Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM | |||
| 01/17/2011 | 50485 | ||
| Abs warning lite stays on, brake lite is on, vsc trac lite on. goes on & off intermittenly. mostly stays on. brakes occationally feel crunchy and do not stop properly.am caling for service today. vehicle will be parked until problem can be resolved. | |||
| 01/16/2005 | 15000 | 1 | |
| I purchased a brand new 2003 toyota 4runner in may 2003. in one cold morning of jan. 2005, i was driving it in highway that was still covered with some snow. all of sudden, an engine check light on the dashboard was automatically turned on, followed by vsc lights, indicating that a vehicle skid control function was automatically turned off. at that point, i could not drive the car beyond 50 mph, no matter how hard or frequently i pushed the accelerator pedal. i pulled over, restarted, and re-entered the highway but had the same results. i managed to drive the car to a dealer for inspection the same day. the dealer could not find a cause and simply reset the computer controller. this seemed to have resolved the problem at that time. however, the engine check and vsc light issues resurfaced about two years later. the difference this time was that there was no acceleration issue. no inspection was made. the dashboard lights were automatically turned off after driving for about a month. in jan. 2010, those lights reappeared and have remained turned on. no impact on acceleration has been observed. *tr | |||
| 02/01/2009 | 89995 | 1 | |
| 2003 toyota 4runner vsc trac, vsc off, brake, abs lights on. *tr | |||
| 08/20/2009 | 80000 | 1 | |
| My 2003 toyota 4runner has the vsc trac/trac off light on. ever since these 2 lights have been on my vehicle performance has been affected. i have had 2 incidents where my 4runner fishtails on mild wet road, the 2 times when this happened i was entering a ramp, and while slightly turning onto the street my vehicle fishtailed violently and turning the vehicle facing the opposite direction against approaching traffic. it was a very scary scenario. i was going very slow since it was an exiting ramp with a stop light so i hit on the brakes to slow down and make the turn at the light onto the street and this is what the vehicle did...this has happened twice already. i've seen many reports on the internet from many people having this problem. is there a recall in place for this type of problems (vsc trac/trac off) on the 4runners?? please advice. *tr | |||
| 10/03/2009 | 93555 | 1 | |
| After replacing an oxygen sensor several times, the dealership finally discovered the root of the problem that is making the oxygen sensor and traction control circuit short out. the air divertor flap inside the hvac box under the dash had grease applied to the flap hinges in the factory. directly below the flap is a wiring harness which drops down from the hvac box and plug into the ecu. over time the grease has traveled down through the wiring harness to the electrical connection plug into the ecu causing various circuits to short. no damage at present, however various safety circuits such as traction control are being affected. furthermore, as oil is combustible, an interior fire could result from the oil penetrating the 12 volt electrical connection point on the ecu. this issue/ problem should be considered hazardous and should be a recall to replace the wiring harness and ecu as well as clean the grease out of the hvac box. *tr | |||
| 03/30/2009 | 50000 | 1 | |
| Failure of automatic braking control and anti-skid control. service light activated but no recall or notice to consumers. see technical service bulletin br 005-03 (dec. 4, 2003). toyota refuses to recognize safety risk or obligation to replace outside of warranty period. *tr | |||