The vsc track and engine lights came on at the same time at exactly 108,000 miles. This has been a very reliable vehicle except when it seems the computer parts are programmed to fail. I use to commute in heavy slow traffic in southern california when my brake light would come on when using the brakes in traffic. The dealer could not find a problem.. The brake light will go off after the key is turned off and back on again however the vsc/track light still on appear t be a computer defect. I see many problems with this could lead to vehicle tipping big problem maybe this issue is related to toyotas vehicles super accelerating just a thought!
2003 Toyota Sequoia brakes complaints
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We own a toyata sequoia ltd 2003 model year. We took the vehicle several times to the dealer regarding braking issue. If we ever used the emergency brake, for some reason the right side front and rear brakes will start to lock up, that would shake the SUV and we had to pull over. The dealer never determined what the problem was even though we ended up paying for repairs that never made a difference. Eventually we stopped using the emergency brake on our vehicle, that also stopped the right side wheels from locking up. During this period the car parked in our driveway also crashed into our garage and broke the garage doors. With emergency brakes on and in park, middle of the night we there was a loud bang, the SUV had crashed into the garage; even though the SUV was in park position gear and with emergency brakes on.
2003 toyota sequoia vehicle skid control system applies brakes while accelerating. Vehicle will come to a stop and loose power while accelerating.
Control panel dash 'brake' icon keeps coming on intermittently. The only way to get the brake icon on the dash panel not to illuminate is to turn the ignition off. The brake icon illuminates again after driving anywhere between a couple of miles to thousands of miles. A couple of toyota dealerships could not find any problem with the vehicle. The last time the brake icon illuminated, I drove it to the nearest toyota dealership and they plugged in a computer analyzer while the brake light was on and the computer did not find any problems (no error codes). This has been going on since I had 20000 miles. I am now at 128,000 miles.
Control panel dash 'brake' icon keeps coming on intermittently. The only way to get the brake icon on the dash panel not to illuminate is to turn the ignition off. The brake icon illuminates again after driving after driving anywhere between a couple of miles to thousands of miles. A couple of toyota dealerships could not find any problem with the vehicle. The last time the brake icon illuminated, I drove it to the nearest toyota dealership and they plugged in a computer analyzer while the brake light was on and the computer did not find any problems (no error codes). This has been going on since I had 20,000 miles. I am now at 128,000 miles.
For the past 6months the emergency brake light has come on and shut off randomly for extended periods of time. The dealership has no answer for why, but they said that there is nothing wrong. Now the vsc trac and vsc off lights will not turn off. The dealer says that there is no danger again but that it will cost 1600 to fix. If I do nothing then it will be fine too. None of it makes complete sense.
Abs, vsc/trac lights are "on" all came up at the same time. It was a rainy day in houston, tx. Had to run 55mph at 65mph speed limit due to rain for safety pre-caution. At the time I reached my work place (approx 10miles from my residence), all 3-lights (ABS, vsc, trac) turned on. I am the 2nd owner of this vehicle, acquired it from toyota dealer 15 october 2009. With this incident, got curious of any recalls, complaints or issues with 2003 sequoia. Unfortunately, I just realized that I am among owners having the same issues.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 toyota sequoia. The vsc, trac off, and ABS light was illuminated on the instrument control panel. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership. The current and failure mileages were 108000.
Tl*the contact owns 2003 toyota sequoia. While driving approximately 25 MPH on normal road conditions and applying pressure to the brake pedal there was a grinding noise and the vehicle began shaking. The vehicle began pulling to the right and failed to slow down. The entire warning light indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. The driver applied continuous force to the brake pedal in order to decrease the speed of the vehicle. An authorized dealer stated that the failure was contributed to the anti-lock brake system. The vehicle has not been repaired for the malfunction. The contact had concerns of the safety hazard. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 110,000. The current mileage was 116,000.
The dash vsc trac & ABS skid control warning lights on my 2003 toyota sequoia 2wd have been on constantly for a period of time. They first appeared when I started my engine before I even placed the vehicle in drive. This is my second such failure of this system. The first occurrence was just weeks after the factory warranty expired. The original estimate to repair was about $2100. After some complaining, the dealer split the cost with me. This should be recalled by the manufacturer or, by government intervention due to the severity of the defect and the potential for accidents and/or death resulting from the defective computer system causing the vehicle to lock up and lose power.
I have a 2003 toyota sequoia that has been regularly serviced at a toyota dealership and has had no ABS brake issues until this incident. Abruptly as I was driving, all the vsc/trac lights on the dashboard came on, there was a grinding noise under the car and the car came to a halt. I took the car to the dealer the next day (as it happened on a sunday) and was told this was a known defect in sequoias, but as the car was past it's warranty period it would cost me $1800 to fix. If this is a known defect that has the capability of causing a serious accident because of the abruptness of the issue while driving, I don't understand why this is not a recall issue. Will it take someone having a fatal crash because of this to get some action on this issue?
My ABS, vehicle skid control and trac control system has failed. Trouble codes indicate system failure and will require new ABS, trac and anti skid ecu. I have not had the repair done yet. I am concerned about the safety without these features. I am aware that there are several people having this same issue.
I own a 2003 toyota sequoia sr5 with 95000 miles. Vsc, trac, and ABS lights came on. Dealership said that the codes are faulty ecu. Cost of repair was $1700. The following week lights came back on. This time they tell me it is a faulty speed sensor on the front right. They recalibrated the vehicle and said if it comes back the cost of the repair is $400. Following week, the lights come on, same code for the speed sensor, so I have it replaced. Two days later, the lights are back on. Not certain what will code this time. After reading several posts online, it looks like this is a recurring issue with this vehicle. So, I'm filing a complaint sense there hasn't been a recall.
Abs skid control (ecu) and booster assembly malfunction. Dealer reports this as a safety concern that should not be happening and seems to be a pattern and concern yet toyota refuses to address the issue.
I have had an issue with my 2003 toyota sequoia. The ABS and vsc trac lights came on. I have searched online to find out about this problem and have found it to be a habitual problem. On the morning of may 24 I had a collision with a deer. All four brakes locked up and I went into a skid and hit the deer. The things that I have read is its a electrical problem but it is not. Toyota has an issue here that puts its owners in an unsafe situation. This needs to be fixed. If there were habitual seat belt issues or airbag issues this would be taken care of. This is a major safety issue because I though I had working ABS brakes and due to some kind of design failure I did not.
In april 2006 at 50,000 miles at an inspection it was recommended to replace front & rear rotors as they were rusted & could effect the safety of occupants as the brakes may not respond appropriately. Hello, I am in chicago! Rust should be expected here, but not to the point of safety. Solution - spent money replacing all brakes & pads, then move south.
Vehicle traction control, vehicle skid control, anti brake system lights come on when I first turn the car on. The brakes are nearly impossible to push in. After car is warmed up for 15 minutes seem to work fine. The dealership wants me to spend over $1000 for new part.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 toyota sequoia. While driving between 5-10 MPH on normal road conditions, the contact heard a noise and felt excessive vibration when the brake pedal was depressed. The failure occurs whenever the vehicle is in operation. The traction control and vsc warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel and remained lit until the engine was turned off. The vehicle was taken to the authorized dealer for diagnostic testing. The technician stated that the failure was related to the anti-skid computer system and recommended that it be replaced. The vehicle has not been repaired. The failure mileage was 60,000 and current mileage was 63,000.
My vsc/ABS/skid is constantly on now and before it was only intermittently and now it is also making a disengaged sound. So I went to the dealer and they said I need to replace my skid control computer which will cost me about $1600 plus labor. This is too steep for me. The reason why I bought toyota because of their dependability. I'm really disappointed on how the dealer and the manufacturer handling this problem. There should another reason why vsc/ABS/skid would malfunction.
While driving vehicle in heavy traffic, the vsc trac lights illuminated and power was lost. According to dealer, bill wright toyota, it will cost me approximately $1600 to conduct repairs which require an ecu change, even though this is a common problem and is mentioned several technical service bulletins issued by toyota motor corporation. When I questioned the immediate need for this repair, I was told that failure to have repairs effected presents a safety hazard.
While driving along at city street speeds, during dry weather, on paved roads, my vsc trac and trac off lights come on. No other warning lights come on. Then a buzzer sounds for about 3 seconds. Then at the same time, a strange grinding sound comes from underneath the car, and the brakes seem to start working for no reason. I quickly pull over, turn off the car. I check the outside of the car and see no indication of running over anything. I then start the car and all the lights are back to normal (off). This happens about 2-3 times a month, for about a month or 2 now. I have not been able to determine any problems.
03 toyota sequoia. Vsc, ABS, parking brake light came on. At 52,000 miles while driving. Yaw sensor defective.
My sequoia 2003 with 31,000 miles, it showed brake light on. So I thought the brake pads need to be changed so I did. But the light still came on and off some days. About 4 weeks after, vsc lights and ABS lights came on so I took it to the dealer and was told that the computer unit for tracking must be replaced and would cost me part and labor $1650. Dealer pulled up codes c1241, c1231, c1223, and c1203. It seems from multiple identical complaints, toyota has made a faulty part and should make the recall for the safety of the customer.
The ABS and skid control lights are on in my 2003 toyota sequoia. The dealer states that the skid control computer needs to be replaced. So right now, there is no skid control or ABS available on my car because of this computer is bad. Toyota will not do anything about it and I have filed a complaint case 200810010613. This is a safety issue.
The brake light on my 2003 toyota sequoia has been recently coming on. I took it in for new bake pads and turned out I needed new rotors too. Not more than 18 hours later the light is still coming on?? I had a similar problem with the ABS light coming on very frequently and had new brake pads put in, a new censor, and still nothing. Finally after I had taken it in on that ball joint recall, the light has never been on again. I really don't feel comfortable driving my kids around with a bright red "brake!" light on.
2003 toyota skid control computer, I am writing to request that a formal complaint be filed to toyota. I recently took my car into my local toyota dealership because of a few lights that we on in my dash. The specific lights were the vsc, vsc off and the ABS lights. After doing some research I see that this is a fairly common problem with toyota and their skid control computers. The problem is that it is not covered under the powertrain warranty and is a very expensive part to have replaced. My quote was for $1800 excluding tax. I purchased the vehicle with 47,000 miles and was offered an extended warranty up to 60,000, but it was a very expensive extended warranty so I decided to pass. The manufactures warranty for my car was 55,000 miles I believe and the lights came on at 55,500 miles....of course. I sincerely hope that there can be some sort of resolve for this such as a recall of the skid control computer or changing this issue to be covered under the power train section of the warranty as it is unfair for there to be so many people to be having the same problem around the same mileage and some of those people have serious consequences to the computers malfunction such as accidents and possible death. Please take whatever action necessary to solve this unnecessary issue.
Toyota sequoia 2003, vtrac and ABS lights came up on the dash during a very wet interstate trek to michigan from california. Had no cruise control before this, the cruise control failed the year before during the same wet trek across country! The toyota dealer in saginaw michigan told us that the computer controlling the vtrac and ABS was displaying fault codes and needed to be replaced, cost $1200. This is a 5 year old vehicle with 70k miles on it now (the fault happened around 66k miles) which is now much harder to handle under heavy braking, which we need more and more with the low quality drivers out there. If the gas prices weren't so high, this truck would be out of here here, but we can't afford to sell it for the current value, and buy another vehicle, so this SUV will now be limited to trips where we need the storage/towing capacity. So, even though we have 2 cars, we only really have 1 1/2 now.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 toyota sequoia. The contact stated that the ABS/dsc warning light intermittently illuminated on the instrument panel. The dealer assured the contact that the issue was nothing to worry about and was not a big deal. The issue was later discovered to be a communication error between the skid control and the ECM. The service dealer stated that the ECM should be replaced; however, the steering angle on the vehicle was also off and a re-calibration was performed. Afterwards, while driving between 30-40 MPH, the contact depressed the brake pedal and heard a loud thumping noise. She felt vibrations coming from the brake pedal. While slowing down and switching from braking to acceleration, the vehicle hesitated to accelerate and coasted momentarily until reaching full acceleration. The failure mileage was 83,106 and current mileage was 99,000.
On 4 occasions dash light indicating vsc and brake problem appeared. Each time the braking of the 2003 toyota sequoia was compromised. Each time the truck was brought to toyota service center for repair. Each toyota said they could not replicate the problem but replaced skid computer anyway. 8/20/08 problem recurred with dash brake indicator light coming on. Braking again compromised, heard loud "clunking sound" coming from car while driving. Immediately brought to scottsdale toyota service center. Again, said they could not replicate problem and returned car with no repair. Called toyota customer service and filed a complaint. Toyota indicated complaint is now on record. Problem with dash brake light coming on and braking diminished recurred again 8/27/08. After shutting engine off, indicator no longer lit and braking back to normal. I fear for both my safety and my families. Simple google search indicates a large number of sequoia owners are having the same problem.
Traction control light, skid control light, ABS light and check engine light all just came on while driving down the road. No previous problem noted.
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