2004 Toyota Sequoia Cruise Control Problems

THE VSC TRAC VSC OFF SENSOR AND BRAKE LIGHT COMING ON, WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY HIGHWAY US26. *TR

SKID CONTROL ECU ISSUES. I HAVE READ ENOUGH ABOUT THIS THAT IT IS UNREAL THAT A RECALL FOR THE 2004 SEQOUIA HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED. WHY FOR THE 2003 WITH SAME ISSUE BUT NOT '04? WHY ISN'T TOYOTA BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE?

SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY MY BRAKES LIGHT WARNING ON THE DASHBOARD WOULD COME ON AND WOULD ONLY TURN OFF THE LIGHT IF I TURN OFF THE ENGINE. MANY TIMES ON STREET SPEED (10-45 MPH) IF THE VSC,TRACK OFF AND BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AT THE SAME TIME,THE CAR WILL LOOSE POWER ON THE BRAKES AND WILL HAVE A GRINDING AND VIBRATING NOISE. I WENT TO A TOYOTA DEALER AND TOLD ME BRING THE CAR WHEN IT HAPPEN AGAIN SO THEY COULD DO A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. WHY WAIT FOR SOMETHING SERIOUS TO HAPPENED BEFORE THEY COULD CHECK MY CAR? *TR

I HAVE A '04 SEQUOIA 4WD LTD, MY VSC TRAC, VSC OFF AND ABS LIGHTS COME ON AND STAY ON, THEY NEVER GO OFF. THE VISIT TO A DEALER ENDED WITH THEM STATING THAT THEY COULD NOT READ ANY CODES, SO THE VSC COMPUTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, ABOUT $1,500.00 TOTAL. THE CAR IS NOT EXPERIENCING ANY PROBLEMS, BUT, THE LIGHTS STAY ON.....SEQUOIA HAS 83K MILES. ANYONE OFFER ANY ADVICE OR HELP TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS? *JS

SEQUOIA VSC TRAC SENSOR LIGHTS TURNING ON AND OFF. THIS PROBLEM AFFECTS TOYOTA SEQUOIA FROM 2003 - 2005. THERE IS A RECALL FOR 2003 MODEL BUT NOT 2004. OTHER DRIVERS REPORT A LOSS OF POWER (TOTAL LOSS OF POWER - THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF) WHILE THE CAR IN DRIVING. HERE IS THE RECALL FOR THE 2003 MODEL: RECALL ID # 68549 - ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL PLUS RECALL DATE: APR 30, 2010 MODEL AFFECTED: 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA SUMMARY: TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2003 SEQUOIA PASSENGER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM APRIL 1, 2002 THROUGH APRIL 17, 2003. THE CENTER POSITION OF THE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR (SAS) MAY NOT BE STORED CORRECTLY DUE TO IMPROPER LOGIC OF THE SKID CONTROL ECU PROGRAMMING. THE VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL (VSC) SYSTEM COULD ACTIVATE AT LOW SPEED FOR A FEW SECONDS DURING ACCELERATION FROM A STOPPED POSITION. CONSEQUENCES: SHOULD THIS OCCUR, THE VEHICLE MAY NOT ACCELERATE AS QUICKLY AS THE DRIVER EXPECTS, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. REMEDY: TOYOTA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL RE-FLASH THE ECU. IF THE RE-FLASH CANNOT BE COMPLETED ON A PARTICULAR VEHICLE, THE ECU WILL BE REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 11, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331. POTENTIAL UNITS AFFECTED: 50000. *TR

SEQUOIA VSC TRAC SENSOR LIGHTS TURNING ON AND OFF AND HEARING GRINDING NOISE WHEN IT AUTO-ENGAGE AND DISENGAGE. THIS PROBLEM AFFECTS TOYOTA SEQUOIA FROM 2003 - 2005. THEY A RECALL FOR 2003 MODEL BUT NOT 1004 AND 2005. OTHER DRIVER REPORT A LOSS OF POWER (TOTAL LOSS OF POWER - THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF) WHILE THE CAR IN DRIVING. HERE IS THE RECALL FOR THE 2003 MODEL: RECALL ID # 68549 - ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL PLUS RECALL DATE: APR 30, 2010 MODEL AFFECTED: 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA SUMMARY: TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2003 SEQUOIA PASSENGER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM APRIL 1, 2002 THROUGH APRIL 17, 2003. THE CENTER POSITION OF THE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR (SAS) MAY NOT BE STORED CORRECTLY DUE TO IMPROPER LOGIC OF THE SKID CONTROL ECU PROGRAMMING. THE VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL (VSC) SYSTEM COULD ACTIVATE AT LOW SPEED FOR A FEW SECONDS DURING ACCELERATION FROM A STOPPED POSITION. CONSEQUENCES: SHOULD THIS OCCUR, THE VEHICLE MAY NOT ACCELERATE AS QUICKLY AS THE DRIVER EXPECTS, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. REMEDY: TOYOTA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL RE-FLASH THE ECU. IF THE RE-FLASH CANNOT BE COMPLETED ON A PARTICULAR VEHICLE, THE ECU WILL BE REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 11, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331. POTENTIAL UNITS AFFECTED: 50000. *TR

THE ABS AND VSC TRACK LIGHTS STARTED TO COME ON. CURRENTLY THESE LIGHTS COME ON INTERMITTENT. SOMETIMES WHEN THESE LIGHTS COME ON, THE BRAKES SEEMS AS IF THEY ARE APPLIED. *TR

THE VSC, TRAC OFF AND BREAK LIGHT ALL CAME ON WHILE I WAS PICKING SPEED FROM THE STOPPING AT THE LIGHT. PREVIOUS TO THAT, MY HUSBAND HAS BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE BREAK LIGHT COMING ON AND OFF AND TOYOTA STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. INITIALLY, I WAS TOLD I COULD DRIVE THE CAR WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTIES AND ONCE MY CAR /ACCOUNT WAS PULLED/VIEWED IN THE SYSTEM THEN I WAS TOLD TO BRING THE CAR IN IMMEDIATELY - WITHIN 30 MINUTES. NOW I AM BEING TOLD THAT FLUSH BRAKE SYSTEM - ALL, BOOSTER ASSY, CYLINDER SUB ASSY, MASTER CYLINDER SEAL,2 GASKETS WHICH IS NOW COSTING ME OVER $2,000. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS AND RECALL ON THIS SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE ADVISE. THANK YOU. *TR

VSC, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ACTIVATED AND IS NOW STAYING ILLUMINATED. SLIGHT LOSS OF POWER AND HESITATION DURING ACCELERATION. *TR

THIS APPEARS TO BE EXCEPTIONALLY COMMON. THE VSC TRAC, VSC OFF AND ABS AND PARKING BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON, THE BRAKES ARE DEGRADED AND THE FRONT END VIBRATES AS THE BRAKES APPEAR TO BE PULSING. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 10 TIMES OVER THE YEARS. AT FIRST WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND WE HAD THE TIGHTENED, SINCE IT SEEMED THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING LOOSE AND IT WAS ENGAGING AS WE DROVE. THAT WASN'T IT, OBVIOUSLY AND IT CONTINUES TO OCCUR. WITH SUCH A HEAVY, LARGE CAR, WE HAVE NEARLY REAR-ENDED OTHERS, BUT GOT LUCKY. EACH TIME THE CAR PULLS TO ONE SIDE SHARPLY AND YOU HAVE TO STOP AND RESTART THE CAR TO GET ALL THE LIGHTS TO TURN OFF AND COME BACK TO NORMAL. I HAVE HAD THE BRAKES DONE AND REDONE SEVERAL TIMES AND THIS STILL OCCURS.. ON EACH OCCASION WE COULD GET OUT OF IT, BUT ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. TOYOTA HAS OBVIOUSLY IGNORED THIS..I HAVE DOWNLOAD THE COMPLAINTS AND THERE ARE >500 ON THIS VERY TOPIC. AS I READ THROUGH ALL THESE, THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN THEM IS BEYOND COINCIDENCE AND IT APPEARS THAT NOTHING ACTUALLY FIXES THIS. AS OF RIGHT NOW, I CANNOT LET MY FAMILY DRIVE THIS CAR. I AM BRINGING IT INTO TO THE DEALER (WITH COPIES OF ALL THESE COMPLAINTS) AND SEE WHAT COMES OF IT. MY HOPES ARE NOT HIGH. THE RECALL IN 2003 SEEMS LIKE THEY TRIED TO ADDRESS THIS (NOT CLEAR IF IT WAS SAME ISSUE). MY CONCERN REALLY IS THAT SOMEONE HAS TO GET KILLED. THE ISSUE WITH THAT LOGIC IS THAT DEAD PEOPLE DON'T FILL OUT COMPLAINTS AND IF THERE WAS A DEATH, IT APPEARS THAT THE ERROR/DIAGNOSTIC CODES DO NOT REGISTER AND GET SAVED FOR RETRIEVAL (FROM READING ALL THESE COMPLAINTS). SERIOUS CRASHES WOULD BE INVESTIGATED, CODES WOULD BE LOOKED AT AND NOTHING WOULD COME UP. CASE CLOSED. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, TOYOTA, IF ALL ACCIDENTS GOT RE-INVESTIGATED? HOW MUCH WOULD THAT COST? ASK THE GM CEO HOW MUCH THEIR INVESTIGATION IS COSTING. *TR

2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA SR5 WITH 4WD WITH ABOUT 113,000 MILES. WE STARTED OUT ON OUR FIRST ROAD TRIP SATURDAY AND WERE HAVING NO ISSUES UNTIL WE STOPPED TO GET GAS AN HOUR AND A HALF INTO THE TRIP. AFTER GETTING GAS WE GOT BACK ON THE HIGHWAY. ONCE WE SPED UP TO ABOUT 70MPH THE VCS LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND THE VEHICLE STARTED SLOWING DOWN ON ITS OWN FROM 70 TO ABOUT 45. WE WOULD TRY TO ACCELERATE THE CAR WITH THE GAS PEDDLE WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING, BUT IT DIDN'T HELP. ONCE THE SPEED DROPPED TO ABOUT 45 THE GAS PEDDLE WOULD RESPOND AND WE COULD SPEED BACK UP TO ABOUT 70 OR 80. THEN THE CYCLE WOULD START ALL OVER AGAIN. OVER THE COURSE OF A 13 HOUR ROAD TRIP THIS HAPPENED OFF AND ON ABOUT HALF OF THE TRIP. WHILE THE CAR SLOWS DOWN ON ITS OWN, PRESSING THE GAS PEDDLE EITHER DOESN'T DO ANYTHING OR AT TIMES IT JUST REVS THE RPM'S WITHOUT INCREASING SPEED. WE TRIED SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS TO GET THIS PROBLEM TO STOP. WE DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY TO TRY TO RESET THE COMPUTER BUT THAT DID NOT WORK. WE ALSO TRIED TO PUT IT INTO 4WD AND TAKE IT OUT AND IT SEEMED THAT SOMETIMES HELPED AND AT OTHER TIMES IT DIDN'T. SOMETIMES THE LIGHT WILL FLICKER AND DOESN'T SEEM TO REALLY AFFECT THE ACCELERATION AS MUCH. OTHER TIMES IT WILL REALLY ACT UP AND WE HAVE TO PUT ON THE HAZARD LIGHTS AND FINALLY GET OFF THE HIGHWAY TO TRY SOMETHING OUT OF DESPERATION. ALL OF THIS HAPPENS ON DRY, SMOOTH HIGHWAYS. IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE DAYS IN A ROW. IT ONLY SEEMS TO ACT UP WHEN WE ARE GOING ABOVE 55 OR 60 MPH. *TR

WHILE DECELERATING TOWARDS AN INTERSECTION THAT I HAD TO STOP AT VSC DASH INDICATOR LIGHT, BRAKE LIGHT, & TRAC LIGHT ALL CAME ON. THEN, AS I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL I HEARD DEEP CRUNCHING NOISES FROM THE BRAKING SYSTEM (SOUNDED LIKE FRONT END). THERE WAS ALSO LOUD "CLANKING" NOISES, AS IF SOMETHING WAS BANGING AROUND THE INSIDE OF THE RIM OR BRAKE ROTOR. ALL THE NOISES WERE ALSO PHYSICALLY FELT ON MY BRAKING FOOT AT THE SAME TIME THEY SOUNDED. MY FOOT WAS BEING DROPPED AND PUSHED NOTICEABLY BY THE BRAKE PEDAL. I ALMOST REAR-ENDED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE THE BRAKING POWER FROM FLUCTUATING INDEPENDENTLY FROM STRONG TO ALMOST NONE WITHIN A MATTER OF A FEW SECONDS. THE SAME DASH WARNING LIGHTS HAVE BEEN CONTINUING TO TURN ON FOR THE LAST 5 OR 6 WEEKS (SOMETIMES ALL OF THEM, SOMETIMES ONE AT A TIME), BUT THE PHYSICAL BRAKING ISSUE HAPPENED TO ME AGAIN TODAY 9-11-13. I WAS ON A BACK STREET SO I TRIED TO VIDEO IT WITH MY PHONE BUT COULDN'T GET THE CAMERA SET TO VIDEO IN TIME; AND IT STOPPED AFTER OCCURRING AT THREE DIFFERENT BRAKING ATTEMPTS. THE CAR FLUCTUATED ITS WAY TO A STOP WITH THE SAME CRUNCHING NOISES (NO CLANKING) THIS TIME. THE PRESSURE FULLY CHANGED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AS THE ISSUE TOOK PLACE AND I HAD LITTLE CONTROL OF EXACTLY WHEN BRAKING WOULD HAPPEN. HAVE YOU SEEN THE AMOUNT OF TIMES THIS IS HAPPENING? ARE YOU READING THESE THREADS? I'M CONCERNED TO TAKE MY KIDS IN THE CAR. I'M CONCERNED IN LETTING MY LESS EXPERIENCED 18 YEAR OLD DRIVE IT AS USUAL. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND THEY WERE CLUELESS AND SAID THAT WAS PART IF THE WAY THE CAR KEPT ME SAFE ON WET ROADS. NEITHER INCIDENT OCCUR ON WET ROADS. I'VE BEEN DRIVING FOR 25 YEARS; I DID NOT HAVE CONTROL OF THE BRAKING IN MY VEHICLE TWO TIMES IN LAST 6 WEEKS DUE TO A VEHICLE SYSTEM GOING HAYWIRE! DRIVING THIS VEHICLE IS A HAZARD! PLEASE DO SOMETHING BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS! *TR

VSC OFF, VSC TRAC LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF ALL THE TIME. ALONG WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS. *TR

DRIVING TO A STOP WHEN VSC LIGHTS, ABS, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT,TRAC OFF DASHBOARD INDICATOR LIGHTS TURNED ON. WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, EXPERIENCED A JUMPING. ALREADY HAD BRAKES REPLACED, TIRES ROTATED AND ALIGNMENT DONE. CONTACTED AUTO SERVICE TECHNICIAN AND WAS TOLD AFTER A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED THAT ISSUE IS DUE TO A FAULTY COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH THE ABS SYSTEM HOW THE COMPUTER READS THE CAR PERFORMANCE. WAS TOLD THAT ONLY A TOYOTA DEALER WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE COMPUTER SYSTEM WHICH IS COSTLY. THE WARNING LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF RANDOMLY AS IF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM IS MALFUNCTIONING. *TR

1.WHEN SLOWLY TURNING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THE VSC LIGHT CAME ON AND THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE FROM FRONT WHEEL 2. AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE VSC LIGHT CAME ON & THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. *TR

VSC TRAC, VSC OFF, ABS LIGHTS HAVE BEEN COMING ON AND OFF SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN 2004. DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS OVER THE YEARS. LAST WEEK LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON FULL TIME. ABS SYSTEM SEVERELY SHOOK WHEN BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED. DEALERSHIP REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE BOOSTER SYSTEM. COST WAS $1,200. WARNING LIGHTS STILL WERE PRESENT, AND THEY WERE RELUCTANT TO LET ME LEAVE THE DEALERSHIP WITH THE PROBLEM STILL PRESENT. THEY DECIDED THAT THE BOOSTER WAS AN "AFTER-MARKET" PRODUCT AND NOT PROPERLY COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMPUTER. DEALERSHIP WANTS ANOTHER $600 TO SWAP THE BRAKE BOOSTER, BUT STILL NO ASSURANCES THAT THE WARNING LIGHTS WILL NOT COME BACK ON. THIS HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC SINCE THE DAY I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE WITH THE SEQUOIAS AND TUNDRAS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS STARTED TO ILLUMINATED. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS BEING DEPRESED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MAUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

THE VSC, TRAC AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS WILL ALL COME ON AT THE SAME TIME FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. WHEN THIS OCCURS THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES SHUDDER AND CAN EXPERIENCE A LOSS IN POWER. THIS ISSUE RAISES MANY SAFETY CONCERNS. BASED ON MY RESEARCH THIS IS CHRONIC ISSUE FOR THIS MODEL VEHICLE, BUT YET NO RECALL FROM TOYOTA. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE, THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON FOR THE BRAKES, VSC AND SKID CONTROL. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE REPAIR WILL BE $1900 TO REPLACE THE ECU. *TR

MY 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA AT VARIOUS TIMES WILL STOP ACCELERATING AWAY FROM A STOP IF THE VEHICLE IS ASKED TO GO UP OR DOWN A SLIGHT HILL. OTHER TIMES IT DOES IT WILL NO PROMPTING. YOU ARE LEFT WITHOUT POWER AND TRAFFIC IS ONCOMING AND YOU CAN'T MOVE OUT OF THE WAY, OR ACCELERATE FORWARD FOR 2 TO 3 SECONDS. REALLY IS DANGEROUS. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN IN 4WD. MANY PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS AND HAVE FOR YEARS, THUS, I HAVE LITTLE FAITH IN THE GOVERNMENT. THE VSC ON THE CAR SHUTS THE POWER OFF FOR REASONS OF ITS OWN. INCIDENT DATE BELOW DOES NOT MAKE SENSE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT IS ONGOING. CAN'T THE GOVERNMENT EVEN DESIGN A PROPER FORM? *TR

FILE A COMPLAINT TO NHTSA REGARDING VSC/TRACTION/ABS SKID CONTROL ECU FAILURE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I HAVE A '04 SEQUOIA. MY VSC ON OFF/VSC TRACTION LIGHT AND ENGINE CHECK CAME ON AS PER MANY OF THE REPORTS YOU FIND POSTED. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALER THEY FOUND 4 CODES COMING UP SPECIFIC TO THE PROBLEM AND ADVISED THAT BANK 2 SENSOR 1 AND THE SKID CONTROL COMPUTER AND THE ENGINE CONTROL COMPUTER (ECC) REQUIRED REPLACING. STILL THERE IS VIBRATION IN THE STEERING AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE, AND SIMILAR PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN SEEN IN OTHER SEQUOIA ALSO. I WAS ON A TRIP TO NEW YORK AND ON THE WAY BACK THIS PROBLEM WAS SEEN. THEN CONTACTED TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THE ISSUE. I NEED YOUR HELP TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. *TR

THE TRAC OFF, VSC TRAC AND ABS LIGHTS ON MY 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY AND REMAINS ON. ON ONE OCCASION, MY VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE I WAS DRIVING WHEN THE SYSTEM ENGAGED. I REPORTED THIS DIRECTLY TO TOYOTA SINCE THIS IS HAZARDOUS AND IS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT OCCURRED WITH MANY OF THE 2003 SEQUOIAS WHICH RESULTED IN A RECALL BEING ISSUED. MY VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE TOYOTA PERSONNEL THAT I SPOKE WITH SAW THIS AS MY ISSUE AND NOT ONE OF TOYOTA AND ISSUED ME A REFERENCE NUMBER. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WOULD BE MY RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT WITH ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS FILED REGARDING THIS ISSUE THAT TOYOTA WILL NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AND DO SOMETHING. IT SEEM AS IF A DEATH OR INJURY IS NECESSARY TO MAKE THEM STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR MANUFACTURING DEFAULTS. *TR

THE VSC AND TRAC LIGHTS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY .THE VEHICLE WILL ALSO DRAMATICALLY DE-ACCELERATE. THERE IS ALSO A SMELL LIKE SMOKE. AFTER SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF AND LATER RESTARTING ALL WAS OK. TOYOTA IS VERY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. SUCH A PROBLEM OCCURRING ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER SPEEDS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE LEADING TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH POTENTIAL FOR NUMEROUS FATALITIES. TOYOTA HAD A RECALL FOR EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM ON IT"S 2003 MODEL, BUT NOTHING FOR THE 2004. CONSIDERING THEIR MOST RECENT PROBLEMS WITH ACCELERATION I CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE EXPECTED BY NOW THAT THE NHTSA WOULD HAVE INVESTIGATED AND MANDATED THAT TOYOTA CORRECT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT...NOT AFTER THE FACT. AGAIN, THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED FACT ON TOYOTAS OWN WEBSITE. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED TO NO AVAIL. THEIR REFUSAL TO RECALL AND RECTIFY THE SITUATION SHOULD BE A WAKE UP CALL TO THE NHTSA. IF I HEAR NOTHING MORE ON THIS MATTER, I WILL ASSUME NEITHER TOYOTA NOR THE NHTSA IS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS DEFECT. *TR

THE VSC WARNING LIGHT AND SOMETIMES BRAKE WARNING LIGHT WILL COME ONE IN 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THERE APPEARS TO BE NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE BUT IT LOOSES POWER WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND HESITATES WHEN YOU ARE MAKING A TURN. TOYOTA HAS COME OUT WITH A RECALL FOR SEQUOIA 2003 AND HAVE A TECHNICAL BULLETIN DISCUSSING 2003 - 2005, HOWEVER TOYOTA REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING SINCE MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT RECALL. *TR

MY 2004 SEQUOIA FAILS TO ACCELERATE FROM A START WHEN ENTERING A TURN AT THE SAME TIME, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS FLASH ON THE DASHBOARD. IT TYPICALLY DOES THIS WHILE TURNING, MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURN FROM A STOPPED POSITION. MY CAR IS DUE AN OIL CHANGE AND I AM PLANNING ON TAKING IT TO THE DEALER THIS WEEKEND AND I INTEND TO TELL THEM OF THIS ISSUE. I SEE TOYOTA HAS A RECALL FOR 2003 MODELS. THE POINT IS, MY 2004 DOES THE EXACT SAME THING AS WHAT IS DESCRIBED IN THE 2003 RECALL NOTICE. ON AVERAGE, IT DOES THIS EVERY OTHER DAY AND STARTED 3 WEEKS AGO. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA, THE VSC OFF, VSC ON, BRAKE LIGHT GOES ON TIME AFTER TIME. THE BRAKES SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE THEY WILL NOT WORK. THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE, HOPEFULLY TOYOTA WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. THIS PROBLEM CAN CAUSE LIFE INJURIES AND EVEN DEATH. I HAVE STAYED DEDICATED TO TOYOTA AND HOPING FOR THERE HONEST MISTAKE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA WHICH WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THEN MADE AN UNINTENDED 80 DEGREE LEFT TURN IN A SWIFT JERKING MOTION AND PROCEEDED TO HIT A CEMENT PIPE IN A DITCH. THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS KNOCKED OFF THE VEHICLE. BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AT THE TIME. THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER AWOKE AND THE CRASH WAS STILL OCCURRING. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO PICK UP SPEEDS; HOWEVER THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE THE EXACT SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS ON THREE WHEELS AND CONTINUED TO PROCEED. THE PASSENGER WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS A SECOND TIME. THE PASSENGER AWOKE TO SOMEONE FLASHING LIGHT INTO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BROKEN TIBIA, SEVEN BROKEN RIBS, FRACTURED STERNUM AND A FRACTURED VERTEBRAE. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION, BRUISED FACE AND A SMALL LEFT HAND FRACTURE. BOTH WERE TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 84,199.

2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA, 79,000 MILES, VSC LIGHTS AND ENGINE LIGHTS ON AND WILL NEED A MAJOR REPAIR. *TR

VEHICLE LOSES CONTROL OF ACCELERATION WHEN TURNING AND CAUSES OTHER VEHICLES TO NEARLY CRASH INTO MY VEHICLE. THE VSC (VEHICLE SKID CONTROL) SYSTEM ACTIVATES IN ERROR DURING NORMAL DRIVING ON DRY PAVEMENT DUE TO FAULTY SYSTEM (THIS IS KNOW PROBLEM WITH TOYOTA SEQUOIA). SECONDARY PROBLEM RELATED TO THIS, THE VEHICLE SKID CONTROL SYSTEM DOES NOT DISENGAGE WHILE IN SNOW AND IT GETS STUCK. *TR

VSC/TRAC OFF LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. PROBLEM OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY CONDITIONS ON I-10. LIGHTS HAVE REMAINED ILLUMINATED DESPITE 2 COMPUTER RESETS. ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE INTERNET CHAT ROOMS, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THE '03 AND '04 SEQUOIA. THE MOST COMMON FIXES HAVE BEEN TO REPLACE THE TRACTION CONTROL COMPUTER AND/ OR THE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR IN THE STEERING COLUMN. *TR

JUST BOUGHT A 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA AND THE VSC SKID CONTROL COMPUTER HAS TO BE REPLACED. ITS $1500 TO REPLACE. APPARENTLY THIS IS NOT COVERED BY THE POWERTRAIN AND THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

BRAKE LIGHT, VSC AND TRAC LIGHT ALL CAME ON. INITIALLY THE BRAKE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND I WAS TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESTART IT AND THE LIGHT WOULD GO OFF AND OCCASIONALLY THE VSC LIGHT WOULD COME ON BUT LASTLY ALL CAME ON WITH A WEIRD SOUND AS IF THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE WAS ACTIVATED WHEN I WAS GOING TO A STOP AT AN INTERSECTION WITH A STOP SIGN. THE BRAKE PEDAL FELT AS IF I LOST PRESSURE AND THE CAR DID NOT STOP. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR FOR DIAGNOSTICS, THE CAUSE WAS THE ECM PART NUMBER 89541-0C062 AT A COST OF ABOUT $1800.00. I HAVE JUST RAN OUT OF WARRANTY SEVERAL MONTH BACK AND I ONLY HAVE 38970 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

VSC (VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL) SYSTEM INTERMITTENTLY SHUTS OFF THE ACCELERATOR ON MY 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. IT HAS NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT ON THREE OCCASIONS, ONE OF WHICH MY ENTIRE FAMILY INCLUDING TWO SMALL CHILDREN WERE TRAVELING ACROSS STATE FOR CHRISTMAS. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ACROSS THE INTERNET OF SIMILAR VSC COMPUTER FAILURES AND TOYOTA'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM. IT IS TIME THAT THE NHTSA APPLIED THE APPROPRIATE PRESSURE TO TOYOTA TO GET THEM TO INITIATE A RECALL AND REPAIR PROGRAM FOR THE PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

MY COMPLAINT IS BASICALLY IDENTICAL TO ONE ALREADY ON FILE FOR ANOTHER SEQUOIA 2004. WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN, OUR VEHICLE HAS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS LOST POWER. THERE IS A SECOND OR TWO WHERE THE ACCELERATOR FAILS TO PROVIDE ANY RESPONSE AND THEN IT RECOVERS. ONCE WHEN I WAS MAKING A TURN IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC I THOUGHT I THOUGHT I WOULD BE HIT BEFORE THE VEHICLE RECOVERED. I HAVE ASKED THE SERVICE PEOPLE ABOUT THIS TWICE BUT THEY SAY THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING IF THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE. HOWEVER, ONE SERVICE MAN SAID HE HAD HEARD OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER CUSTOMERS. THEY MENTION SOMETHING ABOUT A "FIREWIRE" THAT AFFECTS THE THROTTLE BUT WITH NO REMEDY IN SIGHT. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS RESULTS IN AN ACCIDENT FOR SOMEONE. *NM