My 61-reg Toyota Avensis petrol with 95,000 miles was bought used from Toyota at 15,000 miles and scrupulously maintained. Recently the dash has shown warnings 'check parking brake' and 'check VSC' .

Modern Toyota and Lexus vehicles are notoriously safe and reliable, so it should come as no surprise to read that they are typically crammed with plenty of underappreciated technical safety features.

VSC stands for vehicle stability control, an electronic system designed to reduce the loss of vehicle control by monitoring steering direction and a vehicle’s actual direction, then applying braking ...

After being continually frustrated with our inability to completely turn off the GS's traction and stability control system, we recently learned from an anonymous source how to disable the ...