NHTSA Complaint #10598510 — 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY TO WORK, MY BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON. I PULLED OVER CUT THE TRUCK OFF THEN BACK ON, THE LIGHT WAS GONE. THE NEXT DAY DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, IT WAS POURING DOWN RAIN AND THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, ALONG WITH THE TRAC AND VSC WARNING LIGHTS. I WAS ONLY DRIVING ABOUT 25 MPH SINCE I WAS IN THE CITY AND NOT ON THE HIGHWAY YET. I PULLED OVER CUT THE TRUCK OFF AND THEN BACK ON, THE LIGHTS WERE OUT, BUT WITHIN ANOTHER MILE THEY WERE BACK ON. I AVOIDED THE HIGHWAY SINCE MY BRAKES WERE HAVING PROBLEMS AND IT WAS POURING RAIN. THE NEXT DAY THEY WERE OFF SO I DROVE BACK TO WORK BUT WHEN I WAS ON THE WAY HOME THEY ALL CAME BACK ON, THIS TIME IT WAS THE AFTERNOON AND NOT RAINING SO I TOOK IT TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. THEY RAN THE CODES AND SAID MY CODES WERE C1247 STROKE SENSOR AND C136 MASTER PRESS SENSOR - THEY SAID THIS WAS PART OF A SKID CONTROL ECM THAT CONTROLLED MY ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM! VERY SCARY TO THINK MY BRAKES WERE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. I WAS TOLD IT COULD BE FIXED FOR $1042.82 AND MAY ALSO NEED TO REPLACE THE MASTER CYLINDER AT $715.85. WHEN I LOOKED UP THE PROBLEM ONLINE I FOUND THAT THIS WAS VERY COMMON FAILURE WITH 2003-05 MODELS AND THAT TOYOTA HAD ALREADY RECALLED THE 2003 PROBLEM. MY SERVICE TECH SAID THAT HE WAS NOT AWARE THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT FOR IT. I WAS VERY SCARED TO DRIVE, BUT THE TECH SAID THAT MY BRAKES STILL WORKED BUT THAT THE ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM WILL NOT STOP "ON A DIME" BUT WILL SKID OR SLIDE. WHEN I ASKED TO SPEAK TO THE SERVICE MANAGER (ALL WERE ON VACATION) I SPOKE WITH THE LEAD TECH ON SHIFT, WHO TOLD ME ALOT OF WHAT I READ ONLINE WAS JUNK AND THERE WAS NO RECALL ON MY 2005 SEQUOIA BUT HE GAVE ME A NUMBER TO TOYOTA COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT:1-800-331-4331. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN MY VEHICLE SINCE TAKING IT HOME THAT DAY. *TR