2011 AMERIVAN TOYOTA SIENNA Problems & Recalls

WE BOUGHT A 2011 SIENNA IN LATE NOVEMBER 2015 TO REPLACE OUR 2004 SIENNA THAT WAS TOTALED IN A COLLISION WITH A DEER. THE 2004 HAD BEEN PARKED IN OUR GARAGE FOR 12 YEARS WITHOUT INCIDENT. OUR 2011 WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE FOR FOUR MONTHS AND THE FUEL LINE, ABOVE THE GAS TANK, WAS GNAWED THROUGH BY A...

Mileage: 115,525

WHEN DRIVING WITH WINDOWS DOWN, TRUNK SENSOR ALERTS ME THAT THE TRUNK IS OPEN, WHEN IN FACT IT IS CLOSED. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ALL TURN ON AND CREATES A DISTRACTION WHEN DRIVING. IT STARTED OFF WHEN JUST MAKING A TURN, BUT HAS WORSENED AND NOW GOES OFF ANYTIME I DRIVE WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN.

WHEN DRIVING WITH WINDOWS DOWN, TRUNK SENSOR ALERTS ME THAT THE TRUNK IS OPEN, WHEN IN FACT IT IS CLOSED. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ALL TURN ON AND CREATES A DISTRACTION WHEN DRIVING. IT STARTED OFF WHEN JUST MAKING A TURN, BUT HAS WORSENED AND NOW GOES OFF ANYTIME I DRIVE WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN.

WHEN DRIVING WITH WINDOWS DOWN, TRUNK SENSOR ALERTS ME THAT THE TRUNK IS OPEN, WHEN IN FACT IT IS CLOSED. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ALL TURN ON AND CREATES A DISTRACTION WHEN DRIVING. IT STARTED OFF WHEN JUST MAKING A TURN, BUT HAS WORSENED AND NOW GOES OFF ANYTIME I DRIVE WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN.

VAN SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. DOOR CABLE SYSTEM BROKE CAUSING DOOR TO BECOME INOPERABLE ELECTRONICALLY OR MANUALLY CREATING A HAZARD IN AN EMERGENCY TO EXIT THE VEHICLE FOR PASSENGERS. TOYOTA ACKNOWLEDGED THIS ISSUE FOR VANS FROM 2007-2010 WITH EXTENDED WARRANTIES TO REPAIR BUT IT KEEPS OCCURRI...

Mileage: 98,000

IN AUGUST 2014, TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND STALLED WHILE WE WERE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON THE INTERSTATE. WE COULD HAVE BEEN RUN OVER AND SMASHED TO DEATH HAD WE BEEN IN A ONE LANE CONSTRUCTION ZONE. WE PURCHASED THE CAR NEW IN 2011 AND THE CAR HAD ONLY 63,000 MILES. WE TOOK OUR CAR REG...

Mileage: 63,000

I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLIANT ABOUT THE LENGTH OF TIME IT HAS TAKEN TOYOTA TO PRODUCE A FINAL REMEDY FOR THE RECALL DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION OF THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER CABLE. IT HAS BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE WE WERE NOTIFIED AND IT STILL HAS NOT YET BEEN FIXED. THE TEMPORARY SOLUTION TOYOT...

THE CAR WAS STARTED. THE STEERING WAS HARD AND HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO TURN. UPON STARTING TO DRIVE, AT A LOW SPEED, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BUT THE BRAKES WERE HARD AND DID NOT GO DOWN. THE CAR DID NOT BRAKE. THE DRIVER PUT THE CAR INTO PARK. THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF, THEN TURNED ON AGAIN. THE PROBLE...

Mileage: 33,000

THE CAR WAS STARTED. THE STEERING WAS HARD AND HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO TURN. UPON STARTING TO DRIVE, AT A LOW SPEED, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BUT THE BRAKES WERE HARD AND DID NOT GO DOWN. THE CAR DID NOT BRAKE. THE DRIVER PUT THE CAR INTO PARK. THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF, THEN TURNED ON AGAIN. THE PROBLE...

Mileage: 33,000

THE CAR WAS STARTED. THE CAR WAS PUT INTO DRIVE. THE STEERING WAS HARD AND HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO TURN. UPON STARTING TO DRIVE AT A LOW SPEED, THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, BUT THE BRAKE WAS HARD AND DID NOT GO DOWN. THE BRAKE DID NOT WORK. THE DRIVER PUT THE CAR INTO PARK AND BROUGHT THE CAR TO A ...

Mileage: 33,000

THE CAR WAS STARTED. THE CAR WAS PUT INTO DRIVE. THE STEERING WAS HARD AND HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO TURN. UPON STARTING TO DRIVE AT A LOW SPEED, THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, BUT THE BRAKE WAS HARD AND DID NOT GO DOWN. THE BRAKE DID NOT WORK. THE DRIVER PUT THE CAR INTO PARK AND BROUGHT THE CAR TO A ...

Mileage: 33,000

I WAS SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HERD THE ENGINE REV VERY LOUD, AND AT THE SAME TIME THE VAN STARTED TO LUNG FORWARD. I HAD TO STRUGGLE TO KEEP THE VAN FROM HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH EVERYTHING I HAD. I PUT...

Mileage: 61,657

I WAS IN THE SCHOOL DROP OFF LINE TO DROP OF MY CHILD AND I WAS WAITING WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE WITH THE CAR IN GEAR AND IT LUNGED FORWARD I APPLIED THE BRAKES HARDER AND THE CAR STOPPED, IT BEGAN TO REV LOUDLY SO I PUT IT IN PARK AND THE REVVING SUBSIDED AND IT DIDN'T LUNG AGAIN. THIS PARTICULAR ...

Mileage: 61,450

TOYOTA PART NUMBER 43420-08090 CV AXEL PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 137,669

TOYOTA PART NUMBER 43420-08090 CV AXEL PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 137,669

I RECEIVED A NOTICE IN THE MAIL OF A DEFECTIVE CABLE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE UP UNDERNEATH MY CAR. IT WAS SAID THAT IT MAY FAIL DUE TO CORROSION. THEIR TEMPORARY FIX WAS TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN AND THEY WOULD REMOVE THE SPARE TIRE AND PUT IT INSIDE THE VEHICLE. I USE THIS VEHICLE TO DO CARRY PASSE...

I RECEIVED A NOTICE IN THE MAIL OF A DEFECTIVE CABLE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE UP UNDERNEATH MY CAR. IT WAS SAID THAT IT MAY FAIL DUE TO CORROSION. THEIR TEMPORARY FIX WAS TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN AND THEY WOULD REMOVE THE SPARE TIRE AND PUT IT INSIDE THE VEHICLE. I USE THIS VEHICLE TO DO CARRY PASSE...

ON THE 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA LE , (PASSENGER SEAT BEHIND DRIVER) THE CAPTAIN SEAT CUSHION IN LOOSE AND CAN BE PUSHED DOWN BY 1/4 INCH. THIS MAY BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE. TOYOTA DEALER STATE THIS IN NORMAL. *TR

Mileage: 46,600

THIS IS A FAMILY MINIVAN, MY WIFE DROVE TO A LOCAL WALMART TO GET MILK AND THE CAR WON'T START BACK UP, SEVERAL LIGHTS WERE BLINKING IN THE CAR, THE PUSH START BUTTON WAS NOT RESPONDING, MY CALLED AND I WENT THERE, I THEN USED A JUMPER CABLE TO START CAR, ALL THE CODES WERE STAY ON, WE HAVE H...

Mileage: 46,000

RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND THE CUT AND REMOVED THE SUPPORTING CARRIER ASSEMBLY. AND STATED THERE WAS NO CURRENT FIX , BUT THAT ONE WOULD BE AVAILABLE BY DEC 2014. WELL IT IS NOW JAN 2015 AND STILL NO FIX AND I'M HAULING THE SPARE IN THE CARGO AREA-...

Mileage: 67,000

RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND THE CUT AND REMOVED THE SUPPORTING CARRIER ASSEMBLY. AND STATED THERE WAS NO CURRENT FIX , BUT THAT ONE WOULD BE AVAILABLE BY DEC 2014. WELL IT IS NOW JAN 2015 AND STILL NO FIX AND I'M HAULING THE SPARE IN THE CARGO AREA-...

Mileage: 67,000

I WAS PULLING INTO A SPOT IN A PARKING LOT AND PRESSING DOWN THE BRAKE TO STOP WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY STARTED ACCELERATING BY ITSELF. I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE SO THE CAR DID NOT MOVE MUCH BUT THE ENGINE WAS PUSHING HARD ENOUGH THAT THE CAR MOVED FORWARD A COUPLE FEET. I SHIFTED THE CAR INTO PARK AN...

Mileage: 45,200

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 70 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON. VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO DECELERATE DOWN TO 20MPH. COULD NOT GET VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE USING THE GAS PEDAL. FINALLY CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF THE SLOW SPEED (3 TO 5 MINUTES) THEN THE COMPLETE STOP SWITCHED TH...

Mileage: 57,000

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 70 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON. VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO DECELERATE DOWN TO 20MPH. COULD NOT GET VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE USING THE GAS PEDAL. FINALLY CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF THE SLOW SPEED (3 TO 5 MINUTES) THEN THE COMPLETE STOP SWITCHED TH...

Mileage: 57,000

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 70 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON. VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO DECELERATE DOWN TO 20MPH. COULD NOT GET VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE USING THE GAS PEDAL. FINALLY CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF THE SLOW SPEED (3 TO 5 MINUTES) THEN THE COMPLETE STOP SWITCHED TH...

Mileage: 57,000

AIRBAG LIGHT TURNED ON WITH NO CRASH OR INCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 52,000

I WAS DRIVING AT SPEED APPROXIMATELY 58 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGIN TO SWERVE TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT ON ITS OWN WITHOUT INPUT FROM ME. THE TOYOTA SIENNA WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND STUCK A CONCRETE BARRIER AND THEN ROLL OVER. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING THE CRASH. I HAD SURGER...

Mileage: 9,000

I WAS SENT A NOTICE OF A RECALL FOR FAULTY SPARE TIRE CARRIERS ON MY 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA MONTHS AGO. THEIR TEMPORARY REMEDY TO THE PROBLEM IS TO PUT THE SPARE TIRE IN THE CAR. I DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR THE SPARE TIRE INSIDE THE CAR AS I USE THE ENTIRE BACK AREA FOR WORK THAT I DO. I HAVE NOT HEARD OF A...

Mileage: 82,000

I WAS SENT A NOTICE OF A RECALL FOR FAULTY SPARE TIRE CARRIERS ON MY 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA MONTHS AGO. THEIR TEMPORARY REMEDY TO THE PROBLEM IS TO PUT THE SPARE TIRE IN THE CAR. I DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR THE SPARE TIRE INSIDE THE CAR AS I USE THE ENTIRE BACK AREA FOR WORK THAT I DO. I HAVE NOT HEARD OF A...

Mileage: 82,000

I WAS CHANGING THE FILTER AND FORGOT TO REMOVE THE ROD SUPPORTING THE HOOD. WHEN I CLOSED THE HOOD, THE HOOD WAS BENT LIKE AN ALUMINUM FOIL. IS SUPPOSED TO BE THAT WEAK? VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE QUALITY OF THE PART (WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE METAL). IF IT IS THAT EASY TO BEND THE HOOD, I CAN'T I...

Mileage: 31,000

PASSENGER IN THE RIGHT REAR SEAT NOT PROPERLY RESTRAINED IN EMERGENCY STOP HAS THE SEATBELT COULD NOT TIGHTEN, IT GOT CAUGHT IN THE CEILING MOUNTED SEATBELT GUIDE WHICH DOES NOT SWIVEL AS IT DOES ON THE LEFT SIDE. *TR

Mileage: 25,000

NOTICED FIRE/FLAMES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SIENNA AS WE WERE COMING UP THE HILL, AND THEN IT INCREASED AFTER PARKING IN THE DRIVE WAY. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE CAR BATTERY HAS FAILED TO START VEHICLE. AT SPORADIC AND UNPREDICTABLE INTERVALS DOES THIS OCCUR. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL TOYOTA BATTERY SOLD WITH THE VEHICLE. THE BATTERY SEEMS TO BE DRAINED RAPIDLY BY THE VEHICLE'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHEN THE VEHICLE IS NOT RUNNING OR THE ...

Mileage: 40,000

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE CAR BATTERY HAS FAILED TO START VEHICLE. AT SPORADIC AND UNPREDICTABLE INTERVALS DOES THIS OCCUR. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL TOYOTA BATTERY SOLD WITH THE VEHICLE. THE BATTERY SEEMS TO BE DRAINED RAPIDLY BY THE VEHICLE'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHEN THE VEHICLE IS NOT RUNNING OR THE ...

Mileage: 40,000

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE CAR BATTERY HAS FAILED TO START VEHICLE. AT SPORADIC AND UNPREDICTABLE INTERVALS DOES THIS OCCUR. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL TOYOTA BATTERY SOLD WITH THE VEHICLE. THE BATTERY SEEMS TO BE DRAINED RAPIDLY BY THE VEHICLE'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHEN THE VEHICLE IS NOT RUNNING OR THE ...

Mileage: 40,000