NHTSA Complaint #10545994 — 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY ON A DRY DAY, TRAVELING AT 65 MPH AND NOTICED THE TRAC CONTROL, ABS, AND BRAKE LIGHTS ALL ILLUMINATE. I THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING. AS I DROVE AT STEADY 65MPH I NOTICED THE VEHICLE BECOME UNSTABLE, I COULD FEEL THE REAR END BEING VERY WISH-WASHY, TO THE POINT I HAD TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN TO ABOUT 55 MPH SO THAT IT WOULD FEEL MORE STABLE. I DRIVE THIS SAME STRETCH OF FREEWAY OFTEN AND HAVE NEVER HAD THE TRUCK ACT LIKE THIS UNTIL THE LIGHTS BECAME ILLUMINATED. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO MY MECHANIC, THEY PERFORMED SOME DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND DID SOME INVESTIGATING AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG, NO TRIPPED CODES OR ANYTHING ELSE POINTING TO SOMETHING NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. WHILE THEY WORKED ON THE VEHICLE THEY HAD AT SOME POINT DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY, RESETTING THE COMPUTER, THIS SEEMED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM UNTIL LAST WEEK, 9/23/2013 WHEN THE LIGHTS SAME LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THIS SECOND TIME I NEVER NOTICED THE REAR-END BEING SLIPPERY AS I DID IN THE FIRST CASE. THANK GOODNESS. I WAS ON A LONG TRIP 600 MILES FROM HOME. I WORRIED THAT WHEN THESE LIGHTS ARE ILLUMINATED THAT IF I'M REQUIRED TO DO A QUICK STOP OR MANEUVER TO AVOID SOMETHING I MAY END UP IN A REALLY BAD SITUATION. BUT WITH THE LIGHTS BEING ILLUMINATED TWICE IN A YEAR SPAN I'M BEGINNING TO THINK THAT THIS COULD BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM. I'M DON'T LIKE THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF WHEN THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATE. *TR