2001 Toyota Sequoia

TWO DAYS AGO, I HAPPENED TO BE ON MY WAY HOME ON A BACK ROAD AND ONLY GOING AROUND 40 MPH WHEN MY STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT, VSC TRAC, AND TRAC OFF LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR STARTED MAKING A BEEPING NOISE AND I COULD NOT CONTROL MY VEHICLE. THIS IS FOR A 2001 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS SINCE ON DIFFERENT FORUMS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM? I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH TOYOTA AND HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM OR THEY COULD BE FACING SOME LAWSUITS IF THESE KIND OF PROBLEMS PERSIST AND SOMEONE GETS INJURED OR EVEN KILLED BECAUSE OF NEGLIGENCE ON TOYOTA'S PART. AS FOR ME AND MY FAMILY, WE HAVE OWNED TOYOTA VEHICLES FOR YEARS, MY GREAT UNCLE WAS EVEN ASKED TO BE IN A TOYOTA COMMERCIAL BECAUSE OF THE DEVOTION OUR FAMILY HAS HAD TO TOYOTA. I REALLY HOPE THEY DO THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE THERE WILL BE CHALLENGES MADE AGAINST THEIR COMPANY IF NOT. *TR

THE VSC TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM ENGAGES IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. THE CAR SHAKES PROFUSELY CAUSING A LOUD BEEPING NOISE, JERK OF THE TRUCK AND ACTS AS THOUGH IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP. TOYOTA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE 2001 TOY SEQUOIA HASN'T BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES. NO FIX TO DATE HELP!!! *TR

RECENTLY, MY 01 SEQUOIA HAS BEEN MAKING A LOUD METAL-LIKE GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE CAR. SOUNDED LIKE IT CAME FROM THE ENGINE OR THE TIRES. THIS CAUSED THE CAR TO BECOME UNSTABLE ON THE ROAD AND IT WAS SWERVING, THE VSC TRAC LIGHT AND VSC OFF LIGHT FLASHED AND BEEPED RAPIDLY, AND WORST THING OF ALL WAS THAT THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK EITHER. THE MORE I PUT PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES, THE MORE THE METAL GRINDING NOISE WAS INTENSIFIED. FELT LIKE THE ENGINE WAS GOING TO BE DROPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD OR THE TIRES WERE SCRAPED TO THE BONE. PROBLEM FIRST HAPPENED IN APRIL, BUT THOUGHT IT WAS NOTHING BECAUSE AS FAST AS IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, IT QUICKLY WENT AWAY ALSO. HOWEVER, 2 WEEKS AGO, MY HUSBAND AND MY SON WERE IN MY CAR AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME IT LASTED LONGER AND MY HUSBAND HAD TO TRY HIS BEST TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS SWERVING AND SHAKING SO BAD, AND THE LOUD GRINDING NOISE WAS BACK. WE KEPT THE CAR IN THE GARAGE FOR A WEEK IN HOPES THAT IT WILL "GO AWAY." TODAY, 5/16/12, AS I'M DRIVING AT 50MPH IT HAPPENED AGAIN.THANKFULLY, THERE WERE NO CARS BEHIND ME, AND JUST A TRUCK A LITTLE WAYS AHEAD OF ME. BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 55MPH, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP. I PUT PRESSURE ON MY BRAKES TO NO AVAIL BECAUSE THE MORE I TRIED TO PUSH THE BRAKES, THE LOUDER THE NOISE WAS AND THE MORE THE CAR WAS SHAKING. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST TERRIFYING EVENTS IN MY LIFE BECAUSE I SAW THAT I WAS APPROACHING THE BACK OF THE TRUCK FAST AND I COULDN'T STOP, I TRIED TO PULL TO THE SIDE BUT THERE WERE NO ROOM BECAUSE THE SIDES WERE JUST GUARD RAILS. AT THAT POINT, I PUT MORE PRESSURE ON MY BRAKES BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA BE KILLED OR HURT ANYONE ELSE, SO MY CAR FINALLY STARTED TO SLOWED DOWN. THE SCARIEST PART WAS THAT I COULD NOT BRAKE. THE MORE I APPLIED MY BRAKES, THE LOUDER THE NOISE, AND THE MORE THE CAR WAS SHAKING.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY SLOWING DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND THE TRUCK STARTED SKIDDING ON IT'S OWN, THE VSC TRAC LIGHT AND TRAC OFF LIGHT BOTH CAME ON WHILE THE CAR WITH THE SKID MARK INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHED AND BEEPED, THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE TRUCK THAT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING WAS LOSE. I STOPPED AT THE STORE AND WHEN I GOT BACK IN THE TRUCK, THE LIGHTS WERE OFF BUT A FEW MINUTES LATER, GOING ONLY ABOUT 30 MPH, IT DID IT AGAIN AND WAS LOUDER AND SHOOK WORSE. I WAS SCARED AND JUST TRIED TO GET HOME. IT WAS TOO LATE TO TAKE TO TOYOTA BUT I DID TALK TO A MECHANIC AND WILL GO TO TOYOTA IN THE AM. *TR

2002 - VSC TRAC LIGHT CAME ON, VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY PULLS TO RIGHT, CALLED DEALER SAID OKAY TO DRIVE HOME . TOOK TO DEALER DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. VSC TRAC HAS CONTINUED TO MALFUNCTION THROUGH THE YEARS, EACH TIME DEALER REPORTED NOTHING WRONG. 2012- PROBLEM HAS WORSEN, TRAC LIGHT COMES ON EVERYDAY. VEHICLE EITHER UNEXPECTEDLY PULLS TOO HARD TO RIGHT OR SHAKES BADLY AS THOUGH FRONTEND IS FALLING OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. *JS

RECENTLY HAD NEW TIRES INSTALLED, WHILE ACCELERATING UP FREEWAY ON RAMP I COULD FEEL POWER BEING TAKEN AWAY, LOOKED DOWN AND SKID CONTROL LIGHT WAS LIT UP. ASKED MECHANIC ABOUT IT AND RECOMMENDED ZERO POINT CALIBRATION TO REST SENSORS FOR STEERING YAW AND PITCH. AFTER ZPC VSC TRAC AND VSC OFF LIGHTS WERE ON. CODE PULLED C1231 STEERING ANGLE. ZPC AGAIN. CODE AND LIGHTS STILL, CODE WILL NOT CLEAR WITH TOYOTA INTELLIGENT 2 SCANNER. MONITORING STEERING SENSOR WITH SCANNER SHOW BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE NUMBERS WITH ZERO AT WHEELS STRAIGHT. MECHANIC WANT TO CHANGE OUT SPENDY VSC CPU AND TRANSLATE CPU AND SAYS THAT IS NO GUARANTEE TO FIX. I AM DRIVING IT WITH LIGHTS ONE DUE TO UNABLE TO PAY $2K FOR SOMETHING OUT OF KNOW WHERE AND NO PART PHYSICALLY BROKE TO PROMOTE. IN LOOKING AROUND I SEE THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE. *TR

WAS DRIVING OUT MY DRIVEWAY, NOT GOING FAST AT ALL...TURNED ON A MAJOR STREET AND SUDDENLY, A PICTURE OF THE SKIDDING CAR APPEARED AND THEN THE TRAC/VSC LIGHTS CAME ON WITH A HORRENDOUS NOISE. TOOK CAR TO THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND OF COURSE THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT AFTER RELINQUISHING $100.00 DIAGNOSTIC FEE. THE LIGHT AND NOISE FROM THE VSC ENGAGING OR DISENGAGING IS REALLY LOUD AND HAS HAPPENED EVERY DAY SINCE THE INITIAL ISSUE. DOES THIS PRESENT A PROBLEM? I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR BUT IS VERY MUCH NEEDED FOR WORK AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. I'VE SEARCHED ONLINE AND IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE THAT TOYOTA IS AWARE OF BUT FAIL TO DO A RECALL. *TR