2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA SR5 Service Brakes, Hydraulic Problems

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2003 SEQUOIA AND HAVE BECOME AWARE THAT THE VSC TRAC, VSC OFF, ABS LIGHTS ALWAYS REMAIN ON. MY MECHANIC RAN THE CODES AND HAS ADVISED ME THAT I NEED A NEW DECELERATION SENSOR. AFTER SOME RESEARCH ONLINE I SEE THAT I AM NOT ALONE AND SO WOULD LIKE TO VOICE MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS FAULTY SENSOR AND ASK THAT TOYOTA GIVE A RESPONSE TO WHY SO MANY VEHICLES OF THIS ERA HAVE THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 126,000

I JUST PURCHASED A USED 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA SR5 2 DAYS AGO FROM THE DEALER. ALTHOUGH, THE VEHICLE COMES UNDER NO WARRANTY, I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A DEFECT THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED BY OTHER 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA SR5 OWNERS. THE PROBLEM ' TRAC OFF LIGHT CAME ON, VSC LIGHT CAME ON AND THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY NEED TO SEE THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS THE SKID ECU AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT $1200.00 FOR THE PART AND $232.30 FOR LABOR. THE SERVICE TECH TOLD ME THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS THIS IS THE BRAIN OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND THE ABS WILL LOCK UP AND THE BRAKES WILL FAIL. THE LIGHTS REMAINED ON UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. I WENT ON LINE TO RESEARCH THE CAUSE AND DEFECT AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM I HAVE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND HOPING TO RESOLVE THIS MALFUNCTION BEFORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED.

Mileage: 150,462

THE VEHICLE , WHILE STARTING AND PULLING OUT ONTO THE ROAD, WOULD SEEM TO TRY TO TAKE OVER AND PULSATE AND APPLY THE BRAKES. VERY DANGEROUS! I PAID FOR COMPUTER ANALYSIS TO BE DONE, WHICH VERIFIED THE C1231 ABS CONTROL SYSTEM FAULT, BUT TOYOTA DOES NOT WANT TO REIMBURSE ME FOR MY PRIOR EXPENSES DUE TO THEIR DEFECT. FRUSTRATING! *TR

Mileage: 124,000

2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA SR5- COMMON PROBLEM LIKE OTHERS ABS/VSC TRAC/VSC OFF SENSOR LIGHTS CONTINUE TO STAY ON. BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON PERIODICALLY. BROUGHT VEHICLE IN TO DEALERSHIP TODAY FOR RECALL FOR SKID CONTROL ECU UPDATE AND IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. BROUGHT THIS UP TO DEALERSHIP TODAY AND WAS ASKED - WHAT LIGHTS - YOU DID NOT TELL US SENSOR LIGHTS WERE ON - IT WILL BE $49.99 TO PULL VEHICLE BACK IN AND SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I AM NOT STUPID, THE DEALER HAS LOOKED AT THIS VEHICLE BEFORE AND ALL THEY TELL US IS WE HAVE TO REPLACE SEVERAL SENSORS - $3000.00 +. THERE ARE TOO MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS OUT THERE WITH THIS VEHICLE AND SAME PROBLEM. TOYOTA DOES NOT WANT TO PUT THE FUNDS INTO FIXING A SERIOUS DEFECT. *TR

VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM FAILURE...VSC, TRAC, AND ABS FAILURE...ALL 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

I OWN A 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. ABOUT A MONTH AGO HAD TO STOP THE CAR ABRUPTLY UNDER RAIN TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH A VEHICLE THAT FAILED TO PERFORM A STOP AT AN INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE ABS DID NOT WORK AND I SKIDDED OF THE ROAD WITHOUT MAJOR CONSEQUENCES. . AFTER A VISIT TO THE DEALER THEY REPORTED THAT VEHICLE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL MODULE, IT IS NOT WORKING. CURRENTLY THE VEHICLE HAS 66000 MILES. THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL MODULE IS THAT IS DISABLES THE ABS WHEN THE MODULE STOPS WORKING. I RESEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND MULTIPLE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS IN VEHICLES UNDER WARRANTY AND VEHICLES WITH RELATIVE LOW MILEAGE. I BELIEVE THIS IS ALSO A PROBLEM FOR THE TOYOTA TUNDRA TRUCK. *TR

Mileage: 66,504

VSC, TRAC WARNING LIGHT ON 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA (75K MILES) - $1718 REPAIR BILL FIRST INCIDENT - 3/11/04 (8.5K MILES), COMPUTER SKID/COMPUTER ASSY REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY LATEST INCIDENT - 1/8/2010 (75K MILES), BRAKE BOOSTER ($763 REPAIR) AND CHARCOAL CANISTER ($550 REPAIR). REFERENCED REPAIRS MAY BE RECURRING EVENTS SUPPORTING A POTENTIAL RECALL PROGRAM BASED ON NUMEROUS WEBSITE REFERENCES... *TR

Mileage: 74,699

2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA VSC LIGHT (VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL) AND ANTI SKID BRAKES LIGHT ILLUMINATE. FIRST INTERMITTENTLY NOW ON ALL THE TIME. TOYOTA DEALER DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE EXPERTISE TO SCIENTIFICALLY DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. TOYOTA AND DEALER SEEM TO BE INDIFFERENT AND ALSO WILL NOT HONOR EXTENDED WARRANTY. BEEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. 2003 SR5 MODEL,GARAGED SINCE PURCHASE IN 2003, LIGHTLY DRIVEN WITH 30652 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. NO ACCIDENT INVOLVED. AFTER A CAREFUL REVIEW OF OTHER OWNERS IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. DESIGN FLAW OR ENGINEERING DEFECT WITH THE STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM OR ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. REPORTING ISSUE TO GO ON RECORD IN THE EVENT A RECALL DOES GET ISSUED. *TR

Mileage: 30,652

THE SKID CONTROL ECU ON MY 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA RECENTLY STARTED INTERMITTENTLY REPORTING FAILURE VIA PARKING WARNING LIGHT AND DISABLES THE ABS SYSTEM. RECENTLY WE WERE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND IT DISABLED ITSELF AS WE WERE BRAKING. THERE WAS A TSB BR006-06 PUT OUT BY TOYOTA TO REPLACE THE ECU IN 2006 ONLY IF THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE PROBLEM. IT WAS A KNOWN LOGIC PROBLEM WITH THE ECU. WE ARE LUCKY SO FAR THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL-OVER AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE AND TURN-IT BACK ON TO CLEAR THE ABS FAULT AND CONTINUE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT. TOYOTA SERVICE IS TELLING ME THE ECU NEEDS REPLACEMENT AT MY EXPENSE FOR A COST OF OVER $1500. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL SAFETY PROVIDED BY THE ABS AND VSC SYSTEM, AND TOYOTA SHOULD BE ENSURING THAT THIS SAFETY SYSTEM IS WORKING AND SHOULD HAVE HAD PUT A RECALL OUT ON THE COMPUTER BACK IN 2006 FOR THIS PROBLEM FOR REFERENCE, THE NHTSA HAS THIS RECORDED AS INCIDENT #PE68072 AND EA09006. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA SR5. WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VSC/ABS/BRAKE CONTROLLER WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING EXCESSIVELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES IN WHICH THE TECHNICIANS CONCLUDED THAT THE COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM SENSOR FAILED. THE TECHNICIANS REPLACED THE TRANSLATE COMPUTER, THE ECU, THE TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE SENSOR, AND THE BRAKE POWER BOOSTER. NONE OF THE REPAIRS HAVE REMEDIED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INVESTIGATING THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,322 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 122,000. UPDATED 11/10/09 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VSC/BRAKE AND ABS LIGHTS HAVE BEEN ON, SINCE TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE ON, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SHAKES AND THE VEHICLE LOOSES POWER FOR APPROXIMATELY 2-3 SECONDS AND THEN REGAINS POWER AGAIN. THE SKID CONTROL COMPUTER AND BRAKE POWER BOOSTER WERE REPLACED. UPDATED 11/16/09

Mileage: 9,322