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Toyota Sequoia, model year 2003. Filed by Toyota Motor North America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 30 April 2010. 50,000 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Toyota is recalling certain model year 2003 sequoia passenger vehicles manufactured from april 1, 2002 through april 17, 2003. the center position of the steering angle sensor (sas) may not be stored correctly due to improper logic of the skid control ecu programming. the vehicle stability control (vsc) system could …

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Which vehicles does recall 10V176 cover?
Toyota Sequoia, model year 2003.
What is wrong with them?
TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2003 SEQUOIA PASSENGER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM APRIL 1, 2002 THROUGH APRIL 17, 2003. THE CENTER POSITION OF THE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR (SAS) MAY NOT BE STORED CORRECTLY DUE TO IMPROPER LOGIC OF THE SKID CONTROL ECU PROGRAMMING.
What can happen if it is not put right?
SHOULD THIS OCCUR, THE VEHICLE MAY NOT ACCELERATE AS QUICKLY AS THE DRIVER EXPECTS, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. TOYOTA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REFLASH THE ECU. IF THE REFLASH CANNOT BE COMPLETED ON A PARTICULAR VEHICLE, THE ECU WILL BE REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 11, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.

Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.

What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “SHOULD THIS OCCUR, THE VEHICLE MAY NOT ACCELERATE AS QUICKLY AS THE DRIVER EXPECTS, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.”

50,000vehicles potentially
affected
1model named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 30 April 2010owners told 11 June 2010today
The defect reached the regulator on 30 April 2010. Owners were written to 42 days later, on 11 June 2010. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign took longer than most.
Campaign10V176
Filed byTOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
System at faultElectronic Stability Control (ESC)
Reported to NHTSA30 April 2010
Model years2003-2003
Vehicles namedTOYOTA SEQUOIA

What the notice says today

The consequence

SHOULD THIS OCCUR, THE VEHICLE MAY NOT ACCELERATE AS QUICKLY AS THE DRIVER EXPECTS, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

The remedy

TOYOTA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REFLASH THE ECU. IF THE REFLASH CANNOT BE COMPLETED ON A PARTICULAR VEHICLE, THE ECU WILL BE REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 11, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.

What it said before

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This is one of 84 notices in the record whose component field names electronic stability control (esc). Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

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