2001 Toyota Sequoia

NORMAL VEHICLE USAGE WITH ONLY 66,000 MILES AND ALL ABS, VSC WARNING LIGHTS ARE ON WITH ANTI-LOCK AND ANTI-SKID COMPUTER DISABLED RESULTING IN NO ABS OR SKID CONTROL. DEALER REPORTS TO ME THAT IT IS A $2,200 "COMPUTER" NEEDING REPLACED, ONLY 6,000 MILES OUT OF POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. CALL TO TOYOTA CORPORATE WAS OF NO VALUE, DEALER AND TOYOTA REFUSE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. *TR

BRAKE, ABS, SKID CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS ON , DEALER SERVICE CHECKED AND RECOMMENDED REPLACING BATTERY WHICH WAS DONE BY THEM. FOLLOWING DAY WARNING LIGHTS STILL ON INTERMITTENTLY , RETURNED TO DEALER FOR SERVICE BUT THE WARNING LIGHTS WOULD NOT COME ON WHILE THE DEALER HAD IT. WAS ADVISED IT WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE, JUST MALFUNCTIONING WARNING LIGHTS. NOW( OCTOBER 2007) THE LIGHTS ARE ALWAYS ON AND WHEN RETURNED TO DEALER FOR SERVICE AGAIN WAS TOLD THIS TIME IT WAS THE SKID CONTROL ECU, AND RECOMMEND REPLACING SKID CONTROL ECU. WAS ALSO TOLD IT THAT THE ABS AND SKID CONTROL WERE NOT FUNCTIONING WHEN LIGHTS WERE ON SO HANDLING WOULD BE AFFECTED (SAFETY ISSUE ). AT THIS TIME I AM GATHERING INFORMATION ON WHETHER IT SHOULD BE REPLACED OR NOT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, WHICH INDICATED THAT THE ABS AND ANTI-SKID SYSTEM FAILED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE ABS; HOWEVER, THERE WAS FAILURE WITH THE ANTI-SKID SYSTEM. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE ABS COMPUTER FAILED. THE DEALER MADE THE REPAIR AND PAID FOR 30% OF THE PARTS. THERE HAD BEEN NO OTHER FAILURES SINCE THE REPAIR, BUT THE CONTACT FELT THAT IT SHOULD BE RECALLED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,800.

1) OVERLY SENSITIVE TRAC COMPUTER WILL CUT POWER WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, CAUSING A POTENTIAL SITUATION FOR AN ACCIDENT. 2) TRAC-OFF AND VSC-OFF LIGHTS WILL ILLUMINATE, FAULT CODES SHOW THAT VSC COMPUTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, LEAVING THE VEHICLE WITHOUT TRACTION CONTROL OR STABILITY CONTROL OR ABS BRAKES. MANUFACTURER WILL NOT COVER UNLESS STILL UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. HAPPENS AT LEAST ONCE PER WEEK. *TR

FRONT BRAKE VIBRATION ON 2001 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE ISSUE WAS ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURER IN TSB BR005-02 AND NEVER TREATED AS RECALL. PREVIOUS OWNER WAS NOT TOLD ABOUT THE TSB AND REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS AT HIS OWN EXPENSE THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER THE WARRANTY AND BRAKE CALIBER ASSEMBLIES AND PADS SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED AS PER TSB. TOYOTA IS NOW REFUSING TO REMEDY THE ISSUE CLAIMING THAT THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF THE WARRANTY. *JB

DT*: CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S SKID CONTROL AND TRACTION CONTROL WERE MAKING THE VEHICLE VERY SLOW. NO MATTER HOW FAR DOWN THE GAS PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE WOULD STILL NOT OBTAIN THE REQUIRED POWER FROM THE ENGINE. THE TRACTION CONTROL AND SKID CONTROL WERE ALSO NOT BEING CONTROLLED BY THE VEHICLE'S COMPUTER. THIS PROBLEM STARTED A YEAR AGO AND WAS MORE COMMON DURING THE SUMMER SEASON. THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS REPORTED TO THESE INCIDENCES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP HOWEVER THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE SKID CONTROL AND TRACTION CONTROL COMPUTER WERE NOT WORKING AUTOMATICALLY, THE BRAKES WOULD CONTINUE TO OPERATE SAFELY.