2003 Toyota Sequoia: jerking or lurching

Filed Sep 17, 2013 · Transmission · 107,342 miles · MD

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 toyota sequoia. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 MPH, the transmission began to jerk with the illumination of the vsc, vsc trac and engine warning indicators. The warning lights illuminated intermittently and until becoming permanently illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 107,342.

Filed Jul 10, 2012 · Acceleration, Brakes · 118,000 miles · CA

My 2003 toyota sequoia's ABS/vsc/trac lights are on. Now the brake light is coming on intermittently. We've had the rear and front brake pads changed recently. Recently while we were coming to a slow stop at a gas station, I was pressing the brake and it made a loud grinding noise. It felt like the brakes were going to give out. Immediately after, the brake light went on. I turned the engine off and the brake light was gone. A few times while at a stop light, the car will give a little jerk as if being hit from the back. Called toyota customer care center to file a complaint with them regarding the issue with the lights and brakes issue. Did internet research and this is a very common complaint among sequoia owners...yet they still don't have a safely recall on this vehicle. The toyota representative said there was a recall for the ecu skid control system - but that my VIN number didn't fall under the recall. We have taken it to an independent mechanic and they pulled the following codes: c1223, c1244, c1247 and c1310. It seems that if this is a problem that many sequoia owners are experiencing, toyota should fix it. Please help!

Filed Dec 30, 2010 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 18,740 miles · MA

My wife and I own a 2003 toyota sequoia, which we purchased new in 2003. We use it sparingly, so it only had 18,743 original miles on it as of december 23, 2010 (a date referred to again below). The vehicle has been regularly maintained by copeland toyota, brockton, ma, and was trouble-free until recently. On november 23, 2010, I was pulling into a parking space with my wife in the vehicle. I had come to almost a complete stop in the parking space with my foot on the brake pedal, when the engine revved and the vehicle lurched forward into the next parking space in front of me (fortunately unoccupied). On december 17, 2010, again with my wife in the vehicle, I had backed out of my driveway onto the street and had the vehicle at almost a complete stop with my foot on the brake pedal when the engine revved and the vehicle lurched backwards up a hill behind me. On both occasions I was able to apply pressure on the brake pedal to finally stop the vehicle. I checked the floor mat, as did the toyota dealer, and found no problem with it. I took the vehicle to the toyota dealer on december 20, 2010. The service advisor professed to not knowing what caused the lurching, said there was no related recall on this particular vehicle, and told me that their diagnostic computer showed codes in the system indicating a faulty vehicle stability control engine control unit (vsc ecu). It took the dealer four days to get toyota to "release" a replacement ecu, which was installed on december 23, 2010 at a cost (materials and labor) of $650.00. This was clearly a dangerous situation; we were fortunate that it occurred where it did.

Filed Apr 30, 2010 · Acceleration · 60,000 miles · CA · crash · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 toyota sequoia. While driving at 5 MPH, the vehicle suddenly jerked forward and accelerated when the contact depressed the accelerator pedal. He depressed the brake pedal with extreme force and the vehicle stopped after crashing into the garage door and hitting a wall. There was front end damages to the vehicle. The contact suffered minor neck injuries. The contact called an authorized dealership but was told that there were no recalls for the vehicle. The vehicle had not been inspected or repaired at the time of the complaint. The current and failure mileages were approximately 60,000. Updated 7/20/10 *cn updated 07/23/10

Filed Mar 2, 2010 · Driver assistance · 86,120 miles · NC

Vsc and trac off lights came on at the same time without warning and the 2003 toyota sequoia jerked to a slower speed while making a loud and grinding sound. It was while the vehicle was moving forward and the car behind me was lucky to avoid running into me.

Filed Aug 16, 2004 · Transmission · 40,000 miles · IA · crash · 1 injury

Put my sequoia in park and shut off .I got out to go into gas station, as I shut the door to the vehicle, the car jerked and began making a grinding noise and proceeded to go in reverse back. I went to get into the vehicle to make sure I had gotten it into the park position and it was. I couldn't stop it and by that time it was too late for me to get away from the vehicle. It ended up pinning my legs between a concrete barrier that protects the gas pumps and the door of my vehicle. Eventually, it folded the drivers side door backwards making it parallel to the front bumper and released me to fall to the ground. It then continued in reverse until it finally hit a parked car and stopped. All of the witnesses, including the actual police officer noted in their statements that they found the car in park. At this point, toyota is not taking responsibility for this and a neutral party who quickly checked the sequoia said they found no problem with the car staying in park so there would probably be nothing further done.