Brake Light On Problems of Toyota 4Runner

Driving on a 3 lane interstate highway, stopped traffic, avs/abs/brake lights came on with a piercing noise. Traffic began moving approx. 10 mph, behind semi, brakes went to the floor. No brakes!!!! from center lane was able to go the the left lane into the the shoulder. Stopped next to cement barrier between north bound and south bound traffic (both 3 lanes). Sat there shaking for tow truck driver for an hour and a half with semi trucks flying by! got it to a mechanic. They called back the next day to say "we are sorry but the component that runs the brake pump is malfunctioning. " "we reset it and the brakes are working now, but it will only fail again. " it will cost a total of $5,000 to repair!!!! the vehicle is only worth $4,500-$7,000 (at best)!!!! like others on here, this has happened many, many times!!! no recalls!!! this could have been deadly!!! what happened to prevention of health and safety?! are they waiting for someone to die before they do something?!!! this vehicle was going to my 16 year old niece for her first vehicle. Thank god that it was not her driving!!! now she will not have a vehicle because we do not have $5,000 to fix it and a good overall vehicle sitting in our driveway that can't be used. I have had Toyota's most of my life, currently drive a tundra as well, this is the first time that I can truly say. . . . . Shame on you Toyota/manufacturers!!!!.

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Driving home, on us 1, about 60-65mph, I had to suddenly brake. The vehicle brakes locked up,and yanked me to the right , pulling me off road. I took my foot off and was able to correct and move back onto the pavement. The abs, active handling and brake lights with warning buzzer began. I had no brakes for a few moments, pedal going to the floor, momentarily. Then, the brakes functioned, but lights and warning sounds still activated. I was within a mile of home. I opted to continue at slow speed to the house, where I pulled in and used emergency brake to stop. I have 25000 miles on the vehicle and it's just out of warranty. Going onto the forum, I found this isn't a rare problem. This could have absolutely caused an accident had another car been beside me at the time my brakes failed I pu.

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Skidding when pumping brakes lightly on gravel (only going 15 mph).

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Catastrophic brake loss without warning. Vsc, tac and e-brake lights with loud audible alarm with loss of ability to brake. Only with strongest pressure on brake was able to slow vehicle. Fortunately, no collision or injuries occurred. Report this to Toyota - no advisory or recall notice has been issued. Representative told me that no one would contact me and the case would be close. This flies in the face of a manufactures liability to notify of potential product failure as long a product is in use. This is a 2003 Toyota r runner with 166830 miles. Toyota work order list this as a baker booster motor assy internal part failure. Cost to replace this necessary safety equipment was 3,817 dollars.

Abs, vsb trac on/off, and brake lights come on suddenly along with continuous high-pitched alert. Brakes eventually become difficult to work. Had towed to dealer, by the time dealer looked at, it wasn't happening and they could find nothing wrong. Picked up car, happened again on way home (both times making right hand turns). I am told this may be an electronic problem but regardless, to fix it, it will cost thousands of dollars ($4500 first quote) and requiring replacement of a number of parts/an entire assembly: brake booster/accumulator/master cylinder assembly. Besides the dangerous condition, don't understand why is built such that so much would have to be replaced and cost so much. Prior to this, seemed to have had more than usual problem with brakes, with multiple frozen calipers for example.

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While pulling into a grocery store parking lot, aloud cabin alarm sound and abs, vsc and trac and brake warning lights on the dash came on. My vehicle seemed to stop ok so we did our shopping, when we started the car it still had the lights lit up and braked ok. We were close to home so I drove slowly trying to get there about half way home I applied the brakes and the pedal was hard as a rock and would not slow down the car applying emergency break and using shifter in order to stop and avoid crashing we got it home accident free. Today a talked to a Toyota specialty shop and explained the problem and his first response was the abs pump and master cylinder failure. Vehicle has 105000 miles and this is a safety issue I have never had a vehicle brakes fail without a back up system for safety. I have read 1000s of posts and threads in blogs from Toyota owners with similar issue, and some that caused accidents. I had just come off the highway, so this could have caused a serious accident just minutes earlier. This seems to be a very common occurrence and Toyota is very aware of the situation but no recall. This situation merits an investigation by Toyota and a recall should be awarded before human life is lost in an accident.

While driving, an alarm began sounding and the brake light, asb light and vsc lights all came on, we stopped and checked the brake fluid and found it was full. We then continued to drive home. Within 2 miles the brakes went out. There had been absolutely no indication of anything wrong up to that point. It is a miracle that we were not in an accident.

I've been doing research online for the non stop vcs trac, vcs off, abs and brake warning lights and buzzers going off. It has been described as a common issue with Toyota and can lead to complete loss of brakes, but no recall. The dealership wants $3200 for the part and $600 to install. I guess Toyota needs fatalities to back their product. Shame on Toyota.

Owner was driving vehicle in a city at 10 mph when abs, vsc, trac and ebrake light came on along with an alarm sound. Brakes completely failed and would not respond on several attempts. Managed to slow car to side of the road without hitting anything by pressing ebrake and pumping brake pedal. Towed to auto repair shop and was told that the hydraulic brake booster completely failed and brakes would not work without replacing the entire brake booster assembly. Quoted $3100 for repair. Based on some internet searching, this appears to be a fairly common issue on this model/year. Disappointed that Toyota has not provided some fix for this issue which could prove incredibly dangerous.

Tl- the contact owns a 2003 Toyota 4 runner. The contact stated while driving in a residential area, the contact came to a idle position when suddenly the abs, parking brake light, vsc and traction control light illuminated on her instrumental panel. The contact lost all braking control immediately. The dealer advised her to drive her to the dealership. However, fearing for her safety the contact towed her vehicle to the dealer her expense. The dealer stated the master cylinder that controls the abs and booster was defective and would need to be replaced at her expense. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure however decline to provide any assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 100,000. Az.

I was driving normally with no issues on local streets. Suddently the vsc,trac, and e-brake lights came on the dashboard with a very loud audible alarm. No prior issues with this system. I was able to drive slowly home on side roads (1. 5 miles away). I made it to my driveway, pulled in on my upsloping driveway and then I had no brakes. Pedal went all the way to the floor. I was able to get the car into the street and had it towed to the shop. I feel lucky to have had this happen at low speed and in town. There was little to no warning for a critical system failure. Diagnosis by mechanic is brake master cylinder/ttraction control module, at approximately $3000 to replace. I have found multiple incidents of this failure across multiple vehicle types. The lack of responsiveness upon failure (including the emergency brake) and the short window to react makes me feel lucky that I did not hit or harm myself or anyone else with this failure.

Vsc, trac off, abs and brake lights came on while driving. High pitched buzzer/alarm started and remained constant. Brakes became very hard to depress and I lost most braking power.

We were driving along normally, the vsc, trac, abs and e-brake lights came on on the dashboard, along with an audible alarm. Then we had no brakes. I had to push with all my strength just to slow down at all. We were lucky we did not crash, we could have been killed. I am finding out it is a common problem on this year and model, as well as other Toyota models that use the same brake master cylinder/traction control module.

Driving on the interstate in north carolina vsc light turned on, tsc light turned on, abs light turned on, brake light turned on. Car was drivable for a short period of time then braking became extremely difficult. Limped home with my 3 year old in her car seat and luckily was able to do so without incident as given time of day and locaiton from home, very light traffic made travel possible. Several times though I contemplated stopping and calling a tow service. Took the car to the dealer, it's a $3000 part the abs module and $700 installation price.

1. ) 4runner sat for 10-15 minutes with radio on (not running) (battery tested good/700, 701, 691 our of 75 CA) 2. ) 4runner would not start, battery issue, and was subsequently jumped. 3. ) drove 4runner 10 minutes, parked, tuned off and started back up just fine. 4. ) 4runner sat for 3 hours, started 4runner, buzzer/warning sound emitted and brake and abs light were on. 5. ) tried disconnecting battery to see if system would reset after speaking to Toyota dealer to no avail. 6. ) backed 4runner out of parking spot, lights and buzzer still in effect, and 4runner had no breaks. 7. ) took 4runner to dealer, dealer cleared codes, battery test, reset brake system, test drove, all worked. 8. ) drove 4runner approximately 10-11 miles, hit brakes, brakes failed, abs and brake light on, warning/buzzer sound, crash - no fatalities. 9. ) codes from dealer c1223, c1251, c1256; brake fluid level good. 10. ) dealer replaced abs and master cylinder. $3,356 repair cost. 11. ) dealer (from multiple dealers in the orlando, FL msa) indicated this is a common occurrence and only by unacceptable odds do you avoid crash, death or serious injury. 12. ) Toyota has no safeguards for early indication problem could or may occur. 13. ) Toyota has no maintenance specifications for preventing or recognizing a possible fatal malfunction in the braking system. 14. ) Toyota has no economical solution to resolve/replace the abs pump/master cylinder and is in the top 5 most expensive parts of the vehicle. 15. ) Toyota has received multiple reports from orlando, FL msa dealers from what I am told and has disregarded, neglected, refused, declined to address.

I started my vehicle @ 3pm when I got off work as soon as it started the vsc, abs and brake light came on as well as a alarm in the dash. I also noticed the clock in the dash said 1:00 instead of 3:00. When I depressed the brake I had virtually no brakes. I have read up on this and found that a bad ground cable on the battery can send a low voltage signal to the cars computer and shut down the brake system. I think this needs recall!.

Driving to coral gables at around 20 mph, all of sudden four lights comes on and loud beeping noise. Vsc, trac off, abs & brake lights on at the same time, brake peddle is hard and no brakes at all. I had to go into neutral try the emergency brake to try and stop and pull over, I had to tow my truck home, I call the Toyota dealer they told me they I need to replace the complete brake master cylinder assembly costing $2600. 00.

Brakes applied at 45 mph,vsc activated,rear brakes locked on and would not release. Vehicle was driven to a safe location off the highway and was transported to owners home via flatbed. The rear brakes were very hot and grabbing as I exited the highway. The parking brake light in the console lit. And the audio beeper sounded continuously. Incident was reported to the Toyota dealer. They did not request to inspect the vehicle.

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Brakes failed causing me to run off the road almost rear ending another vehicle. The vsc, abs and brake lights came up on the dash along with an audible alarm. Repair shop said brakes are fine and that is a computer related problem.

The evening of 8/10/11 as I was leaving work, I turned the vehicle on and a high pitched alarm-type sound started; vsc light, brake lights came on. At this point, I asked a near by supervisor to take a look at the vehicle; upon inspection he did not find anything out of place. He test drove the vehicle around a couple of parking spaces as I watched. He stopped the vehicle and asked if I had been having brake issues. He then asked me to test it to see if my brakes normally responded as they did with him. When I got into the vehicle to test drive, I also went across a few parking spaces but when I got ready to brake, the brakes totally failed. The curb of the end parking space stopped the vehicle, it came to rest and the truck was later towed to Toyota dealership. On 8/11/11, Toyota dealership called me and stated that the skid control actuator/ecu assembly needed to be replaced which would cost $3,000.

We have a 2003 Toyota 4 runner limited with the all wheel drive v8 engine. I noticed that Toyota was going to recall the 2003 sequoia for braking, slowing issues. We have had similar issues with our vehicle with seemingly automatic braking. The vehicle does have a down hill assist button for what I understand to be used in low gear on the transfer. The vehicle being all wheel drive does have a high and low transfer with a center locking differential. The vehicle with slow almost which small lunges, as if the transmission was downshifting with the rpm's being too high for the gear. That is the best I can explain. It is not a sudden stop, no brake lights appear, but the vehicle does slow, as if its dragging, perhaps that is some automatic pulsing of the brakes. Should I take the vehicle to Toyota.

The vehicle would rev itself up to a high rpm, from a stopped position when I stepped on the gas the vehicle would go in reverse. The dealership eventually replaced the transmission only after the manager borrowed it overnight and experienced it himself, but I have noticed the problem beginning again. Another problem is the radiator leaking and needed to be replaced (I was told it had the wrong kind of antifreeze; it was green and it needs a red kind???). When replacing this I was notified that my front brakes were paper thin and needed to be replaced this repair cost me almost $2000. Another problem is the rear window trim has shrunk. I also had the sunroof replaced after owning the vehicle less than two years. The brake light on the rear hatch does not work as well as the rear wipers (also when I hooked a trailer to it the electrical system seems to be messed up because the trailer lights will not work; went to autozone and tested the trailer and it is fine). The vehicle is starting to act funny again, the engine revs itself to high rpms (this is not the automatic tranny because it happens when it idles as well). The last incident was when I pulled out from a street parking spot and as soon as I put it in drive the vehicle stalled and we lost all power, when I pressed the gas pedal it was as if it was in neutral yet I triple checked and it was in drive. All of the sudden it acted normal and drove about 10 feet then it happened all over again. I also have the rotten egg smell (sulfur?) which is sporadic. Of course the dealer always says they can find nothing wrong, nothing is coming up on the computer. Luckily no injuries have occurred as of yet but I feel it is only a matter of time before I am on the highway and it decides to play these games. Very disappointed in quality of this vehicle, especially since I purchased it because of the reputation.

Tried to make a u turn from a paved roadway into someone's packed gravel driveway. Slowed to 25 mph and started the turn at less than 20 mph. Applied brakes lightly to continue to slow the vehicle down to less than 12mph. Suddenly the brake pedal would go no further (felt a hard stop), but the vehicle kept moving. Couldn't turn properly anymore and vehicle kept rolling. There no skidding sounds or sliding sounds. Vehicle moved as if brakes were not engaged. Finally at about 10mph hit a post that ultimately stopped the vehicle. Felt a hard bang on the brake pedal and some vibrating just as the vehicle crashed and also after it stopped. Once it stopped there was a loud klang and a spring recoil noise (very loud). Front plastic skirt broken, bumper crushed and bumper re-inforcement bar bent. Dealer contacted. No problem found with abs and they claim that is how it should function (all the noise). Have never had a problem with prior vehicles (without abs) in similar situations. This vehicle has off and on displayed some peculiar abs behaviour. Brought to the dealer once before and was told the klanging came from the skid plates rattling. This time the noise was the abs itself . . . What next?.

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When driving on wet pavement the abs light keep coming on, and the brake light comes on non-emergency situations when coming to a stop. Also, when applying the brakes they don't slow the vehicle down fast enough, causing vehicle to lose control, almost hitting other vehicles. Consumer can hear the brakes moving backward and forward, and the dealer can't determine the problem.

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