general problems of the 2001 Toyota Sequoia - part 2

At highway speed going down hill fully loaded at night in sierra with temps in low 30s and no snow in the area where the incident happened, my 01 toy Sequoia pulled to the left within seconds both trac off/vsc trac lights came on. All of my mud and snow tires have good tread. Luckily, I had bot hands firmly on the steering wheel when it happened. Able to get home safely at normal highway speed. These lights are still on until to date (1/17/16) because I have not taken in to toy dealerships; guess many third parties don't want to mess around with this issue. Many complaints have been posted in regards to vsc issue. Toy need to recall this model now.

While driving along at ~40mph, car jeered to the right and made a noise as if the anti-lock brakes were pumping on the right side of the vehicle. The vsc & trac lights came on. Vehicle then drove normally until the ignition was turned off. Once the vehicle was started, the same incident occurred repeatedly making it unsafe to operate. Took vehicle to the Toyota dealership and was told I needed a new yaw sensor - $558.

Vehicle's traction control system malfunctioned while driving on dry flat pavement. Skid light and sound came on followed by vsc and trac control lights. Vehicle pulled hard to the right, made loud grinding noise, and was extremely difficult to control steering and braking. This continued for approximately one minute, stopped, and then did it again. This is a very dangerous situation which could potentially lead to fatal accident if it occurs at higher speeds. It happened few times, took it to dealer can not find issue but appears to be a very common problem with this make/model. I would like to see a recall.

It feels like its slipping and the warning siren goes off, trac & vcs lights start flashing and vehicle starts grinding sounds like metal on metal and loose control of car, can't brake, can't steer just have to wait for it to pass as you are rolling away. Very very scary - what if I was on a highway??? not a happy Toyota owner right now!!!!there needs to be a recall on this, I see several complaints that sound just like mine on the internet and can't believe that Toyota hasn't done anything about it - are they waiting for some fatalities to happen. This is my 1st Toyota and I'm the original owner and up until now this has been an excellent vehicle to drive (14years). Now I'm afraid for my life. . .

Tl-the contact owns a 2001 Toyota Sequoia. The contact stated while driving approximately 15 mph, there was an abnormal noise coming from the front end of the vehicle while the abs and skid control warning light illuminated. The issue has recurred four times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 122086. Ss.

All of a sudden a grinding noise from front of vehicle, anti skid beeping, vsc light popped on. Very hard to steer and brakes not working well. Happened repeatedly. Pulled over, turned vehicle off. Engine on, drove off, 5 miles later, all over again, but more severe. Not safe at high speeds, more than 25 mph. This occurred in August, no snow, no rain, dry cement.

Driving on hwy approx 65 mph. Vsc and trac lights came one. Grinding noise was heard as vehicle pulled. I was by myself thankfully. Extremely dangerous and glad my wife was not driving the vehicle at the time. Took it to the local dealer and had the stability control ecu replaced - 945. 00. Would have been 1,200. 00 but the dealer waived three of the five hours of labor. This should absolutely be a recall and is very unsafe. Purchased the vehicle used from Toyota dealer as a family vehicle because my wife and I had our first child. Very worried about the safety of the vehicle. Why is this not a safety recall? I have read many other complaints that were exactly like mine experience.

Bought my 2001 Toyota Sequoia 2 years ago (obviously used) and the vsc/trac lights have come on in the past but never really effected driving. They would go back off by themselves because the button on the dash didn't turn them off. Today I went to drive it and noticed the lights were on again. As I'm driving, I'm noticing that the vehicle is acting like I'm driving on water (almost like I'm in 4x4 mode) and it's shaking bad because the roads are dry. My husband disconnected the battery and reattached. The lights were off and drove fine on the test drive. Turned off vehicle and went to leave later, the lights were back on and it was doing the same thing. It keeps jerking and is very unsafe to drive. Looked for a Toyota recall but found nothing except a load of complaints online about this very same problem on this vehicle. It looks like it takes a lot of money to get repaired and when you're working just to pay your bills and support your family, you definitely don't have an extra $2000 laying around to fix something that should be under a recall. Not even sure what to do now since I still owe another year on this vehicle.

I own a Toyota Sequoia 2001 limited. Like 6 months ago I experienced the problem the first time while driving on freeway around 60 mph uphill. Svc-trac off lights came on and some noise this happened in dry perfect driving conditions. After that, some times the lights came on with out noise. After shutting engine off and turned on again all lights were gone. I scanned to see if any code was stored but nothing. Until one day driving on main boulevard speed around 40 mph it happened again. This was the first time the car pulled me to the right and loud grinding noise happened at same time. This sound and shake of the vehicle last no more then 15 seconds. After that, it started to happen more often up to the time that it was happening every mile. The car was braking itself without warning, right front wheel and left rear wheel. I took it to the dealer they scanned and nothing, asked me if I could leave the car one more day. Next day they call me to say that yaw rate sensor was faulty. I replaced, sensor plus labor was $ 800. I have not felt that problem again. Toyota people seem they do not know what to do about this issue, but they know this is happening. At freeway speed this will cause a fatal accident. Why there is no recall on this problem it is the big question.

Driving into little rock arkansas dry warm conditions and at 70 mph my car vibrated loudly and veird to the right hard. Pulled over on side of hyway and trac and abs lights came on and did not go back off until I shut the car off only to come back on after 5 miles down the road. This could have been bad if I would have been in another lane with another car beside me. Very scary!! don't know what to do I have owed this car since it had 64000 miles when I bought it no problems at all. I seen a recall for the 2003 year models for the same problems,but nothing for my year model. Help me get my SUV fixed. I want to trust it again.

Tl * the contact owns a 2001 Toyota Sequoia. The contact stated that while driving 70 mph, the vsc warning lamp illuminated. The contact mentioned that when the failure occurred the steering wheel locked momentarily. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the ecm needed to be reprogram. The vehicle was repaired and failure recurred shortly after the leaving the dealer. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and the technician stated that the yaw rate sensor was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 143,000 and the current mileage was 144,000. . . Updated 08/11/14.

Vsc trac, vsc off, trac, emergency brake & abs lights are all illuminated. Seems like every Sequoia 2001 - 2005 has this problem. After lots of research it seems like it's a fault with the vsc computer and ecu computer which dealers want $2000 and up! these malfunctions in computers affect the vehicles abs brakes, and stability control system which poses a threat to safety of driver and passengers.

A loud noise driver side, vsc light on and abs.

On multiple occasions, my 2001 Toyota sequioa has shown random activation of the vehicle stability control system at highway speeds on dry, smooth pavement. Each incident the same thing happens: the activation of a brief audible warning beep, the vsc indicator light flashes along with the slippery surface light (two squiggly lines) and the vehicle suddenly begins randomly applying hard abs braking to the right front wheel, accompanied with a loud grinding noise that sounds like it coming from the braking system. The brakes feel as if they are pulsating during each of these incidents, it is almost impossible to control the vehicle. It jerks and swerves from side to side and shakes violently. The only way to regain control is to reduce the speed and pull to the side of the road as quickly and safely as possible. The lights stay on until the vehicle is cut off. Once the car is turned off the lights will go out. After the car sits for about 30 minutes or more or over night the lights will no longer be lgo out. I have had the truck diagnosed with the yaw rate censor code by one repair shop and one autoparts store. Over the past year, this serious problem has reoccurred at least four times without warning and there is not a predictable set of circumstances that seems to cause an occurrence. My wife now refuses to drive this vehicle and I have dramatically reduced the usage this SUV for fear that another incident may result in a serious accident!!! it is a very frightening experience for me and my family. I have 98,200 mile on the vehicle.

While driving down the highway the skid control light will flash and engage causing the vehicle to pull violently to the right and slow the vehicle down. Then after 1-10 seconds it will stop and the skid control light will stay on. It scares you every time it happens, most especially at high speeds. If you do not have a good grip on the wheel you will be in the other lane before you know whats happening. Extremely dangerous.

On multiple occasions, the vehicle has exhibited random activation of the vehicle stability control system at highway speeds on dry, smooth pavement. Each incident is characterized the activation of a brief audible warning beep, the vsc indicator light flashes along with the slippery surface light (two squiggly lines) and the vehicle suddenly begins randomly applying hard abs braking to the wheels intermittently shifting from side to side, back to front, accompanied with a loud grinding noise that appears to emanate from the braking system. During these incidents, it is almost impossible to control the vehicle as it jerks from side to side and shakes violently. The only viable response is to reduce speed and pull to the side of the road as quickly as possible. To recover control, the vehicle ignition must be turned off and the vehicle restarted. Over the past year, this serious problem has reoccurred at least four times without warning and there is not predictable set of circumstances that seems to initiate an occurrence. My wife now refuses to drive this vehicle and I have dramatically reduced the usage this SUV for fear that another incident may result in a serious accident!.

Started with both vsc and trac lights on. In both warm and colder temperatures, the car abs engages. Feels like driving over gravel. Car pulls to one side or another, and braking seems almost impossible. This became more and more common. It started once every couple of months, to almost every trip. Toyota read codes and stated that it was yaw rate sensor that needed to be replaced. Over a cost of $1800. We changes it and the car acted normally for 1 day. A day later the lights came back on and the skidding occurred again. Even after replacing the yaw rate sensor and performing a 0-point calibration, they read the codes, and showed the following: c0371 yaw rate sensor output signal malfunction c1208 steering position sensor output signal malfunction c1234 malfunction in yaw rate sensor c1271 low output voltage of right front speed sensor c1272 low output voltage of left front speed sensor c1273 low output voltage of right rear speed sensor c1274 low output voltage of left rear speed sensor c1275 abnormal change in output voltage of right front speed sensor c1276 abnormal change in output voltage of left front speed sensor c1277 abnormal change in output voltage of right rear speed sensor c1278 abnormal change in output voltage of left rear speed sensor c1279 deceleration sensor is faulty c1281 master cylinder pressure sensor output signal is faulty they estimated that the cost of repairing all of these sensors was approx $4500. The likelihood that all of these sensors gave out at the same time, to me is highly unlikely. There has been numerous complaints about this car's braking system and this seems to be an exploit of yet another shortcoming of this car. Currently if the car sits idling for more than 10 mins, the vsc and trac lights come on regardless of temperature outside.

Driving the family from CO to CA. On the last leg between las vegas and los angeles. Cruising along at 75 when the vsc and trac off lights came on. My truck immediately braked and pulled to the left while decelerating. Longest 5 seconds of my life. Luckily there was no one to my immediate left. Taking it to a dealer shortly for consultation. Someone will get hurt if this is not addressed!.

Multiple times over the past 5 months my 2001 Sequoia will suddenly apply the brakes strongly while driving, sometimes causing the steering to pull to the right. Thankfully this seems to happen shortly after beginning to drive, so the speeds have been municipal speed, rather than highway. At the same time, a warning bell sounds and the vsc and abs lights come on in yellow. Sometimes when I start the vehicle, the vsc and abs lights are already on, so the sudden braking does not occur. If the lights are off, I have learned to prepare for the sudden braking. I will take this to Toyota before the snow flies here in northern NY because this is a definite safety hazard, and could cause an accident when the roads are snow and ice covered.

While I was driving the vsc trac light came on, the vehicle started grinding while I was pressing the gas and brakes. The vehicle felt as if it was loosing power, I almost lost control of the steering wheel because car was losing power and control. The abs light also came on and vehicle started shaking very badly. This happens several times while I'm driving vehicle. I have taken it to be serviced from the dealer but the problem still exists. I will talk with an attorney about these problems because I am very afraid of a serious accident while driving my wife and kids.

I have a 2001 Toyota Sequoia with 120,000 miles on it and on 3/3/13 I had a very bad incident happen with the vehicle stability control (vsc). The problem happened twice within less than a mile. I was driving on sunny day on a straightaway about 35 mph both times when out of nowhere the vsc light came on and the steering wheel started to shake violently, the brakes pedal felt like something had broken with it, and it would not allowing me to stop the vehicle. The car for lack of a better way to word it was acting like it was possessed. At this point I have very little control over the vehicle and I had to do something ASAP. I was able to pull off to the side of the road on a very steep downward bank. I was losing control of the vehicle and I was very lucky to have not been on a major highway. I had 2 adults and 4 children in the vehicle when this happened and I feel luck that there was no accident and no one was hurt or killed! I am now at the point that I’m scarred to drive my vehicle. Think about this, what a horrible feeling to have to deal with and when will this happen again? so now I am at the point do I sell it because I don’t trust it and pass on a problem to another person.

1. On dry pavement circular entrance/exit ramps the vechicl skid control system kicks in at about 35-40 mph which is not only alarming but possibly dangerous if someone is tailgating. I¿m assuming this is something related to pulling g forces since it's never done this in a straight line. 2. I tested under both 2wd and 4wd and it behaved the same. 3. When I kicked in the vsc off button under 4wd before entering the ramp, the vsc did not kick in, so that seems to be working. . Read more...

I own a 2001 Toyota Sequoia and experienced a loss of steering control on three separate occasions. The first incident occurred while driving through a shopping mall parking lot at 5 mph. Our vehicle shuddered and swerved to the right while a buzzer went off & then the vsc and trac off lights illuminated. The next two incidents occurred over the next few days while driving on the highway between 20-25 mph. On both occasions our vehicle lost control and veered to the right before I was able to gain control of the vehicle. This is a serious life safety defect that has been acknowledged by Toyota for the 2003 Sequoia's and by the vast amount of complaints should extend to earlier models as well. I recently took our Sequoia into a mechanic and their trouble shooting revealed that the skid control ecu would need to be replaced, costing over $3400.

This was the first incident: as I was driving then suddenly the truck started to beep and moves back and forth and made a braking sound. And I went into the side and hit a small post and the seat belt tighten. Now my back has been hurting me since. And some lights were on. The vsc trac and trac off lights were on. Then after that one I have been driving very careful but it will still do the same thing. The beep starts and the swirling back and forth. But I have been driving slower too so I don't get out of control. This is very scary. After the I turn off the truck the lights are not on. But the thing is that it just happens. I have no I idea when or what time. I hope I can get help on fixing this problem. Thank you.

The contact owns a 2001 Toyota Sequoia. The contact stated that while driving approximately 70 mph, the vehicle shook violently as the vsc warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the yaw rate sensor needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 180,000 and the current mileage was 192,000. The VIN was not available.

Today driving at 40mph my 2001 Sequoia suddenly jolted and brake with a terrible grinding noise, this while I was using the gas pedal! it was very scary and shocking that it could possibly do such an unsafe maneuver. My children & I were terrified as the beeping started and then a steady noise while the grinding persisted. I am so glad the car behind us did not plow into us, and still do not know how they did not. To everyone that has stated this: "people will be killed because of this", you are very correct. It is dangerous to have such a faulty system in a car on the road. We had is towed away, and frankly I know not what to do since reading all of these other incidents. Even if we have it fixed, it sounds like it will not cease. I had this happen twice in the last 2 days, but thought I'd run over a pothole or something. Today, it was smooth pavement and nice weather. We really need a recall to save lives!.

Wife was pulling off from a stoplight when the traction control system light (skidding car icon) and warning buzzer came on and the vehicle started making a loud grinding sound, vibrating, and pulling to the right. She pulled the vehicle over, turned it off, and called me to come swap vehicles with her. When I started the car, of course, the symptoms had gone away. Several days later on a family trip, I was driving the vehicle on the interstate at 65-70 mph when the vehicle did the same thing she had described. We pulled over, the noise stopped, and then the vsc/trac and trac off came on. This should be a recall fix. Too many vehicles have had this problem, over several production years (2003's actually have a recall for a similar issue). However, reading various forums has made me think Toyota doesn't even know the root cause of this. But it's definitely a safety issue that needs to be checked out.

Vehicle's traction control system malfunctioned while driving on dry flat pavement. Vsc and trac control lights came on, vehicle pulled hard to the right, made loud grinding noise, and was extremely difficult to control steering and braking. This continued for approximately one minute, stopped, and then did it again. This is a very dangerous situation which could potentially lead to fatal accident if it occurs at higher speeds. It happened with our children in the car and scared everyone. This is the second time it has happened to us, but appears to be a very common problem with this make/model. I would like to see a recall.

Going around slight curve. Alarm sounded vsc trac lights came on and vehicle tried to steer off road into a ditch. Took all I could do to correct it back on the road. Perfect weather dry pavement. Not the first time the system has done crazy things.

Had just turned onto a road at 25 mph and vcs/trac lights came on, started beeping, made a grinding noise and was hard to steer, pulled off road as thinking I had ran over something. . . . Very scared. Now does it approximately 2 x weekly with no rhyme or reason.

Was driving out my driveway, not going fast at all. . . Turned on a major street and suddenly, a picture of the skidding car appeared and then the trac/vsc lights came on with a horrendous noise. Took car to the local Toyota dealership and of course they couldn't find anything wrong with it after relinquishing $100. 00 diagnostic fee. The light and noise from the vsc engaging or disengaging is really loud and has happened every day since the initial issue. Does this present a problem? I'm afraid to drive my car but is very much needed for work and recreational activities. I've searched online and it appears that this is an ongoing issue that Toyota is aware of but fail to do a recall.

Vehicle skid control and vehicle trac lights come on and they cannot be turned off. It feels like their is less traction and this causes the brakes to wear.

Vehicle: Toyota Sequoia 2001 4wd ltd temperature: 87 degrees f conditions: sunny & clear - no rain/water present - no obvious slippery conditions surface: paved surface road accessories active: air conditioning was on & radio was on while traveling at approximately 35 mph in a straight line the traction control light illuminated (vehicle symbol that includes 3 wavy lines) and sounded an audible signal immediately followed by the "vsc trac" & "vsc off" lights illuminating. To memory, the accelerator pedal was being pressed as normal. When the above dashboard lights illuminated a negative sensation could be felt through the steering wheel, but the vehicle did not veer off course. Next, the emergency flasher hazard light was turned on, the a/c & radio were turned off and the four main windows were lowered to their full down positions by the driver and the vehicle was driven to a side street approximately 1/8 mile ahead, stopped and parked. The driver kept the vehicle running. The vehicle was then inspected by the driver for signs of obvious mechanical failure. The brake, driveline and suspension components did not show any obvious signs of failure. The owner's manual was checked and it did not indicate that the vehicle could not be driven in the current state. The vehicle's a/c system was switched back on (the radio was left off) and the vehicle was then driven approximately 10 miles, parked and turned off. After approximately 4 hours of the vehicle being parked & not running the vehicle was restarted. The previous dashboard lights at first did not illuminate. After approximately 1/4 mile of driving the "vsc trac" & "vsc off" lights illuminated again upon depressing the brake pedal. Vehicle was driven approximately 50 miles, parked and turned off. There were no unusual mechanical sensations felt or heard during either 10 or 50 mile drives.

Recently had new tires installed, while accelerating up freeway on ramp I could feel power being taken away, looked down and skid control light was lit up. Asked mechanic about it and recommended zero point calibration to rest sensors for steering yaw and pitch. After zpc vsc trac and vsc off lights were on. Code pulled c1231 steering angle. Zpc again. Code and lights still, code will not clear with Toyota intelligent 2 scanner. Monitoring steering sensor with scanner show both positive and negative numbers with zero at wheels straight. Mechanic want to change out spendy vsc cpu and translate cpu and says that is no guarantee to fix. I am driving it with lights one due to unable to pay $2k for something out of know where and no part physically broke to promote. In looking around I see this is not an isolated issue.

Recently, my 01 Sequoia has been making a loud metal-like grinding noise coming from the front end of the car. Sounded like it came from the engine or the tires. This caused the car to become unstable on the road and it was swerving, the vsc trac light and vsc off light flashed and beeped rapidly, and worst thing of all was that the brakes did not work either. The more I put pressure on the brakes, the more the metal grinding noise was intensified. Felt like the engine was going to be dropped in the middle of the road or the tires were scraped to the bone. Problem first happened in April, but thought it was nothing because as fast as it came out of nowhere, it quickly went away also. However, 2 weeks ago, my husband and my son were in my car and it happened again. This time it lasted longer and my husband had to try his best to control the vehicle because it was swerving and shaking so bad, and the loud grinding noise was back. We kept the car in the garage for a week in hopes that it will "go away. " today, 5/16/12, as I'm driving at 50mph it happened again. Thankfully, there were no cars behind me, and just a truck a little ways ahead of me. Because I was driving at a speed of 55mph, it was very difficult to stop. I put pressure on my brakes to no avail because the more I tried to push the brakes, the louder the noise was and the more the car was shaking. This is one of the most terrifying events in my life because I saw that I was approaching the back of the truck fast and I couldn't stop, I tried to pull to the side but there were no room because the sides were just guard rails. At that point, I put more pressure on my brakes because I didn't wanna be killed or hurt anyone else, so my car finally started to slowed down. The scariest part was that I could not brake. The more I applied my brakes, the louder the noise, and the more the car was shaking.