2001 Toyota Sequoia: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed Sep 11, 2022 · Brakes, Steering · NJ

I was coming off the highway goi g down the off ramp at a rate of speed in line with the speed limit, and the vsc/abs/brake lights all came on. The truck started making a grinding noise and was difficult to control. I pulled over and checked underneath. Everything was fine and there was no sign of an issue. I turned the truck off and on, and all the lights cleared; however, the lights turn on again when the vehicle is cold. Once it warms up, and you turn the car on and off, the clear. No codes on the scanner. Forums say this happens regularly with this make, model and year, but no one is sure what it is. Everything from emissions, to the brake sensor to the yaw rate sensor.

Filed May 22, 2022 · Brakes · IL

INAPPROPRIATE stability braking, A noticable swerve to the right accompanied by a grinding noise ant the ASC and Traction control warning lights.

Filed Aug 4, 2021 · Brakes, Steering · CO

ABS kicks in while driving. It happens at a moderate speeds. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD since I am in the car with my kids and it causes the car to unexpectedly brake. The VSC light come on and blinks, there is a loud grinding sound. This was reproduced by mechanic. SAFETY HAZARD

Filed Jun 24, 2020 · Driver assistance · 188,000 miles · MO

The vehicle stabilization control turns itself on at random times while driving. Has no correlation to driving conditions, type of roadway, or speed vehicle is moving. There is a beep and then a pull on the steering while a loud grinding noise and sensation occurs. It has gotten so bad, the car is not drivable because you cannot stop. Mechanic has tried to repair but is unable to root the cause. The last time was so bad, my husband thought he was going to crash on the highway exit ramp.

Filed May 25, 2020 · Driver assistance · 99,200 miles · OH

Was driving straight on a city street with no adverse weather conditions (rain, wet road, etc.) had accelerated up to about 35mph when suddenly the trac off, vsc, and skid lights illuminated (possibly flashing) and a warning beeping sound went off. There was a loud grinding metal on metal sound and the car was shuttering (vibrating). I immediately begin to depress the breaks, and while the car did begin to slow further than it already was, I did not feel like I could have come to a complete stop as if I had total control of the breaks. I looked ahead to see where I could pull into to get off the road when the lights/warning sound went off and the vehicle resumed normal operation. This was after about 5-10 seconds. I drove for a couple of minutes to a gas station to get gas. The vehicle seemed fine. I was only about 5 more minutes to home so I continued driving. During that 5 minute drive it happened a second time. The exact same behavior, I was already slowing down approaching a red light and was traveling probably 15-20mph when it happened. After about 5 seconds the behavior stopped and the vehicle resumed normal operation. I was only about 30 seconds from home. Continued home and haven't driven the vehicle since. This is a major safety issue to have your break system activate uncontrollable. It was terrifying at 35 MPH, I can't image what might happen at 65mph. A few seconds of research shows hundreds of other complaints of the same problem. Some people have reported pulling the fuse for the ABS system to disable it, because not having it is safer than your breaking system uncontrollably going off on you. This needs to be recalled by the manufacturer and fixed before there is a fatal accident!

Filed Mar 22, 2020 · Driver assistance · 195,000 miles · NC

Twice, once in nov. 2019 and again n mar,.2020, the electronic skid control has engaged without warning and without reason, causing me to nearly lose control of the car. Both occasions occurred on interstate 40 near raleigh , nc. The weather was clear and the road conditions were dry, solid (no sand or gravel) surface. When the system engaged at approximately 65 MPH, the vehicle was pulled to the right nearly uncontrollably, the ABS system engaged (grinding metal-on-metal sound0, and the engine speed was reduced. In addition, the trac and vsc icons lit up on the dash and the re was a beeping sound. This is a dangerous situation. Had there been a vehicle in the lane to my right, I could not have avoided hitting them. Fortunately, no other vehicles were involved and there was no accident, but this was purely luck. After the first event I took my vehicle to mark jacobson toyota in durham, nc on nov 14, 2019 ( I have the service receipt.) they stated that they "could not reproduce the problem" and said that they did a "zero point calibration." I have not had the vehicle serviced after the second episode since it happened just yesterday. A survey of the internet reveals multiple other first generation sequoia owners reporting the same thing, but there is no reported solution to the problem. The only "fix" that works consistently is to remove the ABS system fuse; hardly a solution, since it doesn't make sense to me to disable a critical automotive safety system. Nevertheless, given the severity of the problem with the ABS system energized, I can understand that disabling the ABS system is the lesser of two evils. I would be grateful for you help in finding a safe solution to this dangerous situation.

Filed Nov 9, 2019 · Driver assistance · 120,000 miles · CA

While driving into my driveway, on the freeway or on city roads, I suddenly hear beeping sound, grinding noise, momentary deceleration and then the vsc off and vsc trac lights in the instrument panel turns on. Sometimes this happens when the vehicle is idling and stationary. I am afraid that I might get into an accident because of the sudden deceleration especially when I am driving on the freeway on the way to the office 5 days a week. The local toyota dealership told me that there was a recall for this covering 2003 sequoia models but did not include 2001 sequoia models. I believe that toyota should include 2001 models in the recall before people get into accidents because of this problem.

Filed Nov 27, 2018 · Brakes · VA

Accelerating onto highway the car made grinding noise and pulled to left as well as suddenl braking. It was almost a disaster but car in next lane veered away and I pulled onto shoulder. I had been told the yaw sensor needed to be replaced but was not available anywhere. When I looked online I saw the federal safety agency did not feel it was a dangerous failure, but it read as more of an inconvenient problem so I was comfortable trusting them and drove it after the dealer had said it couldn't get the part. Why was toyota able to declare a part obsolete that obviously is important to my safely operating the vehicle? How can. The federal safety agency possibly think this is not a safety issue?

Filed Sep 22, 2017 · Brakes · 171,400 miles · CA

When driving at a speed anywhere from 10 to 60 MPH, the skid control light and vsc trac can go off; alarm sounds...vehicle shake and grinding coming from brakes. Brakes and do not work well when this occurs. This can happen at any time. It is now occurring very frequently. The only way to stop it is to shut the car off.... And restart the vehicle.

Filed Jan 3, 2017 · Driver assistance · 140,000 miles · TX

In motion at highway or city roads: vehicle while running fine , all of sudden goes off course , looses stability, looses all power , acceleration comes down automatically , and hear a grinding noise ,and vsc trac and vsc off lights come on . A real dangerous situation when vehicle looses stability control

Filed Oct 3, 2016 · Brakes · 189,000 miles · CA

Happened yesterday 3 times in less than 2 hours . Vsc traction control engages for no reason. Driving at 55 MPH on freeway, the truck applies the breaks sharply, trac light comes on with a warning beep, makes a loud grinding noise and can't use the breaks or stering. Barely made to the side of the road in a busy freeway. It was terrifying specially when your little kid is in the truck. It could have caused a big accident.

Filed May 18, 2016 · Driver assistance · 128,000 miles · GA

Audible sound goes off; truck ABS brakes and pulles to the right; vsc light comes on and traction light comes on and stays on; grinding noises comes from front and middled of truck. This occured while riding hwy I-95s at 80mph on sunny dry day. This has to happen mutible times over last 5yrs; mileage when it started was 128,000 and present have 159,000.