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2003 Toyota 4RUNNER Traction Control System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	767677
Internal NHTSA #	10312029
Manufacurer	TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	4RUNNER
Model Year	2003
File date	16/01/05
Component	TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	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.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	15000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	JERSEY CITY, NJ
VIN pattern	JTEBU14R730XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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2003 Toyota 4RUNNER Traction Control System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2003 Toyota 4RUNNER Traction Control System Problems, Complaints and Defects

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