Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / SEQUOIA / 2001

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003248881 Incident Date: Nov, 11 2003
Consumer's City: COVENTRY Consumer's State: CT
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: SEQUOIA Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Unknown or other
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 5TDBT48A41S Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 02 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Since owning the vehicle, vsc initializes on dry straight pavement, at low speeds. returned to local ct dealer multiple times. no problem found. on a recent trip, driving on an interstate highway, straight road, 70mph, all of a sudden it felt like the front of the vehicle was coming apart. the next thing i knew i went from the right to left lane and into the median. luckily no other vehicles were involved and no rollover occurred. i was able to gain control. the vsc was the cause. this time the vsc would not reset. took it to a toyota dealer in jonesboro, ar. they replaced the steering angle sensor and stated this was a frequent problem with the vsc. *nlm