVER (HIS '97 IS STILL GOING STRONG WITH ALMOST 300,000 ON IT) BUT NOW I WORRY I'LL BARELY BE ABLE TO PAY IT OFF BEFORE IT ROTS OUT FROM UNDER ME. WHAT GIVES TOYOTA? *TR

WHILE DRIVING DURING NORMAL DRY CONDITIONS, VSC ALARM STARTED TO GO OFF FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF CONTROL OF BRAKES. WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITHOUT INCIDENT AND AT ABOUT 10 MPH THE ALARM SHUTOFF AND THE AMBER TRAC OFF LIGHT AND VSC TRAC LIGHT ANNUNCIATED AND ALL DRIVING CONDITIONS WERE NORMAL AGAIN. I'M GUESSING AT THIS POINT THE SYSTEM WAS DISABLED IN THE TRAC OFF MODE. I'M IN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC HOWEVER I'VE READ NUMEROUS ITEMS ONLINE OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND TOYOTA DOESN'T SEEM TO HELP (RECALL). IT IS QUITE EXPENSIVE ALSO. *TR

WE JUST BOUGHT THIS 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA TO USE FOR TOWING AS WELL AS TO CARRY OUR FAMILY AROUND IN. WE HAD OUR CHOICE BETWEEN AN EXPEDITION, A TAHOE AND THIS SEQUOIA. KNOWING THE RELIABILITY OF A TOYOTA WE WERE CONFIDENT THIS WAS A GOOD CHOICE FOR OUR FAMILY. WE HAVE HAD THE CAR APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS AND AS MY HUSBAND WAS TOWING A FULL LOADED TRAILER DOWN A MAJOR INTERSTATE THE VSC LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF A FEW TIMES. THINKING IT WAS PROBABLY NOTHING HE CAME HOME, MENTIONED IT TO ME AND STARTED LOOKING UP INFORMATION. WHAT WE FOUND WAS INCREDIBLE! THIS SEEMS TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM THAT TOYOTA IS UNWILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR FIX OR EVEN HAVE A FIX FOR. LATER THAT DAY MY HUSBAND WAS PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY, SUDDENLY THE VSC TRAC LIGHT CAME BACK ON, THE CAR MADE A LOUD BEEPING NOISE AND ABRUPTLY LURCHED TO THE RIGHT! IMMEDIATELY AFTER COMING IN, I STARTED CALLING TOYOTA DEALERSHIPS. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM HOWEVER IT COULD COST UP TO $4500 TO FIX! THE SERVICE ADVISER THEN WENT ON TO TELL ME STEP BY STEP WHAT THEY WOULD DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM. FIRST, BY CHANGING THE YAW RATE SENSOR THAN THE SKID CONTROL COMPUTER AND IF THAT DIDN'T WORK THE STEERING SENSOR, THAN THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND FINALLY THE MASTER CYLINDER. HOWEVER, I THEN LEARNED THAT "MAYBE" AFTER DOING ALL THESE REPAIRS THAT IT "MIGHT" FIX THE PROBLEM! WE THEN DROVE THE CAR TO OUR MECHANIC, WHICH IS QUITE A WAYS AWAY, AND AS WE WERE NEARING OUR DESTINATION (I WAS DRIVING THIS TIME) I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR LURCHED TO THE RIGHT, THE LIGHTS STARTED FLICKING ON AGAIN AND THE CAR MADE A BEEPING NOISE! THE MECHANIC SAID THE CAR WAS PULLING SEVERAL DIFFERENT CODES SO HE WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT AND IT WOULD BE TRIAL AND ERROR TO FIX IT. TOYOTA--YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG. FIX IT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT! *JS

THE REAR FRAME HAS EXCESSIVE CORROSION ALONG LONGITUDINAL STRUCTURAL MEMBERS AND THE CROSS MEMBER ABOVE THE SPARE TIRE. *TR

WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING AN ISSUE W/ THE VEHICLE SKID CONTROL LIGHT KEEPS GOING ON AND OFF. AT ONE POINT, WE LOST POWER TO CAR, WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE. TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IS UNSURE WHAT THE ISSUE IS. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR. I FOUND A RECALL RELATED TO VSC FOR 2003 SEQUOIAS BUT TOYOTA SAYS OUR SEQUOIA IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL EVEN THOUGH THE SYMPTOMS ARE VERY IDENTICAL!! INSTEAD THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WANTS TO TRY TO REPLACE SOME COMPUTER CHIP (THAT WOULD COST US THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) BUT THEY ARE NOT GUARANTEEING THAT THIS IS EVEN THE CAUSE OR WILL RESOLVE THE ISSUE!!! THEY ARE SAYING IT CAN BE THIS COMPUTER OR IT CAN BE THAT COMPUTER .. AND REPLACING EACH IS WORTH A FEW 1000S BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHICH IS CAUSING THE VSC LIGHT TO GO ON AND OFF!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME WAS SEVERELY RUSTED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO OPERATE. THE CONTACT DID NOT CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 104,000.

STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE VSC AND THE TRAC OFF LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF. TOOK TO AUTHORIZED TOYOTA SERVICE CENTER. WAS INDICATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH TOYOTA SEQUOIA AND THAT THERE HAS BEEN A SERVICE RECALL ON 2003 MODELS BUT NOT FOR 2002. APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM ACROSS MODEL YEARS. *JS

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FWY AN THE LIGHTS OF THE TRACTION CONTROL TURN ON. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND TURN OFF. SINCE THEN IT HAPPEND MANY TIME A LOW SPEED. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE AND VCS LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE ALSO DECELERATED INTO LIMP MODE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A SENSOR FOR ONE OF THE REAR TIRES WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE BOOSTER ASSEMBLY AND MASTER CYLINDER WERE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER A THIRD TIME AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A BRAKE LINE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.