I received a vsc error code, on a 2008 toyota highlander, not the hybrid model, but a limited top of the line model. the vehicle starts to accelerate by itself & then when you slam on the brakes to try to stop it, it fails to stop. in order to avoid slamming into the vehicle in front of me & to the right of me, i chose to turn left hard & run into the concrete divider. this was the 2nd occasion that this type of failure has happened to me. the 1st time was on december 15, 2010 & i also chose to turn left hard & strike the divider instead of rear ending the vehicle in front of or side swiping the vehicle to the right of me. on the 1st occasion, none of the airbags deployed & because of that i ended up striking my head on the either the drivers side glass or some hard object and losing my short term memory. the vehicle & then crossed 3 lanes of traffic, finally off of an exit ramp & came to rest after striking a fence pole. the 2nd time ...
Our 2008 toyota highlander has had the same intermittent braking problem since we purchased it in 2008. when we brake for the first second or so of depressing the brake pedal the brakes will either not respond or there will be a slight surge in acceleration. after further depression of the brake pedal, the brakes will engage, but the initial engagement is not smooth. it feels like someone that has braked their vehicle too rapidly. this issue comes and goes. when we take it to the dealer, they say they cannot recreate the issue and say there is nothing wrong with the vehicle. *tr