2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA Complaints

TAMARA RECALL: I WAS GOING 60 MPH WHEN MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS STARTED BLINKING. IT STARTED MAKING A GRINDING NOISE AND FRONT END SHAKING AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING IT HAS 190,000 MILES ON IT

I RECENTLY WENT TO MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP FOR RADIATOR AND EXHAUST SYSTEM EVALUATION AND POSSIBLE REPAIRS AND WAS BY ADVISED THAT THE FRAME ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE HAS MAJOR RUST PERFORATION PROBLEMS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE DEGREE OF RUST THRU WAS SIGNIFICANT AND MAY CREATE A SAFETY HAZARD. A FRIEND LATER ADVISED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF THIS ISSUE WITH OLDER SEQUOIAS. I RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR SOME MODELS A FEW YEARS AGO. I DON'T RECALL RECEIVING A RECALL NOTICE, BUT IN REVIEWING MY SERVICE RECORDS I SEE THAT ON APRIL 23, 2013 MY FRAME WAS INSPECTED BASED ON THE FOLLOWING SERVICE NOTATION: "COD RECALL - OPEN RECALL FRAME INSPECTION AND SPARE TIRE FUNCTIONAL AND VISUAL CHECK - REPLACED SPARE TIRE CARRIER - REMOVED RUST - CLEANED FRAME WITH NO RUST PERFORATION FOUND - CRC APPLICATION BY OUTSIDE SHOP." I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE SINCE 2003 AND HAVE HAD IT SERVICED AT THE SAME DEALERSHIP FOR 15 YEARS, USUALLY GOING THERE SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR FOR MAINTENANCE, OIL CHANGES, ETC. NO MENTION OF ANY RUST PROBLEMS OR THAT THIS COULD BE A MAJOR ISSUE. NOT SURE WHAT TO DO NOW; WOULD LIKE TO KEEP MY CAR, BUT WANT IT REPAIRED.

TRAC/ VSC ALARM LIGHT CAME ON , THE CAR BRAKES WAS ACTIVATED WHILE ON HEAVY TRAFFIC ON TOP OF A BRIDGE WITH A DRY ROAD SURFACE.

I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER TO GET A WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND THEY SAID THE CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO A HOLE IN THE FRAME OF THE CAR, CAUSED BY THE VEHICLE PREMATURELY RUSTING.

DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 60MPH, GRINDING SOUND, LOSS OF POWER STEERING CONTROL, PULLS TO THE RIGHT SIDE, DECELERATION, LOUD NOISE LIKE A TIRE BLOWOUT, VSC LIGHTS ON DASH COME ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, NO WARNING AND YOU MUST PULL OVER AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND IT WILL RESET SO YOU ARE ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE. VERY SCARY INCIDENTS!!!

YAW RATE SENSOR FAILURE CAUSING SUV LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKING CONTROL WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH AND RESIDENTIAL STREET AT 20 MPH. FLASHING VSC LIGHTS, WARNING SOUND. BRAKES AND STEERING NOT USABLE WHILE DRIVING DURING YAW RATE SENSOR FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. PRIOR TO PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN 2013, THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TO INQUIRE ABOUT AN UNKNOWN RECALL REGARDING THE FRAME CORROSION. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT AN UNKNOWN RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. TWO YEARS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS CORRODED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT AN UNKNOWN RECALL EXPIRED IN JULY OF 2014. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 102,000.

TRAC AND VSC AND TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON ALL AT ONCE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE REALLY ROUGH, FEELS LIKE MY TIRES WENT FLAT AND STEERING BECOMES RATHER DIFFICULT. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT THE TIME DRIVING OWN THE HIGHWAY. HAS HAPPENED 3-4 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. ONCE I WAS TURNING, THE OTHER TIMES I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN THE HIGHWAY. IT WAS HOT OUTSIDE EACH TIME, BUT NO RAINY CONDITIONS.

I HAVE A 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA LIMITED, WITH 111,000 MILES ON IT. TWICE JULY 13 AND JULY 21 ALL OF THE DASH LIGHTS FOR (VSC, TRACTION CONTROL, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, PARKING BRAKE) LIGHTS COME ON AND STAY ON. IT HAS HAPPEN AT LOW DRIVING SPEEDS (APPROX. 20-30 MPH), THERE WAS SOME SLIGHT BRAKING OR PUSHING FEELING OF THE VEHICLES CONTROL. AS I CAN SEE BY MANY POST REGARDING THE PROBLEM WITH TOYOTA SEQUOIA'S OF THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL AS MINE IN MANY OF THE COMPLAINTS FILED WITH NHSTA. IN RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, IT APPEARS TO BE A DRIVING SAFETY ISSUE IF IT OCCURS AT HIGHER SPEEDS, LUCKILY MINE HAPPENED AT LOW SPEEDS. IF TOYOTA IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAS DONE RECALLS FOR THE SKID CONTROL ECU/YAW RATE SENSOR ON THE 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA'S, WHY NOT A RECALL ON THE 2002 SEQUOIAS WHICH SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM? CAN MY SEQUOIA STILL BE DRIVEN? IS IT SAFE FOR MY FAMILY AT HIGHER SPEEDS? IT APPEARS EVEN TOYOTA DEALERSHIPS CAN'T GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED MOST TIMES OR ARE CHARGING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX IT. MANY WITH 2 OR 3 DIFFERENT SERVICE CALLS TO GET IT DONE CORRECTLY. HOW CAN THIS BE, WHEN THIS SKID CONTROL ECU PROBLEM HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED MANY MANY TIMES. MORE THAN SHOULD BE ALLOWED. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY, AND I AM PUTTING TOYOTA ON NOTICE IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN TO ME OR ANYONE IN MY 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA DUE TO THIS DOCUMENTED ISSUE.

VEHICLE WILL ENGAGE ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM AT SPEED AND THEN NO BRAKING ABILITY UNTIL VSC AND TRACTION CONTROL TURN OFF. THIS CAN LAST UP TO 30 SEC AND VEHICLE BECOMES DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.