NHTSA Complaint #10327671 — 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA

HELLO, I'M IN THE MILITARY AND MY WIFE AND KIDS WERE DRIVING IN OUR 2002 SEQUOIA 4X4, SHE CALLED ME AT WORK CRYING AND SAID THAT HER AND THE KIDS HAD ALMOST HIT A 18 WHEELER HEAD ON. SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING AROUND A TURN AND THE TRUCK JERKED HER INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC, SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES HARD, AND PULLED THE TRUCK BACK INTO FLOW OF TRAFFIC. SHE PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND I HAD IT TOWED HOME. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET FOR THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE. ALMOST VERBATIM OF MY SAME ISSUE. AFTER THAT THE VSC, OR VEHICLE SKID CONTROL LIGHT FLASHES, AND IT CAUSES MY TRUCK TO BRAKE ONE WHEEL AT A TIME. IT ALSO WILL NOT ALLOW US TO ACCELERATE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER YESTERDAY AND THEY CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THE ECU WAS BAD AND THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL AND YEAR OF TRUCK, WHICH IS VISIBLE ON THE INTERNET. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT THE PART IS $650 DOLLARS, AND THE LABOR IS CLOSE TO $250. COULD YOU PLEASE ASSIST, I GETTING READY TO DEPLOY TO IRAQ AGAIN. I NEED TO KNOW MY FAMILY IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF WHILE I'M GONE. CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE ME ASSISTANCE WITH THIS ISSUE? MY QUESTION IS, IF THERE IS SO MANY ISSUES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL. REMINDS ME OF TOYOTA'S GAS PEDAL ISSUES. THIS IS JUST AS BAD WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ASAP. ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE PROVIDE ME ASSISTANCE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR