2008 TOYOTA SIENNA Problems & Recalls
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Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain 2005-2011 4Runner, Highlander, Sequoia, and Sienna, 2005-2010 Avalon and Tundra, 2006-2008 Camry Solara, 2006-2010 Highlander hybrid, 2006...
Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain model year 2010-2011 Prius and Corolla, 2009-2011 Venza, 2006-2010 Avalon, 2007-2010 FJ Cruiser, 2005-2011 Sienna and Sequoia, 2006-2011 T...
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2004-2011 Sienna vehicles originally sold in, or currently registered in, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Ke...
Toyota is recalling certain model year 2004-2005 Sienna vehicles manufactured January 10, 2003, through August 10, 2005; and model year 2007-2009 Sienna vehicles manufactured February 20, 2007, throug...
TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 1998 THROUGH 2010 SIENNA PASSENGER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN AUGUST 7, 1997 AND JANUARY 4, 2010, CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN OR ORIGINALLY SOLD IN CONNECTICUT, D...
GULF STATES TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005-2010 VEHICLES FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 110, "TIRE SELECTION AND RIMS." THESE VE...
SOUTHEAST TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005-2011 PASSENGER VEHICLES FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 110, "TIRE SELECTION AND RIMS." ...
Throttle stuck while in reverse pulling out of a parking spot and accelerated resulting in backing into the building
I have had the traction control go on while driving on the highway even when I turn it off. Sometimes the VSC and TRAC OFF lights go on while driving. The roads are dry. Whenever I take it in to the mechanic, all the lights are off. They pulled a zero calibration code and recalibrated. It still kept...
I have had the traction control go on while driving on the highway even when I turn it off. Sometimes the VSC and TRAC OFF lights go on while driving. The roads are dry. Whenever I take it in to the mechanic, all the lights are off. They pulled a zero calibration code and recalibrated. It still kept...
I have had the traction control go on while driving on the highway even when I turn it off. Sometimes the VSC and TRAC OFF lights go on while driving. The roads are dry. Whenever I take it in to the mechanic, all the lights are off. They pulled a zero calibration code and recalibrated. It still kept...
ODOMETER - FALSE - REPORTING -MONTANA TITLE - SIGNED AND NOTARIZED BY SELLER (CARVANA) "Federal and State State Law require that the owner state the mileage of a vehicle upon transfer of ownership. If you fail to complete this disclosure or provide a false statement, you may be subject to fines an...
The head gasket that was repaired failed and the radiator system also failed. Im not sure if these issues are dealer related or manufacture related as i spoke to the previous owner and they stated they had the vehicle serviced at a manufacturer prior to doing a trade in with the dealer
The material used by Toyota to manufacture the dash is breaking down. Toyota is aware of this issue due to cracking and offered a limited extended warranty which I never received any notification (and many others did not per Toyota's chat forum). Cracking I can deal with. But now the material is ...
The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated while driving 60 MPH, the vehicle unintendedly accelerated at a high rate of speed. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact desperately pressed on the brake pedal, but the vehicle would not slow down. The contact shifted the gear ...
Mileage: 178,000
Issues with VSC. The sensor alarm goes off when driving at more than 50 mph and slightly turning the steering wheel. The car brakes itself and this is DANGEROUS. It happens all the time, it has been more than 5-6 years and we are to the point of not using the car on the freeway to prevent a potentia...
Issues with VSC. The sensor alarm goes off when driving at more than 50 mph and slightly turning the steering wheel. The car brakes itself and this is DANGEROUS. It happens all the time, it has been more than 5-6 years and we are to the point of not using the car on the freeway to prevent a potentia...
The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated while pulling into a grocery store, he heard an abnormal ticking sound. The contact stated upon parking and inspecting the outside of the vehicle, he noticed that engine oil was leaking onto the ground. Additionally, the oil dipstick was dry ...
Mileage: 204,000
The Vehicle VSC Engaged multiple times even at low speed of 30 mph under the road speed limit. The brake applied and even the vehicle stop to respond to the acceleration. We have 3 little kids and old parents in this vehicle.Toyota should own this problem and fix it free of charge as a factory recal...
The Vehicle VSC Engaged multiple times even at low speed of 30 mph under the road speed limit. The brake applied and even the vehicle stop to respond to the acceleration. We have 3 little kids and old parents in this vehicle.Toyota should own this problem and fix it free of charge as a factory recal...
The Vehicle VSC Engaged multiple times even at low speed of 30 mph under the road speed limit. The brake applied and even the vehicle stop to respond to the acceleration. We have 3 little kids and old parents in this vehicle.Toyota should own this problem and fix it free of charge as a factory recal...
Driving on dry pavement in mountainous terrain the slip indicator light/sound activates temporarily and the brakes can engage by themselves! Usually happens during right turns. I've been to several automotive specialists for mechanical & electronic diagnosis. I've replaced the lower control arm & th...
Driving on dry pavement in mountainous terrain the slip indicator light/sound activates temporarily and the brakes can engage by themselves! Usually happens during right turns. I've been to several automotive specialists for mechanical & electronic diagnosis. I've replaced the lower control arm & th...
Driving on dry pavement in mountainous terrain the slip indicator light/sound activates temporarily and the brakes can engage by themselves! Usually happens during right turns. I've been to several automotive specialists for mechanical & electronic diagnosis. I've replaced the lower control arm & th...
The transmission shift cable broke during parking. Although the transmission shift lever was moved to the park position, the transmission was not placed in park. The first observation was the vehicle started to roll when the driver was loading the purchases at a store. The parking brake was then...
Vehicle starting beebing and automatically engaged abs braking on highway. Dry and clear.
The traction control light is coming on during low speed turns on dry pavement.
The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated while driving approximately 15 MPH, the spare tire hatch control cable snapped and dropped the spare tire onto the roadway. The vehicle rode over the spare tire on the passenger’s side rear wheel causing a jolt to the vehicle. The contact p...
Mileage: 195,000
The vsc begins to beep and then the car sometimes applies brakes, or the motor seems to lug. This can happen at any any speed. This has been happening for years and is becoming more frequent.
The vsc begins to beep and then the car sometimes applies brakes, or the motor seems to lug. This can happen at any any speed. This has been happening for years and is becoming more frequent.
Anti skid/slip malfunctions, Brakes are automatic applied while turning a corner. When this happen one dry road surfaces it was harder to control the car. This happen multiple times in the pass. Yes my safety and others on the road was put at risk. Yes been confirmed by independent service centers...
Anti skid/slip malfunctions, Brakes are automatic applied while turning a corner. When this happen one dry road surfaces it was harder to control the car. This happen multiple times in the pass. Yes my safety and others on the road was put at risk. Yes been confirmed by independent service centers...
Anti skid/slip malfunctions, Brakes are automatic applied while turning a corner. When this happen one dry road surfaces it was harder to control the car. This happen multiple times in the pass. Yes my safety and others on the road was put at risk. Yes been confirmed by independent service centers...
The dashboard lights up. abs and traction control light, vsc and brake. It seems like the bushings by the rack and pinion become loose and leads to random brake failure.
2008 Toyota Sienna. Driving down steep right turns, VSC light comes on, urgent beeping alarm and tires grip and grip vehicle brakes going 20-30+ mph on dry road. Very scary and dangerous, and has continues repeatedly over the past year on curvy right turns. Local mechanics don't know what is wrong w...
2008 Toyota Sienna. Driving down steep right turns, VSC light comes on, urgent beeping alarm and tires grip and grip vehicle brakes going 20-30+ mph on dry road. Very scary and dangerous, and has continues repeatedly over the past year on curvy right turns. Local mechanics don't know what is wrong w...
2008 Toyota Sienna. Driving down steep right turns, VSC light comes on, urgent beeping alarm and tires grip and grip vehicle brakes going 20-30+ mph on dry road. Very scary and dangerous, and has continues repeatedly over the past year on curvy right turns. Local mechanics don't know what is wrong w...
BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED, AND CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES MAKE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE IN WET WEATHER WHEN BACKING UP AND SOMETIMES WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE WHILE DRIVING ALSO A 🔊 NOISE AND BRAKES SEEM TO SLIP HAVE HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE IT SCARES ME CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG BUT CONTINUES TO P...
Mileage: 108,000
BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED, AND CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES MAKE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE IN WET WEATHER WHEN BACKING UP AND SOMETIMES WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE WHILE DRIVING ALSO A 🔊 NOISE AND BRAKES SEEM TO SLIP HAVE HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE IT SCARES ME CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG BUT CONTINUES TO P...
Mileage: 108,000
WHEN USING HEATED SEAT FEATURE DRIVERS SIDE REMAINS HEATED EVEN LONG AFTER BEING OFF. HAVE CHECKED FUSES AND STILL SAME ONLY USE SEASONAL. SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE HEAT IS ON WHEN NOT IN USE
Mileage: 104,000
CAR SPEED VARIES WHEN DOING A MODERATE SPEED EXAMPLE 40 MPH SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE ITS ENGINE SLIPS AND SPEED SLOWS CAR JUMPS FORWARD FEELS LIKE ENGINE SLIPS OR GEAR SHIFTS. ENGINE BOGS DOWN OR SOMETIMES REVS UP A LITTLE..SCARES ME SOMETIMES BUT NO CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE
Mileage: 108,000
CAR SPEED VARIES WHEN DOING A MODERATE SPEED EXAMPLE 40 MPH SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE ITS ENGINE SLIPS AND SPEED SLOWS CAR JUMPS FORWARD FEELS LIKE ENGINE SLIPS OR GEAR SHIFTS. ENGINE BOGS DOWN OR SOMETIMES REVS UP A LITTLE..SCARES ME SOMETIMES BUT NO CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE
Mileage: 108,000
WHILE ON AN ON-RAMP; THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 35 MPH STARTED BLINKING THE SLIP LIGHT AND SLOWED THE VAN DOWN, ALSO CAUSING I THINK THE BRAKES TO ENGAGE WITH FORCE. HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY AND ON RAMPS. I HAD THE RACK AND PINION REPLACED AND STILL HAS DONE THIS.
Mileage: 146,892
WHILE ON AN ON-RAMP; THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 35 MPH STARTED BLINKING THE SLIP LIGHT AND SLOWED THE VAN DOWN, ALSO CAUSING I THINK THE BRAKES TO ENGAGE WITH FORCE. HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY AND ON RAMPS. I HAD THE RACK AND PINION REPLACED AND STILL HAS DONE THIS.
Mileage: 146,892
WHILE ON AN ON-RAMP; THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 35 MPH STARTED BLINKING THE SLIP LIGHT AND SLOWED THE VAN DOWN, ALSO CAUSING I THINK THE BRAKES TO ENGAGE WITH FORCE. HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY AND ON RAMPS. I HAD THE RACK AND PINION REPLACED AND STILL HAS DONE THIS.
Mileage: 146,892
THE VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL WILL UNEXPECTEDLY ENGAGE IN INSTANCES WHERE IT SHOULDN'T ACTIVATE. THE MOST COMMON IS A LONG, SLIGHT CURVE ON AT FREEWAY SPEEDS ON DRY PAVEMENT. THE SECOND MOST COMMON SCENARIO IS ACCELERATING TO ENTER THE FREEWAY. WHEN VSC ENGAGES, THE VEHICLE WILL LURCH TO THE SIDE IT...
Mileage: 170,000
THE VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL WILL UNEXPECTEDLY ENGAGE IN INSTANCES WHERE IT SHOULDN'T ACTIVATE. THE MOST COMMON IS A LONG, SLIGHT CURVE ON AT FREEWAY SPEEDS ON DRY PAVEMENT. THE SECOND MOST COMMON SCENARIO IS ACCELERATING TO ENTER THE FREEWAY. WHEN VSC ENGAGES, THE VEHICLE WILL LURCH TO THE SIDE IT...
Mileage: 170,000
THE VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL WILL UNEXPECTEDLY ENGAGE IN INSTANCES WHERE IT SHOULDN'T ACTIVATE. THE MOST COMMON IS A LONG, SLIGHT CURVE ON AT FREEWAY SPEEDS ON DRY PAVEMENT. THE SECOND MOST COMMON SCENARIO IS ACCELERATING TO ENTER THE FREEWAY. WHEN VSC ENGAGES, THE VEHICLE WILL LURCH TO THE SIDE IT...
Mileage: 170,000
2008 SIENNA DASHBOARD CRACKING AND IS SHINY AND STICKY. THE SHININESS PRODUCES A GLARE ON THE WINDSHIELD AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD. THIS PROBLEM STARTED A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE 10 YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY OFFERED BY TOYOTA EXPIRED. TRIED CONTACTING TOYOTA AND REFUSED TO HELP.
WHILE DRIVING MY STEERING LOCKED UP. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL GARAGE AND THEY INFORMED ME I NEED A NEW RACK AND PINION.
TRANSMISSION HAS BEGUN SLIDING
Mileage: 19,500
WHEN DRIVING NORMALLY IN DRY CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL ENGAGES WHEN MAKING SLOW TURNS AT ABOUT 45 TO 55 MPH. IT HAPPENS MOSTLY WHEN STEERING TO THE RIGHT BUT CAN HAPPEN WHEN TURNING LEFT. THIS RESULTS IN DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WHERE THE BRAKES UNEXPECTEDLY ENGAGE OR THE CAR D...
Mileage: 150,000
MY VEHICLE HAS 138,000 MILES AND WHEN I INQUIRED ABOUT FIXING THE SLIDING DOOR, I WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL WAS OVER IN 2016; HOWEVER, I KNOW OF A PERSON THAT WAS ABLE TO HAVE HIS VEHICLE FIXED BY TOYOTA. IN FACT, TOYOTA REPLACE BOTH THE DOOR SLIDING COMPONENTS / LATCHES. FOR MY VEHICLE I TRIED GET...
Mileage: 133,000
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, VSC LIGHT AND TRAC OFF LIGHT ON AND OFF LIGHT INTERMITTENT. AT ANY TIME THE LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF. IT IS NERVE BREAKING KNOWING THAT THE WARNING LIGHT AND THE PROBLEM CAN NOT BE FIXED BY TOYOTA. I HAVE MY TOYOTA SIENNA 2008 AND IT HAVE A VERY LOW MILES DUE TO LIGHTS SAFETY REASO...
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, VSC LIGHT AND TRAC OFF LIGHT ON AND OFF LIGHT INTERMITTENT. AT ANY TIME THE LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF. IT IS NERVE BREAKING KNOWING THAT THE WARNING LIGHT AND THE PROBLEM CAN NOT BE FIXED BY TOYOTA. I HAVE MY TOYOTA SIENNA 2008 AND IT HAVE A VERY LOW MILES DUE TO LIGHTS SAFETY REASO...
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, VSC LIGHT AND TRAC OFF LIGHT ON AND OFF LIGHT INTERMITTENT. AT ANY TIME THE LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF. IT IS NERVE BREAKING KNOWING THAT THE WARNING LIGHT AND THE PROBLEM CAN NOT BE FIXED BY TOYOTA. I HAVE MY TOYOTA SIENNA 2008 AND IT HAVE A VERY LOW MILES DUE TO LIGHTS SAFETY REASO...
MY VSC AND SLIP DASHBOARD INDICATORS GO ON WHILE I DRIVE ON DRY ROAD AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 40-50 MPH. THE CAR THEN GIVES ME KICK BACK ON STEERING AND BRAKING, ALMOST AS IT LOSING CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. IT THEN GOES AWAY RANDOMLY. IT IS DIFFICULT TO REPLICATE THE SITUATION BUT IT TENDS TO OCCUR ON SPEEDS...
Mileage: 150,000
WHILE DRIVING, THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM WARNING CAME ON WHEN THE ROADS WERE CLEAR AND DRY. ALSO, THE AUTOMATIC BRAKING STARTED GOING OFF WHEN MAKING TURNS ON CLEAR ROADS. WHENEVER WE TRAVELED THE HIGHWAY AND WERE MAKING A TURN AT GREATER THAN 35 MILES PER HOUR, THE WARNING SOUNDED AND THE BRAKES...
Mileage: 140,000
ON INCLINES, THE VSC LIGHT WOULD COME ON, CLICKING NOISE NEAR THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CAR WOULD LOSE POWER. I HAVE MECHANICS CHECKED OUT. CV JOINT AND BALL BEARING REPLACED. PROBLEM PERSISTS.
Mileage: 180,000
ON INCLINES, THE VSC LIGHT WOULD COME ON, CLICKING NOISE NEAR THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CAR WOULD LOSE POWER. I HAVE MECHANICS CHECKED OUT. CV JOINT AND BALL BEARING REPLACED. PROBLEM PERSISTS.
Mileage: 180,000
ON INCLINES, THE VSC LIGHT WOULD COME ON, CLICKING NOISE NEAR THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CAR WOULD LOSE POWER. I HAVE MECHANICS CHECKED OUT. CV JOINT AND BALL BEARING REPLACED. PROBLEM PERSISTS.
Mileage: 180,000
LIFT-GATE FRAME CRACKING AROUND LEFT HINGE. SAFETY HAZARD AS THE LIFT-GATE COULD BECOME UNSECURED WHILE DRIVING, OR DURING OPERATION, RESULTING IN INJURY OR CRASH. *TR
Mileage: 135,000
ABOUT A FIVE YEARS AGO THE SLIP INDICATOR LIGHT (CAR WITH SWERVY LINES) STARTED COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY WHILE TURNING ON HIGHWAYS ETC. (BUT NOT WHEN ANY RISK OF TIRES SLIPPING). I BROUGHT IT TO TOYOTA THREE DIFFERENT TIMES OVER THE YEARS AND TOYOTA ALWAYS STATES THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE ISSUE AND S...
Mileage: 110,000
ABOUT A FIVE YEARS AGO THE SLIP INDICATOR LIGHT (CAR WITH SWERVY LINES) STARTED COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY WHILE TURNING ON HIGHWAYS ETC. (BUT NOT WHEN ANY RISK OF TIRES SLIPPING). I BROUGHT IT TO TOYOTA THREE DIFFERENT TIMES OVER THE YEARS AND TOYOTA ALWAYS STATES THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE ISSUE AND S...
Mileage: 110,000
ABOUT A FIVE YEARS AGO THE SLIP INDICATOR LIGHT (CAR WITH SWERVY LINES) STARTED COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY WHILE TURNING ON HIGHWAYS ETC. (BUT NOT WHEN ANY RISK OF TIRES SLIPPING). I BROUGHT IT TO TOYOTA THREE DIFFERENT TIMES OVER THE YEARS AND TOYOTA ALWAYS STATES THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE ISSUE AND S...
Mileage: 110,000
VEHICLE WOULD ENGAGE BRAKES BY ITSELF AND VSC AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS WOULD START FLASHING AND BEEPING WHEN GOING AROUND CURVES OR HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THIS WAS FRIGHTENING, AND CAUSED ME TO NOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE SELL THE VEHICLE OUTRIGHT TO ANOTHER PERSON, SO I LOST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS...
Mileage: 95,000
VEHICLE WOULD ENGAGE BRAKES BY ITSELF AND VSC AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS WOULD START FLASHING AND BEEPING WHEN GOING AROUND CURVES OR HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THIS WAS FRIGHTENING, AND CAUSED ME TO NOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE SELL THE VEHICLE OUTRIGHT TO ANOTHER PERSON, SO I LOST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS...
Mileage: 95,000
VEHICLE WOULD ENGAGE BRAKES BY ITSELF AND VSC AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS WOULD START FLASHING AND BEEPING WHEN GOING AROUND CURVES OR HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THIS WAS FRIGHTENING, AND CAUSED ME TO NOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE SELL THE VEHICLE OUTRIGHT TO ANOTHER PERSON, SO I LOST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS...
Mileage: 95,000
I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPH ON DRY ASPHALT ON A SUNNY DAY WHEN THE STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH RAPID BEEPING. WHAT WAS THE MOST CONCERNING WAS THAT THE BREAKS ACTIVATED TWICE CAUSING ME TO HAVE A NEAR PANIC ATTACK AND I DIDN'T THINK I HAD CONTROL OF THE...
Mileage: 150,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA EQUIPPED WITH BF GOODRICH TIRE, TIRE LINE: ALL TERRAIN K02, TIRE SIZE: 215/65/R16, DOT NUMBER: BFAEAT11. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE INSPECTED OR REPA...
Mileage: 134,920
WHEN WE GO ON CURVY ROADS, A CLICKING STARTS. IT SOUNDS AS IF IT IS COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH NEAR THE STEERING. ONCE THAT STARTS UP THE TRACTION CONTROL MALFUNCTIONS. THE WARNING ALARM COMES ON AND THE BRAKES ENGAGE ON THEIR OWN. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER HOW FAST OR SLOW WE TAKE THE CURVE. THIS ...
Mileage: 185,000
WHILE DRIVING WITH MY AUTISTIC CHILDREN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, THE VSC LIGHT AND THE TRAC OFF LIGHT ALL CAME ON AND THE WHEELS LOCKED UP ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND THROUGH THE VAN INTO A DITCH. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SINCE THIS VEHICLE WAS MADE FOR FAMILIES. I AM NOW KEEPING A LOG AND I DO PLAN ON RETAI...
Mileage: 184,000
WHILE DRIVING WITH MY AUTISTIC CHILDREN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, THE VSC LIGHT AND THE TRAC OFF LIGHT ALL CAME ON AND THE WHEELS LOCKED UP ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND THROUGH THE VAN INTO A DITCH. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SINCE THIS VEHICLE WAS MADE FOR FAMILIES. I AM NOW KEEPING A LOG AND I DO PLAN ON RETAI...
Mileage: 184,000
WHILE DRIVING WITH MY AUTISTIC CHILDREN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, THE VSC LIGHT AND THE TRAC OFF LIGHT ALL CAME ON AND THE WHEELS LOCKED UP ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND THROUGH THE VAN INTO A DITCH. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SINCE THIS VEHICLE WAS MADE FOR FAMILIES. I AM NOW KEEPING A LOG AND I DO PLAN ON RETAI...
Mileage: 184,000
INSIDE DASHBOARD IS VERY STICKY AND ALWAYS SHOWS A GLARE ONTO THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING (SAFETY ISSUE); THE DASHBOARD DURING THE SUMMER TIME IS VERY MALLEABLE, IF YOU GENTLY PRESS ON IT, IT MOVES AS IF IT WAS MELTING SLOWLY. THIS HAS BEEN LIKE THIS FOR A FEW YEARS, WHEN I CONTACTED TOYOTA THEY SA...
Mileage: 60,000
INSIDE DASHBOARD IS VERY STICKY AND ALWAYS SHOWS A GLARE ONTO THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING (SAFETY ISSUE); THE DASHBOARD DURING THE SUMMER TIME IS VERY MALLEABLE, IF YOU GENTLY PRESS ON IT, IT MOVES AS IF IT WAS MELTING SLOWLY. THIS HAS BEEN LIKE THIS FOR A FEW YEARS, WHEN I CONTACTED TOYOTA THEY SA...
Mileage: 60,000
INSIDE DASHBOARD IS VERY STICKY AND ALWAYS SHOWS A GLARE ONTO THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING (SAFETY ISSUE); THE DASHBOARD DURING THE SUMMER TIME IS VERY MALLEABLE, IF YOU GENTLY PRESS ON IT, IT MOVES AS IF IT WAS MELTING SLOWLY. THIS HAS BEEN LIKE THIS FOR A FEW YEARS, WHEN I CONTACTED TOYOTA THEY SA...
Mileage: 60,000
CAR ENGENDERS SELF BRAKING AND CUTTING POWER OFF
Mileage: 117,560
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ON A SLIGHT CURVE ON DRY PAVEMENT THE SLIP INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND THE ALARM SOUND EVENTUALLY CAUSING THE BRAKES TO ENGAGE AND THE CAR TO JERK ON ITS OWN WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAPPENS SO OFTEN THAT IT'S DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE VAN WITH MY FAMILY.
Mileage: 235,000
THE TRACTION CONTROL, STABILITY, AND ABS ENGAGE IN TURNS (STEERING INPUT) RANGING FROM SPEEDS OF 25-55 MPH. IT HAPPENS ON FLAT SURFACES, INCLINES AND DECLINES. THE TURN RANGE FROM SHARP TURNS TO SLIGHT TURNS THAT THERE IS NO REDUCTION OF SPEED TO NAVIGATE THE TURN. WHEN IT OCCURS THE VEHICLE RAPIDLY...
Mileage: 180,000
THE TRACTION CONTROL, STABILITY, AND ABS ENGAGE IN TURNS (STEERING INPUT) RANGING FROM SPEEDS OF 25-55 MPH. IT HAPPENS ON FLAT SURFACES, INCLINES AND DECLINES. THE TURN RANGE FROM SHARP TURNS TO SLIGHT TURNS THAT THERE IS NO REDUCTION OF SPEED TO NAVIGATE THE TURN. WHEN IT OCCURS THE VEHICLE RAPIDLY...
Mileage: 180,000
THE TRACTION CONTROL, STABILITY, AND ABS ENGAGE IN TURNS (STEERING INPUT) RANGING FROM SPEEDS OF 25-55 MPH. IT HAPPENS ON FLAT SURFACES, INCLINES AND DECLINES. THE TURN RANGE FROM SHARP TURNS TO SLIGHT TURNS THAT THERE IS NO REDUCTION OF SPEED TO NAVIGATE THE TURN. WHEN IT OCCURS THE VEHICLE RAPIDLY...
Mileage: 180,000
WHILE DRIVING ON A SLOPE, INCLINE OR DECLINE, MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ( CAR WITH SQUIGGLES BEHIND IT) COMES ON, A LOUD 'BEEP BEEP BEEP' SOUNDS, AND MY CAR BRAKES ON ITS OWN. ALWAYS HAPPENS WHILE IN MOTION. HIGHWAY DRIVING. 90 PERCENT OF THE TIME WHILE ON AN INCLINE OR DECLINE. IT SCARES THE HECK O...
Mileage: 175,000
WHILE DRIVING ON A SLOPE, INCLINE OR DECLINE, MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ( CAR WITH SQUIGGLES BEHIND IT) COMES ON, A LOUD 'BEEP BEEP BEEP' SOUNDS, AND MY CAR BRAKES ON ITS OWN. ALWAYS HAPPENS WHILE IN MOTION. HIGHWAY DRIVING. 90 PERCENT OF THE TIME WHILE ON AN INCLINE OR DECLINE. IT SCARES THE HECK O...
Mileage: 175,000
WHILE DRIVING ON A SLOPE, INCLINE OR DECLINE, MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ( CAR WITH SQUIGGLES BEHIND IT) COMES ON, A LOUD 'BEEP BEEP BEEP' SOUNDS, AND MY CAR BRAKES ON ITS OWN. ALWAYS HAPPENS WHILE IN MOTION. HIGHWAY DRIVING. 90 PERCENT OF THE TIME WHILE ON AN INCLINE OR DECLINE. IT SCARES THE HECK O...
Mileage: 175,000
THE TRACTION CONTROL ERRONEOUSLY ENGAGES UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, WHICH IN TURN ACTIVATES THE ABS. THIS CAUSES SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED BRAKING. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.
Mileage: 135,000
I ATTEMPTED TO PUT MY VAN IN PARK TODAY AFTER DRIVING TO A RESTAURANT FOR LUNCH. THE SHIFT LEVER WILL GO TO ANY POSITION BUT THE DASH DISPLAY ONLY RESPONDS TO D OR 4. WHEN I PUT THE LEVER IN PARK AND TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VAN CONTINUED GOING FORWARD. IT WILL NOT GO TO PARK OR EVEN NE...
Mileage: 90,300
THE DASHBOARD OF MY CAR BECOMES STICKY AND SHINE ON THE EYES DURING HOT SUNNY DAYS. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM TOYOTA THAT IT WILL BE COVERED BY WARRANTY TILL 10 YEARS BUT FOR MY VEHICLE THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. WHEN I CALLED TOYOTA THEY SAY THAT IS A REGULAR WEAR AND TEAR AND SINCE THE WARRANTY HAD ...
Mileage: 175,000
WHILE DRIVING THE VSC/ABS SYSTEM COMES ON UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING VEHICLE TO BRAKE AND EFFECT STEERING. IT IS MOST FREQUENTLY NOTICED WHEN STEERING ON CURVES 30-40 MPH. I HAVE REPLACED TIRES, FRONT STEERING COMPONENTS AND DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE. I BELIEVE WHEEL SPEED/YAW SENSOR CALIBRATION IS AFFECTI...
Mileage: 97,000
WHILE DRIVING THE VSC/ABS SYSTEM COMES ON UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING VEHICLE TO BRAKE AND EFFECT STEERING. IT IS MOST FREQUENTLY NOTICED WHEN STEERING ON CURVES 30-40 MPH. I HAVE REPLACED TIRES, FRONT STEERING COMPONENTS AND DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE. I BELIEVE WHEEL SPEED/YAW SENSOR CALIBRATION IS AFFECTI...
Mileage: 97,000
WHILE DRIVING THE VSC/ABS SYSTEM COMES ON UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING VEHICLE TO BRAKE AND EFFECT STEERING. IT IS MOST FREQUENTLY NOTICED WHEN STEERING ON CURVES 30-40 MPH. I HAVE REPLACED TIRES, FRONT STEERING COMPONENTS AND DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE. I BELIEVE WHEEL SPEED/YAW SENSOR CALIBRATION IS AFFECTI...
Mileage: 97,000
WHILE ON A HIGHWAY OR FREEWAY SPEEDS OF 35 TO 70 MPH WHILE TURNING ON A CURVE THE SLIP INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN ON A JERK MOTION AS THE BRAKES APPLY BY ITSELF. THIS CAN ALSO HAPPEN ON A SHARP CURVE TURNING ONTO THE FREEWAY. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
Mileage: 95,000
BOTH MY POWER SLIDING DOORS HAVE FAILED WITHIN THE PAST WEEK, AND I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX THEM. THEY DO NOT OPEN AT ALL BECAUSE THE CABLES ARE SNAGGED, AND THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, PASSENGERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE SAFELY AND QUICKLY THROUGH THE LIFTGATE OR F...
Mileage: 115,000
LOWER OIL COOLER LINE DEVELOPED HOLE AND LEAKED ENGINE OIL WHILE IN MOTION ON COUNTY HIGHWAY.
Mileage: 170,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHEN THE CONTACT SWITCHED LANES OR MADE A TURN, THE BRAKES ACTIVATED ON THEIR OWN. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON FLAT OR CURVED ROADS AND WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. SOMETIMES THE BRAKES WORKED PROPERLY, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DID NOT WORK AT ALL. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED T...
Mileage: 170,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHEN THE CONTACT SWITCHED LANES OR MADE A TURN, THE BRAKES ACTIVATED ON THEIR OWN. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON FLAT OR CURVED ROADS AND WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. SOMETIMES THE BRAKES WORKED PROPERLY, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DID NOT WORK AT ALL. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED T...
Mileage: 170,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHEN THE CONTACT SWITCHED LANES OR MADE A TURN, THE BRAKES ACTIVATED ON THEIR OWN. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON FLAT OR CURVED ROADS AND WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. SOMETIMES THE BRAKES WORKED PROPERLY, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DID NOT WORK AT ALL. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED T...
Mileage: 170,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHEN THE CONTACT SWITCHED LANES OR MADE A TURN, THE BRAKES ACTIVATED ON THEIR OWN. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON FLAT OR CURVED ROADS AND WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. SOMETIMES THE BRAKES WORKED PROPERLY, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DID NOT WORK AT ALL. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED T...
Mileage: 170,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHEN THE CONTACT SWITCHED LANES OR MADE A TURN, THE BRAKES ACTIVATED ON THEIR OWN. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON FLAT OR CURVED ROADS AND WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. SOMETIMES THE BRAKES WORKED PROPERLY, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DID NOT WORK AT ALL. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED T...
Mileage: 170,000
THE STABILITY CONTROL/TRACTION WILL ACTIVATE FOR NO REASON THUS SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN AT FREEWAYS SPEEDS. MECHANICS FIND NO PROBLEMS WITH PARTS ASSOCIATED WITH ISSUE.
Mileage: 95,000
OCTOBER 2016 THIS PROBLEM OF MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA STARTED- ON SLIGHT CURVES DOING 30-40MPH I WOULD HEAR A CLICKING NOISE COMING SOMEWHERE UNDERNEATH THE FRONT RIGHT END ALMOST AS IF UNDER THE DASH, THE VSC LIGHT WOULD FLASH. I TOOK TO A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, HAD A MECHANIC TEST DRIVE WITH ME THEY SAID...
Mileage: 100,000
OCTOBER 2016 THIS PROBLEM OF MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA STARTED- ON SLIGHT CURVES DOING 30-40MPH I WOULD HEAR A CLICKING NOISE COMING SOMEWHERE UNDERNEATH THE FRONT RIGHT END ALMOST AS IF UNDER THE DASH, THE VSC LIGHT WOULD FLASH. I TOOK TO A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, HAD A MECHANIC TEST DRIVE WITH ME THEY SAID...
Mileage: 100,000
OCTOBER 2016 THIS PROBLEM OF MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA STARTED- ON SLIGHT CURVES DOING 30-40MPH I WOULD HEAR A CLICKING NOISE COMING SOMEWHERE UNDERNEATH THE FRONT RIGHT END ALMOST AS IF UNDER THE DASH, THE VSC LIGHT WOULD FLASH. I TOOK TO A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, HAD A MECHANIC TEST DRIVE WITH ME THEY SAID...
Mileage: 100,000
THE FOUR BRIDGESTONE ECOPIA EP422 TIRES WERE PURCHASED AT COSTCO IN 2014. ALTHOUGH THE TIRES HAVE BEEN ALIGNED REGULARLY BY FIRESTONE AND TIRE PRESSURE CHECKED ONE A MONTH, THE OUTER EDGE OF THE TIRES WORE DOWN UNEVENLY. THERE ARE ONLY 9,860 MILES BEING USED ON THESE TIRES FOR 65,000 MILE WARRANTY....
Mileage: 28,946
MY DASH PANEL WARNING LIGHTS 4 OR 5 LITE UP, TOOK IT TO A TOYOTA DEALER, HE PUT IT ON A COMPUTER AND STATED THAT ,YOUR CATALITIC CONVERTER, MUFFLER AND OTHER PARTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MECH. HE PUT A PINT OF LUKUS GAS TREATMENT,TOLD ME TO FILL THE TANK WITH HIGHER OCTAINE GAS AND...
Mileage: 15
MY DASH PANEL WARNING LIGHTS 4 OR 5 LITE UP, TOOK IT TO A TOYOTA DEALER, HE PUT IT ON A COMPUTER AND STATED THAT ,YOUR CATALITIC CONVERTER, MUFFLER AND OTHER PARTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MECH. HE PUT A PINT OF LUKUS GAS TREATMENT,TOLD ME TO FILL THE TANK WITH HIGHER OCTAINE GAS AND...
Mileage: 15
BOTH FRONT SPRINGS BROKE. PART OF THE LEFT FRONT SPRING CONTACTED THE TIRE, DAMAGING IT. IF VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN IT WOULD HAVE RIPPED THE SIDEWALL AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. THIS WAS PRECEDED BY A CLANKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING.
Mileage: 105,000
WHEN I OPEN THE LIFT GATE FROM THE CONSOLE OR KEY FOB AND THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS ABOUT 32 DEGREES OR LESS THE LIFT GATE GOES UP THEN COMES RIGHT BACK DOWN. IF I REPEAT THE OPENING PROCESS SEVERAL TIMES IT FINALLY STAYS UP. I HAVE BEEN HIT SEVERAL TIME BY THE LIFT GATE WHEN I THOUGHT IT WAS OPEN,...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL MADE AN ABNORMAL ALARMING SOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE CONTACT CALLED FRONTIER TOYOTA AT (6...
Mileage: 175,000
WHEN TURNING CORNERS, THE VSC LIGHT TURNS ON, THE CAR BEEPS, AND THE ABS SYSTEM ENGAGES, CAUSING THE CAR TO BRAKE ON OWN. THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY, INTERMITTENTLY, AT ALL SPEEDS.
WHEN TURNING CORNERS, THE VSC LIGHT TURNS ON, THE CAR BEEPS, AND THE ABS SYSTEM ENGAGES, CAUSING THE CAR TO BRAKE ON OWN. THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY, INTERMITTENTLY, AT ALL SPEEDS.
TOYOTA 2008 SIENNA LE 2WD POWER STEERING RACK & PINION SEAL FAILED AND LEAKED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AT 120,000 MILES. THE RACK BOOT TORE AND BROKE AS A RESULT. REPAIR COST IS ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY $2,000. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ARE POSTED BY OTHER OWNERS ON THE INTERNET ALL POINTING TO THE SAME DE...
Mileage: 120,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V429000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. DON MCGILL TOYOTA OF KATY (21555 KATY FWY, KATY, TX 77450, (832) 772-10...
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT HIGHER SPEEDS (GREATER THAN 40 MPH) AROUND CURVES, THE SKID INDICATOR SENSOR WILL OCCASIONALLY TRIGGER EVEN ON DRY PAVEMENT WHERE NO SLIPPING IS HAPPENING. THE CAR WILL AUTOMATICALLY DECELERATE AND BRAKE MOMENTARILY. THERE IS OFTEN A CLICKING SOUND IN THE STEERING COLU...
Mileage: 110,000
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT HIGHER SPEEDS (GREATER THAN 40 MPH) AROUND CURVES, THE SKID INDICATOR SENSOR WILL OCCASIONALLY TRIGGER EVEN ON DRY PAVEMENT WHERE NO SLIPPING IS HAPPENING. THE CAR WILL AUTOMATICALLY DECELERATE AND BRAKE MOMENTARILY. THERE IS OFTEN A CLICKING SOUND IN THE STEERING COLU...
Mileage: 110,000
THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM COMES ON WHEN GOING INTO ANY RIGHT TURN. THE ALARM BEEPS AND THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY BRAKES, AND THE GAS PEDAL IS DISABLED SO THAT YOU CAN NOT SPEED UP. THE BRAKING CAN BE SO SEVERE THAT IT WILL REDUCE SPEED FROM 45 MPH TO 25 MPH WITHOUT NOTICE WHICH JERKS THE PASSENGERS VI...
Mileage: 175,000
THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM COMES ON WHEN GOING INTO ANY RIGHT TURN. THE ALARM BEEPS AND THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY BRAKES, AND THE GAS PEDAL IS DISABLED SO THAT YOU CAN NOT SPEED UP. THE BRAKING CAN BE SO SEVERE THAT IT WILL REDUCE SPEED FROM 45 MPH TO 25 MPH WITHOUT NOTICE WHICH JERKS THE PASSENGERS VI...
Mileage: 175,000
MY PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR CABLE SNAPPED ON IT, WHEN I WENT TO OPEN IT MONTHS BACK, THE CABLE IS HANGING DOWN ON IT AND I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO USE MY POWER SLIDING DOOR IN MONTHS! IT SNAPPED ON ME WHEN IT WAS PARKED AND I HAD A LOAD OF GROCERIES I HIT THE POWER DOOR BUTTON AND I SAW SOMETHI...
Mileage: 117,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO CAPISTRANO TOYOTA (33395 CAMINO CAPISTRANO, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA 92675, (949) 276-6886) TO BE REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V858000 (STRUCTURE). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SLIDING DOOR MALFUNCTIONED AND COULD BE O...
Mileage: 85,000
TRACTION LIGHT NOTIFIED ME OF A BRAKE PROBLEM. VAN WOULD STOP AND LOCK THE BRAKES. DEALER DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS THE ABS BRAKE ACTUATOR. REPLACED IN JUNE OF 2015. VAN WAS BEING DRIVEN ON CITY STREET
Mileage: 95,474
BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO FLOOR AND EXPERIENCED NO BRAKING. DEALER STATED "BRAKE COMPONENTS SEIZED AND INTERNAL FAILURE IN MASTER CYLINDER"
Mileage: 129,082
MY SIENNA SIDE DOOR CANNOT OPEN. MY SON WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ESCAPE THE VEHICLE IF A PROBLEM IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER SAID THERE IS NO RECALL BUT THE DOOR CANNOT EVEN BE OPENED MANUALLY. THIS WOULD BE A $1500-2000 REPAIR WHICH AS A SINGLE MOM IS NOT AN OPTION FOR ME. I DO NOT FEEL SOMETHING AS SIGNIF...
Mileage: 138,000
MY SIENNA SIDE DOOR CANNOT OPEN. MY SON WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ESCAPE THE VEHICLE IF A PROBLEM IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER SAID THERE IS NO RECALL BUT THE DOOR CANNOT EVEN BE OPENED MANUALLY. THIS WOULD BE A $1500-2000 REPAIR WHICH AS A SINGLE MOM IS NOT AN OPTION FOR ME. I DO NOT FEEL SOMETHING AS SIGNIF...
Mileage: 138,000
MY WIFE AND I HAVE FIVE LOVELY SMALL CHILDREN. WE OWN A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE. SOME YEARS AGO, THE "POWER" ASPECT OF THE SLIDING DOORS STOPPED WORKING. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE BEEN USING THE VAN BY SLIDING THE DOORS OPEN AND SHUT MANUALLY. RECENTLY, WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING, THE PASSENGER SLIDING D...
Mileage: 135,000
THE SUNROOF SPONTANEOUSLY BURST WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON I-76 OUTSIDE OF PITTSBURGH. IT WAS NOT HIT BY ANY OBJECT. THE GLASS APPEARED TO BURST UPWARD.
Mileage: 160,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC SLIDING DOORS ON THE VEHICLE HAD EXPERIENCED SEVERAL FAILURES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOORS ERRONEOUSLY SLID OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AND THE SLIDING DOORS WERE VERY DIFFICULT TO OPEN WHEN USING THE...
Mileage: 100,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC SLIDING DOORS ON THE VEHICLE HAD EXPERIENCED SEVERAL FAILURES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOORS ERRONEOUSLY SLID OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AND THE SLIDING DOORS WERE VERY DIFFICULT TO OPEN WHEN USING THE...
Mileage: 100,000
I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT MY CAR INTO REVERSE FROM PARK WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BRAKES. IT CAUSED MY CAR TO START ROLLING.
Mileage: 90,000
ON JULY 19, 2018 AFTERNOON, MY WIFE DROVE HER 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA HOME ON A LOCAL STREET IN GREAT BOSTON AREA, THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR SUDDENLY EXPLORED WHEN THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. SINCE THE WINDOWS WERE OPENED, BROKEN GLASSES FLEW INSIDE THE CAR AND SPREAD. FORTUNATELY, NO BODY SIT ON THE FRONT ...
Mileage: 145,000
WE HAVE A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE VEHICLE HAS 174,000 MILES ON IT. THE VSC ICON COMES ON ALONG WITH THE ALARM WHEN DRIVING ON DRY ROADS AND WHEN TURNING WHETHER ON FLAT OR DOWNHILL TRAVEL WITH THE BRAKES GRABBING AND RELEASING. THE SITUATION IS UNPREDICTABLE. PROBLEM STARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 173,00...
Mileage: 55
WE HAVE A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE VEHICLE HAS 174,000 MILES ON IT. THE VSC ICON COMES ON ALONG WITH THE ALARM WHEN DRIVING ON DRY ROADS AND WHEN TURNING WHETHER ON FLAT OR DOWNHILL TRAVEL WITH THE BRAKES GRABBING AND RELEASING. THE SITUATION IS UNPREDICTABLE. PROBLEM STARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 173,00...
Mileage: 55
THE VSC AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND SLIP INDICATOR WARNING LIGHTS COME ON AROUND CURVES JUST AS THE FRONT WHEELS GRAB. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO SEVERAL MECHANIC S AND TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID NOTHING SHOWS UP ON THE DYNASTIC TEST MACHINE. SO, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS HAZARDOUS SITUATION AND ...
Mileage: 198,554
THE VSC AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND SLIP INDICATOR WARNING LIGHTS COME ON AROUND CURVES JUST AS THE FRONT WHEELS GRAB. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO SEVERAL MECHANIC S AND TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID NOTHING SHOWS UP ON THE DYNASTIC TEST MACHINE. SO, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS HAZARDOUS SITUATION AND ...
Mileage: 198,554
THE VSC AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND SLIP INDICATOR WARNING LIGHTS COME ON AROUND CURVES JUST AS THE FRONT WHEELS GRAB. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO SEVERAL MECHANIC S AND TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID NOTHING SHOWS UP ON THE DYNASTIC TEST MACHINE. SO, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS HAZARDOUS SITUATION AND ...
Mileage: 198,554
BOTH AUTOMATIC SIDE DOORS BROKE AT 120,000 MILES. DOORS ARE UNSAFE AND OPENED ON THEIR OWN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH WITH GRANDSON IN BACKSEAT. NOW THAT THE AUTOMATIC DOOR FUNCTION IS BROKE ON BOTH DOORS THEY BOTH WON'T CLOSE COMPLETELY ANYMORE AND DON'T LATCH COMPLETELY. THEY ARE UN...
Mileage: 122,000
THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM IS OFTEN TRIGGERING WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. IT PRESENTS A HUGE RISK OF LOSING CONTROL EVERY TIME. MANY PEOPLE WITH TOYOTA SIENNA VANS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME ISSUE AS I'VE SEEN ON VARIOUS WEBSITE FORUMS. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS SAFETY ...
Mileage: 140,000
FRONT DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND STICKY. I HAVE HEARD TOYOTA HAD A RECALL AT ONE TIME, HOWEVER I CANNOT FIND IT. ALSO, SEATBELT IN THE MIDDLE AND REAR SEATS LOCK OFTEN IN PLACE WITHOUT BREAKING. MUST UNBUCKLE TO RELEASE AND RESET.
Mileage: 68,000
FRONT DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND STICKY. I HAVE HEARD TOYOTA HAD A RECALL AT ONE TIME, HOWEVER I CANNOT FIND IT. ALSO, SEATBELT IN THE MIDDLE AND REAR SEATS LOCK OFTEN IN PLACE WITHOUT BREAKING. MUST UNBUCKLE TO RELEASE AND RESET.
Mileage: 68,000
BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW FROM TOYOTA DEALER, THE SECOND YEAR WE NOTICED THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT OPEN DURING COLD DAYS WHEN YOU PULL THE HANDLE FROM THE OUTSIDE. WE TOOK IT IN TO GET INSPECTED, SERVICE MANAGER TOLD US EVERYTHING WAS FINE. BUT IT STILL EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS ...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE HESITATED AND SHUDDERED BEFORE STALLING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TOYOTA OF ORLANDO (3575 VINELAND RD, ORLANDO, FL) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE CAMSHAFT WAS FAULTY AND THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REBUILT. T...
Mileage: 170,000
WHEN ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL MY FORWARD FACING CAR SEAT USING LATCH, I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE THE HOOK FOR THE TOP TETHER, THAT SHOULD BE LOCATED BEHIND EACH OF MY 2ND ROW SEATS. DESPITE CHECKING THE MANUFACTURERS MANUAL, I WAS MERELY ABLE TO LOCATE WHAT FELT LIKE A HOOK THAT IS COMPLETELY COVERED...
WHEN ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL MY FORWARD FACING CAR SEAT USING LATCH, I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE THE HOOK FOR THE TOP TETHER, THAT SHOULD BE LOCATED BEHIND EACH OF MY 2ND ROW SEATS. DESPITE CHECKING THE MANUFACTURERS MANUAL, I WAS MERELY ABLE TO LOCATE WHAT FELT LIKE A HOOK THAT IS COMPLETELY COVERED...
VVTI OIL LINE HAS LARGE HOLE ALL OF A SUDDEN, CAUSED VERY QUICK LOSS OF ALL OIL IN CAR. I WAS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY, AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR PULLED OVER AND STOPPED. IF I HAD BEEN IN A WORSE POSITION, IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED ENGINE SEIZURE. THERE IS A LIMITED SERVICE CAMPAIG...
Mileage: 205,700
THE DRIVER'S SEATBELT HAS STARTED RELEASING ITSELF DURING MOTION; THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE. IN ADDITION, WHEN STATIONARY AND ABOUT TO DRIVE, WHEN I TRY TO LATCH THE SEATBELT IT HAS BECOME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THE SEATBELT TO LATCH. IN ADDITION, IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OUT OF THE SE...
Mileage: 98,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 55 MPH ON AN INCLINING OR DESCENDING SURFACE, THE STABILITY CONTROL WOULD SUDDENLY ACTIVATE AND THE SPEED WOULD SUDDENLY DECREASE. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE ALS...
Mileage: 130,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 55 MPH ON AN INCLINING OR DESCENDING SURFACE, THE STABILITY CONTROL WOULD SUDDENLY ACTIVATE AND THE SPEED WOULD SUDDENLY DECREASE. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE ALS...
Mileage: 130,000
MY LUG NUTS ARE SWOLLEN. THIS IS APPARENTLY A COMMON PROBLEM WITH TOYOTA BECAUSE THEY USE A TWO PART LUG NUT DESIGN. WATER GETS BETWEEN THE TWO PARTS, SWELLS AND I CANNOT REMOVE MY TIRE. THANK GOODNESS I WAS NEAR A MECHANIC AND NOT 60 MILES NOWHERE. I COULD NOT GET THE WHEEL OFF THE CAR WITH MY ...
Mileage: 190,000
DEAR MADAME/SIR, I OWN A TOYOTA SIENNA (2008). THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR CABLE JUST GOT CUT-OFF LAST WEEK WHILE MY KID WAS TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR AND GET IN AND THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR MOVES VERY SLOWLY. I WENT TO THE TOYOTA DEALER(S) AND THEY SAID THEY HAD A FIX AT NO COST ONLY FOR VEHICLES W...
Mileage: 107,850
DEAR MADAME/SIR, I OWN A TOYOTA SIENNA (2008). THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR CABLE JUST GOT CUT-OFF LAST WEEK WHILE MY KID WAS TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR AND GET IN AND THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR MOVES VERY SLOWLY. I WENT TO THE TOYOTA DEALER(S) AND THEY SAID THEY HAD A FIX AT NO COST ONLY FOR VEHICLES W...
Mileage: 107,850
MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA SUDDENLY SLAMS ON BRAKES WHEN TURNING RIGHT. USED TO BE OCCASIONALLY ON MOUNTAIN CURVES DURING LAST YEAR, BUT NOW DOES IT RANDOMLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON STRAIGHT ROADS AND IS VERY DANGEROUS! HOW DO I GET TOYOTA TO FIX THIS OBVIOUS DESIGN DEFECT? CAR HAS 230K MILES.
Mileage: 230,000
MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA SUDDENLY SLAMS ON BRAKES WHEN TURNING RIGHT. USED TO BE OCCASIONALLY ON MOUNTAIN CURVES DURING LAST YEAR, BUT NOW DOES IT RANDOMLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON STRAIGHT ROADS AND IS VERY DANGEROUS! HOW DO I GET TOYOTA TO FIX THIS OBVIOUS DESIGN DEFECT? CAR HAS 230K MILES.
Mileage: 230,000
MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA SUDDENLY SLAMS ON BRAKES WHEN TURNING RIGHT. USED TO BE OCCASIONALLY ON MOUNTAIN CURVES DURING LAST YEAR, BUT NOW DOES IT RANDOMLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON STRAIGHT ROADS AND IS VERY DANGEROUS! HOW DO I GET TOYOTA TO FIX THIS OBVIOUS DESIGN DEFECT? CAR HAS 230K MILES.
Mileage: 230,000
THIS VEHICLE HAS 3 OPEN RECALLS ON IT I HAVE CONTACTED MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN WOOSTER OHIO AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR INFORMED ME IT WOULD TAKE A FEW HOURS TO DO ALL THE REPAIRS AND ID HAVE TO WAIT OR DROP IT OFF I AS A CUSTOMER FEEL ITS UNFAIR FOR TOYOTA TO MAKE A CUSTOMER WAIT FOR HOURS TO FIX...
Mileage: 169,000
NOV 16,2017 OIL COOLER PIPE AND LINES BURST ON HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING THRU NO BREAK DOWN LANE TUNNEL. VAN ALL MOTOR OIL WITHIN MINUTES, RESULTING IN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. EXTENDED SERVICE WARRANTY FROM TOYOTA "ZE2" HAD BEEN GIVEN TO TOYOTA DEALERS NATION WIDE BUT DESPITE DEALER SERVICE DONE IN JULY 2...
Mileage: 102,780
REAR SLIDING DOORS FAIL TO CLOSE FULLY RESULTING IN THE DOOR OPENING WHILE DRIVING.
Mileage: 70,000
THE AUTOMATIC REAR LIFT-GATE/DOOR WHEN OPENED EITHER VIA REMOTE OR DRIVER OVERHEAD BACK-DOOR OPENER, OPENS ALL THE WAY UP AND CLOSES IMMEDIATELY. THE DOOR NOT STAY OPEN. THIS APPEARS TO BE A RECALL ISSUE IN OLDER SIENNA MODEL (2006) BUT DEALER COULD NOT FIX MY MODEL (2008) AS A RECALL ISSUE AS THIS ...
Mileage: 98,000
SLIDING DOOR CABLE SNAPPED. THIS LEFT US WITH A HEAVY DOOR TO MANUALLY OPEN/CLOSE WHICH CREATES A SAFETY CONCERN (TRAPPED) FOR CHILDREN AND ELDERLY PASSENGERS.
Mileage: 120,000
DETROIT AXLE, IN MICHIGAN, IS SELLING DEFECTIVE STRUTS, STRAIGHT OUT OF THE JUNKYARD, AND RACK AND PINION STEERING AND MANY OTHER SUSPENSION PARTS, ADVERTISED AS NEW, BY JUST PLACING A COAT OF PAINT IN THEM. THEY OFFER A WARRANTY OF ONE YEAR IN THE PRODUCTS, BUT THE CONSUMER MUST PAY FOR THE REM...
Mileage: 96,000
DETROIT AXLE, IN MICHIGAN, IS SELLING DEFECTIVE STRUTS, STRAIGHT OUT OF THE JUNKYARD, AND RACK AND PINION STEERING AND MANY OTHER SUSPENSION PARTS, ADVERTISED AS NEW, BY JUST PLACING A COAT OF PAINT IN THEM. THEY OFFER A WARRANTY OF ONE YEAR IN THE PRODUCTS, BUT THE CONSUMER MUST PAY FOR THE REM...
Mileage: 96,000
DETROIT AXLE, IN MICHIGAN, IS SELLING DEFECTIVE STRUTS, STRAIGHT OUT OF THE JUNKYARD, AND RACK AND PINION STEERING AND MANY OTHER SUSPENSION PARTS, ADVERTISED AS NEW, BY JUST PLACING A COAT OF PAINT IN THEM. THEY OFFER A WARRANTY OF ONE YEAR IN THE PRODUCTS, BUT THE CONSUMER MUST PAY FOR THE REM...
Mileage: 96,000
8/20/10 BOUGHT GOODYEAR ASSURANCE TIRES, 80K WARRANTY. 10/3/14 AT 65K TIRES WORN OUT EARLY, REPLACED TIRES WITH MICHELIN DEFENDER TIRES, 90K WARRANTY. 9/14/17 AT 48K TIRES WORN OUT EARLY, ALL 4 AT OUTER EDGE WAS 1 OR 2, BUT REST OF TREDS ARE 3 OR 4. ROTATED AND INFLATED TIRES PER REQUIREMENTS. MANY ...
WE HAD THE RECALL CONCERNING DASHBOARD MELTING AND CRACKING 2 YEARS AGO. OUR VEHICLE DASHBOARD HAS BEEN MELTING FOR ABOUT 4-5 YEARS NOW AND IT ALSO STARTED TO CRACK ON EITHER SIDE. AS SOON AS WE RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE, WE TOOK OUR VEHICLE TO THE DEALERS 2 YEARS AGO. THEY TOOK MEASUREMENT FOR OUR...
A CABLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR OF MY TOYOTA 2008 SIENNA BROKE AND STARTED MAKING A STRANGE NOISE. I AM UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR FULLY AND MY CHILDREN ARE UNABLE TO GET OUT ON THIS SIDE OF THE CAR - A SAFETY HAZARD.
Mileage: 15,000
VAN HAS EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR CHARACTERISTICS. NO MATTER WHAT THE RATING OR QUALITY OF THE TIRE, THEY ONLY LAST AT MOST 25,000 MILES. ALIGNMENT IS FINE.
Mileage: 25,000
DEFECTIVE OIL COOLING HOSE RUPTURED SUDDENLY WHEN PARKED, SPILLING OIL IN GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT AND LEAVING THE FAMILY STRANDED. WE HAD TO TOW CAR TO CAPITOL TOYOTA IN SAN JOSE. THE CAR STARTED LEAKING OIL ON THE WAY TO THE GROCERY STORE AS EVIDENCED BY A TRAIL OF OIL LEADING UP TO PARKING LOT. ...
Mileage: 59,000
VEHICLE TRACTION CONTROL INTERMITTENTLY ENGAGES ON DRIVE PAVEMENT IN CURVES AND STRAIGHTAWAYS AT VARYING SPEEDS. VEHICLE ALARM BEEPS, VEHICLE BRAKES, AND VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY STEERS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS, UNSAFE SITUATION ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER SPEEDS FOR THE AFFECTED VEHICLE AND TRAILING VEHICLES. ...
Mileage: 165,000
MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA BEGAN TO CREATE A SMOKE SCREEN IMPAIRING ME FROM HAVING A CLEAR VISUAL OF THE ROAD. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND CHECK IF MY VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. ONCE I INSPECTED THE OUTSIDE AND OPEN THE HOOD TO MAKE SURE NOTHING WAS ON FIRE I NOTICE A PUDDLE OF O...
MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA BEGAN TO CREATE A SMOKE SCREEN IMPAIRING ME FROM HAVING A CLEAR VISUAL OF THE ROAD. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND CHECK IF MY VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. ONCE I INSPECTED THE OUTSIDE AND OPEN THE HOOD TO MAKE SURE NOTHING WAS ON FIRE I NOTICE A PUDDLE OF O...
VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND TURNED OFF PARKED IN PARKING LOT. OPENED SIDE DOOR WITH AUTOMATIC KEY FOB AND THE DOOR OPENED HALFWAY THEN STARTED MAKING A WEIRD NOISE. IT WOULD NOT CLOSE OR OPEN MANUALLY NO MATTER WHAT I DID. I HAD TO DRIVE MYSELF AND 5 KIDS ACROSS TOWN WITH THE DOOR OPEN, CAR BEEPING BECAU...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION, THE CHILD OCCUPANT WAS ABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A RETAINING WALL. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THE SHIFT LEVER COULD BE MOVED WITHOUT THE IGNITION KE...
Mileage: 80,000
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MANEUVER IN REVERSE, EXPERIENCED SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION, CAUSING COLLISION WITH GUARDRAIL
Mileage: 56,000
PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR CABLE SNAPPED. CABLE HANGING OUT SIDE OF VEHICLE. VERY DIFFICULT TO OPEN DOOR SINCE CABLE ALWAYS GETS TANGLED. CONCERNED FOR MY CHILDREN.
Mileage: 88,000
THE DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING REAR DOOR WILL NOT LATCH CLOSED. WHILE DRIVING,THE DOOR WILL SLIDE OPEN WHEN ACCELERATING. I CALLED TOYOTA ABOUT THIS AND THEY SAID THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO UNLESS I PAY FOR REPAIRS. THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE FACTORY WARRANTY SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SLIDING DOORS TO 9 YEARS/ 12...
Mileage: 114,000
WHILE PUTTING ON THE BRAKES TO STOP FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE ENGINE SUDDENLY REVVED UP TO 6000 RPM AND TRIED TO TAKE OFF BY ITSELF. I PUSHED THE GEAR SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND PUT MY LEFT FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO KEEP THE CAR FROM MOVING. I KICKED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL IT DISENGAGED. THI...
Mileage: 154,000
WHILE PUTTING ON THE BRAKES TO STOP FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE ENGINE SUDDENLY REVVED UP TO 6000 RPM AND TRIED TO TAKE OFF BY ITSELF. I PUSHED THE GEAR SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND PUT MY LEFT FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO KEEP THE CAR FROM MOVING. I KICKED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL IT DISENGAGED. THI...
Mileage: 154,000
CABLE ON DRIVER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR SNAPPED WHILE OPENING THE DOOR WHEN PARKED. DOOR WOULD ONLY OPEN A FEW INCHES AS CABLE WAS STUCK IN THE MECHANISM. I HAD TO CLOSE IT TO DRIVE HOME THEN IT WOULD NOT OPEN AT ALL AFTER I GOT HOME, EVEN AFTER I DISCONNECTED THE MOTOR WITH THE BUTTON UNDER THE DAS...
Mileage: 220,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC CLOSED DOOR OPERATING CABLE EXPERIENCED SEVERE CORROSION AND FRACTURED IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC OPENING FEATURE DID NOT WORK AND WOULD ONLY OPERATE IF OPENED MANUALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN ...
Mileage: 105,000
SLIDE DOOR CABLE SNAPPED LEAVING DOOR NON FUNCTIONAL.
Mileage: 80,000
I HAD TROUBLE ACCELERATING UP A HILL AND STALLING AND TURNING OFF ON THE ROAD. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MY TOYOTA DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION AND WAS TOLD THAT RODENTS OR SUCH TYPE HAD CHEWED ON THE ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS BECAUSE OF THE INSULATION MATERIALS ATTRACTIVENESS. AFTER BEEN FIRST OFFENDED, I...
Mileage: 16,485
I HAD TROUBLE ACCELERATING UP A HILL AND STALLING AND TURNING OFF ON THE ROAD. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MY TOYOTA DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION AND WAS TOLD THAT RODENTS OR SUCH TYPE HAD CHEWED ON THE ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS BECAUSE OF THE INSULATION MATERIALS ATTRACTIVENESS. AFTER BEEN FIRST OFFENDED, I...
Mileage: 16,485
THIS CAR IS EXPERIENCING SUA. IT HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT AN RESULTED IN A CRASH INTO A CEMENT WALL. IT ALSO HAPPENED ON A WINDING MOUNTAIN ROAD.
Mileage: 141,000
THIS CAR IS EXPERIENCING SUA. IT HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT AN RESULTED IN A CRASH INTO A CEMENT WALL. IT ALSO HAPPENED ON A WINDING MOUNTAIN ROAD.
Mileage: 141,000
SUSPENSION COIL SPRINGS BREAK AT VERY LOW MILEAGES (AROUND 40K OR 50K MILEAGES) IMPAIRING RIDE, STEERING AND BRAKING MAKING THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. BESIDES THE SUSPENSION COIL SPRINGS CORRODING, THERE SEEMS TO A LARGER PROBLEM OF THE ENTIRE UNDERBODY CORRODING WITH THE TOYOTA SIENNAS.
Mileage: 52,000
PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR HAS SNAPPED CABLE. VAN WAS PARKED AND BUTTON WAS USED TO OPEN DOOR. HEARD POP/CRUNCH SOUND. WAS ABLE TO FORCE DOOR SHUT. DOOR IS UNABLE TO BE OPENED AND REMAINS CLOSED; EVEN WHEN POWER SLIDING DOOR OPTION IS TURNED OFF. NO DAMAGE SEEN INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE.
Mileage: 1,491,000
PASSENGER SIDE RACK AND PINION LEAKING FLUID WAS DISCOVERED AT DEALERSHIP WHEN VEHICLE WAS IN FOR SERVICE.
Mileage: 92,830
OUR TOYOTA SIENNA HAS 2 SEAT BELTS THAT WILL NO LONGER FUNCTION PROPERLY. WE CONTACTED TOYOTA (CASE# 1609160545) TOYOTA REFUSES TO STAND BEHIND THIS SAFETY RELATED FAILURE. THIS IS OUR FAMILIES MAIN TRANSPORTATION AND WE KEEP IT MAINTAINED. HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT A MAINTENANCE ISSUE. A VEHICLE MANUFAC...
Mileage: 150,345
STRUTS ON THE REAR DOOR ARE FAILING. THE DOOR COMES DOWN WHENEVER IT WANTS TO. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND VERY DANGEROUS. I SEE YOU HAVE HAD A RECALL ALREADY BUT IT DOESN'T LIST MY SPECIFIC YEAR. FAILING STRUTS IN 2008 ARE FAILING. I WANT TOYOTA TO FIX THIS FOR FREE.
Mileage: 89,000
POWERED PASSENGER DOORS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VAN MALFUNCTIONED AND THEN CABLE SYSTEM BROKE AND LOCKED THE DOORS IN THE CLOSED POSITION. THIS HAPPENED ONE AFTER THE OTHER IN ABOUT A THREE-WEEK PERIOD. THE CABLE IS CLEARLY RUSTED AND SHREDDED ON THE ONE SIDE. I CANNOT TELL WHY THE CABLE PULLED OUT AND...
Mileage: 154,000
POWERED PASSENGER DOORS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VAN MALFUNCTIONED AND THEN CABLE SYSTEM BROKE AND LOCKED THE DOORS IN THE CLOSED POSITION. THIS HAPPENED ONE AFTER THE OTHER IN ABOUT A THREE-WEEK PERIOD. THE CABLE IS CLEARLY RUSTED AND SHREDDED ON THE ONE SIDE. I CANNOT TELL WHY THE CABLE PULLED OUT AND...
Mileage: 154,000
POWERED PASSENGER DOORS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VAN MALFUNCTIONED AND THEN CABLE SYSTEM BROKE AND LOCKED THE DOORS IN THE CLOSED POSITION. THIS HAPPENED ONE AFTER THE OTHER IN ABOUT A THREE-WEEK PERIOD. THE CABLE IS CLEARLY RUSTED AND SHREDDED ON THE ONE SIDE. I CANNOT TELL WHY THE CABLE PULLED OUT AND...
Mileage: 154,000
MY TOYOTA SEINNA 2008 , HAS BEEN LOCKING AND UNLOCKING WHILE DRIVING....FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IN 2016 MY SLIDING DOORS AND FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LOCK UP AND WILL NOT UNLOCK WITH MY REMOTE OR ANY OTHER WAY...I CAN UNLOCK THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WITH A KEY,BUT THERE IS NO WAY TO UNLOCK THE SLIDING ...
Mileage: 67,700
MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN ALWAYS PARKED INSIDE A GARAGE. I AM ON WAITING LIST OF TOYOTA HOLLYWOOD TO REPLACE MY CRACKED DASHBOARD. HOWEVER, THE HANDLE OF THE TRUNK DOOR IS ALSO MELTED. EVERY TIME I TOUCH IT ALL THE STICKY BLACK MATERIAL STICKS ON MY FINGERS.
SHIFT LEVER ASSEMBLY MAY ALLOW ROLLAWAY 13V429000 MY SIENNA HAD THE ABOVE RECALL WORK COMPLETED. MY LITTLE DAUGHTER BUMPED THE GEAR SHIFT AND KNOCKED IT OUT PARK AND THE CAR ROLLED AWAY. THE SIENNA WAS IN PARK, THE KEY WAS OUT OF THE IGNITION AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT TOUCHED. MY CONCERN IS ...
Mileage: 76,000
POWER SLIDING DOOR CABLE BROKE. DOOR WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO OPEN MANUALLY UNTIL I CUT THE CABLES. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.
Mileage: 125,000
IN 2015, HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE FROM FRONT END, TOOK TO DEALER WHO SAID IT WAS RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKEN. WAS REPLACED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. IN AUGUST 2016, NOTICED CLUNKING IN THE REAR--THIS TIME THE RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING IS BROKEN. NOT COVERED.
Mileage: 105,000
WHILE DRIVING & TURNING, HEARD NOISES FROM FRONT END. FOUND THAT RACK AND PINION BOOTS WERE LEAKING, HAD TO REPLACE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY, AROUND $900.
Mileage: 106,000
DRIVER'S SIDE PASSENGER POWER SLIDING DOOR. CABLE BROKE. UNKNOWN CAUSE. APPEARS THE CABLE SNAPPED OFF WITH A CLEAN BREAK. THE POWER SLIDING DOOR IS NOT USEABLE AND NOT SAFE. BOUGHT THE VAN USED THIS APRIL 2016 WITH 54000 MILES PUT 7000 MORE MILES ON IT AND I HAVE NO WARRANTY AND LOOKING AT REPAIRS B...
Mileage: 63,000
CABLE MECHANISM ON BOTH POWER SLIDING DOORS BROKE. THE CABLES HAVE SNAPPED. ONE DOOR IS JAMMED SHUT AND IS UNABLE TO OPEN. I HEAR THE MOTOR WORKING, BUT I SEE THE CABLES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE VAN AND I SEE THE CABLES SNAPPED IN HALF.
Mileage: 90,000
THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR'S PULLEY CABLE SNAPPED WHILE PERFORMING A ROUTING AUTOMATED DOOR OPENING OPERATION. THERE WHERE SOME GRINDING NOISES WHILE THE DOOR ATTEMPTED TO OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A LEVEL SURFACE. UPON INSPECTION OF FINDING OUT WHAT HAPPENED, THE BRAIDED CABLE APPEARED FAULTY...
Mileage: 112,000
THE SLIDING DOOR CABLES HAVE BROKEN JUST LIKE IN THE 2007 MODELS THAT A RECALL HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. TOYOTA HAS REFUSED TO FIX THIS ON MY 2008 MODEL BECAUSE THE NHTSA HAS NOT REQUESTED IT AND BECAUSE THEY SUPPOSEDLY HAVE NOT HAD ENOUGH REPORTS OF FAILURES. NOW OUR DOOR DOES NOT COMPLETELY SEAL SHUT...
Mileage: 99,850
THE DASHBOARD AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS FLASHING WHEN THE VAN IS TURNED ON.
Mileage: 139,000
PASSENGER REAR POWER SLIDING DOOR. CABLE BROKE. KNOWN PROBLEM. NOT SAFE AND NOT CONVENIENT. $1300 JUST FOR PART AND $2000 REPAIR. PROBABLY DRIVER SIDE WILL BE NEXT. 76000 MILES AND GARAGE KEPT. WHY NO HELP FROM TOYOTA? VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN CABLE BROKE. HEARD GRINDING SOUND, THEN DOOR ...
Mileage: 76,000
PASSENGER REAR POWER SLIDING DOOR. CABLE BROKE. KNOWN PROBLEM. NOT SAFE AND NOT CONVENIENT. $1300 JUST FOR PART AND $2000 REPAIR. PROBABLY DRIVER SIDE WILL BE NEXT. 76000 MILES AND GARAGE KEPT. WHY NO HELP FROM TOYOTA? VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN CABLE BROKE. HEARD GRINDING SOUND, THEN DOOR ...
Mileage: 76,000
OUR LEFT REAR SLIDING DOOR WON'T FUNCTION OR OPEN ANY MORE. THE CABLE BROKE. THEN 2 DAYS LATER THE RIGHT REAR SLIDING DOOR WON'T FUNCTION OR OPEN ANYMORE. SAME PROBLEM. CABLE WAS SEVERED OR SNAPPED. LOOKS LIKE IT WAS RUSTED ON BOTH CABLES, BOTH SIDES, AND SEVERED IN THE SAME POSITION OR LENGTH. SO, ...
Mileage: 106,500
OUR LEFT REAR SLIDING DOOR WON'T FUNCTION OR OPEN ANY MORE. THE CABLE BROKE. THEN 2 DAYS LATER THE RIGHT REAR SLIDING DOOR WON'T FUNCTION OR OPEN ANYMORE. SAME PROBLEM. CABLE WAS SEVERED OR SNAPPED. LOOKS LIKE IT WAS RUSTED ON BOTH CABLES, BOTH SIDES, AND SEVERED IN THE SAME POSITION OR LENGTH. SO, ...
Mileage: 106,500
POWER SLIDING DOORS HAVE A COMMON PROBLEM OF THE CABLE BREAKING AND THE POWER SLIDING FEATURE STOPS WORKING. THE DOOR CAN STILL BE USED IN MANUAL OPERATION, WHICH IS JUST AN INCONVENIENCE. THE POWER REAR LATCH IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE DOOR CAN SUDDENLY OPEN WHILE DRIVING, OR OTHER TIMES REMAIN LOCKE...
Mileage: 80,000
TOYOTA CABLE FRAYED ON AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR (IT WAS FINE ONE OPEN THEN HAD A TERRIBLE SOUND THE NEXT AND WE COULD VISUALLY SEE THE FRAYED CABLE FROM THE OUTSIDE), HOWEVER THE 2008 IS NOT IN THE DESIGNATED YEARS (2004-2007) TO HAVE IT FIXED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. ORIGINALLY 3 CALLS TO TOYOTA CUST...
Mileage: 95,500
MY TOYOTA SIENNA WITH 82,000 MILES ON IT SUSPENSION HAS SEVERAL NOISES AND THE RACK AND PINION STEERING BOOTS ARE LEAKING, ON THE TOYOTA NATION WEB SITE AND TOYOTA SIENNA OWNERS WEB SITE, THERE ARE ABOUT 75 TO 90 OTHER PERSONS WITH THIS PROBLEM, PLUS THE ONES THAT DO NOT BOTHER TO POST LIKE US. WH...
MY TOYOTA SIENNA WITH 82,000 MILES ON IT SUSPENSION HAS SEVERAL NOISES AND THE RACK AND PINION STEERING BOOTS ARE LEAKING, ON THE TOYOTA NATION WEB SITE AND TOYOTA SIENNA OWNERS WEB SITE, THERE ARE ABOUT 75 TO 90 OTHER PERSONS WITH THIS PROBLEM, PLUS THE ONES THAT DO NOT BOTHER TO POST LIKE US. WH...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ACTIVATED, HOT AIR CIRCULATED THROUGHOUT THE AIR VENTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE FREON WAS ADDED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED ...
Mileage: 139,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ACTIVATED, HOT AIR CIRCULATED THROUGHOUT THE AIR VENTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE FREON WAS ADDED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED ...
Mileage: 139,000
AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR CABLE SNAPPED WHEN CHILDREN WERE EXITING THE VAN. A KNOWN ISSUE THAT WAS COVERED BY CSP FOR YEARS 2004-2007, BUT NOT 2008. SAME EXACT PROBLEM.
Mileage: 95,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRUNK FAILED TO STOP WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE TRUNK RELEASE BUTTON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRUNK HIT HER IN THE HEAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HATCH STRUT FAILED AND NEEDED TO B...
Mileage: 92,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA EQUIPPED WITH COOPER CS5 GRAND TOURING (NA)TIRES, SIZE: 215/65R16 (NA). AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE SUDDENLY EXPLODED. THE TIRE WAS TAKEN TO THE TIRE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO AN INTERNAL MANUFACTURING DEFECT....
Mileage: 54,000
DRIVER SIDE REAR SLIDING DOOR CABLE BROKE. TOYOTA SAID IT IS NOT COVERED! DOOR WILL NOT EVEN OPEN MANUALLY. I FEEL THIS TO BE A HUGE SAFETY FACTOR BEING THAT CHILDREN ARE IN THE BACK AND IN CASE OF EMERGENCY IT WOULD BE HARD TO GET THEM OUT!. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED WILE MY WIFE WAS PICKING THE KIDS UP...
Mileage: 95,000
THE DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY IS A DEFECTED PART ADMITTED BY TOYOTA. THIS DEFECTED PART CAUSED THE SLIDING DOOR CABLE TO BREAK. TOYOTA HAS SENT OUT AN EXTENDED WARRENTY TO FIX THE DOOR LATCH BUT NOT THE SLIDING DOOR CABLE. I CAN NOW OPEN UP THE DOOR BUT WITHOUT THE CABLE THE DOOR WILL NOT STAY OPEN IF ...
Mileage: 114,000
POWER SLIDING DOOR WON'T OPEN OR CLOSED. LOOKS LIKE THE CABLE IS MESSING UP. CALLED TOYOTA AND THEY SAID NO RECALL ONLY A ADDITION TO THE WARRANTY. 9 YEARS OR 120,000 MILES. MY VAN HAS WAY OVER 120,000 MILES! THAT STINKS! THIS MAY COST OVER $1,000 TO REPAIR. I LOOK ONLINE AND THOUSANDS OF PE...
Mileage: 207,700
WHEN MY SIENNA WAS 3 1/2 YRS OLD WITH MILEAGE 51,500 IT NEEDED A NEW POWER RACK & PINION DUE TO STEERING FLUID LEAK. IT WAS REPLACED IN DECEMBER 2011 AT THE DEALERSHIP AND COST ME $1,200. NOW RECENT VISIT TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED ON MARCH 25, 2016, THE TECH DISCOVERED AGAIN LEAKING STEERING FLUID ...
SLIDING DOOR ON OUR 2008 SIENNA STOPPED OPENING OR CLOSING. WE CAN NOT GET IN OUR GET OUT OFF THE CAR ON DRIVER SIDE. WE ARE GLAD IT HAPPENED ON PARKED POSITION. IT IS NOT WORKING ELECTRICAL OR MANUAL MODE. TOYOTA IS ASKING ABOUT $1600-3000 FOR REPAIR. WE ARE TRYING TO USE THE VAN WITH ONE SLIDIN...
Mileage: 96,755
SLIDING DOOR ON OUR 2008 SIENNA STOPPED OPENING OR CLOSING. WE CAN NOT GET IN OUR GET OUT OFF THE CAR ON DRIVER SIDE. WE ARE GLAD IT HAPPENED ON PARKED POSITION. IT IS NOT WORKING ELECTRICAL OR MANUAL MODE. TOYOTA IS ASKING ABOUT $1600-3000 FOR REPAIR. WE ARE TRYING TO USE THE VAN WITH ONE SLIDIN...
Mileage: 96,755
I WAS DRIVING ON CITY ROADS AND NOTICED CLUNKING NOISE IN RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BY TIRE ESPECIALLY WHEN I WOULD GO OVER UN SMOOTH ROADS OR RAILROAD TRACKS. PIECE OF BROKEN SUSPENSION COIL FLEW OUT ONTO THE ROAD. I WAS FORTUNATE IT DID NOT PUNCTURE THE TIRE. I TOOK INTO DEALER AND SHOWED THEM BR...
Mileage: 94,900
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRUNK HANDLE WAS MELTING. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE EXCEPT TO REPLACE THE HANDLE AT A COST. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE MANUFAC...
Mileage: 80,000
DRIVER IS NOT REQUIRED TO FASTEN SEAT BELT DUE TO A PROBLEM WIRING OR FAILURE OF THE SEAT BELT LATCH. WORRIED THAT THE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN A CRASH
Mileage: 90,000
DRIVER IS NOT REQUIRED TO FASTEN SEAT BELT DUE TO A PROBLEM WIRING OR FAILURE OF THE SEAT BELT LATCH. WORRIED THAT THE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN A CRASH
Mileage: 90,000
REAR POWER SLIDING DOOR ISSUES. HARD TO OPEN AND CLOSE TOYOTA HAS CSP THAT ONLY COMPLETELY COVERS THE ISSUES TO YEAR 2007 BUT 2008-2010 THE CABLE ASSEMBLY IS EXCLUDED. THESE MODELS AND YEARS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S ONLY PARTIALLY COVERED.
Mileage: 78,560
SINCE DRIVING MY 2008 SEINNA LIMITED OVER 61,000 MILES, I HAVE BEEN NOTICING METAL-RATTLING NOISES. I BROUGHT IT TO A MECHANIC, AND THEY FOUND THE FRONT, DRIVER SIDE SUSPENSION COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT IT'S NOT COMMON, AND I CHECKED ANY RECALLS ON IT FROM TOYATA AND...
Mileage: 61,000
IN VERY COLD WEATHER (APPROXIMATELY 20 DEGREES OR COLDER), THE AUTOMATIC TAILGATE ON THE BACK OF THE MINIVAN MALFUNCTIONS WHILE PARKED. IT WILL GO UP BUT AS SOON AS IT GETS TO THE FULL OPEN POSITION, IT COMES BACK DOWN AND WILL NOT STOP, EVEN IF YOU HAVE YOUR HAND OR BODY IN THE PATH OF THE TAILGAT...
Mileage: 84,000
THE LEFT REAR COIL SPRING BROKE. NOT SURE WHEN IT BROKE, WAS ADVISED IT WAS BROKEN BY A MECHANIC DURING AN INSPECTION.
Mileage: 84,400
WE HAD BEEN NOTICING A SMALL LEAK UNDER OUR 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA FOR A FEW MONTHS SO WE TOOK IT IN TO THE TOYOTA SERVICE CENTER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. A TOYOTA SERVICE TECHNICIAN TOLD US THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER STEERING RACK BOOT IS TORN AND THE SEAL IS LEAKING, SO IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. HE S...
Mileage: 96,616
PURCHASED 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA NEW IN AUGUST 2008. IN NOVEMBER 2015 (90,000 MILES) WITH VEHICLE PARKED, WHEN OPENING THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR, THE CABLE SNAPPED, BINDING THE POWERED DOOR'S ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND CAUSING THE DOOR TO BE "LOCKED IN PLACE" ABOUT 6 INCHES OPEN. WENT TO DRIVER S...
Mileage: 90,000
WHILE PASSENGER SIDE VISOR IS DOWN SMOKE STARTS POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HEAD LINER. WHEN THE VISOR IS PLACED BACK IN THE CLOSED POSITION SMOKE CLEARS OUT AND STOPS. PER THE MECHANIC, A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS RESULTED IN A MELTED ELECTRICAL BOARD AND THE ENTIRE HEAD LINER AND ELECTRICA...
WHILE PASSENGER SIDE VISOR IS DOWN SMOKE STARTS POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HEAD LINER. WHEN THE VISOR IS PLACED BACK IN THE CLOSED POSITION SMOKE CLEARS OUT AND STOPS. PER THE MECHANIC, A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS RESULTED IN A MELTED ELECTRICAL BOARD AND THE ENTIRE HEAD LINER AND ELECTRICA...
WHILE PASSENGER SIDE VISOR IS DOWN SMOKE STARTS POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HEAD LINER. WHEN THE VISOR IS PLACED BACK IN THE CLOSED POSITION SMOKE CLEARS OUT AND STOPS. PER THE MECHANIC, A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS RESULTED IN A MELTED ELECTRICAL BOARD AND THE ENTIRE HEAD LINER AND ELECTRICA...
MY PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR MECHANISM IS BROKEN ON OUR 2008 SIENNA WITH 68,000 MILES. THE MECHANISM USES AND ELECTRIC MOTOR AND CABLE ASSEMBLY TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE DOOR. THE CABLE HAS BROKEN SO POWER FUNCTIONS ARE GONE AND MANUAL FUNCTION IS HINDERED FROM BROKEN CABLE INTERFERING. TOYOTA H...
Mileage: 64,000
WHEN DRIVING ON A BACK ROAD UNDER DRY CONDITIONS, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE AS WELL AS AN AUDITORY WARNING. THE BRAKES ARE ALSO APPLIED. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES NOW. MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO RESOLVE IT. THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS IF VEHICLES ARE...
Mileage: 100,000
IN A SPAN OF 2 WEEKS WHILE STATIONARY ATTEMPTING TO EXIT VEHICLE THE 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR CABLES FRAYED THEN BROKE AND DOOR JAMMED SHUT.
Mileage: 72,000
THE DOOR CHECK ON THE DRIVER SIDE BREAKS PREMATURELY. EACH TIME I OPEN THE DOOR, IT CLACKS. INSTEAD OF HOLDING THE DOOR IN POSITION WHICH IS DESIGNED TO DO, IT MOVES AND SOMETIMES IT CAN BE DANGEROUS.
THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE POWERED SLIDING DOOR STUCK OPEN DURING A COLD WINTER NIGHT AND WE WERE LUCKY WE WERE AT THE PARKING LOT NOT ON HIGHWAY FOR AN EMERGENCY STOP (WHICH IS POSSIBLE WITH TWO LITTLE ONES ON BOARD SOMETIMES). WE DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS DUE TO AN KNOWN FAUL...
Mileage: 85,000
THE POWER SLIDING DOOR FAILS. IT HAS TO BE OPENED AND CLOSED MANUALLY. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL.
Mileage: 100,000
THE POWER SLIDING DOOR FAILS. IT HAS TO BE OPENED AND CLOSED MANUALLY. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL.
Mileage: 100,000
THE POWER SLIDING DOORS MECHANISM BROKE AND I WAS AVAILABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR, WAS PARKED.
RUBBER ON REAR HATCH HANDLE HAS BECOME SOFT AND PLIABLE. THIS STARTED IN 2013 AND WHILE BEING AN INCONVENIENCE BECAUSE THE RUBBER BLACKENED YOUR FINGERS CAUSED NO DANGER. YESTERDAY MORNING IT WAS 31 DEGREES IN ATLANTA AND WHEN I TRIED TO OPEN THE REAR HATCH THE RUBBER WAS HARD AND WOULD NOT OPEN THE...
Mileage: 82,950
MY DASHBOARD IS STICKY AND CRACKED, I HAVE CALLED TOYOTA AND VISITED THEM AT THE ORIGINAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP BUT ALL WE GET THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON MAKING THEM AT THE FACTORY AND WHEN THEY GET TO THE WAREHOUSE WE WILL CALL YO OR YOU NEED TO WAIT FOR A 2ND NOTIFICATION FROM US. THIS IS GOING ON ALMO...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR OPENED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE DETAILS OF THE REPAIRS WERE UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLES PAS...
Mileage: 5,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR OPENED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE DETAILS OF THE REPAIRS WERE UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLES PAS...
Mileage: 5,000
WHEN OPENING DRIVER SIDE DOOR, 2 LOUD CLICKING/POPPING NOISES OCCUR. FROM WHAT I HAVE GATHERED, IT IS A FAULTY DOOR CHECK.
Mileage: 80,000
SLIDING DOOR WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO NOT CLOSE WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN BETWEEN IS FAULTY SINCE THE PURCHASE WHICH CAME TO ME THAT IT SHOULD HAPPEN. I HAD COMPLAINT TO TOYOTA TO SEE WHETHER IT IS RECALL! NO ANSWER YET, I HOPE IT IS NOT HAPPENING TO ANYONE ELSE?
Mileage: 15,000
THE CABLE FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR BROKE WHEN THE DOOR WAS CLOSING.
Mileage: 130,000
RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL #A9E A COUPLE YR.S AGO AND HAD THE RECOMMENDED REPAIR DONE ON THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER CABLE. THEN RECEIVED ANOTHER NOTIFICATION IN 10/15 THAT "THE ORIGINAL REMEDY PROCEDURE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ADEQUATE." INFORMED THAT THE NEW SAFETY RECALL #E0S NOW SUPERSEDES A9E. TOOK VAN TO DE...
Mileage: 148,335
NOTICED SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN TURNING RADIUS OVER TIME. VEHICLE TENDS TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDER PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. VISUAL INSPECTION IDENTIFIED THAT PASSENGER SIDE POWER STEERING RACK SEAL IS LEAKING. VEHICLE MILEAGE IS 67K, ROUTINELY MAINTAIN...
Mileage: 67,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL AWAY AND ROLLED OVER THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A BUSH. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED HEAD, BACK, AND KNEE INJURIES THAT NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NO...
Mileage: 135,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE SPARE TIRE ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (TIRES); HOWEVER, THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIRS. THE CONTACT STAT...
Mileage: 130,000
THE RUBBER PAD UNDER THE SWITCH THAT IS USED TO OPEN THE LIFTGATE ON THE BACK OF THE SIENNA HAS GONE SOFT AND TAR LIKE. IF I GRAB A PIECE IT PULLS RIGHT OFF LIKE CHEWING GUM. THE BLACK STAR LIKE SUBSTANCE GETS ON THE HANDS/FINGERS TOO AND IS HARD TO WASH OFF. THIS IS A VERY COMMON DEFECT (NOT NORMAL...
Mileage: 60,000
THAT WAS AROUND 2012 NEW YEAR TIME WHEN I , MY WIFE AND MY KID VISITED OUR FRIEND AT ATLANTA, GA. WE DROVE OUR VAN ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY I-75, IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR TRIP, OUR VAN STARTED SHAKING VIGOROUSLY. I FELT THAT WAS FROM ENGINE, IT FORCED ME TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF I-75. AFTER A WHILE WE RESTAR...
Mileage: 61,637
THAT WAS AROUND 2012 NEW YEAR TIME WHEN I , MY WIFE AND MY KID VISITED OUR FRIEND AT ATLANTA, GA. WE DROVE OUR VAN ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY I-75, IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR TRIP, OUR VAN STARTED SHAKING VIGOROUSLY. I FELT THAT WAS FROM ENGINE, IT FORCED ME TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF I-75. AFTER A WHILE WE RESTAR...
Mileage: 61,637
THAT WAS AROUND 2012 NEW YEAR TIME WHEN I , MY WIFE AND MY KID VISITED OUR FRIEND AT ATLANTA, GA. WE DROVE OUR VAN ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY I-75, IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR TRIP, OUR VAN STARTED SHAKING VIGOROUSLY. I FELT THAT WAS FROM ENGINE, IT FORCED ME TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF I-75. AFTER A WHILE WE RESTAR...
Mileage: 61,637
2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE ENGINE PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR CONDITION WAS NOT COOLING THE VEHICLE, AND SHE THOUGHT IT JUST NEEDED TO BE SERVICED. AFTER TWO HOURS OF DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. BY THE TIME SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, ...
CAR COMPLETELY STOPED WITHOUT ANY WARNING ON AN EXTREMLY BUSY ROAD. EXTREMELY LOUD NOISES ARE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND CAR WILL NO LONGER MOVE. STILL CLUESSLESS ON THE ISSUE AT HAND.
Mileage: 80,000
THE TAILGATE STRUT FAILED TO HOLD UP THE LIFTGATE AND STRUCK ME IN THE HEAD. PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR OTHER TOYOTA SIENNAS; TOYOTA SIENNAS RECALLED TO FIX POWER LIFTGATE LIFTGATE MAY FALL ON USERS TOYOTA IS RECALLING 196,222 SIENNA VANS FROM THE 2004 THROUGH 2006 MODEL YEARS TO REPAIR THE STRUT...
Mileage: 125,000
THE VEHICLE HAS DEVELOPED A CRACKED (PIECES BROKEN OFF) DASHBOARD. IT GETS VERY HOT AND FEELS LIKE IT IS MELTING. TOYOTA RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THEY STARTED SENDING RECALL NOTICES BUT TO DATE THEY HAVEN'T COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO FIX IT. I HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED ABOUT FIVE...
Mileage: 85,000
MIDDLE ROW PASSENGER SEAT BELT JAMMED AND WILL NOT RELEASE IT IS LOCKED. UNABLE TO USE SEATBELT. WE WERE ON VACATION AT THE TIME HAD TO DRIVE OVER A 1000 MILES HOME WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO USE THE SEATBELT!! IT HAD JAMMED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE AND AFTER SEVERAL TRIES I WAS ABLE TO UNJAM BUT THIS TIME N...
Mileage: 130,000
I WAS DRIVING 35 MPH ON AT LEAST 4 SEPERATE OCCASSIONS WHEN MY I APPLIED MY BRAKES, THEY COMPLETELY FAILED. I TOOK IT BACK TO TOYOTA AND THEY KEPT IT FOR 10 DAYS, FLUSHED THE BRAKE LINES 4 TIMES, REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER, CHARGED ME $600 AND MADE ME SIGN A FORM SAYING THE VAN WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE...
Mileage: 120,000
THE REAR HATCH HANDLE HAS COMPLETELY MELTED, AS HAVE THE INSIDE RUBBER COMPONENTS ON THE SLIDING DOORS. LOOKING ONLINE, THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHER TOYOTA OWNERS. THIS HAS TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD - MELTING RUBBER COMPONENTS?
Mileage: 107,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (TIRES); HOWEVER, THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (TIRES); HOWEVER, THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF REVERSE, CAUSING THE KEYS TO BE UNABLE TO EJECT FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO...
Mileage: 65,000
UPON EXITING THE INTERSTATE, WE BEGAN TO SMELL A BURNING SMELL AND THE LIGHT FOR THE A/C STARTED FLASHING AND WOULDN'T TURN BACK ON. WE DROVE ABOUT A MILE THINKING THAT THE SMELL WAS ROADWORK, BUT THEN WE DECIDED TO STOP AND CHECK IT UNDER THE HOOD. ONCE WE OPENED THE HOOD, WE WERE HIT WITH A PLUM...
Mileage: 112,496
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (WHEELS) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTU...
RECEIVED LETTER ADVISING THAT UNDER RECALL 14V27300 MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA HAD A POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH THE CABLE, HOLDING THE SPARE TIRE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN THE FALL OF 2014 MY SPARE TIRE WAS RELOCATED TO THE LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT OF MY VAN WHICH RENDERED THE AREA UN...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING 45 TO 50 MPH ONTO A HIGHWAY, THE VSC LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, AN ALARM ACTIVATED, AND THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE DEALER COULD NOT D...
Mileage: 88,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE POWER SLIDING DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FAILED AND WOULD NOT OPEN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR COULD BE OPENED MANUALLY WITH FORCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER DOOR CABLE NEEDED TO...
Mileage: 103,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE POWER SLIDING DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FAILED AND WOULD NOT OPEN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR COULD BE OPENED MANUALLY WITH FORCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER DOOR CABLE NEEDED TO...
Mileage: 103,000
PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDE DOOR DOES NOT WORK BY PRESSING THE BUTTON ON THE CENTRAL CONSOLE, ON THE SIDE OF DOOR OR THE KEY FOB. THE SLIDE DOORS DO WORK BY PULLING THE HANDLES FROM THE OUTSIDES. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS THE OVERRIDE PROCEDURE. THIS IS A BIG CONCERN WITH THIS BEING A FAMILY VEHICLE. *TR
Mileage: 108,500
PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDE DOOR DOES NOT WORK BY PRESSING THE BUTTON ON THE CENTRAL CONSOLE, ON THE SIDE OF DOOR OR THE KEY FOB. THE SLIDE DOORS DO WORK BY PULLING THE HANDLES FROM THE OUTSIDES. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS THE OVERRIDE PROCEDURE. THIS IS A BIG CONCERN WITH THIS BEING A FAMILY VEHICLE. *TR
Mileage: 108,500
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (TIRES); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER W...
I WAS GETTING THINGS OUT OF BACK WITH POWER LIFT GATE UP. WHILE LEANING IN VEHICLE THE POWER LIFT GATE CAME DOWN WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUGHT ME. IT DID NOT CONTINUE TO CRUSH ME BUT IT DID NOT REVERSE SO I HAD TO USE A PRETTY GOOD FORCE TO PUSH IT UP (MY WIFE PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO ...
Mileage: 72,465
I WAS GETTING THINGS OUT OF BACK WITH POWER LIFT GATE UP. WHILE LEANING IN VEHICLE THE POWER LIFT GATE CAME DOWN WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUGHT ME. IT DID NOT CONTINUE TO CRUSH ME BUT IT DID NOT REVERSE SO I HAD TO USE A PRETTY GOOD FORCE TO PUSH IT UP (MY WIFE PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO ...
Mileage: 72,465
VARIABLE VALVE TIMING OIL SUPPLY LINE SPRANG A LEAK AT BEND ON RUBBER TUBING. TOYOTA HAS A NEW REPLACEMENT TUBE ,BUT NOT PAYING FOR TUBE OR LABOR. *TR
Mileage: 89,358
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED AND PARTIALLY REMEDIED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (TIRES) HOWEVER, THE REMAINING PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT...
AS I WAS TRYING TO OPEN THE TAILGATE, THE LOCK (RUBBER LAYER) FELT SQUISHY AND I SAW SOME BLACK RUBBERY DEPOSIT ON MY FINGERS. SAME THING EVERY SUMMER. IN 2013 AND 2014 DECEMBER, NOTICED THAT IT'D TAKE SIGNIFICANT EFFORT TO OPEN THE TAILGATE IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER. AND NOW, IN JANUARY 2015, IT JUS...
Mileage: 30,000
MY DASHBOARD IS MELTING AND IT GIVES A VERY BAD GLARE OF BRAKE LIGHTS, TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND THE SUN. IT ALSO HAS A VERY BAD GLARE WHEN RAINING AND REFLECTS TAIL LIGHTS AT NIGHT. IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE. WHEN I REPORTED THIS TO TOYOTA THEY SAID IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY MY WARRANTY. *TR
Mileage: 84,000
MY DASHBOARD IS MELTING AND IT GIVES A VERY BAD GLARE OF BRAKE LIGHTS, TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND THE SUN. IT ALSO HAS A VERY BAD GLARE WHEN RAINING AND REFLECTS TAIL LIGHTS AT NIGHT. IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE. WHEN I REPORTED THIS TO TOYOTA THEY SAID IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY MY WARRANTY. *TR
Mileage: 84,000
SINCE, I'VE BOUGHT THIS VAN IN LATE 2009, I HAVE ALWAYS FELT A CLICKING NOISE IN THE STEERING WHEEL DURING TURNING. NOW THAT THE NOISE IS GETTING WORSE, I AM READING ONLINE THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND TSB'S ISSUED ABOUT THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT AS CORROSION SETS IN THOS...
Mileage: 54,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (TIRES). HOWEVER, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXP...
RECEIVED LETTER,7/24/14, ADVISING THAT MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA HAD A POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH THE CABLE, HOLDING THE SPARE TIRE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ON 8/26/14, MY SPARE TIRE WAS RELOCATED TO THE LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT OF MY VAN WHICH RENDERED THE AREA UNUSABLE FOR FOLDING ...
RECEIVED LETTER,7/24/14, ADVISING THAT MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA HAD A POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH THE CABLE, HOLDING THE SPARE TIRE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ON 8/26/14, MY SPARE TIRE WAS RELOCATED TO THE LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT OF MY VAN WHICH RENDERED THE AREA UNUSABLE FOR FOLDING ...
POWER SLIDING DOOR CABLE GOT RUSTED AND SNAPPED. JAMMED THE DOOR. TOYOTA COVERS THE DOOR LATCH BUT NOT THE CABLE. *TR
Mileage: 84,900
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE MINIVAN WITH BOTH KIDS IN THE CAR AFTER GROCERY SHOPPING AND PICKING THEM UP FROM THE PRESCHOOL. WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING INTO THE GARAGE SHE SMELLED AND SAW OIL FUME COMING OUT OF THE HOOD. SHE THOUGHT THE CAR WAS GOING TO CATCH FIRE AND GRABBED THE KIDS AND GOT OUT OF THE VAN ...
Mileage: 80,200
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V160000 (STRUCTURE) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE DELAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
THIS IS REGARDS TO MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA LE FWD 8 PASSENGER MINIVAN. ON 12/21/2014 MY VAN DROPPED DEAD IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY GUNBARRELL RD IN CHATTANOOGA TN. FOLLOWING UP WITH THE DIAGONOSTICS ON THE VEHICLE IT WAS DETECTED THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED. SINCE I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE AS CERTIFIED USED...
Mileage: 99,200
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR HATCH DOOR SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED AND FAILED TO RECOGNIZE WHEN SOMEONE WAS WITHIN THE ENTRY OF THE HATCH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MIL...
Mileage: 130,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR HATCH DOOR SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED AND FAILED TO RECOGNIZE WHEN SOMEONE WAS WITHIN THE ENTRY OF THE HATCH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MIL...
Mileage: 130,000
BOTH POWER SLIDE DOORS DO NOT WORK BY PRESSING THE BUTTONS ON THE CENTRAL CONSOLE NOR ON THE SIDE OF DOORS. IT FIRST HAPPENED ON THE LEFT DOOR AND THEN HAPPENED ON THE RIGHT DOOR RECENTLY. THE SLIDE DOORS DO WORK BY PULLING THE HANDLES FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE FAILURE POST A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN T...
Mileage: 80,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (WHEELS). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STRAPPED THE SPARE TIRE TO THE LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE AS A TEMPORARY REMEDY BECAUSE THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE...
THE POWER LIFTGATE WONT STAY OPEN AND CLOSES ON PEOPLE, REPEATEDLY. *TR
Mileage: 110,000
THE POWER LIFTGATE WONT STAY OPEN AND CLOSES ON PEOPLE, REPEATEDLY. *TR
Mileage: 110,000
THE REAR HATCH SUDDENLY CLOSES AT A FAST SPEED WHEN IT IS COLD. THIS WILL HAPPEN REPEATEDLY, WE HAVE HAD CLOSE CALLS WITH THIS NOW SINCE NOVEMBER. TOYOTA SHOWS NO RECALLS FOR THIS. *TR
Mileage: 89,437
I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE A MAJORITY OF MY FRONT END WAS COMPLETELY DAMAGED. IN FACT, THE BUMPER WAS COMPLETELY TAKEN OFF WITH SIGNIFICANT OTHER DAMAGE WHICH I HAVE PICTURES OFF. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. FORTUNATELY I WAS OK AND DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. I AM JUST SURPRISED BY THE SIZE OF T...
Mileage: 76,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SUSPENSION COIL SPRING FRACTURED IN HALF. THE CONTACT WAS A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUSPENSION COIL SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE...
Mileage: 87,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (TIRES) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MAD...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SLIDING DOORS CABLE FRACTURED CAUSING THE AUTOMATIC OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE DOOR TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.
Mileage: 112,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SLIDING DOORS CABLE FRACTURED CAUSING THE AUTOMATIC OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE DOOR TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.
Mileage: 112,000
BOTH SLIDING DOORS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THEY DO NOT LATCH AND STAY CLOSED. BOTH DOOR HAVE OPENED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. BACK POWER SLIDING DOOR HAS OPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT LEAST 10 TIMES. THE BACK NON-POWER SLIDING DOOR IS NOT WORKING EITHER. HOWEVER, THIS ONE WE D...
Mileage: 122,000
THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE ODOUR OF SOMETHING BURNING ENTERED THE CABIN. NO LIGHTS ON THE DASH APPEARED AND DROVE TO THE NEXT PARKING LOT TO FIND A TRAIL OF OIL BEHIND THE VEHICLE AND A POOL OF OIL UNDER THE ENGINE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER TO FIND OUT...
Mileage: 104,000
CAR PAUSES AT SLOW SPEEDS. CAR JERKS FIRST, THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, TRAC OFF LIGHT COMES ON. VSV LIGHT COMES ON. CODE DIAGNOSED AS DTC PO717. TOYOTA DEALER DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. SUGGESTS TRIAL AND ERROR. VEHICLE HESITATING IS DANGEROUS. *TR
Mileage: 79,000
CAR PAUSES AT SLOW SPEEDS. CAR JERKS FIRST, THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, TRAC OFF LIGHT COMES ON. VSV LIGHT COMES ON. CODE DIAGNOSED AS DTC PO717. TOYOTA DEALER DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. SUGGESTS TRIAL AND ERROR. VEHICLE HESITATING IS DANGEROUS. *TR
Mileage: 79,000
THE DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT LOCK OPEN. I WAS ON A SLIGHT DECLINE. MY DAUGHTER WAS GETTING OUT OF THE CAR AND THE SLIDING DOOR WAS PUSHED OPEN BUT DID NOT LOCK AND SLID BACK AND SLAMMED INTO MY DAUGHTERS HAND. WHEN TRYING TO RE-OPEN THE SLIDING DOOR, IT WOULD NOT LOCK OPEN, IT WO...
Mileage: 24,578
I PRESSED THE BUTTON TO OPEN THE AUTOMATIC REAR PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR TO PUT IN A SHOPPING BAG AFTER LEAVING A STORE. THE DOOR OPEN, THEN WHEN I PRESSED TO CLOSE THE DOOR, IT STARTED TO CLOSE BUMPED AND CLANKED AND REOPENED AND WOULD NOT CLOSE. I HAD TO DRIVE THE 16 MILES HOME WITH THE DOOR OPEN....
Mileage: 72,500
THE DASHBOARD IS STICKY AND PRODUCES A GLARE. IT GETS STICKIER WHEN IT'S HOT. THE SUN SEEMS TO BE MELTING IT. IT CAUSES A GLARE WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING THAT IS DANGEROUS. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND IT IS HAPPENING TO OTHER TOYOTA DASHBOARDS PRE 2009, ESPECIALLY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WHICH IS WHERE W...
TOYOTA KNOWN DEFECTIVE TIMING CHAIN GASKET. LEAKING OIL. *TR
Mileage: 85,000
I DRIVE ABOUT 5,000 MILES A YEAR, IN THE BEGINNING OF 2012 I WAS TOLD MY BRAKES DID NOT PASS THE STATE INSPECTION. AT THIS TIME I HAD AROUND 20000 MILES ON THE VAN. THE REASON OF THE REJECT WAS RUST ON THE ROTORS, IT WAS SO BAD AND THE ROTORS WERE SO THIN AND OF A POOR METAL, THEY COULD EVEN BE WOR...
Mileage: 20,000
PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AT ABOUT 15 MPH. WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, I SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 5 TO 10 MPH TO PULL INTO THE PARKING SPOT. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AS IF SOMEONE HAD PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. MY VEHICLE WENT UP OVER THE SIDEWALK AND INTO THE SIDE O...
Mileage: 85,000
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED FROM HOSELTON AUTO MALL IN ROCHESTER NY IN AUGUST 2013.I WAS TALKED INTO A "TOYOTA PLATINUM CARE" BUMPER TO BUMPER EXTENDED WARRANTY.I WAS TOLD THIS WARRANTY WAS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE NEW VEHICLE WARRANTY BUT FOR AN EXTENDED TIME.I WAS TOLD IT COVERED EVERYTHING.I SPE...
Mileage: 58,799
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED FROM HOSELTON AUTO MALL IN ROCHESTER NY IN AUGUST 2013.I WAS TALKED INTO A "TOYOTA PLATINUM CARE" BUMPER TO BUMPER EXTENDED WARRANTY.I WAS TOLD THIS WARRANTY WAS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE NEW VEHICLE WARRANTY BUT FOR AN EXTENDED TIME.I WAS TOLD IT COVERED EVERYTHING.I SPE...
Mileage: 58,799
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHITE SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE, BUT NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE HOME, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT OIL SPILLED ALL OVER THE D...
Mileage: 74,000
THE DASHBOARD SEEMS TO BE MELTING, IS STICKY AND IS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. *TR
Mileage: 120,000
MY DASHBOARD IS MELTING AND CRACKING. IT IS STICKY AND IMPOSSIBLE TO CLEAN. OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, IT'S ALSO CRACKING ON THE FRONT EDGES, BOTH ON THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE. *TR
DASH BOARD CRACKED OVER GLOVE BOX, THEN ANOTHER CRACK APPEARED ON THE LEFT SIDE NEAR THE SIDE WINDOW DEFROST VENT. WONDER IF IT WOULD AFFECT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT? *TR
Mileage: 70,000
THE PASSENGER SIDE AUTOMATIC DOOR CABLE SNAPPED. THE CAR IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND THERE ARE WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF THIS BEING A COMMON DESIGN FLAW WITH TOYOTA SIENNA AUTOMATIC DOORS. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INDICATED IT WAS $1600 TO REPAIR THE CABLE. THAT ...
Mileage: 69,556
THE PASSENGER SIDE AUTOMATIC DOOR CABLE SNAPPED. THE CAR IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND THERE ARE WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF THIS BEING A COMMON DESIGN FLAW WITH TOYOTA SIENNA AUTOMATIC DOORS. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INDICATED IT WAS $1600 TO REPAIR THE CABLE. THAT ...
Mileage: 69,556
BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED FROM A DEALER ON 5/10/2014. NOTICED "STICKINESS" ON THE ENTIRE TOP OF DASHBOARD. THOUGHT IT COULD BE CLEANED OR WASHED OFF. IT NEVER CAME OFF. SAW IN THE MEDIA THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH TOYOTA DASHES-MELTED DASHBOARDS, STICKY AND CAN SCRAPE SURFACE OFF WITH YOUR FINGERNAIL...
Mileage: 96,723
AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON WITHOUT APPARENT CAUSE. WE TOOK IT IN TO TOYOTA DEALER, THEY SAID THEY REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG HARNESS , BUT COULD NOT COMPLETE REPAIR, AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT STILL ON. TOYOTA STILL WAITING FOR ANOTHER PLUG TO REPAIR 2 MONTHS LATER. VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AS THEY S...
Mileage: 204,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V160000 (STRUCTURE) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT DID NOT EXPERIENCE A FAILURE. UPDATED 8...
WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND SEATED IN THE DRIVERS' SEAT, I ACTIVATED THE REAR LIFT-GATE VIA THE CENTER ROOF CONSOLE BUTTON. I EXITED THE DRIVERS' SIDE DOOR AND PROCEEDED TOWARD THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. AT THIS TIME THE LIFT-GATE WAS STILL RISING, AND TO ALL OBSERVANCE, ACTING NORMALLY. AS I GOT ...
Mileage: 71,168
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP RESISTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPA...
Mileage: 62,000
UPON EXITING FREEWAY IN BUTTE, MT, AND SLOWING DONE FOR RED LIGHT AT BOTTOM OF RAMP, HEARD TAPPING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE. DROVE ONE BLOCK TO GAS STATION, AND WHILE PUMPING GAS, NOTICED LARGE QUANTITY OF ENGINE OIL PUDDLING UNDER THE ENGINE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO TOYOTA DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THA...
Mileage: 123,000
THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT HAS FOLDED OVER AND JAMMED. IT IS NOT ABLE TO RETRACT NOW. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR
Mileage: 133,000
DASH IS STICKY AND IS PRODUCING MORE OF A GLARE/REFLECTION ON MY INSIDE WINDSHIELD. EXTREMELY DISTRACTING. *JS
Mileage: 112,000
DASH IS STICKY AND IS PRODUCING MORE OF A GLARE/REFLECTION ON MY INSIDE WINDSHIELD. EXTREMELY DISTRACTING. *JS
Mileage: 112,000
MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA LE WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW, HAVE IT SERVICED AT TOYOTA DEALERS, ON JUNE 5TH, 2014, L TOOK THE VAN TO A DEALER FOR A REGULAR SERVICE L WAS TOLD MY STEERING RACK WAS LEAKING AND WILL NEED TO HAVE THE WHOLE STEERING RACK REPLACE. THE VAN ONLY HAS 57,000 + ON IT AND SERVICED REGULAR...
Mileage: 57,200
AIRBAG INDICATOR WARNING LIGHT FLASHES CONTINUOUSLY. JIGGLED WIRES UNDER FRONT PASSENGER SEAT A YEAR AGO, AND THE WARNING LIGHT QUIT FLASHING FOR A COUPLE MONTHS. BUT THEN IT STARTED FLASHING AGAIN ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO. A WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT NOTIFICATION - ZTX WAS RECEIVED FROM TOYOTA A FEW DAYS AG...
Mileage: 45,000
AIRBAG INDICATOR WARNING LIGHT FLASHES CONTINUOUSLY. JIGGLED WIRES UNDER FRONT PASSENGER SEAT A YEAR AGO, AND THE WARNING LIGHT QUIT FLASHING FOR A COUPLE MONTHS. BUT THEN IT STARTED FLASHING AGAIN ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO. A WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT NOTIFICATION - ZTX WAS RECEIVED FROM TOYOTA A FEW DAYS AG...
Mileage: 45,000
AIRBAG INDICATOR WARNING LIGHT FLASHES CONTINUOUSLY. JIGGLED WIRES UNDER FRONT PASSENGER SEAT A YEAR AGO, AND THE WARNING LIGHT QUIT FLASHING FOR A COUPLE MONTHS. BUT THEN IT STARTED FLASHING AGAIN ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO. A WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT NOTIFICATION - ZTX WAS RECEIVED FROM TOYOTA A FEW DAYS AG...
Mileage: 45,000
VVT-I HOSE BROKEN, RAPID OIL LOSS AND ALMOST NO OIL LEFT IN ENGINE WHEN PROBLEM WAS SPOTTED. OIL SPILLED TO THE BELTS AROUND THE VVT-I HOSE. WHEN TURN STEERING WHEEL, NOISE HEARD. THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE TO THE OTHER RECALLS BUT NOT APPLICABLE TO TOYOTA SIENNA. HTTP://TOYOTANEWS.PRESSROOM.TOYOTA.C...
Mileage: 85,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 25 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND HAD TO BE TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. T...
Mileage: 80,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER'S FRONT AND REAR SIDE DOORS FAILED TO UNLOCK INTERNALLY. THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AND REAR SIDE DOORS WERE ONLY ABLE TO BE UNLOCKED FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS ADVISED THAT THE DOO...
Mileage: 95,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER'S FRONT AND REAR SIDE DOORS FAILED TO UNLOCK INTERNALLY. THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AND REAR SIDE DOORS WERE ONLY ABLE TO BE UNLOCKED FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS ADVISED THAT THE DOO...
Mileage: 95,000
THE RUBBER PORTION OF THE OIL SUPPLY HOSE FOR THE WT-1 ACTUATOR FAILED RESULTING IN A SUDDEN LOSS OF SEVERAL QUARTS OF OIL. THIS OIL WAS CARRIED ALONG THE UNDERCARRIAGE AND SPRAYED A FINE MIST OF OIL ON THE WINDSHIELDS OF THE CARS BEHIND THE VAN. LUCKILY THIS OCCURRED CLOSE TO HOME AT A LOW SPEED. I...
Mileage: 72,543
APPROXIMATELY SIX (6) MONTHS AGO, I STARTED TO NOTICE MY DASHBOARD GETTING STICKY WHEN THE SUN BEATS DOWN ON IT. IT STARTED IN A SMALL AREA OF THE DASHBOARD ABOUT THE SIZE OF A QUARTER, BUT NOW APPEARS TO SPREADING. I HAVE CONTACTED THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM AND THEY ...
Mileage: 85,000
THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BECAME JAMMED AND COULD NOT BE RELEASED. I WAS 3 MILES AWAY FROM HOME AND, AFTER STRUGGLING FOR A WHILE, HAD TO DRIVE HOME WITHOUT WEARING A SEATBELT. WE HAD TO TAKE APART THE INTERIOR PANEL TO FIX THE SEATBELT. I HAVE GOOGLED AND APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR ...
Mileage: 86,000
THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR CABLE CAME LOOSE, CAUSING THE DOOR TO GET STUCK AND FURTHER DAMAGE THE CABLE. THIS FLAW IS NOTED IN A RECALL FOR 2004-2007 MODELS, BUT WE BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE 2008 MODELS, AS WELL. *TT
Mileage: 120,000
IN MAY OF 2013, I WAS TOLD BY ROSNER TOYOTA OF STAFFORD VA, THAT MY VEHICLE, WITH LESS THAN 60,000 MILES ON IT, WOULD NOT PASS A SAFETY INSPECTION BECAUSE THE RACK AND PINION STEERING SYSTEM WAS LEAKING FLUID. NOT WANTING TO DRIVE AN UNSAFE VEHICLE, I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO FIX IT. I PETITIONED TOYO...
Mileage: 60,000
DURING A RECENT TRIP TO ALABAMA FROM VIRGINIA, OUR 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHILE PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL INSTEAD OF BRAKING. BOTH TIMES, WE WERE APPROACHING MODERATELY HEAVY TRAFFIC. MY WIFE WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO SLOW THE VAN. INSTEAD OF BRAKING AND SLOWING THE VEHICLE, T...
Mileage: 55,000
DURING A RECENT TRIP TO ALABAMA FROM VIRGINIA, OUR 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHILE PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL INSTEAD OF BRAKING. BOTH TIMES, WE WERE APPROACHING MODERATELY HEAVY TRAFFIC. MY WIFE WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO SLOW THE VAN. INSTEAD OF BRAKING AND SLOWING THE VEHICLE, T...
Mileage: 55,000
DASHBOARD MELTS WHEN DRIVEN IN 80 DEGREE WEATHER. BECOMES STICKY AND SHINY. GLARE FROM SHINE MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE OUT WINDSHIELD. *TR
Mileage: 35,000
MY WIFE WAS PARKING OUR 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH OUR 3 YOUNG BOYS IN THE AUTOMOBILE. SHE SLOWLY BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP; NEVER USING GAS, JUST COVERING AND TAPPING LIGHTLY ON THE BRAKE. ONCE THE AUTOMOBILE CAME TO A STOP MY WIFE PRESSED THE BRAKE A LITTLE MORE IN ORDER TO PUT THE VEHIC...
Mileage: 42,000
MY WIFE WAS PARKING OUR 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH OUR 3 YOUNG BOYS IN THE AUTOMOBILE. SHE SLOWLY BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP; NEVER USING GAS, JUST COVERING AND TAPPING LIGHTLY ON THE BRAKE. ONCE THE AUTOMOBILE CAME TO A STOP MY WIFE PRESSED THE BRAKE A LITTLE MORE IN ORDER TO PUT THE VEHIC...
Mileage: 42,000
MY WIFE WAS PARKING OUR 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH OUR 3 YOUNG BOYS IN THE AUTOMOBILE. SHE SLOWLY BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP; NEVER USING GAS, JUST COVERING AND TAPPING LIGHTLY ON THE BRAKE. ONCE THE AUTOMOBILE CAME TO A STOP MY WIFE PRESSED THE BRAKE A LITTLE MORE IN ORDER TO PUT THE VEHIC...
Mileage: 42,000
2008 SIENNA HAS DEVELOPED STEERING ISSUE AND ALMOST LOST STEERING CONTROL OF VAN. PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE FAILURE OF STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT THAT RESULTED IN INTERMEDIATE ABILITY TO STEER VEHICLE. VERY CHOPPY STEERING. THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH TOYOTAS. CONTACTED TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE ...
Mileage: 95,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THERE THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 13V429000 (POWER TRAIN) HOWEVER, THE DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR THE RECALL FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND WOULD NOT AUTHORIZE ANOTHER DEALER TO SERVICE THE VEHICL...
MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA HAS POWER REAR SLIDING DOORS. WHILE THE DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR WAS OPENING, THE CABLE FOR THE DOOR MECHANISM SNAPPED AND WOULD NOT CLOSE COMPLETELY. AFTER INVESTIGATING THE SITUATION, THE BROKEN CABLE WAS JAMMED IN THE DOOR MECHANISM, PREVENTING THE DOOR FROM CLOSING. AS A RE...
Mileage: 69,000
NOTE: I HAVE TWO CARS, TWO RECALLS AND THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE DEALERSHIP. THIS COMPLAINT IS IN REGARDS TO FRED ANDERSON TOYOTA RALEIGH'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT. I HAVE BOUGHT 4 CARS WITH THIS DEALERSHIP, THREE OF THEM HAVE HAD MANUFACTURES DEFECTS. EVERY TIME I CALL, INCLUDING THIS LAST TIME FOR MY R...
Mileage: 55,000
WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY , THE TIRE ON THE RIGHT SIDE IN THE BACK ON THE SIDE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE EXPLODE AND BROKE THE PIPES OF THE HEATER AND THE ANTI FREEZE OF THE AIR CONDITION THAT WERE NEXT TO THE WHEEL THAT EXPLODED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ON THE BACK WHEEL. *TR
Mileage: 59,350
T-SB-0047-10 FROM SAFERCAR.GOV "SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2GR-FE/FXE ENGINE. THE RUBBER PORTION OF THE OIL SUPPLY HOSE FOR VVT-I ACTUATOR MAY DEGRADE OVER TIME. THIS CONDITION MAY CAUSE OIL TO LEAK FROM THE VVT-I OIL HOSE PRODUCING ABNORMAL ENGINE NOISE AND THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE "...
Mileage: 126,000
WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE IT BEGAN TO MAKE A STRANGE KNOCKING SOUND AS I ACCELERATED. I HAD BEEN DRIVING AROUND TOWN FOR SEVERAL HOURS THAT MORNING. I PULLED OVER TO INSPECT THE ENGINE, AND SAW SOME TYPE OF FLUID ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE AND WALL. I PULLED THE OIL DIPSTICK OUT AND THERE WAS NO ...
Mileage: 55,253
AIR BAG LIGHT STARTED BLINKING WHEN CAR STARTED AND STAYED BLINKING. BROUGHT IN TO DEALER AND COMMENTS WERE "OPEN IN SIDE. SQUIB RH CIRCUIT" AND "NEEDS PASS. SIDE FRONT SEAT AIRBAG" FOR $865. SAME ISSUE SEEMS TRUE FOR 2007 SIENNAS ONLINE. LIGHT STOPPED BLINKING AND HAS NOT RECURRED. *TR
Mileage: 79,500
AIR BAG LIGHT STARTED BLINKING WHEN CAR STARTED AND STAYED BLINKING. BROUGHT IN TO DEALER AND COMMENTS WERE "OPEN IN SIDE. SQUIB RH CIRCUIT" AND "NEEDS PASS. SIDE FRONT SEAT AIRBAG" FOR $865. SAME ISSUE SEEMS TRUE FOR 2007 SIENNAS ONLINE. LIGHT STOPPED BLINKING AND HAS NOT RECURRED. *TR
Mileage: 79,500
AIR BAG LIGHT STARTED BLINKING WHEN CAR STARTED AND STAYED BLINKING. BROUGHT IN TO DEALER AND COMMENTS WERE "OPEN IN SIDE. SQUIB RH CIRCUIT" AND "NEEDS PASS. SIDE FRONT SEAT AIRBAG" FOR $865. SAME ISSUE SEEMS TRUE FOR 2007 SIENNAS ONLINE. LIGHT STOPPED BLINKING AND HAS NOT RECURRED. *TR
Mileage: 79,500
I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA THAT I BELIEVE HAS A SAFETY ISSUE, PARTICULARLY IN COLD WEATHER. THE EXTERIOR SWITCH THAT ALLOWS THE REAR HATCH TO OPEN IS NOT FUNCTIONAL IN COLD WEATHER DUE TO A MATERIAL MALFUNCTION. I NOTICED THAT DURING WARMER WEATHER, THE RUBBER SEAL OVER THIS EXTERIOR ...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACTED STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BECAME INOPERABLE AND WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE W...
Mileage: 96,000
MY TOYOTA 2008 SIENNA LE PASSENGER AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR WON'T CLOSED AND OPENED COMPLETELY. I'VE EXPERIENCED AN INTERMITTENT JAMMED WITH THIS DOOR FOR THE PAST 3 DAYS. AS A TEMPORARY FIX, I NEED TO GET OUT FROM THE CAR TO HELP THE DOOR IN CLOSING AND OPENING IT BECAUSE THE BUTTON INSIDE THE CAR...
Mileage: 30,305
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR THE BUT THE DOOR ONLY OPENED SIX INCHES WIDE WHILE USING THE FOB, THEN SHUT INDEPENDENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAD TO MANUALLY PRY THE DOOR OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKE...
Mileage: 80,000
POWER DOOR OPENED PART WAYS AND WOULD NOT SHUT. HAD TO DRIVE TO MECHANIC WITH DOOR PARTIALLY OPEN AND HE HAD TO FORCE IT SHUT. TOYOTA MECHANIC SAID IT WAS A KNOW CABLE PROBLEM WITH THE DOOR MOTOR, BUT TOYOTA HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL YET. *TR
Mileage: 118,000
THE DRIVER SEAT SEATBELT KEEPS JAMMING, TO THE EXTENT THAT IT WON'T UNJAM. *TR
Mileage: 77,000
TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 13V429000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICED BECAUSE THE REMEDY PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NO...
I WAS DROPPING MY KIDS OF TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING. I STOP BY AT MY FRIEND'S APT TO PICK HER UP WITH HER BABY. THIS IS MY DAILY ROUTINE. SO ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT, I DID THE SAME THING, PARKED MY VAN, GOT OUT, AND WENT TO THE APARTMENT' S EXIT DOOR FROM WHERE MY FRIEND WAS COMING. MY CHILDREN WE...
Mileage: 26,000
THE RUBBER IN THE OIL COOLING LINE BROKE DOWN AND DRAINED MOST OF THE OIL FROM THE ENGINE. FROM LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT BOARDS THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS HOSE. TOYOTA EVEN RE-DESIGNED THE HOSE WITH A METAL SLEEVE BECAUSE OF THIS. *TR
Mileage: 79,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTION, THE TRUNK DOOR UNEXPECTEDLY CLOSED WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE TRUNK DOOR LANDED ON HER BACK AND CAUSED A BRUISE, WHICH WAS A RECURRING INJURY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED....
Mileage: 85,000
MY SISTER AND I HAD JUST RETURNED HOME FROM THE STORE AND I PRESSED THE BUTTON TO LIFT THE BACK DOOR TO GET OUR THINGS OUT. WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF GETTING OUR THINGS OUT WHEN THE DOOR STARTED CLOSING ON US. I GOT OUT AND MY SISTER GOT CAUGHT AND IT CAME DOWN ON HER BACK AND SCRATCHED HER UP PRETTY...
Mileage: 68,000
MY SISTER AND I HAD JUST RETURNED HOME FROM THE STORE AND I PRESSED THE BUTTON TO LIFT THE BACK DOOR TO GET OUR THINGS OUT. WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF GETTING OUR THINGS OUT WHEN THE DOOR STARTED CLOSING ON US. I GOT OUT AND MY SISTER GOT CAUGHT AND IT CAME DOWN ON HER BACK AND SCRATCHED HER UP PRETTY...
Mileage: 68,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 1 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A TREE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED BUT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENT...
Mileage: 146,000
WHEN OPERATING THE REAR LIFT GATE (TRUNK) ON THIS 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA MINIVAN, WE HAVE NOTICED THE LIFT GATE DOES NOT OPEN ALL THE WAY UP, CAUSING AN AVERAGE HEIGHT ADULTS TO BUMP THEIR HEADS ON THE LIFT GATE. BUT WORSE, THIS HAPPENS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE LIFT GATE COMES FALLING DOWN, HITTING AN...
Mileage: 56,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE SPARE TIRE BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE CONTACT TO DRIVE OVER THE TIRE AND EXPERIENCE A FAILURE WITH THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. ...
Mileage: 82,000
THE PASSENGER AIRBAG CONTROL IS INTERMITTENT, WHEN A PASSENGER IS SEATED IN THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT, THE AIRBAG MANY TIMES IS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO TOYOTA 2X FOR THIS PROBLEMS AS THEY POINT TO SEAT BELT LATCH, THE LAST TIME AFTER 2 WEEKS OF THE SYSTEM NOT WORKING, IT STARTING WO...
Mileage: 48,000
I HAD A OIL HOSE IN MY VAN GET A HOLE. WHEN IT HAPPENED IT SPILLED OIL ALL OVER AND IN MY OPINION COULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE.THE HOSE IS CONNECTED TO A PIPE AND THE HOSE CANNOT BE REPLACED. THE WHOLE PIPE HAS TO BE REPLACED AND I REPLACED MINE. MY RESEARCH REVEALED THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM AND...
Mileage: 110,000
VAN SPONTANEOUSLY BEGAN LEAKING OIL. I BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE VVT1 ACTUATOR HOSE. APPARENTLY THIS WAS PART OF A VOLUNTARY RECALL THAT TOYOTA STARTED IN 2010 AND I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED! I CALLED TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS IN FACT A DEFECTIV...
Mileage: 68,000
TPMS BROKE WHILE INFLATING TIRES FOR A CUSTOMER. *TR
Mileage: 107,601
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND SAW SMOKE ROLLING OUT OF ENGINE. BY THE TIME I PULLED OVER I NOTICED OIL LEAKING OUT EVERYWHERE. IT WAS THE ENGINE OIL COOLER LINE AND I HAVE SINCE REPLACED THE RUBBER HOSE TWICE AND HAS RUPTURED TWO MORE TIME SINCE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I LOST OVER 12 QUARTS O...
Mileage: 84,320
AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE FOR APPX. 15 MINUTES THEN PARKING, THEN COMING BACK TO VEHICLE 5 MINUTES LATER I FOUND A POOL OF OIL UNDER THE HOOD OF VAN AND CALLED FOR TOW TO THE DEALERSHIP. ROB FROM THE TOYOTA REPAIR SERVICE, CLAIMS I HAD BAD LUCK REGARDING THE OIL COOLER LINE RUPTURING. IT WILL COST ME $...
Mileage: 72,000
WHILE DRIVING HOME THE OIL LINE RUNNING FROM THE OIL COOLER ON THE RADIATOR EXPLODED. OIL WAS SENT OVER THE ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND DRIPPED OVER THE ROAD LEAVING A TRAIL THE BLOCK LEFT GOING TO MY HOUSE. THE HOT OIL SPRAYING OVER THE HOT ENGINE WAS A DANGER TO CATCHING THE VAN AND THE GARAGE...
Mileage: 88,923
THE E-Z-ON ADJUSTABLE VESTS ARE DESIGNED TO BE TETHERED TO THE VEHICLE LATCH SYSTEM AND THE TETHER ATTACHES TO THE VEST RIGHT NEXT TO THE HEAD OF THE CHILD WEARING IT. THERE IS NO WAY AROUND HAVING THE TETHER POSITIONED NEXT TO THE HEAD OF THE CHILD AND IT IS TETHERED WITH A THICK, HARD, HEAVY PIEC...
FLASHING AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT, 4 TSB'S HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM WITH A REPLACEMENT PART. THE TSB'S ARE E1001-08, TSB 0069-12, TSB 0162-10, AND TSB 0252-08. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM THAT TOYOTA IS REFUSING TO RECALL AND CORRECT. THE NHTSA NEEDS TO MAKE A MANDATORY RECALL FOR DEFEC...
Mileage: 101,235
WHILE DRIVING MY SIENNA AC QUIT & FEW MILES LATER I SAW WHITE SMOKE COME FROM UNDER THE VAN IN MY MIRROR. I TRIED TO SLOW DOWN & BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. I TRIED TO PULL OVER & POWER STEERING WAS NOT WORKING. WITHOUT ANY WARNING LIGHTS. AFTER I PULLED OVER, I WALKED TO THE BACK TO SEE WHAT THE WHI...
Mileage: 60,000
WHILE DRIVING ON INTER-STATE I-10 WEST BOUND CLOSE TO 183 MARKER, AT 65 MPH, THE RPM SHOT TO 7000 AND CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. THE CAR STOPPED WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURE. IT WAS 2200 HOURS WITH MY FAMILY OF 4 KIDS AND WIFE ON BOARD. TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION (USED ONE 90000 MILES) TOYOTA LEGACY CH...
Mileage: 127,313
WHILE PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY I SMELLED OIL AND NOTICED A LINE OF LIQUID DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. TURNS OUT THE OIL LINE RUPTURED AND THE ENGINE OIL DRAINED ALMOST COMPLETELY, WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR OR ANYTHING ADVERSE UNTIL THAT MOMENT. THANKFULLY I LIVE NEAR A MEC...
Mileage: 81,000
POWER SLIDING DOOR CABLE BROKE. RESEARCH INTO THIS PROBLEM SHOWS THAT IT CAN CAUSE DOOR TO JAM IN THE OPEN POSITION. PROBLEM WAS FREQUENT ENOUGH THAT TOYOTA COVERS THE REPAIR FOR VEHICLES MANUFACTURED 2004-2007. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS IN THE YEARS MANUFACTURED AFTER THIS, AS MINE IS A 2008, BUT TH...
Mileage: 81,850
THE REAR HATCH FAILED TODAY ON MY SIENNA. IT WILL GO UP AND SUDDENLY WITHOUT ANY NOTICE FALL SLAMMING DOWN. IT ALMOST HIT MY WIFE IN THE HEAD. THIS IS SERIOUS DEFECT THAT TOYOTA NEEDS TO CORRECT. *TR
Mileage: 87,000
WHILE DRIVING ARE 2008 SIENNA MINI VAN WITH 51303 MILES ON IT WE HAD DEVELOPED A SUDDEN LOSS OF OIL FROM THE ENGINE. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS OR WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON NOTIFYING US THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. OBSERVED THAT THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL LOSS IN THE DRIVEWAY. COULD TRACK BACK WHERE WE W...
Mileage: 51,303
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE OIL LINE, WHICH TOYOTA CALLED THE VVT LINE BURST AND THE ALL OF THE OIL LEAKED OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THE VVT LINE BURST AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTA...
Mileage: 51,303
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD HAD BEGAN TO DETERIORATE AND SHE WAS CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAGS COULD POSSIBLY DEPLOY INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55,000.
Mileage: 55,000
COULD NOT STOP AFTER MY ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP THEN WERE SOFT/ABSENT, DROVE UP ON THE CENTER MEDIAN, GOT BACK ON THE ROAD ATTEMPTING TO GO AROUND THE CAR INFRONT ON THE RIGHT SIDE COULDN'T DUE TO OTHER TRAFFIC THEN WENT BACK TO THE LEFT GOT BACK UP ON THE MEDIAN. MY PASSENGER SIDE FRONT BUMPER CORNER...
Mileage: 37,231
COULD NOT STOP AFTER MY ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP THEN WERE SOFT/ABSENT, DROVE UP ON THE CENTER MEDIAN, GOT BACK ON THE ROAD ATTEMPTING TO GO AROUND THE CAR INFRONT ON THE RIGHT SIDE COULDN'T DUE TO OTHER TRAFFIC THEN WENT BACK TO THE LEFT GOT BACK UP ON THE MEDIAN. MY PASSENGER SIDE FRONT BUMPER CORNER...
Mileage: 37,231
COULD NOT STOP AFTER MY ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP THEN WERE SOFT/ABSENT, DROVE UP ON THE CENTER MEDIAN, GOT BACK ON THE ROAD ATTEMPTING TO GO AROUND THE CAR INFRONT ON THE RIGHT SIDE COULDN'T DUE TO OTHER TRAFFIC THEN WENT BACK TO THE LEFT GOT BACK UP ON THE MEDIAN. MY PASSENGER SIDE FRONT BUMPER CORNER...
Mileage: 37,231
COULD NOT STOP AFTER MY ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP THEN WERE SOFT/ABSENT, DROVE UP ON THE CENTER MEDIAN, GOT BACK ON THE ROAD ATTEMPTING TO GO AROUND THE CAR INFRONT ON THE RIGHT SIDE COULDN'T DUE TO OTHER TRAFFIC THEN WENT BACK TO THE LEFT GOT BACK UP ON THE MEDIAN. MY PASSENGER SIDE FRONT BUMPER CORNER...
Mileage: 37,231
ON A RAINY SUNDAY AFTERNOON I WAS DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE, VSC AND TRAC OFF LIGHTS CAME ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER THE NEXT MORNING (69 ADDITIONAL MILES WERE DRIVEN). WHEN TESTED THE CODE INDICATED TO INSPECT THE VVT-1 SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE ACTUAT...
Mileage: 77,300
ON A RAINY SUNDAY AFTERNOON I WAS DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE, VSC AND TRAC OFF LIGHTS CAME ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER THE NEXT MORNING (69 ADDITIONAL MILES WERE DRIVEN). WHEN TESTED THE CODE INDICATED TO INSPECT THE VVT-1 SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE ACTUAT...
Mileage: 77,300
JUST NOTIFIED OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION. HINDSIGHT - STARTING FALL 2012 REMOTE STARTER DIED,NO WARMUP,MY BOYFRIEND AND I EXPERIENCED ENGINE RACING WHEN VAN WAS COLD MULTIPLE TIMES,ONLY WAY TO STOP IT WAS HAND CONTROL BRAKE,FOOT BRAKE WAS NOT ENOUGH. PLANNED TO HAVE CHECKED BUT DEC.1 2012 AT THE TANGER ...
Mileage: 16,875
JUST NOTIFIED OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION. HINDSIGHT - STARTING FALL 2012 REMOTE STARTER DIED,NO WARMUP,MY BOYFRIEND AND I EXPERIENCED ENGINE RACING WHEN VAN WAS COLD MULTIPLE TIMES,ONLY WAY TO STOP IT WAS HAND CONTROL BRAKE,FOOT BRAKE WAS NOT ENOUGH. PLANNED TO HAVE CHECKED BUT DEC.1 2012 AT THE TANGER ...
Mileage: 16,875
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 6 MPH, THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED ERRONEOUS ACCELERATION DUE TO SIMULTANEOUSLY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A CURB BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP. THERE WE...
Mileage: 85,000
PASSENGER DOOR ON OUR 2008 SIENNA MINIVAN WOULD NOT LATCH SHUT. NOTHING WAS JAMMED IN IT. WE PRESSED THE AUTOMATIC DOOR BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES AND FINALLY IT LATCHED. THE NEXT DAY IT WOULD NOT OPEN. YOU COULD HEAR THE MOTOR TRYING BUT IT WOULD NOT OPEN WHEN YOU PRESSED ANY BUTTONS OR MANUALLY. AGAIN W...
Mileage: 65,000
POWER LIFT FUNCTION OF REAR DOOR MALFUNCTION. UPON ENGAGING THE POWER DOOR, IT IMMEDIATELY STARTED GOING DOWN ONCE IT REACHED THE TOP AND WILL NOT STOP IF SOMEONE IS IN BETWEEN IT. THE STRUTS OR BRACKETS ARE NOT ABLE TO KEEP THE DOOR OPEN, MAKING THE MECHANISM AUTOMATICALLY SHUT THE DOOR. EXTREMELY ...
Mileage: 115,000
WHILE DRIVING ALOT OF SMOKE COMING OUT FROM ENGINE, PULLED OVER AND TURN OFF AND ALL CAME OUT OF CAR AND OIL STARTED LEAKING. NEXT DAY TOOK VAN TO THE TOYOTA DEALER AND THEY CHECKED EVERYTHING WAS FINE BUT THERE WAS A PART( OIL HOSE NO.1 ) THAT WAS BEEN RECALL AND IT BEEN FIX BY TOYOTA DEALER BUT SA...
Mileage: 61,080
WHILE BACKING THE CAR IN MY DRIVEWAY IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND COULD NOT BE STOPPED BY BRAKING BEFORE IT STRUCK STONE WALL, BLOWING THE RIGHT REAR TIRE, DAMAGING THE UNDERBODY AND DAMAGING THE STONE WALL. VERY SCARY! *TR
Mileage: 30,142
WHILE BACKING THE CAR IN MY DRIVEWAY IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND COULD NOT BE STOPPED BY BRAKING BEFORE IT STRUCK STONE WALL, BLOWING THE RIGHT REAR TIRE, DAMAGING THE UNDERBODY AND DAMAGING THE STONE WALL. VERY SCARY! *TR
Mileage: 30,142
THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT FOLDS UP ON ITSELF AND WON'T RELEASE OR RETRACT. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME IT'S HAPPENED. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON BOTH OCCASIONS AND WAS ADVISED TO NOT "YANK THE BELT HARD." PILLAR COVER WAS REMOVED AND SEAT BELT WAS FOUND TO BE "ALL TWISTED INSIDE." IT WAS "ADJUSTED ...
Mileage: 82,316
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND MAKING A TURN HE DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HESITATE AND IT DID NOT RESPOND. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE MAKING A LEFT OR A RIGHT TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEAL...
Mileage: 50,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR LIFTGATE LATCH WAS FOUND TO BE MELTED. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE OF HOW THE LATCH BECAME MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED HER THAT THE ENT...
Mileage: 60,000
ON DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, IT WAS SNOWING AND ROAD CONDITIONS WERE ICY AND SLIPPERY. AS VEHICLE WAS GOING AROUND THE BEND, DRIVER NOTICED CARS WERE STOPPED AT A SIGNAL. DRIVER COULD NOT STOP VEHICLE IN TIME TO AVOID A CRASH SINCE ABS BRAKES LOCKED ALL THE WHEELS AND THE CAR WAS SLIDING AND SO DRIVER ...
Mileage: 62,000
ON DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, IT WAS SNOWING AND ROAD CONDITIONS WERE ICY AND SLIPPERY. AS VEHICLE WAS GOING AROUND THE BEND, DRIVER NOTICED CARS WERE STOPPED AT A SIGNAL. DRIVER COULD NOT STOP VEHICLE IN TIME TO AVOID A CRASH SINCE ABS BRAKES LOCKED ALL THE WHEELS AND THE CAR WAS SLIDING AND SO DRIVER ...
Mileage: 62,000
THERE WAS A PIN HOLE PUNCTURE IN THE FLEXIBLE MATERIAL THE OIL COOLER IS MADE OF. THE RESULT OF THIS IS THAT ALL THE OIL IS FORCED OUT OF THE ENGINE VERY QUICKLY UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. THERE WAS NO WARNING UNTIL I HEARD ENGINE NOISE. I HAD THE VAN TOWED IN AND HAD THE PART REPLACED. THE CURRENT FACTOR...
Mileage: 49,000
POWER LIFT FUNCTION OF REAR DOOR MALFUNCTION. UPON ENGAGING THE POWER DOOR, IT IMMEDIATELY STARTED GOING DOWN ONCE IT REACHED THE TOP. THE STRUTS OR BRACKETS ARE NOT ABLE TO KEEP THE DOOR OPEN MAKING THE MECHANISM AUTOMATICALLY SHUT THE DOOR. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR
Mileage: 52,000
LAST JUNE 2012 I WAS BACKING MY VEHICLE IN MY HOME DRIVEWAY WHEN THE REAR HATCH WINDOW SUDDENLY EXPLODED, SHOWERING LARGE AND SMALL SHARDS OF GLASS OUTWARDS WITH ENOUGH FORCE THAT GLASS PARTICLES WERE FOUND APPROX. 15 FT. BEHIND THE VEHICLE! THE INSIDE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS FILLED WITH LARGE AN...
Mileage: 25,000
LAST JUNE 2012 I WAS BACKING MY VEHICLE IN MY HOME DRIVEWAY WHEN THE REAR HATCH WINDOW SUDDENLY EXPLODED, SHOWERING LARGE AND SMALL SHARDS OF GLASS OUTWARDS WITH ENOUGH FORCE THAT GLASS PARTICLES WERE FOUND APPROX. 15 FT. BEHIND THE VEHICLE! THE INSIDE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS FILLED WITH LARGE AN...
Mileage: 25,000
WAS T-BONED BY SOMEONE WHO FAILED TO YIELD ON GREEN. HE WAS GIVEN A TICKET. I WAS THROUGH THE INTERSECTION GOING 34.8 MILES/HOUR AT THE TRIGGERING EVENT. HAS TOYOTA DO INSPECTION ON CAR AND "CHIP". IT ONLY REGISTERED A "FRONT EVENT". REPAIR COSTS ARE 12K, THIS INCLUDED REPLACING BOTH DRIVER SID...
Mileage: 55,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHILE THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. TH...
Mileage: 59,687
MAKING LEFT TURN INTO PARKING SPOT. THE CAR WAS GOING VERY SLOWLY THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. VEHICLE WAS ABRUPTLY STEERED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO AVOID COLLISION WITH CAR PARKED IN FRONT AND APPLIED BRAKES AGGRESSIVELY. INCIDENT HAPPENED IN ELEMENTARY SCH...
Mileage: 35,000
MAKING LEFT TURN INTO PARKING SPOT. THE CAR WAS GOING VERY SLOWLY THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. VEHICLE WAS ABRUPTLY STEERED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO AVOID COLLISION WITH CAR PARKED IN FRONT AND APPLIED BRAKES AGGRESSIVELY. INCIDENT HAPPENED IN ELEMENTARY SCH...
Mileage: 35,000
UNLOCKED ALL OF THE DOORS USING REMOTE. OPENED DRIVER PASSENGER DOOR, AND PLACED GRANDDAUGHTER INTO CAR SEAT. CLOSED THE DOOR WITH THE KEY REMOTE INSIDE. THE SIENNA AUTOMATICALLY LOCKED ALL OF THE DOORS, AND I WAS UNABLE TO GET TO MY GRANDCHILD. ANOTHER KEY WAS QUICKLY FOUND TO UNLOCK THE DOOR. ...
Mileage: 34,000
THE REAR HATCH OF MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE CLOSES AUTOMATICALLY WHEN OPENING BY USING EITHER THE REMOTE OPENER OR BY OPENING MANUALLY. THE DOOR CRUSHED MY SON. *TR
Mileage: 57,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD ERRONEOUSLY BE SHIFTED INTO ANY GEAR WITHOUT HAVING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD RETURN HIS CALL AT A LATER DATE. THE F...
Mileage: 50,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 3 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO PARK, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRASH SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CRASHED SIDEWAYS INTO A BUILDING. THE ...
Mileage: 50,000
WE HAVE OWNED THE SIENNA FOR 4 YEARS AND 53,000 MILES WITHOUT INCIDENCE. WE HAVE HAD IT SERVICED BY THE TOYOTA DEALER AND HAVE HAD ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. ONE AFTERNOON, AFTER DRIVING THE SIENNA ALL DAY, WE PULLED IT INTO OUR DRIVEWAY (WHICH IS ON A SLIGHT INCLINE) AND PLACED IT INTO PARK. AFT...
Mileage: 53,000
WE HAVE OWNED THE SIENNA FOR 4 YEARS AND 53,000 MILES WITHOUT INCIDENCE. WE HAVE HAD IT SERVICED BY THE TOYOTA DEALER AND HAVE HAD ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. ONE AFTERNOON, AFTER DRIVING THE SIENNA ALL DAY, WE PULLED IT INTO OUR DRIVEWAY (WHICH IS ON A SLIGHT INCLINE) AND PLACED IT INTO PARK. AFT...
Mileage: 53,000
BOTH SLIDING DOORS ON OUR VAN STARTED TO SLOW WHEN OPENING AND CLOSING AND BEGAN TO MAKE A CLICKING OR CRACKLING NOISE. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND WERE TOLD THAT THE FRAMES WERE BENT ON BOTH SIDES AND WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND ...
Mileage: 46,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A PASSENGER WAS STANDING IN THE PATH OF THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR. THE DOOR WAS ENGAGED AND CLOSED ON THE PASSENGER, CRUSHING THE PASSENGER BETWEEN THE SLIDING DOOR AND THE FRAME. THE PASSENGER WAS TRANSPORTED TO A MEDICAL...
Mileage: 14,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT WAS STOPPED IN A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. THE VEHICLE CRASHED THROUGH THE PARKING SIGN AND INTO A TREE. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKES AND SHIFTED INTO REVERSE...
Mileage: 60,000
THE CAR WAS DRIVEN NORMALLY IN GEAR "D" AT 35 MPH BUT SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR FOR NO REASON. I STOPPED, PUT IN PARK, TURN OFF THE ENGINE, WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE CAR. IT WOULD THEN ONLY WORK IN GEAR "3" BUT I HAD TO FLOOR THE GAS PEDAL. AFTER STOPPING MULTIPLE TIMES, I WAS ABLE TO REACH ...
Mileage: 46,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED WITHOUT THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT ENGAGED HER CHILD RELEASE THE GEAR SHIFT FROM PARK AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED INTO THE MAILBOX. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THEY CANNOT DUPLICA...
Mileage: 55,900
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, SMOKE BEGAN TO EMIT FROM THE REAR. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT A HIGH PRESSURE HOSE UNDER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS PIERCED AND LEAKING OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP...
Mileage: 40,105
WE HAVE A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH AN AUTOMATIC LIFT GATE. WHEN YOU PUSH A BUTTON ON THE OVERHEAD CONSOLE OR ON THE REMOTE IT OPENS THE REAR LIFT GATE, PUSH AGAIN AND IT CLOSES AND LATCHES AUTOMATICALLY. HOWEVER, THE MECHANISM(S) THAT HOLDS IT OPEN HAS FAILED. SIMILAR TO FAILURE ON THE 2004-2006 ...
Mileage: 68,000
AT HIGHWAY SPEED, ALL LIGHTS FLICKER ON THEN LOST ALL POWER.......OILLINE HAD LEAKED ON ALTERNATOR BELT CAUSING LOSS OF POWER. LUCKILY POWER LOSS PREVENTED ENGINE DAMAGE FROM OIL LEAK. WE HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED BY TOYOTA ABOUT THE OIL LINE PROBLEM OR RECALL.....ONLY AFTER A LOCAL GARAGE FIXED THE LIN...
Mileage: 98,000
2009 NON POWER SLIDER DOOR TRANSMISSION REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP I PAID FOR LABOR SINCE I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY......2012 @ 99000 MILES SAME DOOR DOING SAME THING...WILL NOT LATCH . DEALER GOT IT TO CLOSE BUT SAYS THAT IT NEEDS A NEW LATCH SYSTEM AT A COST OF $700.00 THIS DOOR IS RARELY USED..........
Mileage: 38,439
AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR ON PASSENGER SIDE FAILED. STUCK HALFWAY OPEN. APPEARS TO BE A CABLE PROBLEM. RESEARCH DONE ON INTERNET SHOWS TO BE COMMON PROBLEM WITH APPROX. $1800.00 REPAIR PRICE. *TR
Mileage: 58,000
RIGHT REAR POWER SLIDING DOOR ON 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA LXE MALFUNCTIONED. DEALER QUOTED NEARLY $1000.00 TO FIX. RIDICULOUS. HAD DEALER DISCONNECT SYSTEM (OVER $70.00) AND NOW CAN USE DOOR MANUALLY ALTHOUGH DOOR IS CUMBERSOME TO MOVE -- ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR CHILDREN TO OPERATE. INEXCUSABLY POOR DES...
Mileage: 38,000
RIGHT REAR POWER SLIDING DOOR ON 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA LXE MALFUNCTIONED. DEALER QUOTED NEARLY $1000.00 TO FIX. RIDICULOUS. HAD DEALER DISCONNECT SYSTEM (OVER $70.00) AND NOW CAN USE DOOR MANUALLY ALTHOUGH DOOR IS CUMBERSOME TO MOVE -- ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR CHILDREN TO OPERATE. INEXCUSABLY POOR DES...
Mileage: 38,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE VALVE STEM DETACHED WHILE ADDING AIR TO THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 35,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAIL...
Mileage: 35,000
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT; NEEDS COMPLETE REPLACEMENT. 2008 VEHICLE WITH ONLY 78,000 MILES SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Mileage: 78,000
RUBBER ON THE TRUNK RELEASE HATCH MELTS AND SOMETIMES CAUSES THE TRUNK TO UNLATCH BY ITSELF. CONTACTED 2 LOCAL DEALERSHIPS AND NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED AND THEY WANT ABOUT $300 TO REPLACE. *TR
Mileage: 9,000
THE RUBBERIZED SURFACE OF THE REAR DOOR LATCH HAS DISSOLVED INTO GOO. I ASSUME THAT HEAT FROM AN ELECTRICAL SHORT MELTED THE RUBBER. THUS, TWO PROBLEMS: 1) THIS MAY BE A SIGN OF A SERIOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM THAT WILL MANIFEST ITSELF AGAIN BUT WITH RESPECT TO A CRITICAL COMPONENT; AND 2) EACH TIME ...
Mileage: 45,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEA PUSH ROD FRACTURED CAUSING A HOLE IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE HE WAS INFORMED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE...
Mileage: 60,600
I ARRIVED AT WORK AND USED THE INTERIOR PUSH BUTTON TO OPEN THE POWER DOOR ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF MY VAN AFTER EXITING THE VAN MY KEY FOB WOULD NOT ACTIVATE THE CLOSE OF THE DOOR. IT WAS DARK AND I CLOSED THE DOOR MANUALLY. AFTER LEAVING WORK I ATTEMPTED TO ACTIVATE AND OPEN THE SAME DOOR WITH MY ...
Mileage: 57,000
MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA HAS AN AUTOMATIC LIFT GATE. YOU PUSH A BUTTON ON THE OVERHEAD CONSOLE OR ON THE KEY FOB AND IT OPENS THE REAR LIFT GATE, PUSH AGAIN AND IT CLOSES AND LATCHES AUTOMATICALLY. HOWEVER, THE MECHANISM(S) THAT HOLDS IT OPEN HAS FAILED. SIMILAR TO FAILURE ON THE 2004-2006 SIENNA THAT ...
Mileage: 38,512
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DETECT A TROUBLE CODE. THE ...
Mileage: 34,680
SON OPENED POWER SLIDING DRIVERS SIDE PASSENGER DOOR. UPON CLOSING, DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH SHUT. DOOR HAD TO BE HELD SHUT BY ADULT. DEALER HAS QUOTED $995 AT THIS POINT JUST TO GET DOOR TO CLOSE, STATING A "RUSTY CABLE" IS CAUSING THE ISSUE. REPRESENTATIVE AT TOYOTA CUSTOMER CARE ADVISED THAT VEHI...
Mileage: 70,000
2008 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH APPROX. 45K MILES. DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AFTER WEDDING. TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON. A MINUTE LATER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. HALF MILE FROM EXIT, DECIDE TO TAKE EXIT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. AS REACH GAS STATION RIGHT OFF EXIT, OIL LIGHT COMES ON. CHECK OIL AND SEE NO ...
Mileage: 45,000
2008 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH APPROX. 45K MILES. DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AFTER WEDDING. TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON. A MINUTE LATER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. HALF MILE FROM EXIT, DECIDE TO TAKE EXIT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. AS REACH GAS STATION RIGHT OFF EXIT, OIL LIGHT COMES ON. CHECK OIL AND SEE NO ...
Mileage: 45,000
THE EXPOSED CABLE OF THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR ON PASSENGER SIDE SNAPPED WHILE THE DOOR WAS IN MOTION.
Mileage: 50,200
MY 2008 SIENNA HESITATES WHEN GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED AFTER SLOWING DOWN. THE ENGINE REVS FAST (ENGINE IS LOUD) BUT CAR DOES NOT RESPOND ACCORDINGLY BY MOVING AHEAD UNTIL A COUPLE OF SECONDS LATER. USUALLY I WOULD RELEASE THE GAS PEDAL TO PREVENT THE ENGINE REV FROM GOING VERY HIGH. THIS HAPPENS INTER...
THE SLIDING DOORS, PASSENGER AND DRIVER ARE NOW CLOSED. PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WAS AUTOMATIC AND CLOSING ON MY CHILDREN WHEN THEY WOULD ENTER OR EXIT. DOORS WOULD STOP IN MIDDLE AND THEN REFUSE TO OPEN OR CLOSE. AS I STATED NOW THEY CAN NOT BE OPENED. DEALER SAID IT IS $400 TO FIX MANUAL AND $1500 FOR ...
Mileage: 58,000
THE SLIDING DOOR OPENED WHEN THE CAR WAS MOVING,THEN FAILED TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE BY POWER OR MANUALLY. *TR
Mileage: 85,200
THE SLIDING DOOR OPENED WHEN THE CAR WAS MOVING,THEN FAILED TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE BY POWER OR MANUALLY. *TR
Mileage: 85,200
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE RPMS INCREASED AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT; HOWEVER, IN MAY 2011, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. SHE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OF...
Mileage: 16
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE LATCH AND BATTERY WERE DEFECTIVE. THE PARTS WERE REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTAC...
Mileage: 20,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE LATCH AND BATTERY WERE DEFECTIVE. THE PARTS WERE REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTAC...
Mileage: 20,000
2008 TOYOTA SIENNA LE MY SON - WHO HAS AUTISM HAD ACCIDENTALLY ZIPPED HIS JACKET OVER HIS SEAT BELT. HE GOT SCARED AND ASKED ME TO HELP HIM - SO I OPENING OUR AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR (DRIVER SIDE) TO HELP HIM UNZIP THE JACKET. WHILE I STOOD THERE TRYING TO GET HIS JACKET UNZIPPED - THE SLIDING DOO...
3/12/11 I WAS DRIVING AT 55 MPH ON STATE RT 104 IN COLUMBUS OHIO WHEN I HAD TO GET ON MY BRAKES HEAVILY TO AVOID HITTING A VAN THAT WAS TURNING IN FRONT OF ME, THE FOLLOWING CAR DID NOT STOP AND COLLIDED WITH ME FORCING ME INTO THE VAN IN FRONT CAUSING HEAVY DAMAGE TO THE REAR VEHICLE AND TO MINE . ...
Mileage: 62,600
I HAVE A RADIAN XTSL CAR SEAT THAT WILL NOT STAY TIGHTLY INSTALLED IN MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA WHEN INSTALLED WITH LATCH IN EITHER THE FF OR RF POSITION. I INSTALL IT CORRECTLY, BUT DUE TO THE ANGLE THE LOOSENING MECEHANISM HITS THE SEAT IT CONTINUALLY BECOMES LOOSE. I NOTICED THIS WHEN I PULLED ON THE...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT WAS OCCUPIED AND THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT BECOME LOOSE AROUND THE PASSENGER UNTIL THE SEAT BELT WAS UNLATCHED. THE SEAT BELT HAD BECOME EXTREMELY TIGHT AROUND THE PASSENGER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZ...
Mileage: 18,000
INITIALLY IN COLD WEATHER ONLY, THE TAIL GATE / HATCH / REAR DOOR WOULD START TO CLOSE SLOWLY OF ITS OWN ACCORD. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WOULD THEN ASSUME YOU HAD ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR BY HAND AND THE ELECTRIC MOTOR WOULD KICK IN AND CLOSE THE DOOR ON TOP OF YOU IF YOU DID NOT REALIZE AND MOVE. ...
INITIALLY IN COLD WEATHER ONLY, THE TAIL GATE / HATCH / REAR DOOR WOULD START TO CLOSE SLOWLY OF ITS OWN ACCORD. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WOULD THEN ASSUME YOU HAD ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR BY HAND AND THE ELECTRIC MOTOR WOULD KICK IN AND CLOSE THE DOOR ON TOP OF YOU IF YOU DID NOT REALIZE AND MOVE. ...
PROBLEM WITH REAR DISC BRAKES IN 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. DEALER FOUND PROBLEM WITH CALIPER PISTON. RUST ON CLIP APPARENTLY CAUSED THE CALIPER PISTON TO STAY EXTENDED AND KEEP THE DISC BRAKE PAD IN CONTACT WITH THE BRAKE. REAR BRAKES FAILED AT 33K MILES. REPAIR PERFORMED AT CUSTOMER EXPENSE. SERVICE...
Mileage: 33,000
UPON ACCELERATING BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR (7-15) MILES AN HOUR, ESPECIALLY AFTER BREAKING, THE VEHICLE HESITATES AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. THE RPM'S GO UP BUT THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE. THIS MAINLY HAPPENS WHEN MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN WHEN NOT FULLY STOPPING. I ALSO HAVE HAD IT HAPPEN WHEN MAKING ...
Mileage: 20,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH IN HEAVY RAIN, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL WHICH RESULTED IN A CRASH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE CUR...
Mileage: 50,000
SLIDING DOORS FAILED. LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD AT 34,9K MILES, BROUGHT TO DEALER INDICATING BOTH DOORS INTERMITTENTLY PARTIALLY OPEN OR CLOSE DURING POWER OPERATION. DEALER FOUND BOTH REAR LATCHES WERE NOT HOLDING AND WERE REPLACED. TWO WEEKS LATER, AT 35,2 MILES PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED AND DEALER C...
Mileage: 34,989
SLIDING DOORS FAILED. LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD AT 34,9K MILES, BROUGHT TO DEALER INDICATING BOTH DOORS INTERMITTENTLY PARTIALLY OPEN OR CLOSE DURING POWER OPERATION. DEALER FOUND BOTH REAR LATCHES WERE NOT HOLDING AND WERE REPLACED. TWO WEEKS LATER, AT 35,2 MILES PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED AND DEALER C...
Mileage: 34,989
THERE IS AN INTERMITTENT LAG IN THROTTLE RESPONSE AFTER PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATION PEDAL FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS. DURING THE LAG PERIOD, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ACCELERATE. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS THEN FOLLOWED BY A LUNGE IN THE VEHICLE, ALMOST AS IF THE VEHICLE?S ELECTRONIC ACCELERATION SYSTEM...
Mileage: 20,850
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE, NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 10V160000, STRUCTURE IN REFERENCE TO THE CORROSION ON THE SPARE TIRE ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER WHO INFORMED HIM THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH HIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS...
Mileage: 18,000
THE RUN-FLAT TIRES START TO MAKE NOISE, AND THEN ONE DAY BEGIN TO VIBRATE BADLY. THE STEEL BELTS SEPARATE ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE, AND CATASTROPHICALLY FAIL WITH POTENTIAL TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. WE PULL OVER AND HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALER WHO REPLACES THE TIRES. THIS HAPPENS EVERY 10,000...
THE RUN-FLAT TIRES START TO MAKE NOISE, AND THEN ONE DAY BEGIN TO VIBRATE BADLY. THE STEEL BELTS SEPARATE ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE, AND CATASTROPHICALLY FAIL WITH POTENTIAL TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. WE PULL OVER AND HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALER WHO REPLACES THE TIRES. THIS HAPPENS EVERY 10,000...
DURING A 30,000 MILE CHECK UP ON OUR 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA ALL WHEEL DRIVE VAN, WE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT AND REAR BREAKS BECAUSE THEY WERE GROUND DOWN AND DANGEROUS, ACCORDING TO OUR TOYOTA DEALER WHERE THE REPAIRS WHERE MADE. PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED, ROTORS HAD TO BE GROUND DOWN FOR BOTH FRONT AN...
Mileage: 30,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK, THE VEHICLE IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES ABRUPTLY AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING ANY FURTHER. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCEL...
Mileage: 25,000
2008 TOYOTA SIENNA LE, PURCHASED NEW. AT 5K MILES 1/2 TREAD WAS GONE ON FRONT TIRES PER REPAIR TECH NOTES. AT 15K FRONT TIRES WERE 2MM INSIDE AND BALD ON THE OUTSIDE, AND FRONT BRAKES WERE AT 1MM, ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. WENT BACK TO DEALERSHIP DUE TO NOISE COMING FROM BRAKES TWICE. CUR...
2008 TOYOTA SIENNA LE, PURCHASED NEW. AT 5K MILES 1/2 TREAD WAS GONE ON FRONT TIRES PER REPAIR TECH NOTES. AT 15K FRONT TIRES WERE 2MM INSIDE AND BALD ON THE OUTSIDE, AND FRONT BRAKES WERE AT 1MM, ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. WENT BACK TO DEALERSHIP DUE TO NOISE COMING FROM BRAKES TWICE. CUR...
2008 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN. BRAKES ARE SOFT AND HAVE GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE WITH TIME. AT 29000 MILES THE BRAKE PEDAL FADES COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED THE REAR BRAKE PADS, THE FRONT BRAKE PADS ARE LOW BUT STILL WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS. THE MECHANIC STATES...
Mileage: 29,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WAS DEFECTIVE. THE TIRES WERE PROTRUDING IN DIFFERENT ANGLES INWARD AND OUTWARD. THE ABS SYSTEM WOULD ENGAGE INDEPENDENTLY, THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS LEAKING INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT WO...
Mileage: 2,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WAS DEFECTIVE. THE TIRES WERE PROTRUDING IN DIFFERENT ANGLES INWARD AND OUTWARD. THE ABS SYSTEM WOULD ENGAGE INDEPENDENTLY, THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS LEAKING INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT WO...
Mileage: 2,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WAS DEFECTIVE. THE TIRES WERE PROTRUDING IN DIFFERENT ANGLES INWARD AND OUTWARD. THE ABS SYSTEM WOULD ENGAGE INDEPENDENTLY, THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS LEAKING INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT WO...
Mileage: 2,000
2008 SIENNA DRIVERS DOOR STUCK OPEN, STARTED MAKING A GROANING SOUND, CABLE SNAPPED. NOW TOYOTA WANTS 1700 BUCKS TO FIX IT. MY VAN IS 2 YEARS OLD, MILEAGE HAS IT OUT OF WARRANTY. THE CABLE SNAPPED, YOU CANNOT PURCHASE THE CABLE YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE THE MOTOR ALSO... *TR
Mileage: 44,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE ELECTRONIC SLIDING DOORS WERE INOPERABLE. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED DUE TO DUST IN BETWEEN THE DOOR PANELS. THE DOOR PANELS WERE CLEANED YET THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER ADV...
Mileage: 28,000
TAILGATE WILL NOT STAY IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. AS SOON AS THE TAILGATE IS LIFTED, THE GATE SLAMS SHUT. IF SOMEONE WERE UNDERNEATH THE GATE, IT WOULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR EVEN DEATH. THIS IS THE SECOND TOYOTA SIENNA THAT WE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Mileage: 37,000
ALL OF THE SUDDEN WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (2008 SIENNA LIMITED AWD) LAST TWO WEEK IT SUDDENLY STOPPED WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT 75 MPH. WITH NOT PRIOR SIGNS OF MALFUNCTION BEFORE THE INCIDENT. I TRIED TO START IT UP BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. (AUGUST 1, 680 SOUTH BOND AL COSTA BLVD IS WHERE MY CAR ...
Mileage: 30,000
ALL OF THE SUDDEN WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (2008 SIENNA LIMITED AWD) LAST TWO WEEK IT SUDDENLY STOPPED WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT 75 MPH. WITH NOT PRIOR SIGNS OF MALFUNCTION BEFORE THE INCIDENT. I TRIED TO START IT UP BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. (AUGUST 1, 680 SOUTH BOND AL COSTA BLVD IS WHERE MY CAR ...
Mileage: 30,000
2008 TOYOTA SIENNA HESITATION AFTER SLOW SPEED TURN/STOP. AFTER SLOWING DOWN FOR A SPEED BUMP OR FOR A TURN, THERE IS A LAG IN THROTTLE RESPONSE AFTER PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL. WHEN STEPPING BACK ON THE GAS PEDAL, THE ENGINE REVS BUT THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGEMENT IS DELAYED. THIS VEHICLE CONSISTEN...
Mileage: 1,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE IN THE PASSENGERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INSTALLED A RUBBER LINING BUT THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOORS WERE NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED. THE T...
Mileage: 83,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE IN THE PASSENGERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INSTALLED A RUBBER LINING BUT THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOORS WERE NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED. THE T...
Mileage: 83,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE IN THE PASSENGERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INSTALLED A RUBBER LINING BUT THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOORS WERE NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED. THE T...
Mileage: 83,000
PULLING 2008 TOTALLY SIENNA INTO PARKING SPOT. AS I WAS TURNING MY STEERING WHEEL TOWARDS THE LEFT INTO THE PARKING SPACE, THE VAN SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD AT A HIGH SPEED AND CRASHED INTO A CAR PARKED ADJACENT TO THE SPACE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK IN. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE EVENT. AFTER APPROPR...
Mileage: 60,500
1. ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON ALERTING US TO A PROBLEM (CHECK ENGINE, SERVICE ENGINE, ETC.). AFTER ALLEGED REPAIR, SPOUSE DROVE TO FAMILIES HOUSE APPROXIMATE 600 MILES AWAY AND FOUND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OIL HAD LEAKED FROM THE SYSTEM - OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED AS PART OF THE FIX. A SECOND DEALER, AT T...
Mileage: 25,000
1. ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON ALERTING US TO A PROBLEM (CHECK ENGINE, SERVICE ENGINE, ETC.). AFTER ALLEGED REPAIR, SPOUSE DROVE TO FAMILIES HOUSE APPROXIMATE 600 MILES AWAY AND FOUND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OIL HAD LEAKED FROM THE SYSTEM - OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED AS PART OF THE FIX. A SECOND DEALER, AT T...
Mileage: 25,000
1. ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON ALERTING US TO A PROBLEM (CHECK ENGINE, SERVICE ENGINE, ETC.). AFTER ALLEGED REPAIR, SPOUSE DROVE TO FAMILIES HOUSE APPROXIMATE 600 MILES AWAY AND FOUND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OIL HAD LEAKED FROM THE SYSTEM - OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED AS PART OF THE FIX. A SECOND DEALER, AT T...
Mileage: 25,000
PULLED INTO PARKING SPACE AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND HOPPED ONTO CURB AND RAN INTO PILLAR AT A RESTAURANT. LUCKILY NOBODY WAS EATING ON THE SIDEWALK WHERE VAN ENDED UP. PLACED VEHICLE INTO PARK AND REMOVED FOOT FROM BRAKE AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO LUNGE FORWARD. IMMEDIATELY HIT BRAKES AG...
Mileage: 15,000
I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE TIME OF OWNERSHIP. (BOUGHT NEW FEB 2008). THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING PWR DOOR STICKS CLOSED. I WOULD TAKE IT TO THE DEALER, AND IT WOULDN'T DO IT, AND THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM. THEY JUST KEPT TELLING ME IT WAS BECAUSE I LI...
THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY JULY 10, 2010 SATURDAY IN THE REGIONAL PARKS PARKING LOT. SINCE IT'S UNPAVED SO THERE WAS ROCKS AND DIRT ON THE GROUND SO I WAS DRIVING EXTREMELY SLOW TO COME TO A STOP AT A SPOT TO PARK ' I WAS DRIVING WAY BELOW 5 MPH AND EVEN SLOWER WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO COME TO STOP ' AS I ...
Mileage: 35,000
THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY JULY 10, 2010 SATURDAY IN THE REGIONAL PARKS PARKING LOT. SINCE IT'S UNPAVED SO THERE WAS ROCKS AND DIRT ON THE GROUND SO I WAS DRIVING EXTREMELY SLOW TO COME TO A STOP AT A SPOT TO PARK ' I WAS DRIVING WAY BELOW 5 MPH AND EVEN SLOWER WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO COME TO STOP ' AS I ...
Mileage: 35,000
2008 TOYOTA SIENNA AWD LEAKING GEAR OIL ONTO EXHAUST SYSTEM FROM AWD TRANSFER CASE. OIL IS BURNING. *TR
Mileage: 20,000
IN THE SUMMER OF 2009 MY TOYOTA 2008 SIENNA XLE AWD ENGINE SPEED SLOWLY STARTED TO CLIMB WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT FOLLOWED BUT I BELIEVE I PLACED IT INTO NEUTRAL, STOPPED, PLACED IT INTO PARK (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) AND TURNED THE ENGINE O...
Mileage: 15,000
THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT RESPOND TO GET THE CAR INTO THE FIRST OR LOWEST GEAR WHEN PRESSING ON ACCELERATOR IF YOU DO NOT COME TO A COMPLETE FULL STOP AT AN INTERSECTION. IT ALSO APPEARS THAT PRIOR BRAKING OR SLOWING THE VEHICLE AS YOU COME TO A STOP AFFECTS HOW THE CAR SHIFTS INTO GEARS AND COULD ...
Mileage: 41,000
EARLY AM ON 6/1/10 I WAS DRIVING TO MY CABIN IN THE COUNTRY AND HEARD A SOFT POPPING SOUND, STOPPED MY CAR AND SMOKE BEGAN FLOWING OUT ALL OPENING AROUND THE HOOD, WHEN I LOOKED UNDER THE CAR I SAW FIRE FALLING TO THE ROAD. I WENT TO THE PASSENGER SIDE AND OPENED THE DOOR ONLY TO FIND THAT AREA FILL...
Mileage: 10,000
I HAVE A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA AWD. SATURDAY AFTERNOON I WAS DRIVING EAST ALONG LEE HIGHWAY IN ARLINGTON, VA (PROBABLY MOVING AT ABOUT 30 TO 35 MPH) WITH MY TWO SMALL CHILDREN, AND I SLOWED AS I APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION WITH HARRISON STREET (WHICH IS A RATHER BUSY INTERSECTION). MY TRAFFIC LIGHT W...
I HAVE A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA AWD. SATURDAY AFTERNOON I WAS DRIVING EAST ALONG LEE HIGHWAY IN ARLINGTON, VA (PROBABLY MOVING AT ABOUT 30 TO 35 MPH) WITH MY TWO SMALL CHILDREN, AND I SLOWED AS I APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION WITH HARRISON STREET (WHICH IS A RATHER BUSY INTERSECTION). MY TRAFFIC LIGHT W...
TOYOTA SIENNA 2008 LIFT GATE FELL ON HEAD OF CHILD- THE LIFT GATE IS NOW UNSTEADY ALL THE TIME AND WILL NOT HOLD THE WEIGHT OF THE GATE UP. *TR
SUNROOF GLASS SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WITH NO APPARENT REASON (NO COLLISION, NO BAD ROAD CONDITION). *TR
Mileage: 27,300
SUNROOF GLASS SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WITH NO APPARENT REASON (NO COLLISION, NO BAD ROAD CONDITION). *TR
Mileage: 27,300
TL-*THE CONTACT OWNS 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. AS THE CONTACT WAS PULLING INTO THEIR DRIVEWAY AT 10 MPH WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED RACING. THE DEALER STATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE BRAKES OR ACCELERATOR A...
Mileage: 12,573
2008 TOYOTA SIENNA ACCELERATION HESITATION THIS MINIVAN HESITATES FROM DRIVER ACCELERATION FOR 1-2 SECONDS INTERMITTENTLY AT VERY LOW SPEEDS. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM CAN BE REPRODUCED VERY EASILY BY MAKING A CORNER TURN AT LOW SPEED, AND INCREASING ACCELERATION AFTER THE TURN. THE MINIVAN WILL NOT...
2008 TOYOTA SIENNA ACCELERATION HESITATION THIS MINIVAN HESITATES FROM DRIVER ACCELERATION FOR 1-2 SECONDS INTERMITTENTLY AT VERY LOW SPEEDS. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM CAN BE REPRODUCED VERY EASILY BY MAKING A CORNER TURN AT LOW SPEED, AND INCREASING ACCELERATION AFTER THE TURN. THE MINIVAN WILL NOT...
ENGINE ACCELERATED WHILE PARKING IN A PARKING SPOT AND CRASHED INTO A POLE. *TR
Mileage: 51,398
I HAVE A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN. I HAD ONCE GOTTEN A FLAT TIRE ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO. I TRIED TO UNWIND MY SPARE TIRE FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE UNSCREWING THE BOLT TO LOWER THE SPARE TIRE USING THE WINCH MECHANISM. ONCE THE SPARE WAS LOWERED I COULD NOT PULL THE WIRE BACK UP AGAIN. ONCE THE FLAT WAS R...
Mileage: 48,000
I HAVE A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN. I HAD ONCE GOTTEN A FLAT TIRE ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO. I TRIED TO UNWIND MY SPARE TIRE FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE UNSCREWING THE BOLT TO LOWER THE SPARE TIRE USING THE WINCH MECHANISM. ONCE THE SPARE WAS LOWERED I COULD NOT PULL THE WIRE BACK UP AGAIN. ONCE THE FLAT WAS R...
Mileage: 48,000
VEHICLE TRAVELING 35MPH ON A LEVEL STREET. WARM,DRY,WINDY,CLOUDY AFTERNOON. SUDDEN ACCELERATION! BRIEF (1-2 SECONDS) ENDED BEFORE I COULD DEPRESS THE BRAKE. NO DAMAGE,COLLISION OR INJURY OCCURRED. JUST STARTLED. CHECKED FOR FLOOR MAT OR OTHER VISIBLE OBSTRUCTION/ IMPEDANCE, NONE APPARENT. ...
Mileage: 22,553
VEHICLE TRAVELING 35MPH ON A LEVEL STREET. WARM,DRY,WINDY,CLOUDY AFTERNOON. SUDDEN ACCELERATION! BRIEF (1-2 SECONDS) ENDED BEFORE I COULD DEPRESS THE BRAKE. NO DAMAGE,COLLISION OR INJURY OCCURRED. JUST STARTLED. CHECKED FOR FLOOR MAT OR OTHER VISIBLE OBSTRUCTION/ IMPEDANCE, NONE APPARENT. ...
Mileage: 22,553
LTR FWD FM (IL) INQUIRING WHY HIS 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA IS NOT CURRENTLY UNDER RECALL FOR SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. *TGW THE CONSUMER WANTED TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCES, MECHANICALLY, TECHNOLOGICALLY AND ELECTRONICALLY BETWEEN HIS MODEL AND THOSE THAT ARE UNDER RECALL.
DRIVING MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA AND IT FELT FUNNY AND I HEARD SOME RATTLING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. NO IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS BUT I KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS DEFINITELY WRONG. I CHECKED THE OIL AND THE DIP STICK WAS COMPLETELY DRY! I PUT IN A FEW QUARTS OF OIL AND IT CAME OUT ALL OVER UNDERNEATH THE CA...
Mileage: 35,550
BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND. COMING TO A RED LIGHT I APPLIED BRAKES WITH NO RESPONSE, SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND APPLIES BRAKES AGAIN. NO REACTION. :( RESULTED IN REAR ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TR
Mileage: 33,500
WE BOUGHT A NEW-TO-US 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH A POWER OPERATED PASSENGER DOOR. WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF PURCHASE WE PARKED IN OUR CHURCH PARKING LOT (NOT ON AN OBVIOUS INCLINE) AND PUSHED THE INTERNAL BUTTON FOR THE POWER DOOR. I WENT TO TAKE MY CHILD OUT OF HER CAR SEAT AND THE DOOR AUTOMATICALLY CLOSED O...
Mileage: 41,950
WE BOUGHT A NEW-TO-US 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH A POWER OPERATED PASSENGER DOOR. WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF PURCHASE WE PARKED IN OUR CHURCH PARKING LOT (NOT ON AN OBVIOUS INCLINE) AND PUSHED THE INTERNAL BUTTON FOR THE POWER DOOR. I WENT TO TAKE MY CHILD OUT OF HER CAR SEAT AND THE DOOR AUTOMATICALLY CLOSED O...
Mileage: 41,950
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 5 MPH ATTEMPTING TO PULL INTO HIS DRIVEWAY THE VEHICLE HAD SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO HIS SCREEN DOOR. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED FOR THE INCIDENT. THE VEHI...
Mileage: 30,000
2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. *TR
Mileage: 44,000
2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. *TR
Mileage: 44,000
WE RECENTLY PURCHASED A USED 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. JUST BEFORE 10 A.M. TODAY, I PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY, JUST LIKE I HAVE EVERY DAY FOR 13 YEARS, TURNED TOWARD THE GARAGE, FOLLOWING THE CURVE OF THE DRIVEWAY. I TOUCHED THE BUTTON TO OPEN THE LEFT GARAGE DOOR, JUST LIKE I ALWAYS DO. I WAS DRIVING VER...
Mileage: 45,289
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION. THE "ENGINE" WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED IN A FLASHING MOTION ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC T...
Mileage: 15,255
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM IN MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN. RATHER THAN THE ACCELERATION PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECALLS, MY VAN SOMETIMES DOES NOT RESPOND APPROPRIATELY, EG. THERE IS EXCESSIVE HESITATION AND LACK OF ACCELERATION WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. THERE ARE...
Mileage: 38,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT HIS TIRES AREN'T LASTING LONG. THE TIRES ARE GENERALLY SUPPOSE TO BE GOOD QUALITY TIRES AND SHOULD NOT EXPERIENCE WEAR AND TEAR UNTIL AT LEAST 25,000 MILES. AS OF 16,000 MILES THE TIRES SEEMED AS IF THEY WERE ON THE VEHICLE FOR YEARS....
Mileage: 16,000
MAKING A SHARP LEFT TURN CROSSING A RR TRACK BRAKE WAS APPLIED TO NEGOTIATE CURVE, CAR DID NOT DECELERATE RESULTING IN WIDE TURN, STRIKING RR TRACK, SWINGING CAR,AND RUNNING DOWN THE TRACK. REPAIRS ROUGHLY $12,000.. SECOND INCIDENT: NOVEMBER 2009. BACKED OUT OF PARKING SPACE, CAR ACCELERATED IN ...
Mileage: 12,000
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) TOYOTA SIENNA LE 2008 DID NOT STOP WHEN BRAKING. ISSUE WITH ACCELERATION ON TACHOMETER AFTER BRAKING. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO TOYOTA COLLISION CENTER ON 2/1/10 THE FIRST BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE ACCIDEN...
Mileage: 39,500
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) TOYOTA SIENNA LE 2008 DID NOT STOP WHEN BRAKING. ISSUE WITH ACCELERATION ON TACHOMETER AFTER BRAKING. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO TOYOTA COLLISION CENTER ON 2/1/10 THE FIRST BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE ACCIDEN...
Mileage: 39,500
I HAVE 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA LIMITED AWD. I HAVE ABOUT 16500 MILES. MY PROBLEM STARTED WHEN THE CAR HAD ABOUT 1000 MILES. ON PARKING WHEN I TURN THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT, SHORTLY AFTER I STARTED TURNING THE WHEEL I COULD HEAR AND FEEL (ON THE WHEEL) A CONSTANT CLICKING NOISE. THIS NOISE SHOWS UP ONLY WHE...
Mileage: 1,000
ON APRIL 1, 2008, AT ABOUT 9:30 P.M., MY TWO SONS, 19 AND 16, AND MY YOUNGEST SON'S FRIEND DROVE SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 35 OUT OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS UPON CONCLUSION OF A TWINS GAME. ABOUT THREE BLOCKS NORTH OF CROSSTOWN HIGHWAY 62, GOING 60 MPH I PASSED A CAR BY PUTTING THE ACCELERATOR ON THE FLOOR...
Mileage: 9,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN. THE BRAKE PEDAL DOES NOT HOLD PRESSURE PERMANENTLY WHICH CAUSED DIFFICULTY IN SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000. THE CURREN...
Mileage: 8,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPF WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO REDUCE SPEED WHEN THE SENOR RECOGNIZED ANOTHER VEHICLE APPROACHING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM CHANGED LANES, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO THE SET SPEE...
Mileage: 1,000
I APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION OF CORTZ RD. AND 34 ST. IN BRADENTON, FL IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE TRAFFIC LIGHT CHANGED FROM RED TO GREEN, THE LINE OF TRAFFIC STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD. I APPLIED ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE AS NEEDED WITH TRAFFIC, THEN THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED SUDDENLY ,I LET UP ON THE AC...
Mileage: 45,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. SHE EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE 5 TO 8 TIMES SINCE SHE OWED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHENEVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH ON UNEVEN PAVEMENT. THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY; YET THEY BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY ...
Mileage: 4
I OWN AND DRIVE A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. I PULLED OUT OF CAR WASH AND DROVE OVER TO A CAR VACUUM CENTER AT LESS THAN 5MPH. AS I APPROACHED THE VACUUM AREA I TOUCHED THE BRAKE AND THE CAR ACCELERATED FAST, RAN INTO A METAL POST ,METAL FENCE AND OVER A CURB ALMOST HITTING INDIVIDUALS IN THE AREA. THIS OC...
Mileage: 44,500
HI I HAVE A TOYOTA SIENNA 2009.IT HAS ONLY 11,000 MILES ON IT. I DO THE MAINTENANCE ON TIME. TWO MONTHS BACK I DRIVE A 800 MILE TO OTHER STATE. AFTER 200 MILES WE NOTICE THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL THE CAR ON TIME. WE GO THE NEAR BY TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME THEY CHECKED THE BRAKES AND TOLD ME THA...
Mileage: 10,000
PISTON SLAP ON TOYOTA 3.5 L V6 SINCE NEW. VERY LOUD WHEN COLD IN COOLER TEMPERATURES..CA ARBITRATOR AGREES WITH TOYOTA THAT THIS IS NORMAL FOR THIS ENGINE. I CANNOT SELL THIS CAR WITH THIS NOISE BUT TOYOTA DOESN'T CARE. TOYOTA HAS HAD A FEW COMPLAINTS BUT NO FAILURES YET. PISTON SLAP WEARS THE PISTO...
Mileage: 67
BELOW STEERING PROBLEMS PERSIST TO THE PRESENT, DESPITE NUMEROUS REPAIR ATTEMPTS BY TOYOTA DEALERSHIP EMPLOYEES AND TOYOTA ENGINEERS. THE APPROXIMATE DATE OF INCIDENT LISTED WITH THIS REPORT REPRESENTS THE DATE OF PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE / TIME FIRST OCCURRED. ALTHOUGH SEVERAL ISSUES ARE PRESENT, I ...
Mileage: 300
I OWN A 2008 SIENNA. THERE IS AN ACCELERATION PROBLEM THAT I CAN REPLICATE. IT OCCURS WHEN STOPPING AT THE BOTTOM OF AN INCLINE. ALTHOUGH SIENNA IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST, IT SHOULD BE. IT OCCURS OFTEN, THE MAJORITY OF TIMES WHEN GOING DOWN A HILL. MY CONCERN IS THAT IT WILL OCCUR UNEXPECTEDL...
Mileage: 1,000
THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO MY 2/4/2010 REPORT (ODI #10305864) ABOUT MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. EVER SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW IN FALL 2008, THERE IS NOTICEABLE MOMENTARY UNINTENDED ACCELERATION BRIEFLY WHENEVER I PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL AT SPEEDS OF ABOUT 30-40 MPH. THEN THE BRAKE TAKES HOLD. I HAD NOT GIVEN MY V...
Mileage: 1
DATE: DECEMBER 31ST 2009 TIME:8:00AM TO 8:30AM AUTO : TOYOTA SIENNA LE - 2008 MODEL IT WAS SNOWING THAT DAY AND I WAS DRIVING 5 MILES PER HOUR WITHIN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD. WHEN I WAS MAKING A TURN, THE VEHICLE SKIDDED AUTOMATICALLY AND COLLIDED WITH FOOTPATH. IN THAT THE TIRE, WHEEL, SUSPENSION,S...
Mileage: 16,150
2008 TOYOTA SIENNA--MOMENTARY MILD INADVERTENT ACCELERATION UPON APPLICATION OF BRAKE, MOSTLY NOTICED AT LOWER SPEEDS (30-40 MPH). THEN BRAKE TAKES HOLD. FOR THE 1-2 SECONDS OF ACCELERATION, IT FEELS SMOOTHER AS IF CAR IS IN HIGHER GEAR FOR THAT MOMENT. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW, TOYOTA SAYS THIS IS A NO...
WE DROVE FROM PEMBROKE TO NORTH CAROLINA, TAKING A FEW BREAKS IN BETWEEN TWO WEEKS AGO. WE PULLED INTO A SERVICE STATION TO USE THE REST ROOMS AND PURCHASE COLD DRINKS, IN ROANKE SPRINGS, NC. MY WIFE PULLED INTO A HANDICAPPED PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF THE STORE. SHE WAS ONLY 10 FEET FROM STO...
Mileage: 28,756
ON JAN 29, 2010 MY 11 YRS. DAUGHTER AND I WERE TRAVELING IN OUR 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA SOUTH ON HWY 51/I39. THE ROADS AND WEATHER WERE BASICALLY DRY. I HAD JUST SET THE CRUISE ON 71MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SURGED AHEAD, THE SPEEDOMETER SAID 80, AND WITHIN A MINUTE HAD REDUCED TO THE 71MPH I HAD SET. IT WAS...
Mileage: 45
TOYOTA SIENNA 2008 MODEL. HALTED TO MAKE A TURN IN A PARKING LOT, LESS THAN 5-10MPH. SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE EVENTHOUGH I WAS PRESSING HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. NOT MENTIONED IN THE RECENT VEHICLE RECALL BY TOYOTA. *TR
Mileage: 25,000
A TOYOTA SIENNA 2008 WAS TURNING SLOWLY ON A CURVE AND THEN IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED VERY FAST AND WENT THROUGH A FENCE HITTING A WALL. THE AIRBAGS OPENED UP AS WELL. *TR
TOYOTA GAS PEDAL STUCK. I REALIZE THAT THERE IS ALREADY SOMETHING IN THE WORKS FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT I WANTED TO ADD MY STORY, MY FAMILY AND I WERE TRAVELING IN WICHITA HWY54 AT APPROX 7PM. I WENT TO PASS A CAR WHEN I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN IT...STUCK. I REACHED SPEEDS PROBABLY OVER 1...
Mileage: 30,000
I ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE CRUISE CONTROL IN MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA WHEN THE CONTROL LEVER WAS OVER THE WINDSHIELD WIPER CONTROL IN A SLIGHT LEFT TURN, RESULTING IN THE CRUISE CONTROL GOING UNEXPECTEDLY INTO "RESUME". BECAUSE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER I HAD SLOWED DOWN AND WAS NOT EXPECTING THE INSTANT ACCEL...
Mileage: 10,000
OUR 2004 SIENNA XLE ELECTRIC SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR STOPPED WORKING 1 1/2 YEARS AGO. WE CAN MANUALLY OPEN/CLOSE IT, BUT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE MOTOR IS STILL CONNECTED AND RESISTS US MOVING IT. THE MOTOR MAY COMPLETE THE CLOSING PROCESS...YOU CAN HEAR IT WORKING. IF NOT SECURELY LATCHED...
WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS BOTH OF THE REAR SLIDING DOORS ON MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA LE HAVE MALFUNCTIONED IN A WAY THAT I BELIEVE COULD JEOPARDIZE THE SAFETY OF THE PASSENGERS. YESTERDAY, THE LEFT HAND REAR DOOR GOT STUCK MIDWAY BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED AND ONLY AFTER EXERTING GREAT FORCE ON THE DO...
Mileage: 27,300
PROBLEM OCCURS AFTER SLOWING DOWN AT A STOP SIGN OR INTERSECTION AT THE SPEED BETWEEN 5 TO 10 MPH AND THEN GO TO INCREASE SPEED. THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES. ONE TIME THE ENGINE SEEMED TO ROAR UP, BUT THE CAR DIDN'T MOVE.... THIS HESITATION OCCURS WHEN TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN AC...
Mileage: 31,000
UNINTENDED ACCELERATION INCIDENT. CAR WAS DRIVEN 200 MILES THE PREVIOUS NIGHT AND GARAGED. THE NEXT MORNING, CAR WAS STARTED, BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY, AND DRIVEN 15 MPH FOR 1/4 MILE UNTIL ON MAIN ROAD. AFTER TRAVELING 0.4 MILES ON MAIN ROAD I SLOWED TO A RED LIGHT. THE ENGINE STARTED RACING (BUT NOT ...
Mileage: 23,000
UNINTENDED ACCELERATION INCIDENT. CAR WAS DRIVEN 200 MILES THE PREVIOUS NIGHT AND GARAGED. THE NEXT MORNING, CAR WAS STARTED, BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY, AND DRIVEN 15 MPH FOR 1/4 MILE UNTIL ON MAIN ROAD. AFTER TRAVELING 0.4 MILES ON MAIN ROAD I SLOWED TO A RED LIGHT. THE ENGINE STARTED RACING (BUT NOT ...
Mileage: 23,000
I OWN A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH 17000 MILES ON IT. RECENTLY WHILE LOADING UP THE FAMILY TO GO OUT, THE LEFT PASSENGER AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR WAS UNABLE TO BE CLOSED. I PROMPTLY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO FIXED THE PROBLEM, SAYING ONE OF THE MECHANISMS IN THE DOOR UNIT NEEDED LUBRICATION. ...
Mileage: 16,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN THE REAR PASSENGER VENT WINDOW BLEW OUT DUE TO EXCESSIVE STRONG WINDS. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS OR INJURIES. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERNS OF ...
Mileage: 33,000
I WAS TRAVELING IN A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA SOUTH AFTER JUST COMING FROM BEING STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WHEN I WAS T-BONED BY A DRIVER THAT RAN THE RED LIGHT TRAVELING WEST BOUND. I WAS HIT BETWEEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND FRONT LEFT WHEEL. THE IMPACT TOOK THE WHEEL OFF THE AXEL AND THE CAR WAS INOPER...
Mileage: 10,000
2008 TOYOTA SIENNA 3.5 V6 HAS HAD PISTON SLAP SINCE NEW. TOYOTA KNOWS THAT THERE IS A FLAW IN ALL OF THESE ENGINES BUT BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN NO FAILURES AND FEW COMPLAINTS , THEY ARE CHOOSING TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. I LIKE ENGINES AND I KNOW THAT WHERE THERE IS NOISE THERE IS EXCESSIVE WEAR AND P...
I BOUGHT MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA IN OCTOBER 2007. THE FIRST DEFECT I NOTICED IS WHEN THE REAR WINDOWS ARE OPEN, THE REAR DOORS DO NOT LOCK IN PLACE WHEN YOU OPEN THEM. THE MECHANIC STATED SAID THE HE THOUGHT THE REASON IT WAS DESIGNED THIS WAY WAS AS A PRECAUTION, IN CASE A CHILD IS LEANING OUT OF...
I BOUGHT MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA IN OCTOBER 2007. THE FIRST DEFECT I NOTICED IS WHEN THE REAR WINDOWS ARE OPEN, THE REAR DOORS DO NOT LOCK IN PLACE WHEN YOU OPEN THEM. THE MECHANIC STATED SAID THE HE THOUGHT THE REASON IT WAS DESIGNED THIS WAY WAS AS A PRECAUTION, IN CASE A CHILD IS LEANING OUT OF...
I BOUGHT MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA IN OCTOBER 2007. THE FIRST DEFECT I NOTICED IS WHEN THE REAR WINDOWS ARE OPEN, THE REAR DOORS DO NOT LOCK IN PLACE WHEN YOU OPEN THEM. THE MECHANIC STATED SAID THE HE THOUGHT THE REASON IT WAS DESIGNED THIS WAY WAS AS A PRECAUTION, IN CASE A CHILD IS LEANING OUT OF...
MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING IN FLORIDA IN OUR RENTED TOYOTA SIENNA MINIVAN, AND FIVE FAMILY MEMBERS WERE IN THE CAR, ON A HIGHWAY. SUDDENLY THE ENGINE HOOD CAME UNHOOKED AND FLEW UP, HITTING THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THE GLASS SHATTERED AND WE WERE SHOWERED WITH GLASS, BUT THE BIGGER PROBLEM WAS THAT THE VIE...
Mileage: 19,390
MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING IN FLORIDA IN OUR RENTED TOYOTA SIENNA MINIVAN, AND FIVE FAMILY MEMBERS WERE IN THE CAR, ON A HIGHWAY. SUDDENLY THE ENGINE HOOD CAME UNHOOKED AND FLEW UP, HITTING THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THE GLASS SHATTERED AND WE WERE SHOWERED WITH GLASS, BUT THE BIGGER PROBLEM WAS THAT THE VIE...
Mileage: 19,390
RUN FLAT TIRE COMMERCIAL. IT IS TRUE THAT YOU CAN TRAVEL ON A RUN FLAT TIRE FOR OVER 100 MILES WITH A NAIL PUNCTURED TIRE. THIS COMMERCIAL DOES NOT TELL YOU THE PRONES OF IT AND I EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA ALL-WHEEL DRIVE AND IT HAS THE ELECTRONIC INDICATOR OF LOW AI...
Mileage: 11,373
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH DUNLOP SP4000 A/F P215/65S/R16 WITH DOT DA2HC4ER3807. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT A LOW SPEED OF 5MPH THE VEHICLE APPEARED UNBALANCED FROM THE RIGHT TO THE LEFT. THE DRIVER OBSERVED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS DISENGAGED FROM THE RIM...
Mileage: 5,700
BOUGHT A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE LIMITED WITH ALL THE OPTIONS ETC. THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM THAT WAS PART OF THE PACKAGE WITH OUR MODEL VAN WE BOUGHT STATES THAT IS COVERS ALL OF NORTH AMERICA. THERE IS A DVD THAT LOADS INTO THE NAV SYSTEM EACH TIME THE VAN IS STARTED, THESE MAPS INCLUDE ALL OF THE LO...
SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA APPEARS TO BE SHOWING A FASTER RATE OF SPEED FROM 3 DIFFERENT SPEED RADARS IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU. THERE IS A 2-3 SECOND DELAY, WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE. IT IS CLEAR, THAT ALL 3 RADARS SHOW A CONSISTENT PATTERN OF A 5 MILE VARIA...
SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA APPEARS TO BE SHOWING A FASTER RATE OF SPEED FROM 3 DIFFERENT SPEED RADARS IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU. THERE IS A 2-3 SECOND DELAY, WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE. IT IS CLEAR, THAT ALL 3 RADARS SHOW A CONSISTENT PATTERN OF A 5 MILE VARIA...
MY WIFE WAS MAKING A LOW SPEED RIGHT TURN FROM LEELAND ROAD (RT LANE) ONTO DEACON RD (LEFT LANE) IN STAFFORD COUNTY VIRGINIA WHEN SHE SIMULTANEOUSLY HEARD AN "EXPLOSION" AND FELT A JOLT COMING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL. THERE IS NO CURB OR OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE INTERSECTION BUT AFTER TH...
Mileage: 10,200
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE VEHICLE DOES NOT COME EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC SLIDING SIDE DOORS. THE DOORS MUST BE MANUALLY OPENED. ON MOST OCCASIONS WHEN THE SLIDING SIDE DOORS ARE OPENED, THEY MAKE A CLICKING SOUND. OFTENTIMES, THE DOORS FAIL TO REMAIN OPEN AND SLIDE SHUT. THE ...
Mileage: 2,000
TO CHANGE A TIRE THE FLOOR JACK WAS PLACED IN FRONT OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE A LITTLE TOO FAR TOWARD THE CENTER (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) OF THE VEHICLE. THE PLACEMENT APPEARED TO BE AGAINST STEEL BUT IN REALITY THE MATERIAL WAS BLACK PLASTIC. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS LIFTED THE PLASTIC GAVE WAY AND DAMAGED TH...
Mileage: 11,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT FOUND THE SECOND ROW SEAT BELT WRAPPED AROUND HER CHILD'S STOMACH. THE CHILD COULD NOT BE FREED FROM THE SEAT BELT, AND IT CONTINUED TO TIGHTEN AROUND HER STOMACH. THE SEAT BELT HAD TO BE PHYSICALLY CUT IN ORDER TO REMOVE...
Mileage: 8,108
WE HAVE AN '08 8 PASSENGER TOYOTA SIENNA LE. MY SON LIKES TO PLAY WITH THE LIGHTS... WE KEPT WARNING HIM IF THEY GOT LEFT ON THE BATTERY WOULD DIE. IT FINALLY HAPPENED. HAD TO GO IN THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR USING THE KEY - STUCK THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TURNED IT AND YUP, SURE ENOUGH - DEAD. ...
Mileage: 500
WE HAVE AN '08 8 PASSENGER TOYOTA SIENNA LE. MY SON LIKES TO PLAY WITH THE LIGHTS... WE KEPT WARNING HIM IF THEY GOT LEFT ON THE BATTERY WOULD DIE. IT FINALLY HAPPENED. HAD TO GO IN THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR USING THE KEY - STUCK THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TURNED IT AND YUP, SURE ENOUGH - DEAD. ...
Mileage: 500
WE HAVE AN '08 8 PASSENGER TOYOTA SIENNA LE. MY SON LIKES TO PLAY WITH THE LIGHTS... WE KEPT WARNING HIM IF THEY GOT LEFT ON THE BATTERY WOULD DIE. IT FINALLY HAPPENED. HAD TO GO IN THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR USING THE KEY - STUCK THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TURNED IT AND YUP, SURE ENOUGH - DEAD. ...
Mileage: 500
I LEASED A TOYOTA SIENNA FROM KING TOYOTA IN DEERFIELD BEACH. IT IS AN XLE WITH LEATHER, SUNROOF, AND DVD PLAYER. I REQUESTED THE "FACTORY DVD" PLAYER AND SUNROOF, AND WAS TOLD I WAS GETTING ONE. WHEN I GOT HOME WITH THE CAR, I PUT THE DVD SCREEN DOWN, SAT IN THE FRONT SEAT, AND REALIZED THE MONI...
I LEASED A TOYOTA SIENNA FROM KING TOYOTA IN DEERFIELD BEACH. IT IS AN XLE WITH LEATHER, SUNROOF, AND DVD PLAYER. I REQUESTED THE "FACTORY DVD" PLAYER AND SUNROOF, AND WAS TOLD I WAS GETTING ONE. WHEN I GOT HOME WITH THE CAR, I PUT THE DVD SCREEN DOWN, SAT IN THE FRONT SEAT, AND REALIZED THE MONI...
I WAS PROGRAMMING A NEW SIENNA VAN HOMELINK TO MY GARAGE DOOR OPENER. IT STARTED THE SEQUENCE AS ONE WOULD EXPECT.(.SMALL HOUSE ICON BLINKING )BUT NEVER APPARENTLY MOVED ON TO THE STEP OF RETRIEVING THE SIGNAL. AS REQUIRED ONE MUST HOLD THE GARAGE DOOR OPENER REMOTE ON TO TRY TO ACCEPT SIGNAL. AFTE...
Mileage: 200
I WAS PROGRAMMING A NEW SIENNA VAN HOMELINK TO MY GARAGE DOOR OPENER. IT STARTED THE SEQUENCE AS ONE WOULD EXPECT.(.SMALL HOUSE ICON BLINKING )BUT NEVER APPARENTLY MOVED ON TO THE STEP OF RETRIEVING THE SIGNAL. AS REQUIRED ONE MUST HOLD THE GARAGE DOOR OPENER REMOTE ON TO TRY TO ACCEPT SIGNAL. AFTE...
Mileage: 200