2004 Toyota Sequoia Electronic Stability Control Esc Problems

TRAC OFF LIGHT AND VAC TRAC LIGHTS ON ALL THE TIME! GRINDING NOISE WHEN BRAKES APPLIED AT RANDOM TIMES. CAUSE FOR CONCERN! HAVE HAD EVERYTHING REPLACED THAT COULD CAUSE THIS OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS AND STILL HAVING THE SAME ISSUE!

I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA, AND IT BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND SHAKE LEFT TO RIGHT WHILE BRAKING. IT ALSO STARTED MAKING A LOUD GRINDING NOISE, AND FELT AS IF THE TRUCK WAS LOOSING ACCELERATION. THE SKID CONTROL LIGHT APPEARS ON THE DASHBOARD SOMETIMES WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY, AND IT IS A BAD UNSAFE FEELING WHILE DRIVING. I DRIVE THE CITY STREETS DAILY AND OCCASIONALLY USE THE FREEWAYS. I WAS TOLD THAT MY TRUCK HAS A DEFECTIVE SKID CONTROL ECU. THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL FOR CONSUMERS SEEING THAT THIS CAN CAUSE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON THE ROAD. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT MANY OTHER CONSUMERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS VERY ISSUE. I ALSO SEE THAT 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIAS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A RECALL FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. THIS SHOULD HAVE EXTENDED TO LATER MODELS OF SEQUOIAS AS WELL. I DEFINITELY THINK A RECALL SHOULD OCCUR, AND CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE TAKEN CARE OF IN A DEALERSHIP SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THIS DEFECT. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT.

I HAVE TO ADD MY VOICE TO THE CROWD. THE VSC TRAC, VSC OFF, AND ABS BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. LOSES POWER. TOYOTA WANTS $1500+ TO REPLACE A COMPUTER AND THEY DON'T GUARANTEE A FIX. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WHILE ON THE ROAD AND SOMETIMES AFTER JUST STARTING IT UP IN THE DRIVEWAY. IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE THAT TOYOTA SHOULD FIX..

VSC TRAC, VSC OFF AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS COME ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF. HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN BEFORE YEARS AGO. SEARCHED AND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. LIGHTS CAME AS VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION.

RECENTLY THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS HAVE COME ON AND I AM TOLD THE ECU NEEDS REPLACING. ALSO AT THE SAME TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I AM BEING TOLD BY DEALER THAT ECU WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE AND HE REPAIRED MANY. *TR

THE VEHICLE SKID CONTROL LIGHT WOULD FLASH AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE SOMETIMES DURING LEFT TURNS AND IN SLOW TRAFFIC, PAUSING A FEW SECONDS BEFORE ACCELERATING AGAIN. THIS ACTION SEEMS TO BE HAZARDOUS POSSIBLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO TOYOTA DEALER. THEIR RESPONSE WAS THE VEHICLE SKID CONTROL COMPUTER SENSED WET CONDITIONS THEREFORE ADJUSTING FOR SKIDDING. AS I TOLD THE DEALER, THIS PROBLEM HAPPEN MOSTLY ON DRY PAVEMENT AND AT SLOW SPEEDS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY VSC TRAC, VSC OFF, AND BRAKE LIGHTS ALL CAME ON CAUSING THE ABS AND TRACTION SYSTEMS TO BECOME NON RESPONSIVE. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC IT WAS A FAULTY ECU. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR TOYOTA SINCE 2002 BUT THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN WILLING TO FIX 2003 MODELS. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE AND TURNED THE BRAKE LIGHT OFF. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER 1,900 MILES, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT AND THE STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE STABILITY CONTROL SENSOR CAUSED THE BRAKE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE THE STABILITY CONTROL SENSOR REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE VSC TRAC, VSC OFF AND ABS LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I TRIED TO MAKE A TURN AFTER THE STOP SIGN I REALIZED THE SKID LIGHT WAS ON FOR FEW SECONDS AND I FELT IF I LOST THE VEHICLE CONTROL.

2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA FAILED SKID CONTROL ECU. TOYOTA IS NOT WILLING TO REPAIR AS PART OF A WARRANTY AND IT SHOULD BE A RECALLED PART BY TOYOTA MOTORS. *TR

ON FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2010, MY 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA SR5 SUDDENLY DISENGAGED IN THE MIDDLE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC WITH LOSS OF POWER; DASHBOARD LIGHTS VSC, BRAKE, AND TRAC LIGHTS, ILLUMINATING, LOUD METAL SKIDDING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH, AND SUBTLE BURNING SMELL ALL HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY AS IT CRUISED IN FATIGUE-MODE THE REST OF THE WAY. SCARED THE LIFE OUT OF ME AS ALL I COULD DO WAS PRAY THAT A TRACTOR TRAILER WAS NOT BEHIND ME IN FULL SPEED AS THEY SO OFTEN DO ON MAJOR ROADWAYS. AS THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO GLIDE AND DRIVERS HONKING FOR ME TO CLEAR THE WAY, I PROCEEDED TO NEAREST TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. I REACHED CLOSEST TOYOTA DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT. FOR THEM TO EXAMINE ROOT CAUSE OF ISSUE. RATHER THAN THEM EXPLAINING TO ME WHY ISSUE OCCURRED, THEY QUICKLY CONCLUDED NEED FOR ABS SKID CONTROL COMPUTER, PART# 89541-0C062, WITH DIAGNOSTIC TEST RESULTS DTC1223 ABS CONTROL, C1247 STROKE SENSOR, AND C1310 ACTIVE BOOSTER SOLENOID AND WANTED TO CHARGE $$$$ NUMBER OF THOUSAND DOLLARS. I CALLED TOYOTA CORPORATE NOT SATISFIED WITH RESULTS AND CORP SUGGESTED I GET DATA FROM DEALERSHIP'S DIAGNOSTIC FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS BY MY SELLING/HOME DEALERSHIP. I ASKED SERVICING DEALERSHIP FOR DATA AND THEY ADMITTED THEY HAD ERASED IT AND IT WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE; AND SAID THEY CANNOT LOOK INTO BLACK-BOX UNLESS MANDATED BY LAW OR BY CORPORATE TECH SUPPORT. I THEN WROTE TOYOTA PRESIDENT MR. STEVE ST. ANGELO AND HE FORWARDED IT TO EXEC. CUSTOMER RELATIONS. CUSTOMER REL VOWED TO PAY REPAIRS ON REIMBURSEMENT TERMS IF I FIND TOYOTA DEALER WHO IS WILLING TO REPAIR THE TRUCK. I CALLED SERVICING DEALER AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX WITHOUT SAME-DAY PAYMENT BY TOYOTA CORPORATE. I ASKED MY SELLING/ DEALERSHIP WHO AT FIRST AGREED TO REPAIR THE TRUCK THEN RENGAGED STATING THAT SINCE FORMER DEALERSHIP "ERASED THE CODE" THEY HAVE NO WAY OF CONFIRMING ISSUE AND IF CHANGED ABS BOX AND TRUCK'S FURTHER ISSUES LATER, THEY WOULD BE HELD LIABLE. IN MEANTIME, I AM URGENT NEED OF MY TRUCK; PLEASE HELP. *TR

NOTICED TRAC DEFECT LIGHT ON,VSC LIGHT ON,ENGINE LIGHT ON. THE TOYOTA SERVICE PEOPLE STATED IT NEEDED A VSC CONTROL ECM THAT WILL COST OVER $1600 AND SO WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR IF THERE WILL BE A RECALL AS THERE ARE MANY,MAY COMPLAINTS LISTED WITH YOU AND ON OTHER WEBSITES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VSC SERVICE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT BEGIN TO ACCELERATE AGAIN UNTIL THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN TO A LOWER UNKNOWN SPEED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A FAILURE WITHIN THE COMPUTER THAT CONTROLS THE VEHICLE STABILIZATION CONTROL SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE ECU REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 70,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STABLILITY CONTROL (VSC) LIGHTS WOULD TURN ON AND OFF. THE VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL (VSC) SYSTEM WOULD ACTIVATE AT LOW SPEEDS FOR A FEW SECONDS DURING ACCELERATION FROM A STOPPED POSITION. THE CONTACT CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WAS INFORMED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST OR $2000 IN REPAIR COSTS. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ALSO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR WARRANTIES AND THAT HE HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 53,000.

BATTERY IN 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA WENT DEAD. PUT THE BATTERY ON CHARGE. AFTER CHARGING WAS COMPLETE I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION TO START THE CAR. I STARTED THE CAR AND SMOKE POURED OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND OPENED THE HOOD TO FIND THE ABS COMPUTER SMOKING WITH FLAMES. I QUICKLY PUT OUT THE FLAME WITH A THICK BLANKET AND NOTICED SMOKE SHOOTING THROUGH A HOLE BURNED IN THE COMPUTER. I AM STILL RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE...THANK GOD MY FAMILY WAS NOT IN THIS CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *TR

I WAS TRAVERSING A DRIVEWAY COVERED WITH ABOUT 6 INCHES OF SNOW. THE DRIVE SLOPPED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT. MY SPEED WAS LESS THAN 10MPH. SUDDENLY THE SEQUOIA STARTED TO SLIDE SIDEWAYS TO THE RIGHT. I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR TO REGAIN CONTROL. THE STABILITY CONTROL ACTIVATED AND PREVENTED ANY ACCELERATION. I SLID SIDEWAYS DOWN THE HILL AND WAS STOPPED WHEN I SLID INTO A PINE TREE. *TR

STABILITY CONTROLS. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA WITH 60K MILES AND THE ELECTRONIC VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL COMPUTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. TOYOTA HAS DISMISSED THIS AS AN ISSUE FOR THE PAST YEAR I HAVE COMPLAINED TO THEM. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, SEEMS LIKE IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE TO MANY OWNERS OF THIS CAR. MORE LIES AND DECEPTION FROM TOYOTA. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PRACTICE. THEY SHOULD RECALL THE TRUCK, I'M NOT PAYING $2,000 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I'VE SPENT A FORTUNE REPAIRING THIS TRUCK!

MY WIFE WAS EXITING THE HIGHWAY IN OUR 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA WHEN SHE HEARD BEEPING COMING FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND NOTICED THE VSC/STABILITY LIGHT ON. SHE APPLIED THE VEHICLE BRAKES ON THE EXIT RAMP AND HEARD A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THIS EVENT WERE DRY AND SUNNY. SHE WAS FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM OTHER VEHICLES THAT IT IS UNDETERMINED IF ANY INCREASED BRAKING DISTANCE HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF THIS. RIGHT AFTER THE BRAKING/GRINDING, THE VSC LIGHT WENT OUT AND NORMAL OPERATION RESUMED.

REGARDING A '04 HONDA SEQUOIA, THE VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM -- WHICH IS A TRACTION CONTROL THAT INTERRUPTS ENGINE IGNITION TO SLOW WHEEL SPIN -- HAS FREQUENTLY BEEN ACTIVATING WHEN UNNECESSARY. THE RESULT IS THAT THE VEHICLE SLOWS DRAMATICALLY WHEN SURROUNDING TRAFFIC IS MOVING AT A MUCH HIGHER SPEED. THIS OCCURS FREQUENTLY. THE VEHICLE IS OWNED BY MY 36-YR.-OLD SON, AND I'VE BEEN IN THE VEHICLE, WITH MY 1-YR.-OLD GRANDSON, WHEN IT MALFUNCTIONS. IT IS UNNERVING AND UNSAFE TO BE ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY -- I-196, MICHIGAN -- AND TO SUDDENLY SLOW TO A CRAWL WITH SURROUNDING TRAFFIC -- INCLUDING SEMIS -- ZOOMING BY AT HIGH SPEED BLOWING HORNS AND GESTURING(I COULDN'T AGREE WITH THEM MORE). I RETIRED FROM GM WORLD HQ IN DETROIT AS A SENIOR EXECUTIVE WITH NEARLY 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN MANUFACTURING, PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND MEDIA RELATIONS. MY PLANT AND DIVISIONAL EXPERIENCE INCLUDES FISHER BODY, BUICK AND DETROIT DIESEL ALLISON. AT THE CORPORATE LEVEL I'VE WORKED IN OUR WASHINGTON, D.C., OFFICE, AND, OF COURSE, DETROIT. IN FACT, I WAS AT BUICK WHEN TRACTION CONTROL FIRST STARTED BEING EXPLORED. WHAT WE LACKED BACK THEN WAS COMPUTER HORSEPOWER NECESSARY TO DEAL WITH WHEEL SPEED INPUT AND PROPER IGNITION INTERRUPT. IN ANY EVENT, I KNOW AN UNSAFE CONDITION WHEN I SEE IT...SUCH AS GOING SLOW WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING FAST. I HAVE A FEELING, TOO, THAT MY SON'S VEHICLE IS NOT A ONE-OF-A-KIND SITUATION. P.S. YOUR LISTING OF MODELS DIDN'T INCLUDE THE SEQUOIA SUV, SO I CHECKED "PILOT". *TR

2004 SEQUOIA WITH 75,000 MILES. DRIVING DOWN ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER AND ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND THE BRAKES WENT INTO ANTI SKID MODE. VERY SCARY AND HAD THE KIDS IN THE CAR. HAD TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE CAR. THE VSC AND ABS LIGHTS ARE STAYING ON. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY KNOW IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. THEY WANT TO CHARGE US $1400.00 TO GET IT FIXED. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 2WD TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE VSC LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. READING ON EDMUNDS.COM AND TUNDRASOLUTIONS.COM I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE GROUNDS FOR A RECALL. ONE OF THE SUVS EVEN CAUGHT FIRE. *TR

WE WERE EXPERIENCING OCCASSIONAL DASH BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATION ABOUT EVERY TWO WEEKS OR SO. WHEN I HAD THE VEHICLE IN FOR ANOTHER ISSUE, I MENTIONED THE BRAKE LIGHT. TOYOTA TOLD ME THAT THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE SKID CONTROL COMPUTER AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE WHILE THE LIGHT WAS ON. AFTER HAVING THE COMPUTER REPLACED, THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON TWO MORE TIMES WHILE WE WERE OUT OF TOWN. THE NEXT DAY AS I WAS STARTING TO SLOW APPROACHING A TURN THE TRUCK SUDDENLY BRAKED VERY HARD AND IT FELT LIKE WE WERE GOING TO START SKIDDING. THIS WAS AN UNEXPECTED AUTOMATIC APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES AND PROVED TO BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. LUCKILY FOR US THERE WERE NO CARS FOLLOWING AT THE TIME. THIS EPISODE ILLUMINATED THE BRAKE LIGHT ALONG WITH THE VSC AND TRAC LIGHTS. WHATEVER TOYOTA REPLACED NOT ONLY DIDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM, BUT APPARENTLY MADE THE VEHICLE MORE DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. IT IS NOW AT TOYOTA FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSIS. I SEE THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON ISSUE, AS THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SYSTEM ON THE SEQUOIAS. THERE SHOULD BE A DEVELOPED REPAIR PLAN TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION AND TO KEEP THEIR CUSTOMERS SAFE. *TR

VSC LIGHTS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY, TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS THEY STILL COME ON PERIODICALLY. I HAVE TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT. *TR

VEHICLE HAS FAULTY VSC COMPUTER. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM, I NOTICED SEVERAL IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS. AS A RESULT OF THE EXTENT OF THE COMPLAINTS, I FEEL THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL FROM TOYOTA TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. I DO NOT HAVE $1615.00 TO FIX IT. *TR

I BOUGHT A NEW 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA LIMITED IN MAY '05. ROUGHLY 6 MONTHS INTO OWNERSHIP - MY BRAKE LIGHT, VSC (TRACTION CONTROL) AND TRACK OFF LIGHTS CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. I HAD MY BRAKES REPLACED IN DEC '07 AND THIS SEEMED TO CLEAR UP THE ISSUE. IN SEPT '08, MY BRAKE LIGHT STARTED LIGHTING UP AGAIN INTERMITTENTLY AND ON 12/1/08, MY VSC AND TRACK OFF LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I BROUGHT IT TO MY TOYOTA DEALER FOR SERVICE AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT MY SKID CONTROL COMPUTER NEEDS TO REPLACED TO THE TUNE OF $1800. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE AND HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2002. THE FAILURE OF THESE SYSTEMS LEAVES ME WITHOUT ABS AND WITHOUT VSC (TWO OF THE REASONS I BOUGHT THE CAR I DID) AND AT AN INCREASED RISK OF HAVING AN ACCIDENT. I WOULD LIKE AN INVESTIGATION DONE ON THIS COMPONENT TO DETERMINE IF A RECALL IS WARRANTED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TWO VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE YAW RATE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA VSC COMPUTER AND BANK SENSOR FAILURE DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME ON DEALER EXAMINED - SAYS SKID CONTROL ECU AND BANK SENSOR NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I OWN A 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA WITH 35,500 MILES. I RECENTLY TOOK MY VEHICLE TO TOYOTA TO CHECK ON THE VEHICLE SKID CONTROL (VSC) LIGHT, VSC TRACK LIGHT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THE SERVICE ADVISOR STATED THAT BASED THE DIAGNOSTIC REPAIR CODES AND A REPAIR BULLETIN, THE SKID CONTROL ECU MUST BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1668.90 THIS IS VERY DISAPPOINTING AND TOYOTA'S ARE LOOKING LESS THAN GOOD AT THE MOMENT. THE ECU IS NOT A WEAR AND TEAR ITEM AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO ONGOING MAINTENANCE, IT'S A COMPUTER CHIP THAT IS DESIGNED TO CONTROL THE VSC. IF THE ECU CAN NOT BE REPROGRAMMED TO FUNCTION AS INTENDED, THEN THIS DESIGN FLAW THAT AGAIN SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY OR AS A RECALL. THE DESIGN FLAW IS SERIOUS AND AFFECTS THE SAFETY AND STABILITY OF THE VEHICLE. FINALLY, THE ECU IS ESSENTIALLY A SMALL COMPUTER AND AT A HIGH PRICE TAG TO REPLACE SUCH AND INEXPENSIVE PART IS ABSURD. I OWN 3 TOYOTA SUV'S AND IF TOYOTA DOES NOT HONOR ITS COMMITMENT TO QUALITY, THEN I WILL NOT KEEP, PURCHASE, NOR RECOMMENDED A TOYOTA AGAIN. I HOPE TOYOTA DOES THE RIGHT THING AND ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. THANKS *TR

I HAVE A 2004 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. WITH JUST OVER 52,000 MILES, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT WOULD COME ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT TO GO OFF WOULD BE TO STOP AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP ADVISED US TO CHECK THE BRAKE FLUID. IT WAS FINE. WHEN I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE ANTI-SKID ECU COMPUTER COMPONENT WAS GOING OUT. THEY SAID IT WASN'T A SAFETY ISSUE; HOWEVER, WE FEEL LIKE IT MOST DEFINITELY IS A SAFETY ISSUE. SEQUOIA'S ARE PRONE TO ROLL OVER IN ACCIDENTS, AND THE ANTI-SKID FUNCTION IS CRITICAL. WE HAVE DONE RESEARCH, AND IT IS OBVIOUS THAT TOYOTA IS AWARE THAT IT IS A PROBLEM. DESPITE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM, A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED. IS IT GOING TO TAKE MAJOR ACCIDENTS OR DEATHS OF INNOCENT PASSENGERS TO GET TOYOTA TO ISSUE A RECALL? BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY FACTOR, WE ENDED UP SPENDING $1,507.48 IN ORDER TO HAVE THIS REPLACED. WITH LESS THAN 53,000 MILES ON A SEQUOIA, IT IS RIDICULOUS TO HAVE TO SPEND THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. THE ORIGINAL ANTI-SKID ECU IS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE; TOYOTA NEEDS TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND ISSUE A RECALL. *JB