2002 Toyota Sequoia: ABS light or ABS activating

Filed Jun 18, 2024 · Brakes, Driver assistance · FL

My vehicle has randomly been flashing vbs/abs/traction control lights. Sometimes nothing happens other than the flashing lights. Other times I’ll be driving & when going around a curve my car makes a beeping noise (sounds like the abs noise activated) & I’ll feel a pulsing under the brake & hear a grinding sound. It doesn’t allow me to brake effectively. Another time I was coming to a stop behind a car at a red light. It was clear as day, roads weren’t wet & I couldn’t have been going over 10 mph. When hitting my brakes, my steering wheel kind of glided back & forth for a sec and it felt like my tires “floated”in the same motion as wheel until it stopped.

Filed Jul 18, 2023 · Brakes · 222,715 miles · SC

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Sequoia. The contact stated while driving at various speeds and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle made an abnormal grinding sound and hesitated to respond. The contact depressed the brake pedal a second time, and the vehicle stopped. The ABS warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that the failure had been reoccurring while driving and depressing the brake pedal. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Jan 26, 2021 · Brakes, Electrical · 123,731 miles · GA

Vsc, ABS, traction control and brake warning instrument lights on. Abs and traction control and vsc are inoperable due to a computer malfunction. This is an extremely common issue with first generation sequoias. My specific codes are c1241 and c1203. Toyota told me I will need a new computer to controls those systems at a 921 dollar expense. These issues have been ongoing since 2009.

Filed Oct 29, 2020 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 95,000 miles · CA

Grinding noise, beeping, warning lights flashing, difficulty steering, difficulty braking, clunking when braking, vsc and ABS lights on. Very scary. I was driving approximately 50 MPH. It also happened when my daughter was driving it. Very intermittent. I was going straight, no turning, no bumps in the road. So random. I have researched the much on youtube and the internet and there are many others who have experienced this scary situation. I am afraid to drive the vehicle and it is a major safety hazard and must be fixed! I heard they recalled the 2003's but not the 2002's but they have the same parts. I will send pictures of others who have similar complaints. If you go to the website I sent you will find many others who have experienced the same thing. I am sending only a sample. Please do something. Serious safety hazard, whatever the problem is! I have not driven it much since it happened. I have been very distracted since my boyfriend passed away. I did call the local toyota dealer after it first happened and also the national number for toyota and was told there is no recall. Yet! Go to carproblemzoo.com and input "brake grinding noise of toyota sequoia ABS and vsc. I tried to upload docs but they were the wrong format.

Filed Sep 9, 2020 · Brakes · 165,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 toyota sequoia. The contact stated while driving 55 MPH, the ABS warning light was illuminated and the vehicle began to decelerate independently. The contact parked on the side of the road and restarted the vehicle within two minutes, and continued driving to his destination. The contact stated he continued to experience the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer had not been informed of failure. The failure mileage was approximately 165,000.

Filed Feb 17, 2020 · Driver assistance, Steering · 247,514 miles · AZ

At 247,000 plus miles the ABS system would suddenly engage going around sharper curves on the highway at 65+ MPH. Recently the ABS system engaged at 32 MPH around a sharper curve on a mountain road. I brought it into the dealer in august 2019. As of february 2020 it is still not fixed, despite spending a lot of money. Besides being nerve wracking, it is a potentially hazardous problem, especially in snow and ice, that should qualify for a recall.

Filed Oct 11, 2019 · Driver assistance · 159,432 miles · NY

Just bought a used 2002 toyota sequoia and quickly found that I can not pull out into heavy traffic without plenty of gap in said traffic.I had unhooked the battery to do some work on it and now it will hesitate for 1.5 to 3 seconds when you ease from a stop.I have seen on other sites that it is called the hesitation of death.I notice on the dash the (car with the slipping) light comes on and there are some relay noises under the dash.I don't see the vsc light come on or the ABS light come on.I did call my local toyota dealership to explain my experince and they claim to have never heard of this issue.they told me just to drive it and it should within a few days it should relearn itself.I told them I just drove a 650 mile trip with it and its been a week or two since I unhooed the battery with no change.she simply just wished me luck and that was it.as a update I changed the front brake calipers in witch lowered the brake fluid level in the master cylnder witch turned on all the vsc warning lights and brake light and the hesitation went away as long as the lights were on.unfortuntaly I turned it off and filled the brake fluid to max level and the hesitation came right back and the vsc warning lights went off.nothing to indicate or give a direction to a repair.I see the reports about the 2003 sequioa having a recall but not the 2002.if they are the same part numbers I think for all safty factors on both years they shoud be honering the 2002 under a safty recall.not really sure what to do at this point.do I sell it,trade it in, the dearship didnt offer any true help or even mention the recall on the 2003 sequioa. They were not to forth coming with info on this problem that seems to be well known on a toyota forum page.

Filed Aug 4, 2019 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 177,000 miles · FL

I didn't realize what the lights meant being on when I bought it until I was attempting to drive 4hrs away and suddenly the steering started veering off to the other lane and swerving. I could not drive past 40mph on the interstate the rest of the way and almost crashed into other vehicles and off the side of the road. When you switch lanes the vehicle pulls you too far and it is very unsafe to drive especially with kids. I had to break the ABS fuse to get back home and even then it still veers off when trying to switch lanes and I can't go past 60 or so. I don't see how there are this many complaints and many accidents and almost accidents to not have everything associated with this malfunction to be considered not dangerous enough for a recall. I'm thankful my kids were not with me during that trip.

Filed Apr 6, 2019 · Airbags, Body · 440,000 miles · NH

Takata recall we have owned our sequioa since 12/13/2001, we bought it brand new. When we 1st bought it the airbag light came on immediately and bill dube of dover nh replaced something and fixed it. I have had many complaints with my vehicle and returned to the dealership many times thru out the years. I have had multiple issues with vsc traction control starting in 2002 lights would come on and go out, air bag light comes on when there is high humidity and when using air conditioning, my alloy wheels have been disgusting since 2004. I have a extensive repair history with bill dube dealership they never addressed issues as once lights on dash turn off there is no history. In 2006 my lights on dash came on I brought it to toyota of portsmouth nh as I was almost at 100000. Miles. They could not look at vehicle due to warranty. I drove to bill dube and they refused to see me that day or document that lights were on so they could fix it. Once my odometer hit 100000 warranty was null and void. I was extremely upset called multiple times to toyota corporation and appeared to get same jerk who refused to help and gave me the run around. We have owned our sequioa for 18 1/2 years. I love my car it has approx 445000 miles and would appreciate assistance. My vsc is constantly on now along with the ABS light. The air bag only comes on when there is high humidity and I am driving. When we bought the sequioa the salesman actually stated the sequioa had a hard drive to retain light history. I also have been concerned with my frame which was replaced in 2012. I have return to portsmouth toyota where work was down a few times. My vehicle appears crooked and not aligned they think I am crazy. I practically live in my vehicle I work in hospice so I am very aware of my vehicles look and condition. I would appreciate your assistance with my vehicle, I would like make it to 500000.

Filed Apr 18, 2018 · Acceleration, Brakes · CA

The vsc trac, vsc off, brake light and ABS light are all on on the dash. This is known problem with 1st generation toyota sequoia's. Toyota issued a recall on the 03 models for this issue and provided a fix at their expense. The same issue occurs in other model years but there is no open recall for it. Dealership wants approximately $2,000 to replace the skid control ecu.

Filed Aug 17, 2017 · Driver assistance · 190,817 miles · TX

This problem started on 8/1/2017 ecs and ABS lights came on with check engine light. Millage was 190753. I was driving when this occurred. Having tried to find the fault for this condition was futile. I do suspect the ecu is failing.

Filed Jul 25, 2017 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 70,000 miles · CA

The warning lights ABS, vsc, emergency brakes, track, slip indicator comes on all the time after engine start running. In certain instances, the vehicle does not respond to acceleration for few seconds. The problem started around 70k miles. Toyota dealer has check the vehicle and said that the problem is the ecu computer and the estimated cost is about $3,000.oo dollars with only 3 month warranty. The mechanic explained that the vehicle would be able to brake but non of the features above will be functioning. The mechanic also stated that this is very common problem with sequoia models but there is no recall or warranty for this problem at the time it was diagnosed. Since the repair for our SUV is not affordable for us and there is so much uncertainty in its safety, we use it in a limited basis.