NHTSA Complaint #10626570 — 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA

WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL AND AROUND A CURVE AT ABOUT 25MPH, MY 2002 SEQUOIA BEGAN BEEPING, MAKING A LOUD GRINDING NOISE AND THE TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD LITTLE TO NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. PROBLEM LASTED A FEW SECONDS. FORTUNATELY, I WAS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH WIDE STREETS LESS THAN A MILE FROM MY HOME AND WAS ABLE TO GET HOME SAFELY. CONSIDERING THAT I WAS ON A CURVE AND IT WAS RAINING, I THOUGHT IT MAY BE A ONE TIME ISSUE WITH TRACTION CONTROL. I DROVE THE TRUCK FOR A FEW DAYS WITH NO ISSUES. YESTERDAY, MY WIFE WAS ROUNDING A CURVE AT ABOUT 50MPH ON A HIGHWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON DRY PAVEMENT AND THE TRUCK DID THE SAME THING. SHE NARROWLY AVOIDED A COLLISION AND WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SHOULDER. SINCE THEN, THE TRUCK WILL INTERMITTENTLY BEEP AND GRIND FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS BEFORE THE VSC OFF LIGHT COMES ON. AS LONG AS THE LIGHT IS ON, INDICATING THE VSC IS DISENGAGED, THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS. PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR MORE WHEN ROUNDING A CURVE AND BRAKING, BUT THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. IT HAS HAPPENED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, DURING BOTH BRAKING AND ACCELERATING, AND WHILE ON FLAT GROUND OR A HILL. THE PROBLEM ONLY LASTS A FEW SECONDS, BUT YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DURING THAT TIME. THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE, DECELERATE, BRAKE, OR PULL ON ITS OWN. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING CONTROL AND WRECKING, POTENTIALLY CAUSING INJURY TO MY WIFE AND KIDS OR ANOTHER DRIVER. UPON RESEARCHING, I FOUND RECALL NUMBER 10V176000, NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA09006. THIS RECALL WAS FOR 2003 SEQUOIAS WITH A VERY SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL (VSC) SYSTEM. WHY WAS THE 2002 MODEL NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL SINCE IT SEEMS TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE? *TR