2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA Complaints

I HAVE A 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA AND RECENTLY MY VSC HAS BEEN WAS FEELS LIKE A LOCK UP, I HEAR SOMETHING GRINDING AND THE CAR BEGINS TO SHAKE AND SWERVE, IT HAPPENED AS I WAS ENTERING THE INTERSTATE. I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE VSC LIGHT GOING ON AND OFF AND DID MENTION TO THE SERVICE DEPT. AT THE DEALERSHIP WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY, THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. IT HAS BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AND NOW IT IS WORSE AND A VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. I HAD MY DAUGHTER AND A HER FRIEND IN THE CAR AND WE WERE NOWHERE NEAR A TOWN. I AM VERY SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR. IT NOW HAPPENS ALMOST EVERYTIME I GO SOMEWHERE, AND THE DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE ME JUST TO EVALUATE THE PROBLEM WHEN I HAD PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED IT BEFORE. I HOPE THERE IS A RECALL VERY SOON. *TR

DURING MY ANNUAL NYS VEHICLE INSPECTION, 11/6/2010, I WAS NOTIFIED BY THE MECHANIC THAT HE WOULD BE UNABLE TO PASS ON INSPECTION MY 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA DUE TO A SIZABLE HOLE RUSTED THROUGH THE FRAME. BASED ON MY REVIEW OF INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET, THIS IS NOT AN UNKNOWN ISSUE WITH THE SEQUOIA. THE SEQUOIA AND THE TUNDRA ARE BUILT ON THE SAME FRAME AND TOYOTA IS REPLACING FRAMES ON TOYOTA TUNDRA PICKUP TRUCKS THAT EXHIBIT THIS DEFECT. APPARENTLY, THIS IS AN ACKNOWLEDGED DEFECT IN THE TOYOTA TUNDRA, BASED ON A RECALL NOTICE DATED MAY, 2010 FOR THE TUNDRA FOR YEARS 2000 TO 2003. HOWEVER, I DON'T FIND ANYTHING PERTAINING TO THE 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA, WHICH IS THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION, ALTHOUGH IT IS BUILT ON THE SAME FRAME AS THE TOYOTA TUNDRA, WHICH SHOULD BE SIMILARLY TREATED. AS AN ADDITIONAL FACT, THIS SEQUOIA ISSUE HAS BEEN TAKEN UP BY TV STATIONS IN BOSTON, AND THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN RESOLUTION OF A SEQUOIA COMPLAINT. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED DEFECT FOR THE SEQUOIA AND IS APPARENTLY A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE FOR TOYOTA. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY A MECHANIC THAT THERE WERE 3 HOLES IN THE FRAME OF THE CROSSMEMBER THAT HELD THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

MY 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA FIRST STARTED A YEAR AGO IN 2009 THE VSC LIGHTS WOULD COME ON FOR NO REASON. IN AUGUST 2010 THE VSC LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON JUST GOING DOWN THE ROAD ALL OF A SUDDEN A LOUD BEEPING NOISE COMES ON AND THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE START SHAKING AND VIBRATING UNCONTROLLABLY. I HAS DONE THIS ABOUT 10 TIMES NOW THE LAST TWO TIMES IT WAS SO BAD THE CAR STARTED BREAKING OFF THE ROAD AND I ALMOST RAN IN A DITCH. VERY DANGEROUS TO SAY THE LEAST, MY THREE CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR. I HAVE NOTICED RECALLS ON THE 2003 MODELS BUT NOT ON THE 2002. WHEN IS TOYOTA GOING TO OWN UP TO THIS EXACT PROBLEM ON THEIR OTHER MODELS. THEY HAVE TO KNOW THIS THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE EXACT PROBLEM. I SURE HOPE THEY DO AND SOON BECAUSE ME AND MY CHILDREN COULD HAVE DIED THIS LAST TIME. *TR

SINCE END OF JUNE 2010, I HAD TO HAVE MY 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA TOWED BECAUSE IT HAD STARTED TO VEER OFF AND THE WHEEL BECAME STIFF AND I COULDN'T CONTROL THE STEERING. THE VSC LIGHTS CAME ON AS WELL AS THE "SQUIGGLY CAR" LIGHT. I WAS SCARED TO DRIVE IT AGAIN AS I WAS 100 MILES AWAY FROM HOME, SO I HAD IT TOWED. I HAD TAKEN IT TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE BEARINGS BUT COULDN'T DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE I HAD FELT AS FAR AS THE VSC INCIDENT. THEY CHARGED ME FOR INSPECTION BUT SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG AND SENT ME HOME WITH THE CAR. I EXPERIENCED THIS FOR A FEW DAYS AND FINALLY TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT AUTO REPAIR. THEY DID A ZERO RECALIBRATING AND SAW THERE WAS ISSUES ON THE COMPUTER COMING UP BUT COULDN'T ALSO EXACTLY PINPOINT WHAT WAS WRONG. IT TOOK A WEEK BEFORE I GOT IT BACK AS IT DIDN'T REOCCUR WITH THEM. THE FOLLOWING DAY AS I DROVE IT, THE VSC LIGHTS AND SQUIGGLY CAR LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. EVERY TIME I MADE A TURN IT SEEMED IT JUMPED AND IT WOULDN'T GAIN ACCELERATION QUICKLY WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS. PLUS IT MADE THIS LOUD NOISE AS IF SOMETHING WAS RUBBING AND IT WOULD SLOW DOWN , THEN AFTER A FEW SECONDS, REGAIN SPEED. I TOOK IT IN AGAIN AND THEY REPLACED THE YAW SENSOR. THE FOLLOWING DAY, AGAIN TAKING THE STREETS IT SEEMED THAT EVERYTIME I STOPPED AND PRESSED AGAIN IT SHIFTED SOMETHING AS I FELT IT UNDER THE PEDALS, THE VSC LIGHTS WOULD TURN ON BUT THEN TURN OFF AND THEN FINALLY REGAIN SPEED. EACH AND EVERY TIME I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND THEN PRESSED ON THE GAS, IT DID THIS. I FINALLY LOOKED UP A RECALL THAT ONE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME ABOUT AND NOTICED THE 2003 RECALL FOR TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM. HOWEVER TOYOTA WILL NOT HELP SINCE MY CAR IS 2002, HENCE WHY I'M COMPLAINING ABOUT IT NOW. I BELIEVE THE EXACT THING IS WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY CAR. I'VE HAD IT SWERVE ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THE VSC LIGHT CAME ON AND AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT ON THE FREEWAY FOR FEAR OF IT SLOWING DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY. *TR

2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE CAR STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND DIED. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF ANY SORT FROM THE CAR. EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL THIS EVENT. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR BUT ONCE THE GEAR IS SHIFT TO DRIVE OR REVERSE, THE TRANSMISSION STALLED AND DIED. THIS PROBLEM KEPT ON GOING SO I CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK. DEALER SAID THAT IT WILL COST AT LEAST $4400 TO FIX TRANSMISSION AND THEY HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM MORE THAN ONCE IN SEQUOIA. *TR

2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA WHILE DRIVING AT MODERATE SPEEDS (40 - 50MPH) ABRUPTLY PULLS TO THE RIGHT, VSC TRACTION LIGHTS COME ON, HEAR A GRINDING NOISE. AFTER ABOUT 3 SECONDS THE GRINDING NOISE STOPPED ON 2 OCCASIONS AND THE PULL TO THE RIGHT STOPS AND SEEMS FINE. VSC TRACTION LIGHTS STAY ON. DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE SKID CONTROL COMPUTER OR ECU - 650.00 AND THE YAW RATE SENSOR 401.00. HAS OCCURRED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 2003 SEQUOIA ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM BUT NOT THE 2002. THERE APPEAR TO BE QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS ABOUT BOTH OF THE PARTS THAT ARE MENTIONED ABOVE. VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATION WHEN IT OCCURS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VARIABLE SPEED CONTROL CAME ON AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN DRAMATICALLY AND VEHICLES FOLLOWING BEHIND HIM HAVE NO WARNING. THE CONTACT SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE WAS IDENTICAL TO RECALL CAMPAIGN 10V176000, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL FOR THE 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT WAS NOT AWARE OF THE FAILURE MILEAGE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 166990.

TOYOTA SEQUOIA 2002 SR5(21,000MLS) WHILE ACCELERATING ONTO THE HIGHWAY FROM A ROLLING POSITION THE VEHICLE DEVELOPS A BUCKING AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE TRACKING LIGHT COMES ON AND THE WHEELS SEEM TO BE BINDING YOU ARE NOW CREATING A SAFETY ISSUE, YOU ARE NOW ON THE HIGHWAY EVERYONE IS BRAKING TRYING TO AVOID CRASHING INTO YOU, AFTER A FEW SECONDS IT STOPS AS IF IT NEVER HAPPENED, BUT THE TRACKING LIGHT STAYS ON. TO GET IT OFF YOU HAVE TO STOP SWITCH OFF THE VEHICLE THEN START AGAIN. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS NEVER WHEN YOU ARE TRAVELING OVER 30 MLS PER HR. BUT OFTEN FROM A SLOW TO A HIGHER SPEED WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN ENTERING THE HIGHWAY I BECOME VERY NERVOUS. *TR

2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. CONSUMER STATES FAILED VEHICLE SKID CONTROL AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE 2003 MODEL MANUFACTURED BETWEEN APRIL 1, 2002 THROUGH APRIL 17, 2003. THE CONSUMER STATED HIS VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN JULY 2002 AND IT ALSO HAS THE SAME PART NUMBER AS THE 2003 MODEL. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE WOULD START TO MOVE, THEN IT WOULD SUDDENLY STOP ACCELERATING WHICH LEFT HIM IN TRAFFIC AT 10-15 MPH, THEN A SERIES OF LOUD NOISES EMITTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE AGAIN. THE CONSUMER STATED IT WOULD HAPPEN EVERY TIME HE CAME TO A STOP AND SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, THE VSC AND ABS LIGHTS ON THE DASH INDICATED THE SYSTEMS WERE OFF. IN TURN, THE VEHICLE WOULD JUST HAVE TRADITIONAL BRAKES WITHOUT THE SAFETY OF THE ABS AND VSC. WHICH WAS VERY EVIDENT DURING A RAINY DAY WHILE BRAKING, BECAUSE THE REAR END OF THE TRUCK WENT INTO A SKID SIDE WAYS. *JB