THE VSC AND TRAC LIGHTS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY .THE VEHICLE WILL ALSO DRAMATICALLY DE-ACCELERATE. THERE IS ALSO A SMELL LIKE SMOKE. AFTER SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF AND LATER RESTARTING ALL WAS OK. TOYOTA IS VERY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. SUCH A PROBLEM OCCURRING ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER SPEEDS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE LEADING TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH POTENTIAL FOR NUMEROUS FATALITIES. TOYOTA HAD A RECALL FOR EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM ON IT"S 2003 MODEL, BUT NOTHING FOR THE 2004. CONSIDERING THEIR MOST RECENT PROBLEMS WITH ACCELERATION I CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE EXPECTED BY NOW THAT THE NHTSA WOULD HAVE INVESTIGATED AND MANDATED THAT TOYOTA CORRECT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT...NOT AFTER THE FACT. AGAIN, THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED FACT ON TOYOTAS OWN WEBSITE. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED TO NO AVAIL. THEIR REFUSAL TO RECALL AND RECTIFY THE SITUATION SHOULD BE A WAKE UP CALL TO THE NHTSA. IF I HEAR NOTHING MORE ON THIS MATTER, I WILL ASSUME NEITHER TOYOTA NOR THE NHTSA IS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS DEFECT. *TR
2011
PARKING BRAKE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. WHILE PARKED ON AN INCLINE, THE CONTACT UTILIZED THE PARKING BRAKE BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.