We found the following complaints for TOYOTA SIENNA (2008)
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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 working properly again. It worked for a month correctly and since started working again. This has been going on for over a year now not knowing if the passenger airbag will work in a crash.toyota claims the airbag is connected to the latch of a seatbelt which was proven false on 2008 and 2012 models, they do not know how there system actually works, so how can they be relied on fixing it or knowing if there is a problem.
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
The dashboard airbag indicator light is flashing when the van is turned on.
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 ago. Local dealer said that diagnosis would take two hours & cost $130. Read on the internet to try disconnecting the yellow wire (airbag sensor) under the front passenger seat and wait 15 seconds. Tried that and the flashing light has gone off again. This yellow connector pin and wiring should be fully replaced by toyota under a full recall so that this doesn't become a recurring, regular issue for sienna owners.
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 side doors?????why did the airbags not deploy or better yet why was there not even a side event registered when he clearly hit me in the side?? suffered a concussion and neck back injuries.had my 6 and 2 year old in the back in car seats.
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?
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 swerved to avoid crashing into other cars and hit a tree head-on.vehicle sustained front-end damage.air bags did not deploy.
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 said airbags will not work properly.
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 went under the other driver's driver's side rear bumper corner lifting her car up into the air causing it to fall on top ofthe passenger side of my hood and front right fender crushing them, resulting in over 10000 dollars damage.no one was seriously hurt and neither car's airbags deployed.
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.
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.
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 the impact that the airbags did not deploy.
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 defective toyota sienna airbag wiring. Toyota dealership is demanding $50 to read code and average repair cost of more than $1000 dollars. This vehicle has never been in an accident of any kind.there is no reason that the airbags should have a defective condition so soon.there is obviously amanufacturing problem with the system which is why toyota redesigned the part.toyota cannot be allowed to charge customers $1000's of dollars to replace this essential safety equipment.
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 inoperable after the incident.i hit my head on the driver's window as the air bag did not deploy and suffered a concussion and bruising.
I arrived at work and used the interior push button to open the power door on the driver side of my vanafter 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 key fob.the door would not open and i could not open it manually.after closer examination (it was now daylight) the power door cable was hanging down from the furthest rear window.it had snapped.the door would not open manually (it wouldn't budge) and if i attempted using the fob or interior push buttons you could hear the component that activates the cable humming but the door had no movement. The failure of the door to open as a safety issue.
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.
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 broke down) so we towed the car to the sunnyvale toyota.they said they would give us a report of what went wrong .turns out the fuel pump doesn't work, and they don't know why because it is a independent part, i consulted a professional auto mechanic for a second opinion.he said that it usually doesn't happen unless your car is over 10 years old.i called the toyota headquarters to file a complaint but they said it wasn't a very "big" problem and didn't follow up with me and said i have to call my own dealer only. And that it was perfectly safe for me to pull over with the left over momentum.i was not satisfied with their answer and i found it weird that its breaking down already.with only 30,000 miles and 2 years new.not only that when they returned the car to us, they decided to mention to us that apparently not only is the fuel pump not working apparently the battery rotted too.they said that all the liquid in the battery leaked out so they had to change it also.i am not pleased that they decided to tell me this when they returned the car to me not before when they told me the fuel pump was not working.i am not pleased with the quality of toyota, and do not feel safe driving my car around.
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 something fall from the window and it wouldnt open or shut. I actually have to have the indoor light switch off because the door when i go around corners light will come on that it isnt properly shut! its a safety hazard that i cant afford to fix! it happened at 117,000 miles back in may 2018. I was told it was going to be $2,000! i was never notified of a extended warranty on these sliding doors! now im just past the mileage of 120k and 9 years? i bought a toyota minivan in 2008 for safety for my family. I loved the power sliding door when i picked my kids up. This is wrong, many other people have had this same problem, and i never get a warranty slip on it, and if i wouldve known when it broke, it wouldve been covered. But now its too late?! thats not right!! these cables have obvious defects, and should all be replaced when this happens!!!
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 be replaced. The failure recurred with the driver side power sliding door also; however, the door could not be opened at all. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 103,000.
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 then remembered seeing a squirrel near the vehicle i presumed innocently taking shade from the hot florida sun. During that time i parked my vehicle in my driveway outside. I advised the dealership of this and they confirmed that indeed such animal would liking have chewed on the harness wiring causing the issue at hand.i paid out of pocket for this repair since i was told it was not under warranty.it has come to my attention that the toyota dealership was aware of this type of animal and the attraction to the soy based insulation around the electrical wiring harness.there now are two class action cases regarding this matter with toyota.
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 electrical board needs to be replaced. The visor can not be used or the short may start a fire inside the vehicle. The vehicle was in motion when this occurred. Van filled with smoke quickly. Had to pull over and open doors to clear the smoke.
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 switch had become soft and gummy. Over time, the rubber seeped between the switch housing and the switch button. As the weather became cold, the rubber has hardened around the switch button and the exterior switch is no longer functional. The only way i can open the rear hatch in cold weather is to open a front door and use the interior switch to open the rear hatch. My concern is if we were to get into an accident during the cold months and the only way someone could get access to the interior of the vehicle is through the rear hatch, it could not be done because the exterior switch on the rear hatch would be seized preventing access. It is very alarming when i think of my entire family, especially my 15 yo, my 3 yr, and my 6 mo, being inside of this van and people not gaining access to the inside to help them due to injuries, fire, water hazards, etc... I own a 2005 toyota 4runner and it appears to have the same switch. However, the rubber on the switch is perfectly fine and functions normally. There appears to have been a material change allowing the rubber to soften resulting in a potential safety hazard during the cold months. I spoke to our local toyota dealership and they are fully aware of this issue and said that toyota does not consider this to be a safety issue. Initially i thought the previous owner applied a solvent or something to soften the rubber. As i researched more on the internet, this issue applies to many toyota vehicles, with models including the sienna and the 4runner. The earliest model year that i can find for either model is 2007.
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 hatch. This could be a serious problem if in cold weather the vehicle was in an accident and the only access to the passenger compartment was through the rear hatch. Toyota should recall or at their expense repair the vehicles with defective handles.
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 has extended the warranty for 2004-07 sienna's with the same problem with the same part and part number? a internet search reveals this is a common problem and can affect the proper latching of the sliding door.
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 askingabout $1600-3000 for repair. We are trying to usethe van with one sliding door and it is nor practical or safe.
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 that the air conditioner o rings needed to be replaced due to a leak. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 139,000.
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 run it in 4th gear .
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 bound, now not working
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 persist. Both in highway driving and regular street driving
The power sliding door fails. It has to be opened and closed manually. This is a common problem for this model.
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
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 the latch is used, some of the black goo comes off on my hand.
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 doors...recently i had two friends riding with me...we got to our destination and i got out tried to unlock sliding doors with my remote,they did not unlock...my friend sitting in the second row seating could not get out .she is handicapped....i had to crawl through the rear door and help her up out of her seat and then carefully crawl on the floor of the van to the rear door and climb out.this is truly a safety hazard and cannot be dismissed....sometimes the doors will unlock and sometimes they won't .....so when i take it to the toyota dealer it always seems to work for them......my van runs well and i have no other problems with it.i feel if the toyota manufacturer can design computerized doors then they have to have a way to find and fix the problem.my first thought is,why did they not design key access to these sliding doors ? something has to be done to correct this problem.
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 design!same problem right rear window.will not operate.now disconnected by dealer (included in $70.00 charge noted above).window cannot be operated manually.permanently shut.bad!ventilation in rear and thus throughout vehicle adversely affected.
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.
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 between $1500 - $3000. Vehicle was stationary and parked in driveway when cable broke. Heard grinding sound and internal parts falling to the bottom inside the van and the is door bound shut won't open and not working.
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 testing. The technician detected an engine default code. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on a separate occasion for the identical failure. However, the previous repair code was not detected in the computerized system and other error codes. The vehicle has not been repaired for the malfunction. Whenever the temperatures were 20 degrees or below the failure occurred. The failure mileage was 15,255.
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 good. Ever since then just out of the blue it will not stay up and it will close down on you. I think this is a major safety issue especially since i have two little children. It could really do some harm to them. The sliding doors stop closing if someone is in the way and it should be the same for the back door. I bought this vehicle because it is supposed to be one of the top of the line fans for safety. So far i am not impressed. Someone needs to resolve this issue! i am scared to even open up that back door because of this.....and that is not good.
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 mileage was 130,000.
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 restarted our van, we could only drive for < 65 miles/hour. Any acceleration resulted in vigorous shaking. After we came home i drove my van to an auto service center, and was checked. It turned out that 3 ignition coils, spark plugs, and manifold gasket had to be replaced. Yesterday (9/10/2015) the same problem happened again.
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 passenger side sliding door also opened independently when parked and failed to close. In addition, the door ajar warning light illuminated. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 5,000. Updated 2/4/16.....updated 02/10/16
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.after attempting this several times i stopped and was just in time to notice the motor of garage door opener was overheating and near fire! fire dept was called and it was all checked out. In fear of faulty equipment i took steps to replace both garage door motors. After new openers were installed professional installers attempted to program the homelink. It failed once again. We tried several times and even tried to program other buttons. End result was button 1 and 2 of homelink are faulty and 3 finally programmed. So after replacing my own equipment which i assumed was faulty ...we determined the homelink system in the carwas atfault and malfunctioning. This was determined after we tried on new motors ...so in the end my original equipment was not the cause of the firebut merely a result of a faulty program chip in the homelink.i was fortunate that my house had not caught fire as my garage is under the family room.i spoke with my dealership as well as toyota customer care center and home link and non of the 3 sources will assume responsibility of the faulty equipment. The car was only a week old brand new 2008. I feel had the homelink worked properly the 1st and 2nd button would of programmed as easily as the 3rd and my garage openers would not of overheated and near caught fire and place my home and pets in jeopardy. Not to mention i had a cost of $700.00 to replace equipment that wasn't faulty.i would like toyota to acknowledge that this may perhaps be the first of several homelinks to have a issue and to make consumers aware that there is a potential malfunction so they too don't overheat and possibly lead to fire in themotors in garage.
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.
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 side power sliding door, opened, children entered passenger compartment, and upon closing door this cable snapped, but didn't bind electric motor until the door had fully closed, causing the door to be "locked in place" in the closed position.traveled home and children exited vehicle through front driver and passenger doors.the cables were cut between the electric door motor and the "c post" to get the doors "unlocked" and allow for manual operation.examination of snapped cables revealed removal of cable insulation (likely due to friction/abrasion), which exposed the stranded metal cable to the environment, causing severe corrosion and eventual failure of the metal cable.online research revealed many other 2008 and newer toyota sienna owners have had similar problems, to the point where a facebook page has been created regarding the issue https://www.facebook.com/toyota-sienna-faulty-power-sliding-doors-233250320033754/.further research revealed that toyota has a warranty enhancement for this problem (no: pol12-02), but it only applies to 2004-2007 model years.whatever corrective action was taken by toyota beginning in 2008 obviously has not remedied the problem.the power sliding door assembly required to repair these doors costs $500 per door (part numbers 69631-08030 and 69641-08030).to have a dealer make this repair costs $1,000 per door ($500 for the part and $500 for labor).
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 is outrageous! i wrote to toyota through their customer support site inquiring about an extended warranty i read about regarding this issue, however they opted to ignore me and not respond.
Dear madame/sir,i own a toyota sienna (2008). The driver side sliding door cable just got cut-off last weekwhile 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 which are 9 years/120,000 miles and if the customer came with a problem (not a recall) and i do not qualify as it has been 10 years (how did toyota come-up with this number?). I went online and found that many people have reported a similar issue and looks like toyota did not take care of them either. From the dealer i understand toyota was aware of the problem and did not take care of the issue or did not do enough to resolve this problem. I sincerely request you to provide necessary directions/action taken against manufacturer so that 1000s of customers like me will get their car fixed. Thank you for your valuable time
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 andit have a very low miles due to lights safety reasons that can not be solved by toyota. Every time we complain, we were always told that bring the car in when the light goes on. The problem is when the light goes on it will be off when we get to the dealership. We noticed when the car reached approximately 98,000 miles. The cause of the on and off lights are unknown.
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.
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 doors electric cable failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 95,000 and the current 126,600. The vin was not available.
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 that if the vehicle involved in an accident, the passengers in the 2nd and 3rd rows will not be able to leave the vehicle quickly without the immediately help from the outside, especially for the minors and disables.
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 stopped working on the other side. As i transport 3 or more children at a time, it is a huge safety issue that the only way out of the car in case of emergency is through one of the front doors or the back trunk hatch. I have owned this vehicle since it was new and i am told this is out of warranty/isn't covered and will cost at least $6,000 to fix. I cannot drive the vehicle like this and i can't afford to fix it. I am apparently not the only one who's had this problem with the van, yet toyota is doing nothing about it for their customers.
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.this was the first time i was sure of the occurrence. There have been a variety of what appear to be electrical /electronic "glitches" :ac green light on button comes on by itself, summer or winter and sometimes i can not get it to turn off.seatbelt light sometimes comes on when they are properly in use. (and nothing heavy resting on the seats)also airbag light sometimes.service light remains on sometimes after oil change service.brake highly sensitivegas pedal very touchy, especially from stop,ie at light. Hard to not spin wheels on starting. (especially when pavement wet, even on level st.). Fortunately, having lived in snow territory, i know the importance of slow starts and stops when possible.i have not checked any sites to see if sienna 2008 has any problems listed yet.
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 it).it did it a second time a week or so later.when i took it to toyota they said the struts were bad and replaced them.when i asked why there was no warning they just shrugged their shoulders and said do not know and insinuated they would not know what to do so it would not happen again without warning.how was i to know the struts were bad since it is a power lift gate had been working just fine?it seems to me if this is not something toyota can fix so it cannot come down without warning they at least need to install warning labels in an obvious place that the lift gate can close without warning.i really think my wife would not been able to push it up as i did.she would have needed assistance.
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 contacted and the vehicle was not further repaired. The failure mileage was 20,000 and current mileage was 50,000.
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.totally dead.there is no way to unlock the sliding doors.there is no way to open the sliding doors (from inside or out).there is no way to open the trunk (which can't be opened from the inside anyway - another concern)i had gone out to the van because i needed something from the trunk.i am 8 months pregnant with twins - there was no way i could climb back.my son had to.i couldn't even get into the middle row b/c there is a baby bucket in the center.if you were in a front end collision such that the battery was destroyed - the only way out of the van would be out the driver's or passenger's side doors.maybe this is only true if the doors are locked at the time of the accident...but the van locks itself once in drive unless you have this feature turned off at the dealer.no one can get out the back or sides - no one could get in to help you.if the adults in the front were ok it might be very hard o get to anyone in the back if there is a car seat in the middle of the middle row - and then, getting back out would be hard.i totaled a car in college - it is possible for an accident to wipe out battery power.this has me pretty alarmed.it's not something you think of when you buy a car.no one thinks "will i be trapped if the battery goes?"but in this van, i think you would be, and it could be very dangerous.there should be an over ride where if battery power is lost everything automatically unlocks - and there should be a way to open the trunk from the inside!i am freaked out to think of getting in an accident and no one being able to get in to help out my kid(s).this is a huge safety concern!
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 173,000.the slip indicator light started coming on intermittently while turning on highways etc. Please make this serious recall for toyota. You need to force toyota to take this seriously before someone loses a life.[xxx]information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
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 records show i hold toyota responsible for my family's safety and well-being.[xxxx]parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
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.
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 the problem was that my tires werent aligned with my last tire change(which was done at their toyota dealership) toyota told me i needed to replace all the tires and have the wheels aligned. I did this, problem continued.i took my van in again to toyota, they lied and told me i needed new brakes, and some other things i didnt need. Decided to get a 2nd opinion from 2 other auto shops and found out toyota lied about the brakes, they were fine and they both were unable to find out my problem. I found this out going to 2 other auto shops asking for them to look into the original problem. Now today may 2019 this problem still exists, but has gotten worse. Now-the vsc light comes on, it still clicks, the abs light and warning sound goes off, feels as if abs engages, as it jerks and im unable to accelerate during this time until im on a straight away. Very scary when it happens the van starts jerking and unable to acelerate, not safe to take my family in.never buy another toyota again...
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 out of you causing an unsafe condition. Additionally, when the brakes apply, it pulls you out of your lane. The first occurrence was 3 weeks ago. Has happened multiple times since. It doesn't seem to be intermittent anymore. You can count on it happening when your on a slope.
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 retaining an attorney as no one has addressed this issue as a safety hazard.
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 that the vehicle would occasionally accelerate and decelerate on its own and the steering wheel made an abnormal ticking noise. Furthermore, the vsc and traction control indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to toyota knoxville (10415 parkside dr, knoxville, tn 37922), but they did not assist. The vehicle was then taken to fox toyota (228 fox family ln, clinton, tn 37716) where it was diagnosed that a steering angle sensor needed to be installed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and provided a case number. The failure mileage was 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.
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.
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 violently.
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 following behind as the brakes are applied forcefully. This usually happens between 30-40 mph on back roads, only on curves. However, the vehicle is going an appropriate speed for the corner, and there is no reason for this system to engage. The vsc warning light had been on, but had turned off as if the problem had fixed itself. The vsc light turned on on december 24th 2015 and turned off on december 26th, 2015.
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 column as well.the vsc warning light occasionally comes on too.mechanics on multiple occasions have not been able to figure out what is causing the problem.however, based on research at toyota blogs, it appears that other toyota sienna drivers have experienced this same issue.
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 red-lining). I am absolutely sure my foot was not on the accelerator pedal.i shifted into neutral, which removed the forward pressure, and after a second or two, the rpms drifted back into the normal range. This is the most recent occurrence. Other instances have been less severe and have all occurred while braking the vehicle.
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 went off.
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 started about a year ago and continues to get worse.i've taken it to the mechanic but he can't replicate the problem because the road are mostly straight there and they couldn't physically see anything wrong.for what its worth, the problem happens when the roads are dry or wet.the tires are good and so is the pressure.this seems to be a common problem in this model of car and especially this particular year.for examples:https://www.siennachat.com/threads/traction-control-malfunctioning.44474/
Car engenders self braking and cutting power off
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 decelerates and pulls to the right. When trying to accelerate in a turn the vehicle will not accelerate until there is no steering input. Dealers and mechanics can not determine the cause. It has been occurring daily for about 6 months. This has caused many near crashes.
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 electrical board needs to be replaced. The visor can not be used or the short may start a fire inside the vehicle. The vehicle was in motion when this occurred. Van filled with smoke quickly. Had to pull over and open doors to clear the smoke.
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.
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 vehicle. After a few seconds, the beeping stopped and i had full control of the vehicle again. There was no apparent cause for these safety features to have been engaged and no longer feel safe driving this vehicle. This is not the only time it has happened but it was the scariest. The other times have been at slower speeds and the brakes don't always engage. I have read numerous posts online describing the same issue with other siennas and it doesn't seem like toyota wants to do anything about this extremely hazardous issue.
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. This has occurred without predictability many times.
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 itto toyota three different times over the years and toyota always states they can not duplicate issue and states they can?t fix it but maybe drive slower (really it has nothing to with my speed after years of dealing with this its been something we just deal with). The vsc light also comes on and alarm sometimes sounds while driving. Two more trips to toyota and several visitsto different mechanics and nobody can find out the problem.in the last 6 months the abs system is also being activated without me applying the brakes. It does it without warning. All of these issues can be on a curve at different speeds or on a slight or medium turns (not real sharp turns), going uphill or downhill and left or right.our van has about 150,000 miles on it now on 2020 but when the problem first started it only had around 110,000 miles on it. We have changed brakes, tires, rotors, brushing on advice from different mechanics to try to fix the issue. Nothing works. Toyota cannot figure it out.it's becoming more dangerousbecause now the abs is being activated with this problem. I can't tell if my brake lights come on so that drivers behind me can tell that i?m slowing down very quickly. This jerks those in the car and i?m afraid we may lose control. I have read on different web sites that this is common with a toyota and it's just not my van. If i had the money i would buy a different vehicle but being on a fixed income i don't have the luxury to do so. How can a car company have so many complaints from consumers about this common problem but still can't tell us how to fix it? it's toyotas design they should be able to tell the consumer what is causing this issue and how to fix it.
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 above 35mph and on a curved road steering.this has occured while on the highway and on regular roads.
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 by trading it in.this happened intermittently for over a year. Estimated financial loss $4000.00.
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 also frequently occurred when switching lanes. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was unable to determine the cause of the failures. The manufacturer and local dealer were not notified. The failure mileage was 130,000.
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.
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 duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 88,000. The vin was not available.
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 down shifts to a lower gear.it has almost caused a wreck and has placed me and others in danger.the problem began about 2 to 3 years ago and has become progressively worse.other owners of this make and model have reported similar issues without resolution by toyota, dealers or auto repair shops.i am only able to resolve the issue by removing the fuse that controls the stability control system.see https://www.cargurus.com/cars/discussion-c9152_ds656326 for one example of a discussion thread.given the pervasiveness of this problem, it is apparent that this is a systemic problem with the engineering or manufacturing of this vehicles and toyota should be held accountable for this potentially life threatening problem.
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 affecting the vsc system. This is a very scary situation to be in that could lead to a serious accident. Your braking and steering affected all at once unexpectedly is dangerous. Please investigate and provide solution asap.
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 white smoke was. I noticed that the bumper cover had motor oil dripping down from the bumper & tail pipe. I noticed the white smoke was actually coming out from the front right side of the van. I ran to shut the engine off but i could not open the driver side doors. Luckily windows were opened due to the ac not working. I took the key out through the window & pulled the hood latch. By the time i got to the hood flames was coming from the right side. I could not open the hood, it was too hot.this happened in matter of seconds.be aware that all this happened without any warning sound?s or light?s. I called 911. Just in minutes, the van was engulfed in flames & i had no chance to save anything out of the vehicle. The fire trucks arrived about 9 minutes, but by that time there was nothing left of my van. The fireman pointed out to me that there was an oil trail behind the van. The oil trace was visible for few miles. After they finished putting out the fire they showed me where the fire started on the van. It was the area on the left side of the engine around the belt. They said that the fire started from an oil leak on the engine and was started by the burst of oil spraying down on the and catalytic converter. Only two seconds of searching on google, i found out that toyota is well informed of the hazardous defect. The rubber oil supply line unexpectedly burst open and spray?s the engine oil out in less than few minutes. I never received any recalls or notification about this serious defect from toyota. Luckily none of my three kids was not in the van when this happened.
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 vehicle in park. At that moment the vehicle accelerated incredible fast, jumped over an 8 inch concrete parking lot divider and crashed into a tree about 10 - 15 feet from the concrete divider. We are certain that this was a "sudden unintended acceleration" incident caused by some mechanical, electrical, programming or other defect in the '08 sienna. This was not "driver error"! my wife did not confuse the gas pedal and the brake. This was not caused by a floor mat obstructing the gas pedal. This was caused by some type of a design or component defect. How can w be so certain? my wife and i have parked in this parking spot (located in our apartment complex) hundreds of times.to park in this parking spot you first have to make a left hand turn at a stop sign. This stop sign is about 30 - 40 feet from the parking spot, which requires that you make a sharp right turn. Once you press the accelerator slightly to make the left at the stop sign, you do not use the gas again. You simply tap and cover your brake until you make the right into the parking spot. Our vehicle came to a stop. In fact, upon "stopping" one of our 3 boys removed his seat belt immediately before the vehicle accelerated out of control.i'm asking for assistance from someone within toyota or the nhtsa with knowledge of this flaw. My wife and kids were "fortunate". But this is a "fatal flaw" and something must be done.
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 a 'pin hole' was found in the oil cooler hose.this is not the same hose as the vvti that has been recalled already.the dealer informed me it's like the two other rubber hoses carrying oil on the engine but has not been recalled.the cost to have it replaced with a steel line is $429 cdn.this van was purchased new in 2009 and brought into manitoba, canada from the us.
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 that there is a toyota service bulletin for this problem but in the bulletin they claim it's for seepage of oil. Obviously toyota knows this is a problem as the new part i ordered is complete pipe with no hoses. The part number for the pipe is 15767. Is this something that can be further looked into as to why this is not a recall that toyota should properly fix?
Lower oil cooler line developed hole and leaked engine oil while in motion on county highway.
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 repairs that are faults of the car manufactuer i asked for a loaner car while the work is completed they refused saying the only way a loaner is given is is the recall is door related
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. The vin was not provided. The failure and current mileage were 80,000.
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 of oil in the last month.
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. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified, but no assistance was offered. The contact indicated that the vehicle previously experienced the same failure in 2011 and the engine was rebuilt. Furthermore, in 2016, the camshaft was repaired. The vin was not available. The failure mileage was 170,000.
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 hoodto make sure nothing was on fire i notice a puddle of oil under the vehicle an upon further look my engine motor oil cooling hose had burst, spraying the motorand everything inside with motor oil. This was the 3rd time this vehicle has done the same problem.
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
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.after doing this, instead of the brakes being applied, the sienna rolled back as though it were in neutral.we brought the sienna to the toyota dealer who inspected it.they told us the pin that enables the brakes upon placing the sienna in park was completely shot and the entire transmission would need to be replaced.the service manager said he has never seen something like this before and that these pins don't wear out over time.the service manager also told us that you would only see damage to the pin if you were driving the car and then suddenly put it into park while moving at a high speed.the service manager contacted the offices of toyota corporate and had the case reviewed.it was determined by toyota corporate to be related to the warranty and they are replacing the entire transmission.
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. This is the 4th time this has happened. There was not a floor mat involved as there was not one in the car at this time. The last time i talked to a toyota dealer about this they said this could not happen and i was wrong about what happened. The dealer did not document any of this and wanted nothing further to do with me. This is dangerous and happens with no warning when you push the brake pedal to stop for a traffic signal or to pull into a parking space. My wife was also in the car two of the times and saw what happened. She was not in the car for the latest episode.
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 were driving with the oil loss trail in the road. Did some research and learned that the engine in the sienna is that same as that in several other toyotas (avalons). I learned thatthere is a vvi oil line is faulty on the engine. Toyota used a rubber hose which results in failure which then results in engine damage due to the oil loss. Toyota recalled the same party on the avalon and is aware that this hose is bad and needs replacement. Toyota issued recall on the avalons but is not issuing a recall on the sienna. This is the same piece on the two vehicles. They then state that this hose with an average fails at 50-60000miles. They then stated that this hose is not covered under warranty. This hose bursting can cause engine damage and is also a safety issue.there needs to be a recall on this rubber oil hose on all vehicles. They know that this is a bad piece when talking with them. Also if it were to fail they then will state that since this hose caused the engine issues they will not cover it under warranty. This then results in people having to replace the engine in there vehicle for 5-10000dollars. When oil loss occurs it sprays every where getting on brakes, belts, and exhaust which could cause an accident and or fire. Also resulting in serious engine damage. Toyota know this vvi hose is bad and issued a recall on the same hose on the avalons. A five minute search on the internet will show you the issues with motor and vvi hose.a recall must be issued on all toyota vehicles with this motor which had the vvi oil hose.thanks
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 as quickly as she can. I got her call and rushed home from work. It turned out there was a sudden failure of a oil cooling pipe on the engine. All of the engine oil had almost leaked out (there was maybe about quarter of inch showing on the dip stick). After we towed the car to the dealer, we found out the oil had leaked from an engine cooler pipe which was poorly designed and over time it could develop a slow seep leak or in our case failed in a sudden burst and caused the oil to leak out like a running faucet. We were extremely fortunate because it occurred just while she was driving the van in our subdivision. Toyota had an extended warranty for this issue last summer but didn't have a recall for this. If it happened while we were driving on highway and we didn't pay attention to the engine light, the engine may burn or worse it could seize and cause accident. After a little research on the web, i found out there are a lot of people had this same issue. Toyota actually had a recall other models of cars for the same issue several years ago. I wonder why they didn't recall the 2008 sienna and they should have. I want to report this and hopefully force toyota to start recall on this issue for all impacted models so others won't have to experience this and avoid potential accidents. Thanks.
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 oil on it at all. Completely dry! i had someone bring me some oil and i drove my car up to the repair shop just a short distance away. They discovered that the oil pressure line -valve cover variable timing-on top of motor to right on passenger side had burst. Part of the line is rubber and that part had ruptured and all the oil had blown out of the engine. My oil light did not come on at any time nor did my check engine light. Even after i stopped it did not come on.
The rubber in theoil 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.
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 andit have a very low miles due to lights safety reasons that can not be solved by toyota. Every time we complain, we were always told that bring the car in when the light goes on. The problem is when the light goes on it will be off when we get to the dealership. We noticed when the car reached approximately 98,000 miles. The cause of the on and off lights are unknown.
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 campaign on this, my vehicle had it replaced in 2014, and it failed again because they put the same faulty part with rubber hose connector. In 2010 they actually released same engine with an all metal oil hose, but thats not what they replaced it with on the technical service campaign.
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 retaining an attorney as no one has addressed this issue as a safety hazard.
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.
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 contact that the part was not under warranty nor was there a related recall. The vehicle was repaired. The vin was not available. The failure and current mileages was 51,303.
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 $442.00 to repair/replace and clean the vehicle.after hearing this i checked online and other vehicle owners are having similar problems with similar vehicles that have a v6 engine with towing package from toyota.the service person claims its not covered under my warranty.he also claims that it wasn't damaged accidentally neither.
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, the van went into full acceleration mode. The transmission downshifted and started applying full throttle.the first time we thought we were going crazy. The second time, both my wife and i watched as her foot applied the brakes and to our amazement, the van started accelerating again!luckily both times, my wife took her foot off the brake pedal and reapplied once the van stopped accelerating and the brakes worked then.i haven't had time to take this into the toyota dealer yet. We are still under a 30 day warranty with carmax, so i have communication out to them to see how we should handle this situation. I thought this toyota sudden acceleration story was exaggerated. Now i've experienced it myself.
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 factory authorized part is now made out of metal. The dealership then informed me that because of the failure of the part i would need a new engine.it will cost $10,000. I asked if there was anything i could have done differently to prevent this i was told no. My engine is still under warranty but the part that caused it is not. I realize parts break but this part is not a maintenance part and the expected outcome of its failure is engine replacement. This i have found from experienced auto people is common knowledge. I believe this is a defect that toyota knows about and is willing to ignore by invoking their warranty as a reason to allow this to happen to unsuspecting owners. Oh, when i contacted toyota for help with my $10,000 problem, they offered me dinner. At this point i own a $30,000 piece of junk ( i owe $20,000) none of this would have occurred if the part had been made out of metal originally or if there was some kind of safeguard built in to warn you of the potential problem. Unfortunately that is not the case. Please help.
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.
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 mechanic and we were able to leave it there.apparently this is a known problem at toyota- as the part was on a national backorder.thankfully i did not suffer engine damage- many others have, and this should be a recall worthy issue.
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 actuator bolts and alignment. Upon inspection (requiring the engine to be partially disassembled) it was determined that the vvti gear was coming apart causing debris to spread throughout the camshaft gears and housing only for cam bank 1. This is an obvious material quality defect and toyota's only statement is "we don't have a recall for this". My van is 90 days past the 5 year & 17,369 miles over the 60,000 warranty. (note: other manufacturer's offer a 100,000 powertrain warranty). This van has only been serviced by this dealer. This single repair bill is $4,295.00 with no guarantee the other cam bank won't do the same thing, requiring another high service bill. After 3 days of waiting for toyota to investigate, they only offered a goodwill contribution to the repairs of $2,400 ... But only after i submit paid receipts and then wait 10 weeks for them to reimburse me. They flat out refused to send the payment to the dealer. This is toyota's premier family vehicle and if the engine has seized while driving could have killed my family or someone else. I have driven toyota's for over 15 years and never heard of this kind of materials defect and then to be treated this poorly over a major safety issue that is a direct result of poor quality materials. I guess they would have been more interested if someone had died.i think everyone who owns a 2008 sienna should be aware that this model has a vvti gear material quality defect that can be expensive to repair or cause the engine to seize while driving and kill someone. Who knows if other 08 models are also affected.
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 that oil cooler hose had ruptured.fortunately, no apparent engine damage.after some research on sienna owners' forum, learned that this was a recurring problem on certain toyota models in certain years, including the 2008 sienna with tow package like ours, and that toyota had put out a tsb on this, but apparently had never informed owners.it took 4 days for the replacement hose to arrive, and the repair cost $520.this incident occurred while my family was far from home (silver spring, md) on a cross-country trip and thus forced them to cancel part of vacation and spend extra $$ on hotels and a rental car.but it could have been much worse - the oil could have drained while at speed on the highway, ruining the engine, stranding my family in an isolated area or causing an accident or engine fire and possible injuries.given that toyota was aware of the problem, it could have informed us so we could have had the hose replaced before it failed.
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 it was parked in on fire.this is an extremely dangerous problem that toyota is aware of yet has not issued a recall for these vehicles.i was lucky that this happened so close to my home.
Toyota known defective timing chain gasket. Leaking oil.
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 plume of smoke, and realized there was a pool of oil under the van.we began to look on the internet for causes, where we came across several instances of the oil hose blowing and the vehicle catching fire.we called the dealership the next day to see if there was a recall.they didn't know of one, but stated that they'd fixed several vehicles for the same issue.this is very alarming since the check engine light, oil light, etc didn't even turn on.had we driven another mile, would the van have caught fire?we have a van full of children, and it's frightening to think that this could have ended much worse.
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.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1906i was told may cause problem turning the steering wheel, or accident. I was instructed to file the claim to your office. Thanks.
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 restarted our van, we could only drive for < 65 miles/hour. Any acceleration resulted in vigorous shaking. After we came home i drove my van to an auto service center, and was checked. It turned out that 3 ignition coils, spark plugs, and manifold gasket had to be replaced. Yesterday (9/10/2015) the same problem happened again.
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 same hose was blow which is dangerous that toyota dealer told us and he was surprised that could not happen after replace part that mean they still have that same problem and we was on i-10 , we stop the van on time otherwise we wont able to move van and we might lost our life so please investigate and save others life .
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 defective hose but because it was not repaired prior to the 3/31/13 deadline that toyota would not pay for this defective hose to be replaced.i am certain that i was never notified of this voluntary and worry that many other 2008 sienna owners are unaware of this defective part and hence will not have this repaired. This hose is under pressure and if it goes completely car will spew oil everywhere and seize up!this is a potential fire and safely hazard!!!toyota is very aware of this problem! in the end my dealer agreed to cover the cost of replacement, but i am forever dismayed at toyota's lack of concern for their customers!this was part of campaign recall 90k-2gr-fe v6 engine oil hose.
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. If this was on the highway it could have caused sudden reduced visibility for the drivers behind the vehicle and could have led to an accident.i am sorry but using a rubber hose on an oil line is one of the dumbest things i have heard of. Fortunately for us, no one was hurt and no damage was done to the vehicle. I don't understand how this has not turned into a recall. This was a big mistake on toyota's part.
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 malfunction occurred six times on the same day. The engine restarted each time the failure occurred and the vehicle was taken to a different dealer who could not locate a problem. The contact planned to take the vehicle for a third opinion to possibly locate the consistent failure.the manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 34,680.
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 piston prematurely and could in my opinion lead to failure. This is my 2nd complaint to you people for the same issue.
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 and was in the process of being evaluated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 40,105. Updated 4/2/12
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 line did i find out about the recall....i would hadit replaced earlier if i had been notified.
2008 toyota sienna.consumer writes in regards to vehicle engine problems.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, the engine was ruined,the dealer stated the engine water hose and oil hose had malfunctioned.
The contact owns a 2008 toyota sienna. While driving 65 mph, the contact stated that thea pushrod 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 was60,600.no repairs were performed.
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 filled with toxic fumes, shutting the door i realized all was hopeless except to get away from the vehicle. Within seconds my car was engulfed in flames.i ran as fast as i could to get help.had i been less alert, inactive, less proactive i would have probably died.the car was purchased new in nov, 2008 and had a little over 10,000 miles.there was no smell of fuel or another strange odor.the car was burned totally, with nothing remaining except the steel frame.
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 driveway, hood of the vehicle, and the front passenger side tire. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who stated that the oil cooler supply line burst. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 74,000.
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 off then on again. After that the engine responded only to my actions onthe gas pedal. It did occur to me that the pedal could have been caught under the floor mat so i checked its position and it was some distance from the pedal and could not have been the cause. I have owned this vehicle from new in may 2008 and this undirected acceleration has only occurred once. The car has just completed 20,000 miles. I reported this to the dealer who serviced my car for the 20,000 mile interval and via toyota's web site but i want to make sure you are aware that sienna vans can also have this problem.
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 oil in engine. Oil splashed on tailgate. Determine oil flowing from engine. Toyota acknowledged problem with rubber oil hose and sent tow truck. Loss of all oil without indication until engine failure. Same v6 engine as recalled in camry and avalon. This is a serious problem requiring complete engine replacement. This is unsafe--sudden engine failure without indication at highway speeds and oil spill to exhaust components of engine could have caused accident or fire!
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 car as i was driving. Had it towed to the dealer- they told me it was a faulty rubber oil line.i looked it up online and see that toyota had not yet issued a recall but is replacing it in some vehicles. The2008 toyota sienna is not mentioned - but clearly should be. This is a van that i drive my 2 children around - very clearly a safety issue if i did not recognize soon enough that the engine had no oil!
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 oil in engine. Oil splashed on tailgate. Determine oil flowing from engine. Toyota acknowledged problem with rubber oil hose and sent tow truck. Loss of all oil without indication until engine failure. Same v6 engine as recalled in camry and avalon. This is a serious problem requiring complete engine replacement. This is unsafe--sudden engine failure without indication at highway speeds and oil spill to exhaust components of engine could have caused accident or fire!
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 on me. It took all my force to keep it open. I let it shut, then reopened it and it would not latch and kept forcibly shutting. I literally propped the door open against its will to close while my child exited. The dealer cannot duplicate the problem and doesn't believe it happened. We are very concerned about this especially because there is no way to manually disengage the motor and stop it from forcing itself closed.
I bought my 2008 toyota sienna in october 2007.the first defect i noticed is whenthe 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 the window when thedoors are opened.this made no sense. My experience has been that the door slams really hard and then bounces back.if a child happened to be leaning out the window they would suffer serious injury because of this.no one has been injured thus far, but the slamming certainly startles everyone! this happens even ifthe window is only open slightly. Another defect is the tire pressure light on the dash. It stays lit up constantly. After adding air on numerous occasions, i noticed thatthe light comes back on in just a couple of days. I discussed this with the dealer and he simply stated that tire pressure changes with the temperature.this is asafety issue because i wouldnot know if the tires' inflation was really off or not.obviously i cannot add air to the tires every other day.
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.after attempting this several times i stopped and was just in time to notice the motor of garage door opener was overheating and near fire! fire dept was called and it was all checked out. In fear of faulty equipment i took steps to replace both garage door motors. After new openers were installed professional installers attempted to program the homelink. It failed once again. We tried several times and even tried to program other buttons. End result was button 1 and 2 of homelink are faulty and 3 finally programmed. So after replacing my own equipment which i assumed was faulty ...we determined the homelink system in the carwas atfault and malfunctioning. This was determined after we tried on new motors ...so in the end my original equipment was not the cause of the firebut merely a result of a faulty program chip in the homelink.i was fortunate that my house had not caught fire as my garage is under the family room.i spoke with my dealership as well as toyota customer care center and home link and non of the 3 sources will assume responsibility of the faulty equipment. The car was only a week old brand new 2008. I feel had the homelink worked properly the 1st and 2nd button would of programmed as easily as the 3rd and my garage openers would not of overheated and near caught fire and place my home and pets in jeopardy. Not to mention i had a cost of $700.00 to replace equipment that wasn't faulty.i would like toyota to acknowledge that this may perhaps be the first of several homelinks to have a issue and to make consumers aware that there is a potential malfunction so they too don't overheat and possibly lead to fire in themotors in garage.
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 lower 48 states and hawaii and even include canada.however nothing in alaska is covered. I feel as though we were mislead about this feature and have tried contacting toyota directly however the maps covered on the dvd is a software program that was provided to toyota by a 3rd party.is there anything we can do to get toyota to listen??returned phone calls and e-mails from toyota suggest that the state of alaska doesn't justify their cost in producing a new dvd upgrade to include our state.when we purchased the van this was not clearly stated by the sales manager and we were told that toyota was coming out with a new dvd that will cover alaska, but now it's obvious they have no intentions of providing this.frustrated in ak.
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 repaired i could not use the winch again to pull back my spare tire to the original position. I went ahead and replaced the winch mechanism on my own cost after not getting any support from the dealership to help fix it or repeated calls to toyota that refused to acknowledge the defect. They citied that i was out of warranty and now could do nothing. Now i am hearing there is indeed a problem with the mechanism and there is a recall on the van. I placed a call to the dealership in town there is no response. While there may have been dangerous situation this was avoided i think by putting in a third party winch mechanism on my own cost. I like toyota to either 1) fix my problem 2) pay for the cost of fixing the problem which i took care to fix it on my own cost.
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 100mph into an construction zone (50mph) where i shut off the vehicle and coasted onto the shoulder. I consider myself an experienced good driver with thousands of my miles to my name. The van had 2 adults and 3 kids in it. I have contacted toyota and they told me to remove my floor mat and wait for an recall in late january. Hopefully this helps.. Thanks
The power liftgate wont stay open and closes on people, repeatedly.
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.
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 work because the seat was actually designed for the passenger side, but was installed to the driver's seat . The contact also stated that the rack and pinion was leaking grease.the vehicle was not repaired.the vin was unavailable. The failure and current mileage was 2,000.
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 that the air conditioner o rings needed to be replaced due to a leak. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 139,000.
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 andit have a very low miles due to lights safety reasons that can not be solved by toyota. Every time we complain, we were always told that bring the car in when the light goes on. The problem is when the light goes on it will be off when we get to the dealership. We noticed when the car reached approximately 98,000 miles. The cause of the on and off lights are unknown.
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 ago. Local dealer said that diagnosis would take two hours & cost $130. Read on the internet to try disconnecting the yellow wire (airbag sensor) under the front passenger seat and wait 15 seconds. Tried that and the flashing light has gone off again. This yellow connector pin and wiring should be fully replaced by toyota under a full recall so that this doesn't become a recurring, regular issue for sienna owners.
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 went under the other driver's driver's side rear bumper corner lifting her car up into the air causing it to fall on top ofthe passenger side of my hood and front right fender crushing them, resulting in over 10000 dollars damage.no one was seriously hurt and neither car's airbags deployed.
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 electrical board needs to be replaced. The visor can not be used or the short may start a fire inside the vehicle. The vehicle was in motion when this occurred. Van filled with smoke quickly. Had to pull over and open doors to clear the smoke.
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 the filler pipe to the fuel tank causing fuel to be dumped to the station drive during the refueling process.it would appear that the plastic is there to protect the fuel filler pipe.this would occur each time refueling takes place.the consequences could be grave!a considerable amount of fuel was spilled because the slope of the drive was away from the operators view.replacement of parts will correct the problem.i have requested the old parts be returned to me.
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 broke down) so we towed the car to the sunnyvale toyota.they said they would give us a report of what went wrong .turns out the fuel pump doesn't work, and they don't know why because it is a independent part, i consulted a professional auto mechanic for a second opinion.he said that it usually doesn't happen unless your car is over 10 years old.i called the toyota headquarters to file a complaint but they said it wasn't a very "big" problem and didn't follow up with me and said i have to call my own dealer only. And that it was perfectly safe for me to pull over with the left over momentum.i was not satisfied with their answer and i found it weird that its breaking down already.with only 30,000 miles and 2 years new.not only that when they returned the car to us, they decided to mention to us that apparently not only is the fuel pump not working apparently the battery rotted too.they said that all the liquid in the battery leaked out so they had to change it also.i am not pleased that they decided to tell me this when they returned the car to me not before when they told me the fuel pump was not working.i am not pleased with the quality of toyota, and do not feel safe driving my car around.
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 outlet mall in canonsburg pa. I am paraplegic,my minivan is modified with foldout ramp- passenger side sliding door for wheelchair and then i transfer into the drivers seat. All the van handicapped parking spaces were filled but it was early so i parked in a regular space with an empty space next to it so i could get out. Few van accessible handicapped spaces is common so i used regular spots before as long as someone was with me who could back the van up far enough for the ramp to deploy. When my mother,my sister-in-law,my friend,and i returned to the vehicle a pickup truck was parked next to us. My sister-in-law got in the vehicle to back it up so the ramp had room to come out as she had done often. We stood behind the pickup truck waiting for her to back up. All of a sudden the vehicle flew backward so fast that before we could yell stop my vehicle had slammed into the suv parked across the aisle so hard that it pushed the suv into the car parked in front of it in the next row. My sister-in-law was completely shocked as were we, it was so fast it was almost like watching a cartoon. My sister-in-law kept saying "i don't know what happened", she thought all she did was put her foot on the brake and put it in gear. Not knowing about sudden acceleration in sienna's all any of us could think was her foot had slipped even though she has been driving for 25 years without a similar incident she couldn't understand how it could happen, was sure it didn't. The police were called and a report filed. Because one of the welds from modification was broken my vehicle was totaled.
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 run it in 4th gear .
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 hoodto make sure nothing was on fire i notice a puddle of oil under the vehicle an upon further look my engine motor oil cooling hose had burst, spraying the motorand everything inside with motor oil. This was the 3rd time this vehicle has done the same problem.
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 then remembered seeing a squirrel near the vehicle i presumed innocently taking shade from the hot florida sun. During that time i parked my vehicle in my driveway outside. I advised the dealership of this and they confirmed that indeed such animal would liking have chewed on the harness wiring causing the issue at hand.i paid out of pocket for this repair since i was told it was not under warranty.it has come to my attention that the toyota dealership was aware of this type of animal and the attraction to the soy based insulation around the electrical wiring harness.there now are two class action cases regarding this matter with toyota.
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 from toyota in 03/2010 i was confident that this part is covered but to my frustration - toyota said the fuel pump is classified as an electrical system and unfortunately other than their hybrid models it is not covered by any type warranty. Upon researching multiple websites, chat forums, and among registered toyota owners it came to my understanding/conclusion that the toyota sienna models from 2007 to 2010 had numerous fuel pump, pulleys, and brake drum issues. The vehicles affected had total miles ranging from 20k to 130k. New vehicles with failing fuel pumps and not covered under warranty - shocking.it is my understanding that without a fuel pump no vehicles can run and it is very unfortunate to see that automakers classify it as an electrical item and the nhtsa sadle agrees with it. This repair costed me over $600 for parts and labor. Ifi were to use the toyota dealership for parts and service it would have costed me over $900 ( via 3 estimates from dealerships) through this letter i am kindly requesting an investigation to the fuel pump issues for toyota sienna from model year 2007 onwards so a proper warranty coverage, warnings can be provided to registered owners.
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. The car has now been at capitol toyota since 7/17 (about 4 weeks) with no eta for new improved metal replacement hose. The service department at capitol toyota admitted this is a design defect. Apparently the better replacement hose is on national back order, again with no eta, and so no line of sight on when the car will be fixed. In the mean time my wife has no car to drive, and toyota refuses to supply a loaner. I have escalated this with toyota head quarters and they also will not provide a loaner. This situation is very frustrating, as the car is at the dealer, and no timeline for when the part will come in and repair will be done. I have never experienced this sort of situation before, with the many cars i've owned in the past.
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 2017 no mention of a problem mentioned. No notification was sent to owners of a potential problem.it created a safety issue that could have been life threatening.
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.
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 repaired.the manufacturer was notified of the failure.the approximate failure mileage was 62,000.
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 cannot duplicate problem.another 2 weeks later at 35,3k miles, late sunday night 60 miles from home, the passenger door get stuck open in a rest area.we spend an hour fussing with the door and finally forced it shut, and drove the 60 mileshome with fingers crossed and 2 kids in the car, hoping that we have not caused a problem forcing it shut and it would not fly open on the rest of the trip.another trip to the dealer, and they state they cannot duplicate the problem we then deferred to routine manual operation.the problem continues, and we have to open or close by forcing them.usually, the passenger cannot let themself out, it must be opened by someone using the handle outside of the car.at 53,2k miles we can no longer manage with the malfunction.there are two weeks left on the warranty of the previous repair. Dealer states we will need to take the car to a body shop for a re-alignment at our own expense. Not having the funds to do so,we continue to deal with the problem. Finally we take it to a different dealer for a second opinion.surprise-the latches need to be replaced.the one door is so bad the front & rear latches must be replaced at my cost of $800!we need at least one door to work so we'll do it.the other door needs it too at add'l $, as well as a visit to the body shop for 'realignment', but can't afford it.meanwhile-the original dealer should have replaced this part at 53,2k miles when it was covered, but ithey sent us packing. No faith that this $800 repair will fix it. 3 sets of latches in 3 years?they need to identify the problem and do right by customers. This is our 6th and last toyota. Maybe a death related incident will help.
The sliding door opened when thecar was moving,then failed to be able to close by power or manually.
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 we pressed the button multiple times and finally it made a popping noise and released. The door opened a few inches and now the cable inside was broken and hanging down. The door no longer automatically opens and closes and the cable is still hanging from the door. We took the van to the dealer with an automatic sliding door recall letter we received from toyota. The dealer stated the part that broke on our van was not covered in the recall. They said it would cost over $1,000.00 to fix. We had them put door back together because we did not want to pay for the repair until we do more research on the problem.
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.the problem went away until last evening, when the same problem occurred while out to dinner.even when the power door was disengaged, the door still would not close.fortunately, there were two adults (along with 3 kids 8 and under) so one of us could hold the door shut while the other drove.i checked on the internet briefly and it seems as though many other sienna owners have had similar issues.this could be a serious safety issue if it were somehow to manifest itself while driving.
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 specifically asked if it covered all parts on the sliding doors, the dvd player, etc.i was told yes. In january 2014 i experienced a problem with one of the sliding doors.my local dealership said the center hinge was bad and was not covered under my warranty.i insisted that hoselton pay for the repair,they reluctantly did so.i have since had both siding doors repaired multiple times due to the lock assembly not working.the lock assembly is covered under a new special condition warranty because toyota has received so many complaints.now the other doors center hinge is bad.i was told if i don't replace the hinge that the lock assembly will keep going bad.so these are obviously related issues.this combined issue causes my doors to either be stuck open, be stuck closed, or to open while i am driving.all safety issues as i have children in the back seat.i have contacted toyota and the warranty people and neither want to assist.i want the hinge replaced at toyotas cost.this is dangerous and it is a known issue by them.they need to resolve this asap.my vehicle is unsafe to drive. I have contacted them via telephone and their email system, all with no luck with assistance.
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 shut it will fly open and close even though it is so difficult to manually move it.we have had it stuck open once during the past year and a half.when i brought it up to the dealership they said that they had never had anyone with an electric door problem.i went home and found hundreds of complaints.unfortunately, with younger kids it is a problem dropping them/picking up from school because that is the side we must use to follow school procedure for safety reasons.the dealership said it would cost $1500 to fix the door because the entire motor would need to be replaced since the cable is not a separate piece.we are very frustrated.since then i have been taking the van somewhere else for oil changes, tires....they said they see people with these vans having electric door problems quite often on the toyota.before the van i had a camry and had no problems.now i have had numerous recalls...one that i personally had a problem with.i consider this issue more of a safety issue than most other recalls we've had.with customer service like i have experienced and all the problems i won't be getting another toyota.why isn't toyota addressing these issues when there are soooo many?
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. The force of the closing door is quite high to a degree that it was a struggle to stop it crushing a person. A child would not be able to stop it closing.the problem has continued to get worse and the weather has little effect anymore, the door will not stay open even on mild days.
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 view out the front was almost totally obstructed. We managed to see through a small crevice underneath the hood, which was now upright and covering almost all the windshield. We were able to pull off the highway without further incident. Please note i am not the owner of this automobile, but rather my husband yonathan epelbaum had rented it from national car company. The car has been returned to national, and the incident was reported to the police at the time of the incident. We were very lucky to have escaped serious injury. The incident happened during daylight, which helped, as at least the daylight helped with visibility through the very small opening under the hood, from which we were able to steer and change lanes safely while exiting the highway. Injuries were fortunately very minor so i am recording as "no injuries" but there was an issue with glass. Considering we might have been killed, we feel very fortunate my husband managed to steer us out of it without hitting anything or being hit. Other cars around us were going very fast so the situation was exceedingly dangerous.
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 contacted and the vehicle was not further repaired. The failure mileage was 20,000 and current mileage was 50,000.
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.no harm done.if the other key hadn't been found, we would have had to wait for a locksmith to unlock the door.especially in hot weather, this is dangerous.the manual does not mention this automatic locking, unless a door hasn't been opened after unlocking.the dealer has advised that it can be removed by bringing the auto in and looking it up to a computer.i believe this is potentially dangerous, and needs nhtsa action.
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 door handle. The doors, at times, would not unlock from inside the vehicle and would become jammed. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer (kolar toyota, 4781 miller trunk hwy, hermantown, mn 55811, (218-733-0100) who replaced the cables and greased the door parts, but the failures continued. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 100,000.
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.totally dead.there is no way to unlock the sliding doors.there is no way to open the sliding doors (from inside or out).there is no way to open the trunk (which can't be opened from the inside anyway - another concern)i had gone out to the van because i needed something from the trunk.i am 8 months pregnant with twins - there was no way i could climb back.my son had to.i couldn't even get into the middle row b/c there is a baby bucket in the center.if you were in a front end collision such that the battery was destroyed - the only way out of the van would be out the driver's or passenger's side doors.maybe this is only true if the doors are locked at the time of the accident...but the van locks itself once in drive unless you have this feature turned off at the dealer.no one can get out the back or sides - no one could get in to help you.if the adults in the front were ok it might be very hard o get to anyone in the back if there is a car seat in the middle of the middle row - and then, getting back out would be hard.i totaled a car in college - it is possible for an accident to wipe out battery power.this has me pretty alarmed.it's not something you think of when you buy a car.no one thinks "will i be trapped if the battery goes?"but in this van, i think you would be, and it could be very dangerous.there should be an over ride where if battery power is lost everything automatically unlocks - and there should be a way to open the trunk from the inside!i am freaked out to think of getting in an accident and no one being able to get in to help out my kid(s).this is a huge safety concern!
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.totally dead.there is no way to unlock the sliding doors.there is no way to open the sliding doors (from inside or out).there is no way to open the trunk (which can't be opened from the inside anyway - another concern)i had gone out to the van because i needed something from the trunk.i am 8 months pregnant with twins - there was no way i could climb back.my son had to.i couldn't even get into the middle row b/c there is a baby bucket in the center.if you were in a front end collision such that the battery was destroyed - the only way out of the van would be out the driver's or passenger's side doors.maybe this is only true if the doors are locked at the time of the accident...but the van locks itself once in drive unless you have this feature turned off at the dealer.no one can get out the back or sides - no one could get in to help you.if the adults in the front were ok it might be very hard o get to anyone in the back if there is a car seat in the middle of the middle row - and then, getting back out would be hard.i totaled a car in college - it is possible for an accident to wipe out battery power.this has me pretty alarmed.it's not something you think of when you buy a car.no one thinks "will i be trapped if the battery goes?"but in this van, i think you would be, and it could be very dangerous.there should be an over ride where if battery power is lost everything automatically unlocks - and there should be a way to open the trunk from the inside!i am freaked out to think of getting in an accident and no one being able to get in to help out my kid(s).this is a huge safety concern!
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 not taken to a dealer or diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The vin was included in nhtsa campaign number: 13v429000 (power train). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 135,000.
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.
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 the dealer where it was diagnosed that the shift lever needed to be replaced. The mechanic adjusted the lever; however, the failure recurred multiple times. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vin was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 13v429000 (power train). The approximate failure mileage was 65,000. The vin was unavailable.
Transmission went out; needs complete replacement. 2008 vehicle with only 78,000 miles should not have this problem.
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) 772-1000) was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and was not able to confirm when the parts were to become available. The contact had not experienced a failure.
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" buti had to floor the gas pedal. After stopping multiple times, i was able to reach home. My 2008 sienna can now be driven forward in reverse gear.
Transmission has begun sliding
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 consistently behaves in this manner under the above conditions.the dealer stated this is normal operation for drive by wire systems.it does not seem normal to me.
I was able to shift my car into reverse from park without touching the brakes. It caused my car to start rolling.
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 charged me 3500$. Its a lot of money. Additionally, you cannot trust toyota brand for such poor workmanship where power train is prone to failures on 5 years old vehicles.
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.
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 key. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer was not contacted. The contact discovered that the vehicle was involved in nhtsa campaign number: 13v429000 (power train). The failure mileage was 80,000. Parts distribution disconnect.
2008 toyota sienna awd leaking gear oil onto exhaust system from awd transfer case. Oil is burning.
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 not notified of the problem. The contact had not experienced a failure.rk
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 duplicate the problem and there was nothing to repair or replace. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 55,900.
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 failure and the current mileage was 50,000.
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 actuator bolts and alignment. Upon inspection (requiring the engine to be partially disassembled) it was determined that the vvti gear was coming apart causing debris to spread throughout the camshaft gears and housing only for cam bank 1. This is an obvious material quality defect and toyota's only statement is "we don't have a recall for this". My van is 90 days past the 5 year & 17,369 miles over the 60,000 warranty. (note: other manufacturer's offer a 100,000 powertrain warranty). This van has only been serviced by this dealer. This single repair bill is $4,295.00 with no guarantee the other cam bank won't do the same thing, requiring another high service bill. After 3 days of waiting for toyota to investigate, they only offered a goodwill contribution to the repairs of $2,400 ... But only after i submit paid receipts and then wait 10 weeks for them to reimburse me. They flat out refused to send the payment to the dealer. This is toyota's premier family vehicle and if the engine has seized while driving could have killed my family or someone else. I have driven toyota's for over 15 years and never heard of this kind of materials defect and then to be treated this poorly over a major safety issue that is a direct result of poor quality materials. I guess they would have been more interested if someone had died.i think everyone who owns a 2008 sienna should be aware that this model has a vvti gear material quality defect that can be expensive to repair or cause the engine to seize while driving and kill someone. Who knows if other 08 models are also affected.
T-sb-0047-10 from safercar.gov "some vehicles equipped with 2gr-fe/fxeengine. Therubber 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 " this tsb affects toyota vehicles going back to at least 2008-present. This is a major issue, and i feel this should be handled as a recall instead of a tsb due to the severity of the issue if/when the pipe breaks. I recently elected to have my vehicle repaired on my own just so i wouldn't have to worry about this issue happening to me or my wife, and thus blowing up my sienna's engine causing thousands of dollars in damages. Seems pretty bad that a recall can be issued for floor mats and accelerator issues, but no recall is issued for this issue which can drain the oil from your engine in a minute, blow up your engine, and then possibly wreck your vehicle. Consumer's engines are now being destroyed, and this is showing up in different online forums. I feel that the nhtsa needs to force toyota to replace all of the defective engine oil cooler pipes with the newer metal ones that the tsb addresses. They should also be forced to reimburse all costs to those individuals that either needed to have the repair done, or decided to preventatively have the repair done on their own before those pipes burst on their own.toyota has told me that my vehicle was not affected by their limited service campaign csc-10033553-6074 but my car has seepage from the rubber portion of the hose that was diagnosed by grapevine toyota dealership yesterday. Very sad situation that such a dangerous condition exists in so many toyota vehicles with the v-6 (2gr-fe) engine. Please help!!!
Shift lever assembly may allow rollaway13v429000 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 that fix provided for the recall did not actually correct problem completely.if you have a sienna for the effected years and have had the above recall work completed your vehicle may still roll away. To test park on a flat surfaceapply emergency brakegrasp gear shift apply pressure to move it toward reverse while jiggling the gear shiftup and down - do not put your foot on the brake while doing this.if gear shift stays in park you are good.if it falls into reverse your car is now in neutral and can roll away put foot on brake and put the car in park.
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 neutral. I put the car in a safe parking spot, put on the emergency brake and shut the engine off. That is where it still is. I haven't tried to restart it or drive it since.
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 restarted our van, we could only drive for < 65 miles/hour. Any acceleration resulted in vigorous shaking. After we came home i drove my van to an auto service center, and was checked. It turned out that 3 ignition coils, spark plugs, and manifold gasket had to be replaced. Yesterday (9/10/2015) the same problem happened again.
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 paintin them.they offer a warranty of one year in the products, but the consumer mustpay for the removal and installation of the part.i played their game for three times and i foolishly paid 3 times for the strut installation, plus other damages the faulty struts caused me .the faulty struts caused my frame to loosen, my horizontal drive shaft to damage, and rack and pinion steering, that detroit axle sold. Well, my vehicle shakes violently at between 45-55 miles per hour, thus having to pull to the side of the road.i managed to drive to a mechanic through back roads at low speeds. The defective rack and pinion steering and the defective, sold as new parts,and advertised as new parts failed in three occasions ane damaging my other parts of the vehicle.it cost me over $3000 to replace those parts plus the money that i gave to detroit axle, with the collusion of ebay selling his products. Once the parts are received, within 60 days, he closes the feedback on his page, thus not letting the suspecting public complain against his junkyard of defective parts.ebay protects him.i still have to replace my michelin new tires for more expense and the third pair of struts are still on the vehicle, in which i still have to replace for a third time!
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.after doing this, instead of the brakes being applied, the sienna rolled back as though it were in neutral.we brought the sienna to the toyota dealer who inspected it.they told us the pin that enables the brakes upon placing the sienna in park was completely shot and the entire transmission would need to be replaced.the service manager said he has never seen something like this before and that these pins don't wear out over time.the service manager also told us that you would only see damage to the pin if you were driving the car and then suddenly put it into park while moving at a high speed.the service manager contacted the offices of toyota corporate and had the case reviewed.it was determined by toyota corporate to be related to the warranty and they are replacing the entire transmission.
While attempting to maneuver in reverse, experienced sudden unintended acceleration, causing collision with guardrail
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 vehicle under the recall. The contact had not experienced afailure.updated 7/25/14consumers handwriting is illegible. Updated 08/05/14
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 wereseated in the car and i was picking up the baby from my friend when both of us heard my eldest son aged 10, screaming that "the car is moving mama", and in panic he opened his door and tried to get off his seat belt and was trying to jump. I saw the van rolling back , i put the baby on the grass and rushed to help my kids in the moving van that was rolling backwards downhill. First i pushed my son in as his leg was caught in the seat belt and he couldn't jump forwards and then i moved around the back of the van, hit my knee on the bumper and my friend came from the front , she opened the door and i was able to put the handbrakes on. But in doing so after bumping hard on my right knee from the moving car, and when i applied the brakes, i sat on the ground and hit my knee again. The car stopped and i tried to calm myself because there were 4 kids inside when the van was rolling away and 3 of them were small, so they were crying. My friend calmed me and we set off. My knee was heavily bruised and aching. I came home and took painkillers and couldn't get any xrays done because i didn't have any medical insurance. To this day once or twice a week, i use painkillers for my knee which was perfect before. My kids were safe and nothing major happened which could have, but we all went through a very panicky and terrible experience which i hope never happens again. If the van wouldn't have stopped in time, my children could have been badly injured.
2008 toyota sienna.
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 again and a bystander came to determine what was wrong.talking to bystander to determine what happened, i took my foot off brake again and vehicle lunged forward (while still in park). Decided to shut vehicle off and have it towed to a dealership.i am awaiting a call from toyota customer experience center to setup an inspection, however i went to dealership to pick up some things out of the car.i instructed the service agent that the van was not to be driven until the toyota customer experience center inspector had a chance to look at the van with all parties.next thing i know the service agent had pulled the van into the service bay for me to grab my belongings out of.i hope this did not ruin any data in the computer about what happened in the parking lot.
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 other times, esp. Going downhill, when the car seems stuck in an unusually low gear (automatic transmission).when i've reported my concerns to the dealer (each time it's been serviced for 2 years!), the service rep says, "yes, my avalon does the same thing.it's because the gas pedal is no longer mechanically attached; instead it relies on radio waves which can be affected by temperature and humidity."so, while this does not appear to be as "dangerous" a problem as the unintended accelerations, i can imagine a scenario when i would need to accelerate, the car would not respond, and i could be rear-ended.i felt it was important to "report" this apparent problem, as the testimony i saw from toyota officials seemed to heavily discountthe possibility of there being problems with the electronic control systems.but something isn't right!i previously drove a 2000 sienna and did not have any of the hesitation i have described above.(unfortunately, that engine "died" at 78k, i believe, due to the "white smoke" problem that had been subject of an earlier recall!)note: stated date is most recent date van hesitated and was "stuck in a low gear."problem first noted in nov. 2007 with less than 1000 miles.
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 be why it hesitates or hangs in no gear whiletrying to acceleratethrough an intersection or stop.this problem occurs at least 90% of the time.the response from the transmission while accelerating in these situations warrants a replacement or adjustment.
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 a left hand turn going across traffic trying to get across the intersection. I have taken this vehicle in numerous times and the problem has never been reproduced by the service tech. I have taken them out on a drive along only to not reproduce it also. This is my main vehicle i drive my four children around in and i would hate to have this issue occur when i really need to accelerate and cause an accident. Apparently, i am not the only individual who owns this vehicle that had witnessed this hesitation problem. I believe this problem warrants further investigation and a possible recall/fix. This happens almost ever time i drive this vehicle.
2008 toyota sienna acceleration hesitationthis 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 respond for 1-2 seconds before 'jumping' into the acceleration.the biggest safety issue with this is a left turn across an oncoming lane of traffic (similar to a corner turn).if i am coasting to the intersection for the turn, the minivan does not respond to the driver input for acceleration to get out of the way of the oncoming car (until through the intersection).knowing this defect, i compensate for it, but an unsuspecting driver could have an accident with this defect.
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 intermittently. Dealer could not replicate the problem and service manager explained that was probably caused by a delay in trying to get the correct shift. There was no tsb on the problem according to the manager.
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 accelerating after slowing down at an intersection or turning at a corner. This occurs intermittently but is quite noticeable.i can often reproduce hesitation with a hard brake followed by heavy throttle.
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 red-lining). I am absolutely sure my foot was not on the accelerator pedal.i shifted into neutral, which removed the forward pressure, and after a second or two, the rpms drifted back into the normal range. This is the most recent occurrence. Other instances have been less severe and have all occurred while braking the vehicle.
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 failuresand 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 potential future failure.
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.
The passenger seat belt has folded over and jammed. It is not able to retract now. This is a safety hazard.
The driver seat seatbelt keeps jamming, to the extent that it won't unjam.
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 the child.the child was frightened, but uninjured.the failure mileage was 8,108. Updated 07/15/08.*ljthe consumer took the vehicle to the dealer to have the repairs made. Updated 07/15/08
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 seatbelt when stopping driving because it is stuck in the latch. This combination of self-release, non-latching, and being stuck is a serious danger hazard and needs to be recalled by toyota. The vehicle is undriveable in this condition.
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 by fabric. Not knowing any better, i mistakenly hooked the tether strap to another hook that was located behind the seat. In completing a cpst course, i've learned that this practice could have significantly injured or killed my child if we had been involved in a wreck. My cpst instructors agreed with my suspicion that there is a defect in the construction of these seats, and that the tether bar should notbe completely covered by fabric. My fear is that other families with this vehicle are putting their children at risk of injury or death because they aren't utilizing the top tether simply because they can't access the bar for it.
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 authorized dealer where they were unable to diagnose the failure. The rear passenger side seat belt was replaced. After having the seat belt replaced, the contact noticed that the failure recurred whenever the seat was tilted in a reclined position. The vehicle was taken back to the authorized dealer where the contact was told that the vehicle was operating as designed. The vehicle was not further repaired. The failure mileage was 18,000 and the current mileage was 23,000.
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 manufacturer has an incumbent duty to deliver a product that is safe for consumer use. I find it very concerning toyota feels it is not necessary to offer seat belts that will operate properly for the life of their customers vehicle. We have seats we can't put our children in due to the fact, there is no restraints to keep them safe. It's unconscionable.
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 the sienna.
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 to normal operation;" however, it cost me $108 to get it fixed. I have never had this happen in any other car i have owned.
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 not able to release it.took to dealer today for the spare tire recall fix (been driving around with spare tire in my trunk unable to fold seats down and use van as needed for almost a year) and to have the seat belt repaired the service technician informed me that the seat belt assembly is broken this is a $496.00 (parts and labor) repair.!!! since this is a major safety issue i believethis should be recalled by toyota. Part number #73301ae011b0
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 was 96,000.
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
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.
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 by fabric. Not knowing any better, i mistakenly hooked the tether strap to another hook that was located behind the seat. In completing a cpst course, i've learned that this practice could have significantly injured or killed my child if we had been involved in a wreck. My cpst instructors agreed with my suspicion that there is a defect in the construction of these seats, and that the tether bar should notbe completely covered by fabric. My fear is that other families with this vehicle are putting their children at risk of injury or death because they aren't utilizing the top tether simply because they can't access the bar for it.
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 was activated on and curtail any acceleration.this makes the vehicle hard to control when on a freeway curve and when attempting to accelerate to merge onto the freeway, causing unexpected motion that is a hazard to remaining on the road or causing the vehicle to be in an accident with other vehicles. There is no indication that there are malfunctions in any system that would cause this to occur. Note: mileage on the odometer is ~170,000 miles.
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 by trading it in.this happened intermittently for over a year. Estimated financial loss $4000.00.
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 worked on. I had to replace the rotors and pads on all 4 wheels.
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 because they have no idea what was wrong with it.
Brake pedal would go to floor and experienced no braking.dealer stated "brake components seized and internal failure in master cylinder"
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. This is the 4th time this has happened. There was not a floor mat involved as there was not one in the car at this time. The last time i talked to a toyota dealer about this they said this could not happen and i was wrong about what happened. The dealer did not document any of this and wanted nothing further to do with me. This is dangerous and happens with no warning when you push the brake pedal to stop for a traffic signal or to pull into a parking space. My wife was also in the car two of the times and saw what happened. She was not in the car for the latest episode.
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.
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.
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.
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 swerved to avoid crashing into other cars and hit a tree head-on.vehicle sustained front-end damage.air bags did not deploy.
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 retaining an attorney as no one has addressed this issue as a safety hazard.
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 affecting the vsc system. This is a very scary situation to be in that could lead to a serious accident. Your braking and steering affected all at once unexpectedly is dangerous. Please investigate and provide solution asap.
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 the problem was that my tires werent aligned with my last tire change(which was done at their toyota dealership) toyota told me i needed to replace all the tires and have the wheels aligned. I did this, problem continued.i took my van in again to toyota, they lied and told me i needed new brakes, and some other things i didnt need. Decided to get a 2nd opinion from 2 other auto shops and found out toyota lied about the brakes, they were fine and they both were unable to find out my problem. I found this out going to 2 other auto shops asking for them to look into the original problem. Now today may 2019 this problem still exists, but has gotten worse. Now-the vsc light comes on, it still clicks, the abs light and warning sound goes off, feels as if abs engages, as it jerks and im unable to accelerate during this time until im on a straight away. Very scary when it happens the van starts jerking and unable to acelerate, not safe to take my family in.never buy another toyota again...
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 went under the other driver's driver's side rear bumper corner lifting her car up into the air causing it to fall on top ofthe passenger side of my hood and front right fender crushing them, resulting in over 10000 dollars damage.no one was seriously hurt and neither car's airbags deployed.
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 out of you causing an unsafe condition. Additionally, when the brakes apply, it pulls you out of your lane. The first occurrence was 3 weeks ago. Has happened multiple times since. It doesn't seem to be intermittent anymore. You can count on it happening when your on a slope.
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
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 that the vehicle would occasionally accelerate and decelerate on its own and the steering wheel made an abnormal ticking noise. Furthermore, the vsc and traction control indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to toyota knoxville (10415 parkside dr, knoxville, tn 37922), but they did not assist. The vehicle was then taken to fox toyota (228 fox family ln, clinton, tn 37716) where it was diagnosed that a steering angle sensor needed to be installed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and provided a case number. The failure mileage was 170,000.
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 itto toyota three different times over the years and toyota always states they can not duplicate issue and states they can?t fix it but maybe drive slower (really it has nothing to with my speed after years of dealing with this its been something we just deal with). The vsc light also comes on and alarm sometimes sounds while driving. Two more trips to toyota and several visitsto different mechanics and nobody can find out the problem.in the last 6 months the abs system is also being activated without me applying the brakes. It does it without warning. All of these issues can be on a curve at different speeds or on a slight or medium turns (not real sharp turns), going uphill or downhill and left or right.our van has about 150,000 miles on it now on 2020 but when the problem first started it only had around 110,000 miles on it. We have changed brakes, tires, rotors, brushing on advice from different mechanics to try to fix the issue. Nothing works. Toyota cannot figure it out.it's becoming more dangerousbecause now the abs is being activated with this problem. I can't tell if my brake lights come on so that drivers behind me can tell that i?m slowing down very quickly. This jerks those in the car and i?m afraid we may lose control. I have read on different web sites that this is common with a toyota and it's just not my van. If i had the money i would buy a different vehicle but being on a fixed income i don't have the luxury to do so. How can a car company have so many complaints from consumers about this common problem but still can't tell us how to fix it? it's toyotas design they should be able to tell the consumer what is causing this issue and how to fix it.
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 with the vehicle. Many sienna owners have similar problems listed on carguru. Https://www.cargurus.com/cars/discussion-c9152_ds656326 please insist on a manufacturing recall for this vehicle. It is unsafe and could easily cause an accident. Thank you. Concerned original car owner.
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, the van went into full acceleration mode. The transmission downshifted and started applying full throttle.the first time we thought we were going crazy. The second time, both my wife and i watched as her foot applied the brakes and to our amazement, the van started accelerating again!luckily both times, my wife took her foot off the brake pedal and reapplied once the van stopped accelerating and the brakes worked then.i haven't had time to take this into the toyota dealer yet. We are still under a 30 day warranty with carmax, so i have communication out to them to see how we should handle this situation. I thought this toyota sudden acceleration story was exaggerated. Now i've experienced it myself.
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 decelerates and pulls to the right. When trying to accelerate in a turn the vehicle will not accelerate until there is no steering input. Dealers and mechanics can not determine the cause. It has been occurring daily for about 6 months. This has caused many near crashes.
Hi i have a toyota sienna 2009.ithas only 11,000 miles on it. I do the maintenanceon 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 that everything is fine. When wewent back to chicago again we went to the dealership they give the same answer. Now we are driving the car slowly and so carefully. I think my car is having the same issues the other toyota cars having. Pls do the something.
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 accident.the collision center hold onto my vehicle till 2/15/10 [xxx]mention he will start working on it and every time he ask me if i will file a claim which he state the vehicle would take longer to repair then.and be ready this wed 2/24/10 which i call yesterday and he mentioned he was not sure.i have tried to find a lawyer (1800lawyers) but they did not want to take cases relating to toyota.now i'm without me vehicle for several weeks and i cannot do anything.i have reported this issue with toyota case[xxx] and i have geico insurance case [xxx](1800654-5896 ext 5608 [xxx] ).i was traveling westbound, sunny day, clear road with my wife and child.the vehicle in front stopped,i pressed on the brakes to stop, first the tachometer sped up then their was not braking.i was traveling 15-20 miles per hours at the time on regular street.i have been without my vehicle for almost one month which i need the car for work.
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 within a few minutes. She will take the vehicle to the dealer to be diagnosed. The failure mileage was 4 and the current mileage was 18,817.
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 person said warranty did not cover brake failure because it was "caused by rust."brake failure occurred approximately one month after the 30k mile service.
During a 30,000 mile check up on our2008 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 and rear. All the mileage is long distance highway driving. There was no accidentbut the dealer seemed very concerned.
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 also know outside of the wire fence, beyond the narrow road, it was a cliff with a substantial drop of elevation; and i have my whole family in the car.i was driving a toyota sienna mini van which i have been a loyal customer and a big believer of the quality.just around the time the car is about to stop, all of a sudden, it sped up forward in such a force we were all pushed back against the seat back, i immediately moved my foot to the brake and press all the way but it was not responsive and did not slow the car.instead, the car sped up and went through the wire fence at about 45 degree angle, while i was steering towards left to avoid it with very little effect, and dropped down the slope onto the road, all the while kept speeding up, and then got across the road and hit a wooden pole on the road side by the cliff straight on.then the car stopped and the brake seemed to work again as my right foot was pushing all the way down on the brake for the whole time ' so i shifted to park, turned off the engine, and then open the door to tell people coming up that we were fine.someone called the high way patrol and the officer arrived later to take the case and later transfer the case to the park police for report.the car was towed to a body shop and most likely is totaled.we have insurance coverage so the financial damage to us wasn't big.but we are really concerned of what has happened.we were so lucky to have escaped the drop down the cliff and extremely lucky that we did not hit anyone along the way, even though it was only a few seconds (maybe 3-5 seconds) but this was a crowded park and there were many bikers biking along the road.
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 current and failure mileages were approximately 50,000.
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 normal effect of how the transmission works. No accidents; just reporting what feels like something's not right. Ongoing.
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 was red, so i needed to stop.i applied the brakes fully, and the car continued to slow, but it did not stop fully.i released the brake and then pushed it hard all the way to the mat, but the car still continued to inch forward.i became frightened and threw the car into park and hit the emergency brake.the car seemed to stop, but i turned off the ignition just in case.i was a few minutes from home, so i drove home with my hazards on and parked the car.i have not driven it since.i called the dealership that has been primarily servicing the vehicle (koons arlington), and was told to call toyota headquarters - 800.331.4331.i called this number for headquarters, but after remaining on hold for over 5 minutes with no end in sight and without hearing a live person, i hung up and tried the dealership again.a service representative told me to have the vehicle towed to the dealership, which i did early this morning.i am awaiting a response from the dealership.i emailed them for a status update earlier this afternoon.
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 . Immediately during the accident my brakes failed and i was unable to avoid hitting the van in front until i was able to think to put mine in park to stop the vehicle a few minutes later i tried my brakes again and they were o.k. I feel the antilock brakes failed either because i was into them or due to my vehicle being hit so hard from the rear.my vehicle is a 2008 toyota sienna van. The vehicle that hit me was a 1997 honda civicthe vehicle i hit was a dodge caravan year unknown.
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 that the condition is acceptable.this condition exists at all times, with the vehicle running or not, standing still or moving.have not tried a panic stop to determine if the vehicle will stop within a reasonable distance.
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.
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 current mileage was 11,774.
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.current mileage is 33k and the van needs new front tires and front brakes (rotor?); allrecommended servicing was done (per owners manual) and is documented. This van has a permanent defect.
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 work because the seat was actually designed for the passenger side, but was installed to the driver's seat . The contact also stated that the rack and pinion was leaking grease.the vehicle was not repaired.the vin was unavailable. The failure and current mileage was 2,000.
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 those with time.also, it seems like that oil from steering rack is leaking and that seems to be a problem with multiple toyota siennas starting from 2006.toyota should take responsibility for these manufacturing defects and correct the issues as these can lead to steering failure & can be fatal.
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 column as well.the vsc warning light occasionally comes on too.mechanics on multiple occasions have not been able to figure out what is causing the problem.however, based on research at toyota blogs, it appears that other toyota sienna drivers have experienced this same issue.
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 out of you causing an unsafe condition. Additionally, when the brakes apply, it pulls you out of your lane. The first occurrence was 3 weeks ago. Has happened multiple times since. It doesn't seem to be intermittent anymore. You can count on it happening when your on a slope.
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 when you turn to the right. It does not show when you turn to the left.i brought the car to toyota of alexandria, va. The car spend days there and they said that they don't have clue what is the problem! they opened a case with toyota and i had a meeting with a toyota field specialist. I had multiple questions - why the problem deteriorated, why it shows up only when you turn to the right and not to the left, etc. My questions were unanswered. This person was not trying to fix my problem. He repeated word by word dealership foreman's words. I thought they had a predefined script.i brought it to ourisman chantilly toyota, va. They replaced cv half shaft assembly. That didn't fix the problem. They replaced sop-shaft and that didn't fix the problem. I picked up my car and i've been told that the problem is airbag clock spring. I was told replacing the clock spring would not fix the problem because all of them will have the same problem. I've been told that it's a common issue on all toyota sienna awd vans. Again in the parking start turning to the right, before the wheel locks i can feel and hear clicking noise.i brought it to fitzgerlad toyota, gaithersburg, md. Replaced the lower steering shaft and put a special grease. The noise went away for about 1500 miles, but slowly started coming back. It is getting frustrating and is getting louder as i put more miles. As per the dealer, the key is a special grease and it is a special order. I was on the back order list and was #78 for the region. It seems that there is a lot of demand for this and toyota knows that.my concern is that nobody knows what the problem is and if that problem presents a safety issue.thanks a lot!
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.
Passenger side rack and pinion leaking fluid was discovered at dealership when vehicle was in for service.
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 said this is a very common problem/defect with 2008 siennas on the passenger side.
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 regularly. With the history of several recall on sienna, l believed this might be a defect from toyota. This is a safety issue which the dealer refused to acknowledge caused the van warrant has ran out even though l bought an extended warranty (cost guard) which l was told again that the cost guard warranty has expired too. I have reported this issue to toyota but nothing was done. I am appealing to your honorable office to investigate and ask toyota to treat this as a defect and safety issue. [xxx]information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
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 throttle control has also malfunctioned. The contact stated that when the accelerator pedal was depressed the vehicle accelerated uncontrollably. The dealer stated that the vehicle was functioning normally. The contact stated that the vehicle also began pulling to the left, but that has not been diagnosed by the dealer at this time. The current mileage was 83,000.
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 that the vehicle would occasionally accelerate and decelerate on its own and the steering wheel made an abnormal ticking noise. Furthermore, the vsc and traction control indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to toyota knoxville (10415 parkside dr, knoxville, tn 37922), but they did not assist. The vehicle was then taken to fox toyota (228 fox family ln, clinton, tn 37716) where it was diagnosed that a steering angle sensor needed to be installed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and provided a case number. The failure mileage was 170,000.
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 itto toyota three different times over the years and toyota always states they can not duplicate issue and states they can?t fix it but maybe drive slower (really it has nothing to with my speed after years of dealing with this its been something we just deal with). The vsc light also comes on and alarm sometimes sounds while driving. Two more trips to toyota and several visitsto different mechanics and nobody can find out the problem.in the last 6 months the abs system is also being activated without me applying the brakes. It does it without warning. All of these issues can be on a curve at different speeds or on a slight or medium turns (not real sharp turns), going uphill or downhill and left or right.our van has about 150,000 miles on it now on 2020 but when the problem first started it only had around 110,000 miles on it. We have changed brakes, tires, rotors, brushing on advice from different mechanics to try to fix the issue. Nothing works. Toyota cannot figure it out.it's becoming more dangerousbecause now the abs is being activated with this problem. I can't tell if my brake lights come on so that drivers behind me can tell that i?m slowing down very quickly. This jerks those in the car and i?m afraid we may lose control. I have read on different web sites that this is common with a toyota and it's just not my van. If i had the money i would buy a different vehicle but being on a fixed income i don't have the luxury to do so. How can a car company have so many complaints from consumers about this common problem but still can't tell us how to fix it? it's toyotas design they should be able to tell the consumer what is causing this issue and how to fix it.
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 with the vehicle. Many sienna owners have similar problems listed on carguru. Https://www.cargurus.com/cars/discussion-c9152_ds656326 please insist on a manufacturing recall for this vehicle. It is unsafe and could easily cause an accident. Thank you. Concerned original car owner.
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 did try to describe them into 3 distinct problems.2008 toyota sienna le awd, bearing steering issues with this vehicle:1. The vehicle steering wheel physically turns to the right, while braking. 2. Steering wheel fails to center properly at all times.3. Steering wheel has to be held to left to keep tracking straight.the vehicle steering wheel physically turns to the right, while braking. The greatest effect / turning is observed as the vehicle's speed decreases. The greatest effect / turning is also observed as the vehicle's speed decreases and the vehicle is traversing down a steep gradient. This occurs if i drive in the center of the road, with the center of the road crown, centered on the vehicle and on the right side of the road, where a vehicle must lawfully travel. Conversely, if i drive on the left side of the road / or the left side of the road crown, the vehicle does not adversely pull to the left. It was noted by the toyota dealership that this is due to road crown.this issue provides a false sense of steering, especially in the snow, as it is sometimes believed that the road conditions are causing the vehicle to track right, and overcompensation is usually applied.vehicle pulls or drifts to the right while driving. Once the vehicle starts pulling / drifting, it continues abruptly.driving on longer trips 2-3 hours does cause arm strain, from constant correcting of the steering wheel attempting to cause the vehicle to track straight.i did file a lemon law claim against toyota regarding these defects, and received compensation. Thereafter i did not take to dealership, as toyota simply cannot repair the issues.
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 decelerates and pulls to the right. When trying to accelerate in a turn the vehicle will not accelerate until there is no steering input. Dealers and mechanics can not determine the cause. It has been occurring daily for about 6 months. This has caused many near crashes.
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 paintin them.they offer a warranty of one year in the products, but the consumer mustpay for the removal and installation of the part.i played their game for three times and i foolishly paid 3 times for the strut installation, plus other damages the faulty struts caused me .the faulty struts caused my frame to loosen, my horizontal drive shaft to damage, and rack and pinion steering, that detroit axle sold. Well, my vehicle shakes violently at between 45-55 miles per hour, thus having to pull to the side of the road.i managed to drive to a mechanic through back roads at low speeds. The defective rack and pinion steering and the defective, sold as new parts,and advertised as new parts failed in three occasions ane damaging my other parts of the vehicle.it cost me over $3000 to replace those parts plus the money that i gave to detroit axle, with the collusion of ebay selling his products. Once the parts are received, within 60 days, he closes the feedback on his page, thus not letting the suspecting public complain against his junkyard of defective parts.ebay protects him.i still have to replace my michelin new tires for more expense and the third pair of struts are still on the vehicle, in which i still have to replace for a third time!
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 toyota headquarters about this, and they agreed to cover $900.00 of the $1,300.00 bill.i think they should have covered the entire amount, but i ended up shelling out $300.00 for a new boot to temp fix the problem, and then the remaining $400.00 to replace the rack and pinion.now, less than 1 year from the replacement of the rack and pinion, rosner of toyota tells me that the same side of the rack and pinion is again leaking fluid and that it needs to be replaced.rosner replaced the parts, but i am concerned that this is just a temporary fix to a much bigger problem.this is the third rack and pinion for this vehicle in less than 6 years.i am concerned that this vehicle is not safe for operation.please advise and thanks.
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 (661) 291-2900 (located at 23621 creekside rd, valencia, ca 91355) and left a voicemail. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 175,000.
While driving my steering locked up. I took it to a local garage and they informed me i need a new rack and pinion.
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.
While driving & turning, heard noises from front end. Found that rack and pinion boots were leaking, had to replace entire assembly, around $900.
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 was activated on and curtail any acceleration.this makes the vehicle hard to control when on a freeway curve and when attempting to accelerate to merge onto the freeway, causing unexpected motion that is a hazard to remaining on the road or causing the vehicle to be in an accident with other vehicles. There is no indication that there are malfunctions in any system that would cause this to occur. Note: mileage on the odometer is ~170,000 miles.
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 defect. If drivers are unaware, or if the defect is not resolved, power steering could freeze and potentially cause life threatening situations. This should require a safety recall or extension of power train warranty to cover this issue. Failure has not occurred yet and will take steps to repair.
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 records show i hold toyota responsible for my family's safety and well-being.[xxxx]parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
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 affecting the vsc system. This is a very scary situation to be in that could lead to a serious accident. Your braking and steering affected all at once unexpectedly is dangerous. Please investigate and provide solution asap.
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.whey haven't the government force toyota to recall this vehicles? i have changed struts, shocks, the tires are new and it is aligned.toyota is risking the lives of its clients and no one can do anything about it, due to the apathy and human disregard of lives.!
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 onmarch 25, 2016, the tech discovered again leaking steering fluid and another new power rack & pinion replacement is required.this time it's 4 & 1/2 years later and the current mileage of the van is 109,600.looks like there is some type of defect with the parts and only last approx. 50,000 miles.i do hear a persistent knocking sound which is one of the symptoms of rack & pinion going bad.
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 work because the seat was actually designed for the passenger side, but was installed to the driver's seat . The contact also stated that the rack and pinion was leaking grease.the vehicle was not repaired.the vin was unavailable. The failure and current mileage was 2,000.
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 maintained, garage kept with no collisions.
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 and was informed there are tsb's for prior and post year vehicles but not for 08 sienna.toyota needs to further investigate as failure of steering component is not acceptable.tsb is not acceptable.
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.
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 just doesn't open. The rubbery area is extremely hard and it can't be pressed to trigger the tailgate unlocking mechanism.i heard that it's a common problem with toyota siennas. Would appreciate nhtsa to look at this.
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.
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 we live. There needs to be a recall before someone gets hurt. Thank you.
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. There is a shiny glare to the dashboard.
Dashboard melts when driven in 80 degree weather.becomes sticky and shiny. Glare from shine makes it impossible to see out windshield.
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 good. Ever since then just out of the blue it will not stay up and it will close down on you. I think this is a major safety issue especially since i have two little children. It could really do some harm to them. The sliding doors stop closing if someone is in the way and it should be the same for the back door. I bought this vehicle because it is supposed to be one of the top of the line fans for safety. So far i am not impressed. Someone needs to resolve this issue! i am scared to even open up that back door because of this.....and that is not good.
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 not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 18,000. The vin was unavailable.updated 01/11/11*lj
The dashboard seems to be melting, is sticky and is cracked in several places.
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.
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 specifically asked if it covered all parts on the sliding doors, the dvd player, etc.i was told yes. In january 2014 i experienced a problem with one of the sliding doors.my local dealership said the center hinge was bad and was not covered under my warranty.i insisted that hoselton pay for the repair,they reluctantly did so.i have since had both siding doors repaired multiple times due to the lock assembly not working.the lock assembly is covered under a new special condition warranty because toyota has received so many complaints.now the other doors center hinge is bad.i was told if i don't replace the hinge that the lock assembly will keep going bad.so these are obviously related issues.this combined issue causes my doors to either be stuck open, be stuck closed, or to open while i am driving.all safety issues as i have children in the back seat.i have contacted toyota and the warranty people and neither want to assist.i want the hinge replaced at toyotas cost.this is dangerous and it is a known issue by them.they need to resolve this asap.my vehicle is unsafe to drive. I have contacted them via telephone and their email system, all with no luck with assistance.
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 notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Ma 09/03/15
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.
Dash is sticky and is producing more of a glare/reflection on my inside windshield.extremely distracting.
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 claim that they have never heard of such a condition.after doing some research on the web, i found the following news segment that pointedly identifies the exact problem that i am having:http://www.wptv.com/money/consumer/toyota-dealer-calls-melting-dashboards-a-defective-product-and-wants-auto-makers-to-pay-for-repairs i am not certain what can be done, however in my opinion there should be a factory regarding on this extremely hazardous condition.please look into this matter and advise.thank you for your consideration and prompt attention to this important matter.[xxx]information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Sunroof glass shattered while driving on the freeway with no apparent reason (no collision, no bad road condition).
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 8/29/14updated 09/17/2014
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 the rear seats down to use that area for transporting larger items, etc!i checked several times with my local dealer regarding a permanent solution/repair and was told they had not yet received notice of and/or repair parts for the identified problem.on 11/20/14, i contacted the toyota customer experience center and spoke, at length, with a representative who stated that they had been receiving numerous calls regarding this issue and that she was aware of several meetings regarding the issue but no resolution as yet and no idea when a resolution will occur.it would seem that by now, if the situation is being actively worked on, an acceptable repair would be available! i am frustrated and disappointed with toyota for their seeming indifference to those of us waiting for their action on this matter.thank you for your prompt attention to this situation.
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 getting toyota to fix this last year and tried again today but toyota will not cover these repairs.i want it documented that this vin has not been fixed regarding the sliding door and should a serious safety issue arise in the future due to these doors, this will server as documentation.the issue began about 1 year ago when the driver side sliding door would not open.this year i had to take it on myself to try and fix the issue due to toyota not willing to cover the costs.the cable for the sliding door had frayed and when the door was manually opened, it would only open some but not fully.the roller latch for this door also appears to be bent and now the door is close to hitting the side panel when opened; i had to remove the cable components myself to allow the door to open.i believe the estimated repair costs for having both doors mechanisms replaced is $4,000 and i cannot afford that costs.in 2016 i do not recollect being informed by toyota regarding the sliding door issues and now my vehicle cannot be repaired for that service program has expired.
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 has low miles on it. There is no reason for the door frames to bend other than a manufacturer defect. I have read several complaints about the same problem on the 2008 sienna. Toyota needs to be held accountable for this problem. There have been internet reports of doors coming open while driving. Our car is still under warranty and we are being told it is not covered.
2009 non power slider door transmission replaced by dealership i paid for labor since i was out of warranty......2012 @ 99000 miles same doordoing 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.........might be opened once every two or three months......this seems to be a defect....
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 askingabout $1600-3000 for repair. We are trying to usethe van with one sliding door and it is nor practical or safe.
This car is experiencing sua. It happened in a parking lot an resulted in a crash into a cement wall. It also happenedon a winding mountain road.
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. The mechanic stated that the spare tire cable was corroded and consequently caused damage to the braking system.the contact referenced nhtsa campaign number: 10v160000 (structure) but was advised by the manufacturer that the recall had expired and they would not honor the repair. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 82,000.
Slide door cable snapped leaving door non functional.
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 from school!
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, both rear sliding doors do not function. They only open to about 1 foot, and no further. Extremely difficult to close or open doors at all. The minivan was stationary both times while opening doors for my kids to get in. I was parked on a street. The left side broke on july 1, 2016, and the right side broke 2 days later on july 3, 2016.
Last june 2012 i was backing my vehicle in my home driveway when the rear hatch window suddenlyexploded, 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 andsmall shards, and broken and hanging glass was left in the window frame.when this was reportedto the toyota dealer, their rep replied that he had never heard of such an event occurring with a toyota,and implied that i had broken the window by accident.since my warranty doesn't cover glass, i turned in a claim to allstate insurance($100 deductible) and the window was repaired. On 11/08/2012 i was driving approx. 25 mph on a city street when the same window exploded with enough energy to produce a loud "bang!"i again turned in a claim to allstate($100 deductible, again!) and the window was repaired.while waiting at the repair shop, i asked the glass technician if he was aware of any similar incidents with toyota windows.he replied, "oh yes," and told me that he had just repaired a similar window on a toyota owned by a kirtland, ohio police officer, among others!i feel that this is a serious safety defect that should be investigated immediately, before someone gets severely injured!
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 is not listed under my model for recall. The problem symptoms are exactly similar to the recall issue. I would like to fix it as a recall issue for my vehicle from toyota. Please help. Thanks.
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.
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 taken to a dealer for inspection where the contact was informed that the door cable had snapped and wrapped around the motor. The motor and the cables would need to be replaced, the vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the incident. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.
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 wascontacted and advised her that the entire door handle assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired.the failure mileage was approximately 60,000. The current mileages were approximately 65,000.
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. The force of the closing door is quite high to a degree that it was a struggle to stop it crushing a person. A child would not be able to stop it closing.the problem has continued to get worse and the weather has little effect anymore, the door will not stay open even on mild days.
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.
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.
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 customer service provided me that it was covered but i had to speak to a supervisor after reading the paperwork online to explain that although i was part of the extended warranty for cable and latch mechanisms, that the latch mechanism is the only part that applies to the 2008. It's so confusing, the customer service agents can't figure it out. Taking it to the dealership to have them tell the 2008 cable isn't covered would have cost me $110. The repair is $1500-2000 on a car only work 8k or so. Being that this has been an issue in the past is upsetting. And the fact that the warranty enhancement bulletin is so confusing their own employees don't understand it is also ridiculous. From reading online it seems others are still having this issue.
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. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 85,000.
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 on a grade.this is a major saferty hazard as the door could shut on a person including my four children.i have contacted toyota about the issue and it is noted.i feel that if they have admitted to a defective part and that part caused another issue, it should be replaced.
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 doors electric cable failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 95,000 and the current 126,600. The vin was not available.
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 unsafe.
The power sliding doorsmechanism broke and i was available to open the door, was parked.
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.
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 door unexpectedly came open while the vehicle was moving at a high rate of speed.this was traumatic for her and for my 5 children.also recently, the driver side passenger door became completely non-functional.the local dealership, mark miller toyota, has been working diligently and expertly to try to repair both sliding doors.they appear to have been able to repair the passenger sliding door, at substantial expense to me.however, mark miller toyota is presently unable to repair the drivers sliding door, and the vehicle has been non-operational for weeks now.
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 and going done the road, the door alarm goes off indicating a door is open that has nearly caused my wife to jump out of her skin thinking that our autistic son is opening the door while she is driving down the road.it doesn't make sense that this defect has been recalled in 2007 but not in the 2008 which is the same problem. Cables are dangling out the side of the van whipping in the wind.
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.
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.
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 adult on the head, causing a head injury.worse yet, if a child happens to be standing under the lift gate, the heavy trunk can cause a major injury or death!this is happening on a number of occasions, and should be covered by toyota as this is not acceptable for a family minivan with less than 5 years old.i would like to see a safety recall issued on this type of malfunction and have this repaired or replaced free of charge by toyota dealers.
When opening driver side door, 2 loud clicking/popping noises occur. From what i have gathered, it is a faulty door check.
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 autodoor.
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 it).it did it a second time a week or so later.when i took it to toyota they said the struts were bad and replaced them.when i asked why there was no warning they just shrugged their shoulders and said do not know and insinuated they would not know what to do so it would not happen again without warning.how was i to know the struts were bad since it is a power lift gate had been working just fine?it seems to me if this is not something toyota can fix so it cannot come down without warning they at least need to install warning labels in an obvious place that the lift gate can close without warning.i really think my wife would not been able to push it up as i did.she would have needed assistance.
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 tailgate door.this has happened to me numerous times over the last seven years (the last time being on the evening of 2/12/16 in bloomington il) and the first time i barely was able to pull back before the tailgate would have crushed me.in summary, the tailgate door malfunctions in very cold weather (as it won't stay open) and it appears the sensor that detects something in the path of the tailgate door also is malfunctioning since it will not stop if something is in its path.i have submitted this to toyota via occasional user panel email surveys they send, but i don't know if they are looking into it.this needs to be investigated before someone gets crushed, injured, or killed.
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 went under the other driver's driver's side rear bumper corner lifting her car up into the air causing it to fall on top ofthe passenger side of my hood and front right fender crushing them, resulting in over 10000 dollars damage.no one was seriously hurt and neither car's airbags deployed.
The power sliding door fails. It has to be opened and closed manually. This is a common problem for this model.
Rear sliding doors fail to close fully resulting in the door opening while driving.
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.
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/ 120k mi. My vehicle is 11 days past the 9 years but under the 120k mi. I cannot get the door to latch closed, a toyota supervisor informed me there was a recall to keep the door latched closed but my vehicle wasn't covered under that recall. This problem happened 4/12/2017 while parked at my kids soccer practice. After reading how many complaints have been filed against toyota for their sliding door problems, i'm not sure why this wouldn't be classified as a recall. Driving with a door that won't stay shut is not very safe.
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.
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 said there was a replcement program for this in which owners were notified in 2015 and expired on 2018, i explained we never received this notice as we are at the same address since 2000 and are the original new owners of the van, they did not agree to replace as the program had expired. I explained the safety risk not to mention its a know issue, they said you didn't respond in time so they will not pay to have it replaced. The supervisor was rude and said the same thing.
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, it takes a lot of strength to stop it enough to get out of the way. What would it do to a child? this happens when the vehicle is stopped and in park or if the engine is not running at all. In my garage, parking lots, etc, wherever the vehicle is parked. This started happening about 2011 and continues getting worse each year.
The exposed cable of the automatic sliding door on passenger side snapped while the door was in motion.
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 vehicle in park. At that moment the vehicle accelerated incredible fast, jumped over an 8 inch concrete parking lot divider and crashed into a tree about 10 - 15 feet from the concrete divider. We are certain that this was a "sudden unintended acceleration" incident caused by some mechanical, electrical, programming or other defect in the '08 sienna. This was not "driver error"! my wife did not confuse the gas pedal and the brake. This was not caused by a floor mat obstructing the gas pedal. This was caused by some type of a design or component defect. How can w be so certain? my wife and i have parked in this parking spot (located in our apartment complex) hundreds of times.to park in this parking spot you first have to make a left hand turn at a stop sign. This stop sign is about 30 - 40 feet from the parking spot, which requires that you make a sharp right turn. Once you press the accelerator slightly to make the left at the stop sign, you do not use the gas again. You simply tap and cover your brake until you make the right into the parking spot. Our vehicle came to a stop. In fact, upon "stopping" one of our 3 boys removed his seat belt immediately before the vehicle accelerated out of control.i'm asking for assistance from someone within toyota or the nhtsa with knowledge of this flaw. My wife and kids were "fortunate". But this is a "fatal flaw" and something must be done.
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.
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.
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 front doors. Toyota needs to recall these vehicles and fix them and not leave safety to chance.
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!
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 live down a dirt rd. I have had it in the shop numerous times. My car now has 46,000 miles on it, and they are finally acknowledging there is an issue other than my dirt road. When you turn the pwr switch for the doors off on the dash, a strong grown man cannot even get the door open, and the driver's side opens easily with just a finger. It makes horrible sounds when it does open. I had 5 kids in my van the other day, and i was an hour from home. My door opened that day, and then it would not close back. That is the fourth time i have had to drive with my door open! i took it back to the dealer, and they sent me home, saying it was the dirt road, and they cleaned the tracks. They instructed me to clean and grease the tracks at least once a week! i went up the rd and tried it, and it did not work. I am supposed to take it in tomorrow, but have read thousands of complaints. Just google, "sienna power sliding door problems". You will be astonished like i was! it is awful that they are not taking responsibility for this problem! i don't feel i should have to pay to repair this, especially since i have had it in the shop many times before my warranty went out. I feel it is a safety hazard. The other day my son was sick, and i could not get the door open, so he ended up puking all over my car. I worry about my car being on fire and me not being able to get the kids out of their carseats! it is also a danger when you are in a busy parking lot or something and cannot get your car door open so your kids can get in. It is a huge problem that needs to be addressed by toyota immediately! thank you for your time and consideration. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
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 locked so as the door cannot be opened. This problem is compounded when both doors are affected, and i have had multiple repairs done to both doors to a point where i cannot keep up with the frequency of how often the doors fail. To summarize, power sliding function granted is a luxury though an expensive one when toyota does not warrantee the repair. The latching problem is most certainly a safey issue as the doors either do not stay closed, or are stuck shut forcing the rear passengers to climb over the front seat to exit the vehicle. Imagine what would happen in an emergency.
Power sliding door cable broke. Door was very difficult to open manually until i cut the cables. Vehicle was stationary.
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 would continue to slide forward. Since that day, the problem has persisted sporadically. The vehicle can be on a flat surface, incline, decline etc, it does not seem to matter. Each time when the door is slid open it, the locking mechanism is not working. The door will not stay open.the vehicle was brought to the dealership in july 2011 and i was told they could not duplicate the problem, so it was not fixed. The problem continued. In 2013 i received a voluntary recall notice on the non-power sliding doors were not locking shut and could open during operation (which was also happening with my vehicle) so i brought the vehicle to another dealership in october 2013 and asked for them to fix the door since i was having both the recall problem and the other problem. That dealership stated they could not duplicate the problem and they "greased" the mechanism. That did not resolve the issue and it was increasingly happening. In september 2014 i brought the vehicle back to the original dealership and asked for the vehicle to be repaired or the mechanism replaced. I stated i was concerned for the safety of my 3 year old son who goes in and out of the door and i did not want the door to slam into his hand or head and cause serious injury. I had taken video during one of the times that the door was malfunctioning. I showed it to the service rep hoping it would help with the problem. Again, they stated they could not duplicate the problem and it went unrepaired. The problem has continued and it will only be a matter of time that it will cause serious injury.
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 $1500-2000repair which as a single mom is not an option for me. I do not feel something as significant as ability to escape a vehicle should fall on the consumer.
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 because door was open. My husband finally got the door to close after i got home but there was a severed cable that now hangs under the rear window. The door will not open manually orautomatically now. So i can't use the door at all. If you even try to touch or open the door then the system thinks the door is open and beeps the whole time you are driving and you can't lock the door. I'm worried it will open while driving. From research it appears to be an all too common issue with toyota vans and should be a recall or covered for the life of the vehicle in my opinion. The auto opening door was the only reason we purchased a van and not a suv.
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 is outrageous! i wrote to toyota through their customer support site inquiring about an extended warranty i read about regarding this issue, however they opted to ignore me and not respond.
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 vehicle is beyond warranty and toyota will provide no relief.
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 be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 92,000.
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 passenger side sliding door also opened independently when parked and failed to close. In addition, the door ajar warning light illuminated. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 5,000. Updated 2/4/16.....updated 02/10/16
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 faulty sliding cable assembly and toyota already had a a customer support program which extends the warranty of the cable assembly for model years of 2004 to 2007. Unfortunately, our car is 2008 and the local dealer asked for $2000 to change the cable assembly. Since this issue is the same as the previous model years for the second generation sienna, this should have been covered by the same program. Due to the potential risk of door stuck open on highway during emergency stop, toyota should have included this as a recall campaign.
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 result, the door now does not fully open, and will not hold in the open position.if parked on a hill, the door will close if not held open.looking at the cable, the plastic sheathing around the cable had many cracks causing the cable itself to rust and fail.the passenger side door cable has similar cracks but has not failed yet.i brought the vehicle to our local toyota dealer.they mentioned this cable failure was a known problem and previous model years were covered under an extended warranty program.however, the 2008 model year was not covered.
Power sliding door cable got rusted and snapped. Jammed the door. Toyota covers the door latch but not the cable.
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.
The cable for the passenger side power sliding door broke when the door was closing.
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 vehicle dashboard and we were told the product for replacement is not available, as soon it is available they will call us. We have called multiple times to the dealership and it is still not ready to this day (fort bend toyota dealership in sugar land, tx). The car smells, we are unable to use this vehicle as the smell of melted rubber inside the vehicle causing breathing issues for all of us especially our child who has breathing issues. How long should i wait for a replacement parts? it has already been 2 years and we have called the dealer multiple times. Our secondary warranty extension expires next march 2018. Once this date comes around, are we out of options to get replacement under this re-call? i need solution immediately or take the vehicle back and give us our money back!! can someone please help us. Thank you.
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 stopped working on the other side. As i transport 3 or more children at a time, it is a huge safety issue that the only way out of the car in case of emergency is through one of the front doors or the back trunk hatch. I have owned this vehicle since it was new and i am told this is out of warranty/isn't covered and will cost at least $6,000 to fix. I cannot drive the vehicle like this and i can't afford to fix it. I am apparently not the only one who's had this problem with the van, yet toyota is doing nothing about it for their customers.
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.
2008 toyota sienna lemy 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 door started to close and proceeding to slam into me 4 times before it backed off (i am pregnant - 26 weeks at the time).it has on other occasions automatically shut without us activating this.this scared me - as i also have a 3 year old and of course am pregnant - what if it was my 3 year old standing there while the door slammed into him continually?i have read numerous complaints about this online from other sienna owners and would like to have this investigated.the door should not be closing all on it's own - and it should not slam into a person or object 4 times before it backs off.
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.i took it to chatham parkway toyota in savannah, ga who inspected it and had me retrieve it to take to a collision center for repair. They wouldn't touch it and told me to take it back to the dealer.i took it to savannah toyota who repaired it at a cost of over $1400 to replace the rear slider assembly and cable assembly.they also advised me that the rear main seal and sub oil pan gasket needed to be replaced,i checked online to see if this was a recall for any reason after hearing of that other's had experienced this problem.this is a documented problem with toyota with a warranty or recall for model years up to 2007.i called toyota on october 17th to ask about a reimbursement since the problem is still an existing one with my 2008. Obviously the problem has not been corrected or my van was built using prior years parts.they told me my van was not part of the warranty even though it is the exact same problem as previous years.they offered me $1000 that can be used on another repair which i will need to pay out of pocket then ask for reimbursement.i do need that to help pay the $2400 repair for the real main seal repair.the malfunctioning rear sliding door is a safety concern especially if there are children in the rear seats.toyota needs to extend this warranty because they have not fixed this problem.i have grandchildren, anda child could unhook their seat belt with the door open and fall out in traffic. I was also exposed to a possible carjacking with no protection.toyota need to take ownership of this for the safety of their loyal customers.
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 design!same problem right rear window.will not operate.now disconnected by dealer (included in $70.00 charge noted above).window cannot be operated manually.permanently shut.bad!ventilation in rear and thus throughout vehicle adversely affected.
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 do not use and it has stayed closed most of the time.it has only opened 3 times while driving.this is an extreme danger.toyota is only covering part of the cost to repair but i was past the 120,000 miles when my problem began. So we are left footing the bill on a defect of toyota's doing.i feel this is outrageous because it is a huge safety concern.
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 on me. It took all my force to keep it open. I let it shut, then reopened it and it would not latch and kept forcibly shutting. I literally propped the door open against its will to close while my child exited. The dealer cannot duplicate the problem and doesn't believe it happened. We are very concerned about this especially because there is no way to manually disengage the motor and stop it from forcing itself closed.
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 toget out from the car to help the door in closing and opening it because the button inside the car and even the remote(has new battery installed) won't do the work . One day, when driving my kids to school. As i made a left turn,i heard an audible noise/alarm and we were surprised and tried to figure out where the sound came from until my kids told me that the door is partially open while driving. I pulled over and temporary close the door. I managed to go back home and still with the alarm on and then re-pushed harder to make the door completely closed. That was scary because my kids were sitting in 2nd row. To address this problem. On same day, i rushed my car to toyota dealership and the representative told me that cable assembly is broken and need to replace all parts but must pay $1700 + tax because the issue was the power sliding door cable assembly although my car has verylow mileage 30, 312 miles (sitting most of the time inside the garage) and still not covered by toyota warranty enhance program for rear sliding door cable. This is very frustrating and adding insult to injury, i was told that i'm not the only one had this problem.
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 opened while the vehicle was in motion. The vehicle was taken to the same dealer multiple times, but the failure continued. The dealer stated that the recent failures were not related to the original recall, but the contact disagreed. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact back to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 85,000.
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 doctors for treatment of her injuries. The dealer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that there were no failures found with the sliding door. The manufacturer was also notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle needed to be taken to a dealer for diagnosis. The failure mileage was 14,000.updated 07/19/12*lj
The sliding door opened when thecar was moving,then failed to be able to close by power or manually.
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 advised the contact that she was responsible for maintaining clean door panels. The failure mileage was 28,000 and the current mileage was 48,000.
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 dangerous.
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 door handle. The doors, at times, would not unlock from inside the vehicle and would become jammed. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer (kolar toyota, 4781 miller trunk hwy, hermantown, mn 55811, (218-733-0100) who replaced the cables and greased the door parts, but the failures continued. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 100,000.
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 to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the power sliding door cable and motor were defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was made aware of nhtsa campaign number: 16v858000 (structure); however, the vin was not included. The failure mileage was approximately 105,000.updated 04/06/17 ljupdated 08/07/2017
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.
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 door and breaking the cable along which the door travels, was i able to close the door. The right hand rear door, for the last couple months, has been irregularly getting stuck midway through closing and reversing back to an open position. If one turns off the automatic door function and attempts to close the door manually, it can only be opened and closed if a great deal of force is exerted on it, much more than a child would be able to summon.
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...
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.
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 contact is concerned that the doors may close while occupants are entering or exiting the vehicle, causing them to be injured.he called the dealer and was informed that the failure needed to occur in their presence because it was difficult to duplicate.the defect occurs on both rear passenger and driver side sliding doors.the failure mileage was 2,000 and current mileage was 7,200.updated 11/6/08
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 cannot duplicate problem.another 2 weeks later at 35,3k miles, late sunday night 60 miles from home, the passenger door get stuck open in a rest area.we spend an hour fussing with the door and finally forced it shut, and drove the 60 mileshome with fingers crossed and 2 kids in the car, hoping that we have not caused a problem forcing it shut and it would not fly open on the rest of the trip.another trip to the dealer, and they state they cannot duplicate the problem we then deferred to routine manual operation.the problem continues, and we have to open or close by forcing them.usually, the passenger cannot let themself out, it must be opened by someone using the handle outside of the car.at 53,2k miles we can no longer manage with the malfunction.there are two weeks left on the warranty of the previous repair. Dealer states we will need to take the car to a body shop for a re-alignment at our own expense. Not having the funds to do so,we continue to deal with the problem. Finally we take it to a different dealer for a second opinion.surprise-the latches need to be replaced.the one door is so bad the front & rear latches must be replaced at my cost of $800!we need at least one door to work so we'll do it.the other door needs it too at add'l $, as well as a visit to the body shop for 'realignment', but can't afford it.meanwhile-the original dealer should have replaced this part at 53,2k miles when it was covered, but ithey sent us packing. No faith that this $800 repair will fix it. 3 sets of latches in 3 years?they need to identify the problem and do right by customers. This is our 6th and last toyota. Maybe a death related incident will help.
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 be replaced. The failure recurred with the driver side power sliding door also; however, the door could not be opened at all. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 103,000.
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 throttle control has also malfunctioned. The contact stated that when the accelerator pedal was depressed the vehicle accelerated uncontrollably. The dealer stated that the vehicle was functioning normally. The contact stated that the vehicle also began pulling to the left, but that has not been diagnosed by the dealer at this time. The current mileage was 83,000.
Dear madame/sir,i own a toyota sienna (2008). The driver side sliding door cable just got cut-off last weekwhile 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 which are 9 years/120,000 miles and if the customer came with a problem (not a recall) and i do not qualify as it has been 10 years (how did toyota come-up with this number?). I went online and found that many people have reported a similar issue and looks like toyota did not take care of them either. From the dealer i understand toyota was aware of the problem and did not take care of the issue or did not do enough to resolve this problem. I sincerely request you to provide necessary directions/action taken against manufacturer so that 1000s of customers like me will get their car fixed. Thank you for your valuable time
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 the $1200.00 repair is not covered by toyota csp.
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.
We have a 2008 toyota sienna with an automatic lift gate.when you push a button on the overhead console or on the remoteit 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 forced a toyota recall. If you open it automatically it starts closing immediately after you open it without warning, no alerts. If you open it manually it will not stay open and the weight is unsupported meaning it will close on anything in its way. A child could be crushed/injured from the weight/force of the door.
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 mileage was 130,000.
The power liftgate wont stay open and closes on people, repeatedly.
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.
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.
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 forced a toyota recall.if you open it automatically it starts closing immediately after you open it without warning, no alerts. If you open it manually it will not stay open and the weight is unsupported meaning it will crush anything in its way.
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 to the rear of the vehicle the door was almost at its apex. While standing outside the vehicle, i bent down to get something out of the rear cargo area. I have done this hundreds of times with no concern because the lift-gate is designed to stay open once it reaches the top of its opening cycle. As i stood up to leave the area of the vehicle, the lift-gate came down without warning or activation on my part and hit me on my head and shoulder. I had not pulled down on the manually retraction handle on the inside of the lift-gate and no one had activated the button inside the vehicle at the console. After tending to my bleeding head and sore shoulder, i returned to the vehicle to try and duplicate the event. I am able to duplicate the event each time the lift-gate is activated. It does not matter whether the lift-gate is activated by the remote control fob, the console, or the manual lever on the door. Any time the door is opened, it reaches its apex and automatically and immediately retracts down to the closed position. I contacted the dealership where i purchased the vehicle and they told me that since my warranty has ended, i would need to pay a "diagnostic fee" of $118/hour. I thought this was unfair so i contacted the manufacturer's customer relations department. I was also told that since there were not recalls on this part of this vehicle, they "could not help with the repairs." after encountering my second dead-end for assistance, i did a simple google search to see if anyone else has had this problem. Hundreds have, which is why i decided to contact nhtsa.updated 08/21/14*lj updated 5/22/2015
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 view out the front was almost totally obstructed. We managed to see through a small crevice underneath the hood, which was now upright and covering almost all the windshield. We were able to pull off the highway without further incident. Please note i am not the owner of this automobile, but rather my husband yonathan epelbaum had rented it from national car company. The car has been returned to national, and the incident was reported to the police at the time of the incident. We were very lucky to have escaped serious injury. The incident happened during daylight, which helped, as at least the daylight helped with visibility through the very small opening under the hood, from which we were able to steer and change lanes safely while exiting the highway. Injuries were fortunately very minor so i am recording as "no injuries" but there was an issue with glass. Considering we might have been killed, we feel very fortunate my husband managed to steer us out of it without hitting anything or being hit. Other cars around us were going very fast so the situation was exceedingly dangerous.
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.
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 manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 80,000.
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.
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.whey haven't the government force toyota to recall this vehicles? i have changed struts, shocks, the tires are new and it is aligned.toyota is risking the lives of its clients and no one can do anything about it, due to the apathy and human disregard of lives.!
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 ina crash. This was preceded by a clanking noise while driving.
The left rear coil spring broke.not sure when it broke, was advised it was broken by a mechanic during an inspection.
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 paintin them.they offer a warranty of one year in the products, but the consumer mustpay for the removal and installation of the part.i played their game for three times and i foolishly paid 3 times for the strut installation, plus other damages the faulty struts caused me .the faulty struts caused my frame to loosen, my horizontal drive shaft to damage, and rack and pinion steering, that detroit axle sold. Well, my vehicle shakes violently at between 45-55 miles per hour, thus having to pull to the side of the road.i managed to drive to a mechanic through back roads at low speeds. The defective rack and pinion steering and the defective, sold as new parts,and advertised as new parts failed in three occasions ane damaging my other parts of the vehicle.it cost me over $3000 to replace those parts plus the money that i gave to detroit axle, with the collusion of ebay selling his products. Once the parts are received, within 60 days, he closes the feedback on his page, thus not letting the suspecting public complain against his junkyard of defective parts.ebay protects him.i still have to replace my michelin new tires for more expense and the third pair of struts are still on the vehicle, in which i still have to replace for a third time!
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.
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 broken piece and found that right rear coil was also broken but still intact.i had to replace both coils at considerable expense. Since vehicle was no longer making noise i had to insist they look at it and was charged $69 to just examine it. Then of course they saw what an unsafe situation it was. The broken coil looked rusted to me in spots like its a manifacturers defect.
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 by trading it in.this happened intermittently for over a year. Estimated financial loss $4000.00.
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 nhtsa websites. There are no open recalls, but on the internet i saw the same problem happened to 2008 sienna in several cases.
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 aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 87,000. Updated 4/6/15 updated 2/2/2016
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 repaired i could not use the winch again to pull back my spare tire to the original position. I went ahead and replaced the winch mechanism on my own cost after not getting any support from the dealership to help fix it or repeated calls to toyota that refused to acknowledge the defect. They citied that i was out of warranty and now could do nothing. Now i am hearing there is indeed a problem with the mechanism and there is a recall on the van. I placed a call to the dealership in town there is no response. While there may have been dangerous situation this was avoided i think by putting in a third party winch mechanism on my own cost. I like toyota to either 1) fix my problem 2) pay for the cost of fixing the problem which i took care to fix it on my own cost.
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 made aware of the delay. The contact had not experienced a failure.mailout 1/13/15*lj
I bought my 2008 toyota sienna in october 2007.the first defect i noticed is whenthe 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 the window when thedoors are opened.this made no sense. My experience has been that the door slams really hard and then bounces back.if a child happened to be leaning out the window they would suffer serious injury because of this.no one has been injured thus far, but the slamming certainly startles everyone! this happens even ifthe window is only open slightly. Another defect is the tire pressure light on the dash. It stays lit up constantly. After adding air on numerous occasions, i noticed thatthe light comes back on in just a couple of days. I discussed this with the dealer and he simply stated that tire pressure changes with the temperature.this is asafety issue because i wouldnot know if the tires' inflation was really off or not.obviously i cannot add air to the tires every other day.
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 notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Ma 09/03/15
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 was made aware of the issue. The vin was not provided. The contact had not experienced a failure.
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.current mileage is 33k and the van needs new front tires and front brakes (rotor?); allrecommended servicing was done (per owners manual) and is documented. This van has a permanent defect.
When i was drivingon 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.
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 the rear seats down to use that area for transporting larger items, etc!i checked several times with my local dealer regarding a permanent solution/repair and was told they had not yet received notice of and/or repair parts for the identified problem.on 11/20/14, i contacted the toyota customer experience center and spoke, at length, with a representative who stated that they had been receiving numerous calls regarding this issue and that she was aware of several meetings regarding the issue but no resolution as yet and no idea when a resolution will occur.it would seem that by now, if the situation is being actively worked on, an acceptable repair would be available! i am frustrated and disappointed with toyota for their seeming indifference to those of us waiting for their action on this matter.thank you for your prompt attention to this situation.
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 of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. ..updated 06-08-15 the consumer stated there was excessive corrosion of the spare tire carrier cable. Spare tire and cable were removed from the vehicle. The spare tire was placed in the open cargo area near the rear of the vehicle causing both a safety issue and inconvenience in the use of the cargo area and rear seats.updated 11/23/15
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 that the vehicle would occasionally accelerate and decelerate on its own and the steering wheel made an abnormal ticking noise. Furthermore, the vsc and traction control indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to toyota knoxville (10415 parkside dr, knoxville, tn 37922), but they did not assist. The vehicle was then taken to fox toyota (228 fox family ln, clinton, tn 37716) where it was diagnosed that a steering angle sensor needed to be installed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and provided a case number. The failure mileage was 170,000.
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 said there was a replcement program for this in which owners were notified in 2015 and expired on 2018, i explained we never received this notice as we are at the same address since 2000 and are the original new owners of the van, they did not agree to replace as the program had expired. I explained the safety risk not to mention its a know issue, they said you didn't respond in time so they will not pay to have it replaced. The supervisor was rude and said the same thing.
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.the unknown problems may be associated with the design of the van or the tires and need to be further examined.
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.
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, both rear sliding doors do not function. They only open to about 1 foot, and no further. Extremely difficult to close or open doors at all. The minivan was stationary both times while opening doors for my kids to get in. I was parked on a street. The left side broke on july 1, 2016, and the right side broke 2 days later on july 3, 2016.
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?
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 13years, 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 very slowly, because i was about ready to stop the car and park in my driveway. All of a sudden, the car lurched forward and i think it sped up. I don't know why the car was moving forward!it happened so fast and i recall thinking, 'oh my gosh, i don't want the car to go in the garage!!' i was pressing the brake as hard as i could, and i turned the wheel to the right, trying to avoid the car accelerating into the garage! the car hit the corner of the part of the house that divides the two garage doors.it did stop and i put it in reverse right away to back up. The front corner of that house section now needs to be repaired, and a flower pot (lightweight styrofoam) broke when i turned the wheel that direction. This was a very frightening experience and it happened so fast!i am afraid to drive my car! i have made an appointment to have it looked at by the toyota dealer where we bought it.
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 and was corroded. Meanwhile the loss in tension resulted in loose cable preventing the door from opening and closing properly.the cable was then cut but the excess cable is hanging out of the vehicle. The door is now opened manually but it is having difficulty holding itself when opened.i do have three young children under the age of 7 who frequently use these doors. My concern is that the door opening is not was i purchased/expect and second the cost of repair is very high ($1200-$2500) when hearing this issue has become more frequent in the last two years as these vehicles are surpassing their warranty expectancy.i do not have any photos but still have the faulty cable if pictures are requested at a later time.
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 $1500-2000repair which as a single mom is not an option for me. I do not feel something as significant as ability to escape a vehicle should fall on the consumer.
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.
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?
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.
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 liftgateliftgate may fall on userstoyota is recalling 196,222 sienna vans from the 2004 through 2006 model years to repair the struts which hold up the power-assisted liftgate. Those struts can fail, causing the gate to power its way shut, injuring anyone hit by the closing door.image conscious toyota, with the approval of the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa), is describing the recall as a "safety improvement campaign" in a public relations effort by the japanese automaker not to further sully a deteriorating reputation for quality control.the gas struts used to lift and support the the rear power liftgate "could wear out sooner than expected," according to the "safety improvement campaign" notice published by nhtsa."as the gas struts deteriorate, the performance of the liftgate will begin to degrade and the power rear liftgate will operate more slowly than when the gas struts were new," according to nhtsa.the safety agency warns that worn struts may not be able to support the weight of the liftgate when it is open and the door could fall "about 10 inches after it reaches the fully opened position at which point the power motor will engage and power the liftgate to the fully closed position," perhaps injuring anyone struck by the closing door.toyota dealers will replace the gas struts during the "safety improvement campaign" with struts the automaker said will have a longer service life
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 recall notices but each time the dealer tells me they will have a fix in the winter or fall etc.. Just concerned that it is taking almost two years and toyota keep sending the notices. I also have a 2009 camry and the dashboard is very sticky too (not breaking yet). Not sure what there strategy is but they need to handle the liability if they want to keep repeat customers and avoid bigger issues with vehicle safety.
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 wear and tear). Toyota won't recall and make it a warranty fix. The part# is 84840-08010 and msrp is $58.53 plus labor.
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 people having issues! should be a recall!
Ltr fwd fm (il) inquiring why his 2008 toyota sienna is not currently under recall for sudden unintended acceleration.*tgwthe consumer wanted to know the differences, mechanically, technologically and electronically between his model and those that are under recall.
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.
Date: december 31st 2009time:8:00am to 8:30amauto : toyota sienna le - 2008 modelit 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,sensor and some other parts were damaged.i truly think that the failure is caused by toyota sienna even though the van had a abs. I truly think that there is some issues with with the abs of toyota sienna.i can provide more details if it is required.
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 issue.
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 violently.
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 recall they tell me that not only do they not have the parts available to fix the recall, it will take them "at least" 30 days to get the parts available for the recall. The service department is horribly run and the fact that they don't have remedies for serious safety recalls readily available or at least on quick delivery is unacceptable. Also, they told me that it would take at least hours to fix the part when it finally comes in but only offer a rental car if the fix is more than $400, which of course, since this is free of charge the consumer has to figure out transportation to make up for the fact that they don't know how to make safe cars. It is my opinion that fred anderson toyota raleigh's service department would rather put its customers at risk than fix their recall so they make it as hard as possible to get the fix taken care of. I have tried to contact manager and owner of the dealership and they both ignore my calls. One would think that after buying 4 cars with their company they would have some level of care for my family's safety. They don't!
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.
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 bound, now not working
Dash is sticky and is producing more of a glare/reflection on my inside windshield.extremely distracting.
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.
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 ago. Local dealer said that diagnosis would take two hours & cost $130. Read on the internet to try disconnecting the yellow wire (airbag sensor) under the front passenger seat and wait 15 seconds. Tried that and the flashing light has gone off again. This yellow connector pin and wiring should be fully replaced by toyota under a full recall so that this doesn't become a recurring, regular issue for sienna owners.
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 dash and tried to operate manually. The door is completely non-functional now. I am concerned now since i can't move the door if it is truly latched and may come open while driving, also it is a safety issue that if the vehicle was in an accident and i couldn't open the other door for some reason that anyone in the back would not be able to get out quickly. The motor was working (i can hear it running) and i can see the snapped corroded end of the cable so i know it is definitely the cable and not the motor or the door latch. There is a big piece of cable hanging out the back of the door near the rear window.
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 stopped working on the other side. As i transport 3 or more children at a time, it is a huge safety issue that the only way out of the car in case of emergency is through one of the front doors or the back trunk hatch. I have owned this vehicle since it was new and i am told this is out of warranty/isn't covered and will cost at least $6,000 to fix. I cannot drive the vehicle like this and i can't afford to fix it. I am apparently not the only one who's had this problem with the van, yet toyota is doing nothing about it for their customers.
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 almost 2 years, i just called them again today. I believe theirs many of us waiting on the same thing, can you help me please?
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.
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.
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 school parking lot. Fortunately, no one was in the immediate vicinity. Vehicle taken to toyota dealer and was unable to find problem or replicate it.
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 were no injuries. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the pedals could not be adjusted. There were no injuries. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 85,000.
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.
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 also know outside of the wire fence, beyond the narrow road, it was a cliff with a substantial drop of elevation; and i have my whole family in the car.i was driving a toyota sienna mini van which i have been a loyal customer and a big believer of the quality.just around the time the car is about to stop, all of a sudden, it sped up forward in such a force we were all pushed back against the seat back, i immediately moved my foot to the brake and press all the way but it was not responsive and did not slow the car.instead, the car sped up and went through the wire fence at about 45 degree angle, while i was steering towards left to avoid it with very little effect, and dropped down the slope onto the road, all the while kept speeding up, and then got across the road and hit a wooden pole on the road side by the cliff straight on.then the car stopped and the brake seemed to work again as my right foot was pushing all the way down on the brake for the whole time ' so i shifted to park, turned off the engine, and then open the door to tell people coming up that we were fine.someone called the high way patrol and the officer arrived later to take the case and later transfer the case to the park police for report.the car was towed to a body shop and most likely is totaled.we have insurance coverage so the financial damage to us wasn't big.but we are really concerned of what has happened.we were so lucky to have escaped the drop down the cliff and extremely lucky that we did not hit anyone along the way, even though it was only a few seconds (maybe 3-5 seconds) but this was a crowded park and there were many bikers biking along the road.
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 throttle control has also malfunctioned. The contact stated that when the accelerator pedal was depressed the vehicle accelerated uncontrollably. The dealer stated that the vehicle was functioning normally. The contact stated that the vehicle also began pulling to the left, but that has not been diagnosed by the dealer at this time. The current mileage was 83,000.
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 school parking lot. Fortunately, no one was in the immediate vicinity. Vehicle taken to toyota dealer and was unable to find problem or replicate it.
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 vehicle was taken to the dealership where the contact was informed that the failure could not be reproduced. The contact noticed prior that he could smell braking fluid coming from the rear of the vehicle. The current and failure mileages were 30,000.
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 appropriate reports were taken, the van was taken to a toyota dealer where i was told that my vehicle was not involved in the recall. I believe that my car make and model were just entered into a database. Not sure a mechanic even inspected the accelerator.
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 accelerator and pressed the brake and they did not respond as they should hitting the car in front of me. This all resulted in a 5 car chain reaction crash.it seemed as my car wanted to keep on going as if i had not done anything to stop. This is the second time i have had trouble with acceleration and brake control with this car in just over 30 days. The car is still in the repair shop.i do not have any confidence in this car to operate correctly or in safe manner.toyota has done nothing for me to fix this problem. I have tried to contact toyota by phone and computer without success. I have been to a toyota dealer twice and they refer me to toyota customer service phone no. Because the sienna model is not part of the recall. However when i go to the nhtsa.dot.gov web site there are several cases listed of acceleration problems with the sienna. Please help.
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 also frequently occurred when switching lanes. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was unable to determine the cause of the failures. The manufacturer and local dealer were not notified. The failure mileage was 130,000.
Engine accelerated while parking in a parking spot and crashed into a pole.
This car is experiencing sua. It happened in a parking lot an resulted in a crash into a cement wall. It also happenedon a winding mountain road.
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 persist. Both in highway driving and regular street driving
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 speed.the contact isconcerned about the safety risk involved. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer who was unable to diagnose the failure. The contact would like for the manufacturer to have the laser sensor removed. The failure mileage was 1,000.updated 03/17/10. *lj
2008 toyota sienna.
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 that the vehicle would occasionally accelerate and decelerate on its own and the steering wheel made an abnormal ticking noise. Furthermore, the vsc and traction control indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to toyota knoxville (10415 parkside dr, knoxville, tn 37922), but they did not assist. The vehicle was then taken to fox toyota (228 fox family ln, clinton, tn 37716) where it was diagnosed that a steering angle sensor needed to be installed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and provided a case number. The failure mileage was 170,000.
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. The vehicle then reversed and crashed into another tree. After the contact activated the emergency brake, the vehicle came to a complete stop. The child in the rear passenger seat sustained bruises to the neck and shoulders. The contact sustained neck and shoulder injuries, and bruises to the right leg.the vehicle was towed to the dealer. The technician stated that the floor mat could have possibly caused the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact that an inspector would be sent to inspect the vehicle to determine the cause of the unintended acceleration failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.
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 vin #. This time i will do that. (this is an ongoing problem that toyota service says is normal, due to the nature of sienna's transmission)*tw
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 air bags did not deploy. There were no injuries reported however, the vehicle was not drivable and was towed to the dealer.the dealer had not yet diagnosed the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure who filed a case on behalf of the contact (case number 1208222975). The failure and current mileage was 50,000.
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.
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.traffic is somewhat heavy of course.the car continued accelerating despite the fact that i took my foot off of the accelerator.i calmly told my 19 year old son sitting next to me that the accelerator was stuck.he shifted the car into neutral, and then into park and reverse when the shift into neutral didn't seem to correct the problem.he then shifted the car back into neutral, my foot was on the brake, and i was able to slow the car down on the 80 degree turn onto the crosstown 62 from i35.i slowed the car down to about 45 mph and, luckily, was able to get to the shoulder.i took the car in to my local maintenance shop the next day.the owner of the shop suggested that i ask the dealer i purchased the minivan from, bloomington toyota, to check at least the following three items:throttle position sensor, engine control module, and idle control motor.on may 15, 2008, i brought the minivan into bloomington toyota and told them what my local shop owner suggested.after testing the vehicle, the service manager told me that they found nothing wrong with the vehicle and that if the accelerator had malfunctioned, their computer testing devices would have detected it and had detected nothing.
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 occurred in palmetto, florida. This car seemed to have a mind of its own. There did not seam to be any reason for the acceleration at least not from my operation. I have to drive back to fort wayne, in and i'm concerned about the safety of this auto for me and my wife and all other on the highway.
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 accelerated independently and caused the contact to crash through a fence, causing damages to the vehicle front end. There were no injuries. The contact called the dealer but no action was taken.the contact believed the vehicle was extremely unsafe to drive.the failure mileage was 25,000.
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 the problem was that my tires werent aligned with my last tire change(which was done at their toyota dealership) toyota told me i needed to replace all the tires and have the wheels aligned. I did this, problem continued.i took my van in again to toyota, they lied and told me i needed new brakes, and some other things i didnt need. Decided to get a 2nd opinion from 2 other auto shops and found out toyota lied about the brakes, they were fine and they both were unable to find out my problem. I found this out going to 2 other auto shops asking for them to look into the original problem. Now today may 2019 this problem still exists, but has gotten worse. Now-the vsc light comes on, it still clicks, the abs light and warning sound goes off, feels as if abs engages, as it jerks and im unable to accelerate during this time until im on a straight away. Very scary when it happens the van starts jerking and unable to acelerate, not safe to take my family in.never buy another toyota again...
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 was red, so i needed to stop.i applied the brakes fully, and the car continued to slow, but it did not stop fully.i released the brake and then pushed it hard all the way to the mat, but the car still continued to inch forward.i became frightened and threw the car into park and hit the emergency brake.the car seemed to stop, but i turned off the ignition just in case.i was a few minutes from home, so i drove home with my hazards on and parked the car.i have not driven it since.i called the dealership that has been primarily servicing the vehicle (koons arlington), and was told to call toyota headquarters - 800.331.4331.i called this number for headquarters, but after remaining on hold for over 5 minutes with no end in sight and without hearing a live person, i hung up and tried the dealership again.a service representative told me to have the vehicle towed to the dealership, which i did early this morning.i am awaiting a response from the dealership.i emailed them for a status update earlier this afternoon.
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. The failure and current mileage was 59,687...updated 12/11/12 the consumer stated the dealer was notified. The dealer directed the consumer to a local body shop to have the vehicle diagnosed. There were no failures found in the brakes but the mechanic did notice something unusual. The vehicle was taken for repairs. Updated 12/13/2012
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 71mphwhen the vehicle surged ahead, the speedometer said 80, and within a minute had reduced to the 71mph i had set. It was very sudden and very scary to both of us. There was no foot on the accelerator and no floor mat was the problem. I feel this is a warning of what could happen and there are documented c/o since 2006 for siennas that have this same problem.
The contact owns a 2008 toyota sienna. The contact stated while driving approximately 10 mph and making a turnhe 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 dealer for diagnostic testing. The technician was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage wa 50,000.
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 173,000.the slip indicator light started coming on intermittently while turning on highways etc. Please make this serious recall for toyota. You need to force toyota to take this seriously before someone loses a life.[xxx]information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
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
Tl-*the contact owns 2008 toyota sienna. As the contact waspulling into their driveway at 10 mph with the brakes depressed, the vehicle abnormally accelerated. The vehicle was placed in park andthe engine continued racing. The dealer stated that nothing was wrong with the brakes or accelerator after test driving the vehicle. There were no repairs made to the vehicle. The failure and current mileages were 12,573.
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 mentioned that the failure recurred on two other occasions. The contact was not taken to a hospital and there were no injuries reported. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed to a private mechanic but there was no diagnostic performed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 146,000. The vin was not available.
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 outlet mall in canonsburg pa. I am paraplegic,my minivan is modified with foldout ramp- passenger side sliding door for wheelchair and then i transfer into the drivers seat. All the van handicapped parking spaces were filled but it was early so i parked in a regular space with an empty space next to it so i could get out. Few van accessible handicapped spaces is common so i used regular spots before as long as someone was with me who could back the van up far enough for the ramp to deploy. When my mother,my sister-in-law,my friend,and i returned to the vehicle a pickup truck was parked next to us. My sister-in-law got in the vehicle to back it up so the ramp had room to come out as she had done often. We stood behind the pickup truck waiting for her to back up. All of a sudden the vehicle flew backward so fast that before we could yell stop my vehicle had slammed into the suv parked across the aisle so hard that it pushed the suv into the car parked in front of it in the next row. My sister-in-law was completely shocked as were we, it was so fast it was almost like watching a cartoon. My sister-in-law kept saying "i don't know what happened", she thought all she did was put her foot on the brake and put it in gear. Not knowing about sudden acceleration in sienna's all any of us could think was her foot had slipped even though she has been driving for 25 years without a similar incident she couldn't understand how it could happen, was sure it didn't. The police were called and a report filed. Because one of the welds from modification was broken my vehicle was totaled.
2008 toyota sienna acceleration hesitationthis 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 respond for 1-2 seconds before 'jumping' into the acceleration.the biggest safety issue with this is a left turn across an oncoming lane of traffic (similar to a corner turn).if i am coasting to the intersection for the turn, the minivan does not respond to the driver input for acceleration to get out of the way of the oncoming car (until through the intersection).knowing this defect, i compensate for it, but an unsuspecting driver could have an accident with this defect.
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..secondincident: november 2009.backed out of parking space, car accelerated in reverse across lot, a sidewalk and street stopping about 20 feet from gas pumps at a station across the street.no crash, no apparent damage to car.
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 vehicle in park. At that moment the vehicle accelerated incredible fast, jumped over an 8 inch concrete parking lot divider and crashed into a tree about 10 - 15 feet from the concrete divider. We are certain that this was a "sudden unintended acceleration" incident caused by some mechanical, electrical, programming or other defect in the '08 sienna. This was not "driver error"! my wife did not confuse the gas pedal and the brake. This was not caused by a floor mat obstructing the gas pedal. This was caused by some type of a design or component defect. How can w be so certain? my wife and i have parked in this parking spot (located in our apartment complex) hundreds of times.to park in this parking spot you first have to make a left hand turn at a stop sign. This stop sign is about 30 - 40 feet from the parking spot, which requires that you make a sharp right turn. Once you press the accelerator slightly to make the left at the stop sign, you do not use the gas again. You simply tap and cover your brake until you make the right into the parking spot. Our vehicle came to a stop. In fact, upon "stopping" one of our 3 boys removed his seat belt immediately before the vehicle accelerated out of control.i'm asking for assistance from someone within toyota or the nhtsa with knowledge of this flaw. My wife and kids were "fortunate". But this is a "fatal flaw" and something must be done.
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 of a building causing extensive damage to the building.my car was not damaged too badly only about $1,300 as estimated by the appraiser.
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 with the vehicle. Many sienna owners have similar problems listed on carguru. Https://www.cargurus.com/cars/discussion-c9152_ds656326 please insist on a manufacturing recall for this vehicle. It is unsafe and could easily cause an accident. Thank you. Concerned original car owner.
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.this was the first time i was sure of the occurrence. There have been a variety of what appear to be electrical /electronic "glitches" :ac green light on button comes on by itself, summer or winter and sometimes i can not get it to turn off.seatbelt light sometimes comes on when they are properly in use. (and nothing heavy resting on the seats)also airbag light sometimes.service light remains on sometimes after oil change service.brake highly sensitivegas pedal very touchy, especially from stop,ie at light. Hard to not spin wheels on starting. (especially when pavement wet, even on level st.). Fortunately, having lived in snow territory, i know the importance of slow starts and stops when possible.i have not checked any sites to see if sienna 2008 has any problems listed yet.
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 stopping the vehicle when the car accelerated forward and fortunately crashed into a concrete pillar otherwise we would have gone directly into the store.the surge of the car accelerating pushed me back into my seat, passenger.our vehicle toyota sienna struck the concrete pillar directly in the middle of the front end. I then reached down and turned the car off.we were traveling with another couple, they had parked their car and heard the squeal of the brakes being applied and then the crash of our vehicle into the concrete pillar.the car is being repaired in roanke springs, nc at the bones toyota dealer. We then rented a vehicle and continued our trip to florida.
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 unexpectedly.no response from toyota on this complaint.
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.
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 acceleration.took a couple seconds to realize what had happened when i had tried to operate the windshield wiper control.the toyota cruise control lever mounted on the steering column where it turns with the wheel appears to be a less than desirable engineering decision from a safety standpoint.trying to express this concern to my local toyota dealer, (pine bluff, arkansas, where i bought the car) was unsuccessful.i had been trying to be helpful with toyota's more generic problem of a complaint of uncontrollable acceleration, which toyota has been trying to blame on improper floor mats being jammed into the accelerator pedal.
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, ?drive by wire,? is trying to catch up with the depressed acceleration pedal. This has occurred at very inappropriate times, where we would have to suddenly apply the brakes abruptly. The nature of the defect is unusual and not only poses a safety problem while the vehicle is lunging, but also poses a serious safety issue, if we were trying to merge on a limited access highway. Being that a vehicle traveling on a limited access highway may be traveling at 60 mph. That vehicle will travel approximately 176 feet in that two second lag time of our vehicle?s acceleration system.
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 was activated on and curtail any acceleration.this makes the vehicle hard to control when on a freeway curve and when attempting to accelerate to merge onto the freeway, causing unexpected motion that is a hazard to remaining on the road or causing the vehicle to be in an accident with other vehicles. There is no indication that there are malfunctions in any system that would cause this to occur. Note: mileage on the odometer is ~170,000 miles.
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.
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 off in order to stop the vehicle. The same failure occurred 45 minutes later. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer but the dealer could not find anything wrong. The contact called the manufacturer regarding the failure; however, they offered no assistance. The current mileage was approximately 45,000. The failure mileage was 16.
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 accident.the collision center hold onto my vehicle till 2/15/10 [xxx]mention he will start working on it and every time he ask me if i will file a claim which he state the vehicle would take longer to repair then.and be ready this wed 2/24/10 which i call yesterday and he mentioned he was not sure.i have tried to find a lawyer (1800lawyers) but they did not want to take cases relating to toyota.now i'm without me vehicle for several weeks and i cannot do anything.i have reported this issue with toyota case[xxx] and i have geico insurance case [xxx](1800654-5896 ext 5608 [xxx] ).i was traveling westbound, sunny day, clear road with my wife and child.the vehicle in front stopped,i pressed on the brakes to stop, first the tachometer sped up then their was not braking.i was traveling 15-20 miles per hours at the time on regular street.i have been without my vehicle for almost one month which i need the car for work.
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 monitor completely obstructed my rear view window.i cannot see behind me because the screen is too low and too large.what i later discovered was that the "factory" was actually a factory owned by southeast toyota, and not toyota in japan.in otherwords, it is the equivalent of an aftermarket system. The difference is that when se toyota installed the dvd player and sunroof, the actually lowered the roof so that it falls below the interior dimensions that the sienna with a moonroof is supposed to have.practically speaking, the lower roof makes it nearly impossible to install a dvd player that does not obstruct me rear view.had they installed the items in japan, like i thought i was getting, there would not be an obstruction. So far, king toyota is not willing to do anything to resolve this problem.
I bought my 2008 toyota sienna in october 2007.the first defect i noticed is whenthe 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 the window when thedoors are opened.this made no sense. My experience has been that the door slams really hard and then bounces back.if a child happened to be leaning out the window they would suffer serious injury because of this.no one has been injured thus far, but the slamming certainly startles everyone! this happens even ifthe window is only open slightly. Another defect is the tire pressure light on the dash. It stays lit up constantly. After adding air on numerous occasions, i noticed thatthe light comes back on in just a couple of days. I discussed this with the dealer and he simply stated that tire pressure changes with the temperature.this is asafety issue because i wouldnot know if the tires' inflation was really off or not.obviously i cannot add air to the tires every other day.
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 thewindows were opened, broken glasses flew inside the car and spread. Fortunately, no body sit on the front passenger side and nobody was directly hurt by the accident, it was very dangerous since my 2-year old son sit behind his mom. I wonder if this kind accident was reported previously and what is the cause.note, outside temperature was about 80 f on that day.
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 records show i hold toyota responsible for my family's safety and well-being.[xxxx]parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
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 said there was a replcement program for this in which owners were notified in 2015 and expired on 2018, i explained we never received this notice as we are at the same address since 2000 and are the original new owners of the van, they did not agree to replace as the program had expired. I explained the safety risk not to mention its a know issue, they said you didn't respond in time so they will not pay to have it replaced. The supervisor was rude and said the same thing.
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 expired they will not cover it. This is a manufacturing defect that causes a safely issue due to the glaring effect while driving on hot sunny days. This should be more of a recall than a regular wear and tare, i have not experienced this issue with my other car that is older than my toyota sienna.
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 year, we noticed the front windshield started to get blurry.first we though the window was dirty, so we tried to clean it with windex many times, it still the same.so nothing we can do.especially when we drive for a long time, we will feeling dizzy.we contacted toyota (case number 1806052799), they said there is no recall and since the car is out of warranty, they will not replace it, even though the front windshield is original. This is clearly a manufacturer defects.
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.
Last june 2012 i was backing my vehicle in my home driveway when the rear hatch window suddenlyexploded, 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 andsmall shards, and broken and hanging glass was left in the window frame.when this was reportedto the toyota dealer, their rep replied that he had never heard of such an event occurring with a toyota,and implied that i had broken the window by accident.since my warranty doesn't cover glass, i turned in a claim to allstate insurance($100 deductible) and the window was repaired. On 11/08/2012 i was driving approx. 25 mph on a city street when the same window exploded with enough energy to produce a loud "bang!"i again turned in a claim to allstate($100 deductible, again!) and the window was repaired.while waiting at the repair shop, i asked the glass technician if he was aware of any similar incidents with toyota windows.he replied, "oh yes," and told me that he had just repaired a similar window on a toyota owned by a kirtland, ohio police officer, among others!i feel that this is a serious safety defect that should be investigated immediately, before someone gets severely injured!
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. Anauthorized dealer was notified and the vehicle was in the process of being repaired. The contact had concerns of the safety risk involved. The failure and current mileages were 33,000.updated 11/10/09 the consumer stated the dealer denied warranty claim. Updated 11/13/09
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 monitor completely obstructed my rear view window.i cannot see behind me because the screen is too low and too large.what i later discovered was that the "factory" was actually a factory owned by southeast toyota, and not toyota in japan.in otherwords, it is the equivalent of an aftermarket system. The difference is that when se toyota installed the dvd player and sunroof, the actually lowered the roof so that it falls below the interior dimensions that the sienna with a moonroof is supposed to have.practically speaking, the lower roof makes it nearly impossible to install a dvd player that does not obstruct me rear view.had they installed the items in japan, like i thought i was getting, there would not be an obstruction. So far, king toyota is not willing to do anything to resolve this problem.
Sunroof glass shattered while driving on the freeway with no apparent reason (no collision, no bad road condition).
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 sienna owner are reporting this issue. Major safety issue with this van design to have tires wear so quickly.
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 available.
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 stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.updated 2/4/16 updated 02/16/16.
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 car based tools.
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 manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
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.
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 dealer for this repair on 10/19/15. After mechanic began work he came to writer and asked where the spare tire was.much to my surprisethere was no longer a spare tire under the van-we have never had a need to use the spare and have no idea when it fell off.i was told that the cable was broken and that a new wheel and tire would have to be ordered and that i would have to pay for this. Contact was made with the toyota customer center and after many phone calls and failure of their representatives to return calls we were told that they understood that the loss of the tire was due to the faulty spare tire carrier cable but that they are only responsible for replacing the cable. It seems absurd that our safety and the safety of others was compromised by the spare tire falling off and all the company assumes responsibility for is the carrier cable.we have now ordered a new wheel and tire costing $300 to $400 and hope that the most recent "fix" works.
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 vehicle was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.updated 3/24/15
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!
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 experienced a failure.
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