Brake Sensor problems of the 2004 Toyota Sequoia

Four problems related to brake sensor have been reported for the 2004 Toyota Sequoia. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2004 Toyota Sequoia based on all problems reported for the 2004 Sequoia.

1 Brake Sensor problem

Failure Date: 04/29/2016

I am the original owner of this vehicle, it currently has 155,600 miles on it. I have been very happy with Toyota and this vehicle until my recent incidents involving inability to stop while at slow speeds, followed by a loud noise and shaking and three lights illuminate when this occurs: brake, vsc, and trac control. After reading the many reports, I realize that this is quite common and am upset that Toyota has done nothing about it! I had my car towed to the dealer after the first incident as it was so frightening that I would not drive it. The sensors were no longer on and Toyota told me there was nothing wrong (my front brakes and rotors were replaced by them a few months prior). It happened again a few weeks later, this time I turned the car off and back on and got the lights to go off, then I drove it directly to my mechanic. He found three error codes associated with the abs system. He said it's expensive to replace so he reset the system and we decided to see if that works. Now, a week or so after the reset, it happened to me again in traffic. After reading all of the other very similar reports, I no longer feel safe to drive my car! please make Toyota be responsible for their negligence to their customer's safety! I found reports on this dating back to 2004 and I know there was a recall done on the 2003 models.

2 Brake Sensor problem

Failure Date: 03/11/2013

Cornering at about 65 or so on hiway. Sensors went off, terrible grinding noise, shaky steering.

3 Brake Sensor problem

Failure Date: 10/03/2009

The vsc track, trac off and emergency light of my 2004 Toyota Sequoia,came on, on about October, 2009. I took it to the Toyota dealer, they told me that I had to replace, oxygen sensors, a new battery, and skid control computer. Total more than $2000. 00. I was told that if I don't replace the skid control computer, my break system can fail and consequently loose control of the vehicle. It sounded like a major defect and expensive repair and I was puffered as to why there wasn't any recall on such problem. After the car was serviced, the vsc track, track off, and emergency light came on again in less than a week. . This time the computer told them that :there was air in the fuel system. This is their remedy for "I need to close and seal the fueling cap after each fueling. " I do seal the fuel cap everytime after refuel. I don't recall that I ever miss one time. They reset the system and sent me off. I was wondering if the first repair was ever necessary, maybe the skid control computer never failed. It was just air in the fuel system.

4 Brake Sensor problem

Failure Date: 07/01/2007

My 2004 Sequoia brake and vsc trac sensor lights turning on and off and hearing grinding noise when it auto-engage and disengage.




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