2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIA LIMITED. PURCHASED NEW FROM DEALER. INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS OVER THE YEARS WITH "VSC TRAC", "TRAC OFF" AND "ABS" LIGHTS GOING ON (USUALLY IF TIRES WERE ON SLIPPERY SURFACE). LIGHTS USUALLY WENT OFF ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT INCIDENT. TWO YEARS AGO DEALER UNDER WARRANTY REPLACED ECU COMPUTER AND TRANSLATE COMPUTER WHEN CAR DIED AFTER THESE LIGHTS WENT ON. NOW LIGHTS ARE ON AGAIN AND NOT GOING OFF. WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. DEALER CHARGED ME $160 TO DO A DIAGNOSTIC WHICH LED THEM TO TELL ME IT'LL COST $2,300 TO DO WHAT AMOUNTS TO "EXPLORATORY SURGERY", AND BY THE WAY, MY AIRBAGS ARE DISABLED AND THEY CAN'T RESET THEM WITHOUT ME PAYING SAID $2,300 AND POSSIBLY MUCH MORE AS THEY USE A TRIAL AND ERROR APPROACH TO "FIXING" WHATEVER PROBLEM THERE IS (CAR SEEMS TO BE DRIVING OK AT THE MOMENT WITH THE WARNING LIGHTS ON.) A QUICK SEARCH OF THE INTERNET SHOWED DOZENS AND DOZENS OF PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM, SOME WITH VERY SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEMS (THAT I HAVE NOT HAD YET). VERY DISCONCERTING, ESPECIALLY SINCE I ALSO OWN A 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY! DEALERSHIP VERY OPAQUE ABOUT THE PROBLEM - THEY DON'T SEEM TO HAVE A CLUE WHAT THE PROBLEM REALLY IS AT ROOT. FROM MY BASIC RESEARCH, IT SEEMS IRREFUTABLE THAT THIS PROBLEM IS A SERIOUS DESIGN PROBLEM IN 2003 TOYOTA SEQUOIAS THAT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO TOYOTA FOR MANY YEARS. FIRST, ARE YOU AWARE OF THIS SITUATION, AND SECOND, IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO EXCEPT PAY TO SUPPOSEDLY "FIX" THE CAR? HERE IS JUST ONE SAMPLE OF A GOOGLE SEARCH FOR "TOYOTA SEQUOIA SKID CONTROL COMPUTER" WHERE YOU CAN SEE COMMENTS THAT GO BACK TO JANUARY 2004: HTTP://WWW.AUTOMOTIVEHELPER.COM/TOPIC181494.HTM. *TR
