NHTSA Complaint #10462453 — 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA

A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA I WAS DRIVING SUDDENLY HAD THE ESC ENGAGE WITH OUT WARNING THE BRAKES ENGAGED AND THE SUV MADE A GRINDING NOISE AND THE VSC TRAC LIGHT LIT UP... I TOOK IT TO MY DEALER AND $4000 LATER IT WAS REPAIRED: THE REPAIRS INCLUDED REPLACING THE ABS COMPUTER AND NEW BRAKES AND ROTORS....NOW ITS JUNE 2012 AND ITS DOING IT AGAIN BUT NOW IT ENGAGES RANDOMLY REGARDLESS OF SPEED OR TERRAIN... I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON MY VEHICLE AND HAVE FOUND OUT THAT TOYOTA HAS ISSUED A RECALL ON THE SAME PROBLEM BUT ONLY ON THE YEAR MODELS 2003-2005...I CALLED MY DEALER TO REPORT THE PROBLEM AND THEY CONFIRMED MY YEAR MODEL IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL... THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE PLEASE GET TOYOTA TO OWN UP TO ITS RESPONSIBILITY AND REPAIR THE DEFECT...I NEVER SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR THE REPAIR THE FIRST TIME BUT THERE IS NO WAY IN [XXX] I AM PAYING AGAIN FOR THE SAME DEFECT.... *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)