2001 Toyota Sequoia

SUDDEN LOSS OF ACCELERATION ON HIGHWAY. VSC AND TRAC LIGHT CAME ON, THEN COULD NOT ACCELERATE. HAD TO PULL OVER EXTREMELY FAST BEFORE GETTING REAR ENDED BY OTHER VEHICLES. CAN WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITION AND COULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY HURT WITH ENTIRE FAMILY IN CAR. LUCKILY THERE WAS A SHOULDER TO PULL OFF ON, OTHERWISE, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN AN TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. CAR WAS NOT SAFE AT ALL! TOYOTA NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS VSC ISSUE! *TR

VSC, ABS, TRAC, AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ALL ON CONSTANTLY. WHEN FIRST OBSERVED, ONLY OCCURRED DURING COLD WEATHER. LIGHTS DID NOT COME ON WHEN WEATHER AND CAR WAS WARM. STARTING 2010, THESE WARNING LIGHTS HAVE CONSTANTLY BEEN ON. TOYOTA DEALER SEEMED UNSURE OF PROBLEM, BUT SUSPECTED THAT VSC COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $2500. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 TOYOTA SEQUOIA AUTO SR5 AND THERE ARE 5 LIGHTS ON STEADY. THE VSC,TRACK,STABILITY,ABS, AND BRAKE LIGHTS. THE LIGHTS HAVE BEEN ON FOR A FEW YEARS. THE CAR DRIVES FINE, BUT THE ABS AND THE TRACK DOES NOT WORK. THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER HAS BEEN CHANGED, WITH NO HELP. I HAVE CALLED THE DEALER, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN THERE BECAUSE OF THE MONEY THEY WANT TO CHECK OUT THE CAR. FROM READING ON THE INTERNET, THE PROBLEM SOUNDS LIKE A VSC UNIT. I SCANNED THE CAR, AND THERE ARE NO CODES. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MIGHT BE A RECALL ON THE VSC UNIT. THE DEALER SAYS NO, BUT I AM FILING A COMPLAINT ABOUT SAFETY BECAUSE THE VSC AND THE ABS DOES NOT WORK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

MY 2001 TOYOTA SEQUOIA TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM/VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM (VSC) OR ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS) SEEMS TO BE FAILING. THIS PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO. THE PROBLEM IS AN INTERMITTENT RATCHETING OR GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHICH CAUSES THE WHEELS AND STEERING TO VIBRATE IMMENSELY AND HAVE FEELINGS OF LOST CONTROL (STALLING) WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS OCCURRED AT ALL DIFFERENT ROAD SPEEDS AND CONDITIONS. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 TOYOTA SEQUOIA, PURCHASED USED IN 2004. IN 2006, THE ABS,VSC,BRAKE LIGHTS BEGAN TO LIGHT UP INTERMITTENTLY. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, THEY CAME ON & STAYED ON. THE DEALER DID A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND SAID IT WAS A COMPUTER PROBLEM AND WOULD COST $2500+ TO FIX. THIS SEEMS LIKE A MAJOR DESIGN FLAW BY TOYOTA, AND CAUSES AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE CONDITION. I WOULD EXPECT A RECALL DUE TO THE NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 TOYOTA SEQUOIA TODAY WHEN THE VEHICLE SKID CONTROL (VSC) ACTIVATED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I WAS AT FREEWAY SPEEDS ON THE FLAT, LEVEL FREEWAY. THE CAR SUDDENLY LUNGED FORWARD AND PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT FORCING ME PARTWAY INTO THE NEXT LANE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED EITHER. THE PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD WHEN I SEARCHED FOR AN ANSWER ON THE NET. I AM TELLING YOU, THIS WILL KILL OR SERIOUSLY INJURE SOMEONE IF IT HASN'T ALREADY. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY TOYOTA. THEY INITIALLY IGNORED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL COMPLAINT TOO AS OPERATOR ERROR. THIS VSC TURNING ON BY ITSELF HAS HAPPENED TO ME ABOUT 6 TIMES IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS. I HAVE REPLACED THE EXPENSIVE YAW SENSOR AND THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR