2006 Toyota Sequoia acceleration problems

Filed Apr 8, 2020 · Acceleration · 134,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota sequoia. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, while depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle accelerated independently without warning. The failure recurred twice. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and was diagnosed that the throttle body needed to be cleaned. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 134,000. Th VIN was invalid.

Filed Oct 3, 2018 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 142,068 miles · NJ

Vsc/trac and check engine light on

Filed Nov 6, 2017 · Acceleration, Brakes · 150,100 miles · TX

The vehicle vsc trac system goes on for no reason when the car is in motion (roads are straight, and dry). As a result, the brakes go into a loud grind mode and do not engage, a loud blaring beeping sounds, the vehicle starts to vibrates horribly, I can not accelerate and the steering is difficult. It is not safe, as I was on a country road going 55 MPH on a straight 2 way road with traffic! It has happened twice and as far as I can see it has happened to many other 2006 sequoias owners yet only the 2003 were recalled for this issue. Unacceptable!

Filed Aug 16, 2017 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 185,000 miles · VA

Vsc trac on/off brake indicator lights appear while driving in the 35-45mph range. If you attempt to stop the vehicle (firm or light brake pressure), there is a loud grinding noise, as if it is activating the ABS, which takes a little longer to come to a complete stop. It would've been nice if toyota created a vsc trac on/off switch (at this rate, I may have to create my own). Some websites mention dirty sensors (speed sensors), some mention possible faulty yaw rate sensor (level warning switch, located in the center console), steering angle sensor may need adjusting. Who knows, but this would be a definite accident waiting to happen. I'm surprised this hasn't been considered a recall? Http://ww2.justanswer.com/uploads/ts/tsmodie/2012-10-29_191900_1.gif

Filed Apr 3, 2017 · Acceleration, Brakes · 159,000 miles · CA · crash

Toyota sequoia (ball joints recall) was driving on highway I-5 northbound just after the bridge that goes over the sacramento river I was on the bypass/cosway bridge driving in the #1 (of 2) lane going 65 MPH when suddenly my front end driver's side of my vehicle dropped completely and I was skidding on complete metal, I had no breaks and continued to skid for what seemed like forever, and steered to my to my right passing the #2 lane going up against the edge of the right side on the bridge. I was completely shocked. I couldn't open my driver's side door due the traffic right up against me. I immediately called my insurance road-side assistance who dispatched a tow truck. Due to the nature of the location, the tow truck required the assistance of highway patrol. The tow truck driver immediately knew about this issue and said toyotas were known from the upper/lower ball joints breaking on them. The vehicle was taken to valley tire service shop. The service guy there also knew immediately what was wrong with it. The next day I called the toyota manufacturer to report the incident. I was informed that the defective part was in fact a recall. However, the part had already been replaced in 2009. After having reviewed many blogs on line about this being a common issue with toyota sequoias (some more than once), I was extremely concerned. I am extremely concerned and fear driving this vehicle knowing that the defective part having already been replaced is still defective. I will not trust another part being replaced on this vehicle and would like to know what I should do. The consumer no longer owns the vehicle. Updated 10/04/2017

Filed Nov 9, 2015 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 147,625 miles · TX

While driving at 35 MPH, the check engine light, vsc off light, and vsc trac light all came on at once, and the vehicle stopped accelerating, and I experienced a dramatic decrease in vehicle power. I drove the vehicle home noticing a drastic change in acceleration as the sequoia would not accelerate normally; it would accelerate at a significantly reduced rate, topping out at 35mph on the flats and 16 MPH on an incline, in addition, during start up, the engine makes a high-pitch vacuum noise, which drops off and normal engine sound returns. I have had the car diagnosed; error codes p2440, p441 and p444 are all present indicating a failure of the air injection pump. This is a known problem on toyota sequoias and tundras; however, toyota has only acknowledged it on the 07-10 sequoia by extending the warranty to 10 years and 150,000k miles for this part. It is clear from other posts on the federal safety agency website and others that this problem also exists with the 2004-07 sequoias as well. This is a safety issue that needs to be addressed before someone is injured, or worse yet killed.

Filed Jul 21, 2014 · Acceleration, Brakes · 50,175 miles · CA

Warning indicator trac off , vsc off, and brake are on with grinding brake noise occurred.

Filed Jul 16, 2014 · Acceleration, Brakes · 125,100 miles · CA

While driving at low speeds the vehicle experienced a momentary loss of power and a grinding/vibrating of the brakes while in motion. The trac off and vsc trac warning lights came on along with the brake light. The warning lights and vibrating of the brakes could only be reset by turning the ignition off and restarting the vehicle. It happened twice in the last 12 hours.

Filed Aug 27, 2013 · Acceleration, Brakes · 76,415 miles · CA

Codes c1223 (ABS control system malfunction), c1247 (stroke sensor), and c1251 (pump motor is locked/ open circuit fault) had to replace vsc module/computer at my own cost.

Filed Aug 27, 2013 · Acceleration, Brakes · 82,662 miles · CA

Abs, trac, vsc and brake and check engine lights all signaled fault codes. Codes are #1251 and #1223, again, this after computer module was replaced at full cost to the consumer $1,059. The same fault has re-occurred in less than 6 (six) months of having replaced the ABS, trac, vsc computer module.