Problems with 2002 Toyota Sequoia ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL

When i start the vehicle the trac off and vsc trac light is illuminated on the dash. after driving a short time the vehicle beeps and goes into a skip and breaks to one side. it corrects itself in a second. sometimes it beeps and no skid. this started a year ago. frequency was a few times a year then. now it happens several times a week. i believe toyota addressed the issue on 2003's, but not 2002's. most of time the vehicle is on city streets when this happens and it is more likely to happen after driving a few minutes. it always happens when i am driving straight.

On multiple occasions recently while driving on the highway in a straight line manner, the rear brakes either the left or right have automatically engaged causing my sequioa to jerk to the left or right while at highway speed. my vehicle jerks violently, a buzzer sounds, and the vsc and trac lights illuminate and remain illuminated. if those lights are illuminated it no longer does this; however, if the lights are not illuminated it's a coin flip whether being jerked to the left or right while driving in a straight line on the highway. toyota dealership doesn't know what problem is. apparently it could be a dozen different things and they have to start replacing each one at a time to see if the problem goes away. to replace everything is several thousand dollars, probably more than the book value of the vehicle.

I forgot to mention in complaint 11282925 that some of the dozen parts needed to fix the vsc problem have been discontinued by toyota. so i could pay the dealership thousands to replace some of the possible culprits but the real problem could be the items that toyota discontinued. toyota cannot isolate what the exact problem is and has to replace possible culprits to see it it fixes the problem. after all of this and a huge repair bill could still have the highway safety problem if the faulty part(s) are the ones that have been discontinued. replacing items one at a time and then driving it on the highway to see if it's safe is not a good strategy. toyota should recall and fix all items at the same time and also produce the parts they have discontinued as a way to possibly try to cover up their negligence.

During driving on freeway with clean dry road car has beeping alarm on, vsc traction light on and svc lights lit up while the car shakes line the brake is on by itself for short period (3 seconds). then both warning light vsc and off and vsc track light is on still until the engine is turned off an hour afterward. the next day i drove the car slowly on a local street after picking up my son after school, the brake started shaking the car and vsc off and vsc track lights are on again. i drive the car with caution everytime after that but the occurance doesn't happen every time nor being recreate. it happened every few thousand miles unexpectedly. this is very dangerous . i would like to find a fix by the manufacturer and have them pay for it. it seems like this is a problem for many same cars .

The first indication that something was wrong was the first week of september 2019. i was driving down a county road when the lights indicator lights for the trac and vsc started flashing and beeping when i drove over some bumps. the lights would not go off even when pressing trac off. i turned off the car and restarted it and the lights were off but only for about 15 minutes into my drive. i took it to the toyota dealership and the agent said he did not know anything about the system and i would have to bring it back for diagnostics. that night i was getting ready to go over a rather large bridge when all of the sudden the car jerked twice to the right with the second event pulling me off the road. it was extremely frightening and terrified us all. thank god it did not happen on the bridge or under other circumstances. the vsc and trac lights came on at approximately the same time as they had been off. i contacted toyota corporate and essentially they said that the vehicle was not under warranty. ...

The vsc and trac off light comes on when driving. there is a sound when i hit a pot hole or hit the brakes. the vehicle is then a little unstable.this happens on the street and the interstate. when i hit the brake there is a loud sound and then the vsc and trac off light comes on.this is scary. this have been happening for the last two weeks on and off.this has been happening when driving slow at 10 mph or 60mph.

Just driving along, and feels like brakes grab and jerk the wheel and vsc trac lights go on. problem has been occurring intermittently. can be at highway speeds, but also happens at any speed. very dangerous and scary. vsc-trac and trac-off lights randomly illuminated on dry, level pavement when brakes were applied, causing a loud grinding noise (much louder than normal application of anti-lock brakes).

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??

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 toyota sequoia. while driving 30 mph, the traction and vsc warning indicators illuminated. the vehicle started to slide as if the brakes had been applied. the contact was able to drive home. the dealer and manufacturer were not notified. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the failure mileage was 126,631.

Tamara recall: i was going 60 mph when my traction control lights started blinking. it started making a grinding noise and front end shaking and loss of power steering it has 190,000 miles on it

Trac/ vsc alarm light came on , the car brakes was activated while on heavy traffic on top of a bridge with a dry road surface.

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!!!

Yaw rate sensor failure causing suv loss of steering and braking control while driving on highway at 60 mph and residential street at 20 mph. flashing vsc lights, warning sound. brakes and steering not usable while driving during yaw rate sensor failure.

Trac and vsc and traction light came on all at once, causing the vehicle to drive really rough, feels like my tires went flat and steering becomes rather difficult. vehicle was in motion at the time driving own the highway. has happened 3-4 times in the last 2 weeks since i bought the vehicle. once i was turning, the other times i was driving straight down the highway. it was hot outside each time, but no rainy conditions.

I have a 2002 toyota sequoia limited, with 111,000 miles on it. twice july 13 and july 21 all of the dash lights for (vsc, traction control, anti-lock brakes, parking brake) lights come on and stay on. it has happen at low driving speeds (approx. 20-30 mph), there was some slight braking or pushing feeling of the vehicles control. as i can see by many post regarding the problem with toyota sequoia's of the same year and model as mine in many of the complaints filed with nhsta. in researching the problem, it appears to be a driving safety issue if it occurs at higher speeds, luckily mine happened at low speeds. if toyota is aware of this problem and has done recalls for the skid control ecu/yaw rate sensor on the 2003 toyota sequoia's, why not a recall on the 2002 sequoias which seem to have the same problem? can my sequoia still be driven? is it safe for my family at higher speeds? it appears even toyota dealerships can't get this problem fixed most times or are charging thousands of dollars to fix it. many with 2 or 3 ...