Toyota Sequoia pulling problems

Filed Dec 17, 2020 · Brakes · 240,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 toyota sequoia. The contact stated while driving 50 MPH, the brakes applied forcefully and independently. The contact also stated that the vehicle began to pull to the right. The contact stated that the traction control warning light and several other unknown warning lights were illuminated. The contact stated he continued to experience the failure while attempting to park on the side of the road. The vehicle was not drivable. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer had been informed of failure. The failure mileage was approximately 240,000.

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 Jul 21, 2019 · Acceleration, Suspension · 175,000 miles · TX

After driving roughly 40 minutes on a straight dry highway at a constant 70 MPH, my vsc off and trac off lights suddenly came on for no reason, accompanied by a loud high-pitched alarm. The steering felt like it was dragging, was grinding, and pulled to the right. Felt like something was breaking apart. Very scary since I was in the left lane with no shoulder. I decreased my speed to about 60 and moved to the right hand lane. After several seconds, the alarm and grinding/dragging stopped just as mysteriously as it started before I'd even gotten to an exit. The lights stayed lit. Before I used the vehicle again, I inflated the tires from 32.5 to 35 psia, just in case that might have contributed. The next day, I drove on the highway for 40 minutes with no problem, but on the way back home, the same thing recurred after about 20 minutes, again at highway speeds on a straight section of dry road. This time the dragging and grinding was worse and the alarm lasted much longer. Again, it mysteriously stopped as I was preparing to exit the highway. Searching similar anecdotes seems to imply a known failure of the yaw sensor. That sensor has triggered the lights to come on from time to time ever since 2002, but it never caused the loud alarm or struggle to steer the vehicle before. This should definitely be a recall item. I think I'm going to have to disable the variable speed control and traction control features of the vehicle by removing the fuse just so I can keep driving it.

Filed Apr 14, 2019 · Driver assistance · 220,000 miles · CO

While driving on the highway at 75mph we made a slight turn with the road and vsc-trac and trac-off lights randomly illuminated without warning on dry, level pavement causing the steering wheel to pull to the right. It was very hard to control, as well as to brake. We were in the middle of heavy traffic. We finally pulled over shut off the SUV and turned it back on. The lights went off so we tried again. About 30min it did the same exact thing. Very frightening. Is there a recall out on this??

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 Nov 13, 2018 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 156,000 miles · FL

Driving 45mph on straight road the vehicle vsc engaged pulling hard to the right and decelerating quickly. I pulled over, called dealership and was told to drive it the 2 miles to dealership. Within 100' of dealership I crossed intersection and car suddenly decelerated, engaged the assistance again and I was almost struck by truck that swerved and almost hit pedestrian. Dealer said it was a yaw steering sensor. Part was unobtainable or possible within 8 weeks, and no after market parts available. Mechanic recommended vehicle not be driven. Toyota declared part obsolete. I researched and found this was already at the federal safety agency attention but that they closed the investigation. How is this acceptable?

Filed Oct 14, 2018 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 259,400 miles · SC

Driving the vehicle at about 60mph, grinding sound, loss of power steering control, pulls to the right side, deceleration, loud noise like a tire blowout, vsc lights on dash come on. This has happened 4 times while driving the vehicle, no warning and you must pull over and turn the engine off and it will reset so you are able to start the vehicle to continue. Very scary incidents!!!

Filed Apr 16, 2018 · Driver assistance · 163,000 miles · AL

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 toyota sequoia. While driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle inadvertently pulled to the left. In addition, the traction control and stability control warning indicators illuminated during the failure. The vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road and the engine was turned off. The vehicle was restarted and driven to the contact's residence. The contact mentioned that the warning indicators were not illuminated when the vehicle was restarted. The dealer (toyota of the shoals, s 5100, us-43, tuscumbia, al 35674) informed the contact that he would be responsible for the diagnostic fees. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign number: 10v176000 (electronic stability control, traction control), but the VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 163,000.

Filed Oct 23, 2017 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 98,700 miles · FL

The car makes a loud sound as if something was stuck underneath. At the same time it pulls to the right while severely vibrating. Also at the same time the lights for tracking control and stability control turn on. After a few seconds the car seems to be in normal driving mode again except for the warning lights for the vsc off-light. The warning lights reset sometimes but that only leads to the same problem starting again.

Filed Oct 16, 2017 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 188,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 toyota sequoia. While driving 70 MPH, the vsc (anti-skid) system malfunctioned. The contact stated that the brakes engaged automatically and the vehicle pulled to the left and the right. A dealer was not contacted about the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and stated that there were no customer care programs for the failure. The failure mileage was 188,000.