Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2004 record →
HESITATION, BOGS ON A ACCELERATION, DELAY IN A ACCELERATION NO POWER FOR A FEW SECONDS. LOOSES SPEED AND CARS BEHIND CATCH UP VERY QUICKLY AND WORRIED ABOUT GETTING HIT IN REAR END. MY WIFE REFUSES TO DRIVE AND HAD TO PULL OFF ROAD TWICE TO AVOID REAR END COLLISION. TOYOTA DEALER FELT THE PROBLEM, BUT I HAVE NO OFFER FOR REPAIRS. *LA
TOYOTA SIENNA 2004 - THE 2ND ROW SEATS ARE "SPRING LOADED" SO THAT BY PUSING A LEVER, THEY WILL PIVOT FORWARD TO ALLOW ACCESS TO THE 3RD ROW SEATS. THE FORCE OF THE SPRING IS VERY STRONG AND A CHILD/INFANT COULD EASILY BE INJURED IF HIT BY THE PIVOTING SEAT. I RECOMMEND A RECALL TO RETROFIT THE SEATS TO A LESS POWERFUL SPRING OR PISTON TYPE DEVICE. *LA
DEALERSHIP IS DELAYING RECALL 03V29100 REPAIRS FOR THE FUEL TANK LEAKAGE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ORDERING PARTS CORRECTLY. *AK
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 03V291000 CONCERNING FUEL TANK LEAKAGE. DEALER DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO DO REPAIRS.*AK
THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE THE PASSENGER WAS GETTING OUT OF THE CENSORED SLIDING DOOR, THE DOOR DID NOT RETRACT AND THE PASSENGERS ARM GOT CAUGHT IN THE DOOR WHICH RESULTED IN INJURY. THE DEALER SERVICED THE VEHICLE BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM
THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE HIS 4YR OLD CHILD WAS GETTING OUT OF CENSORED SLIDING DOOR THE CHILD'S RIGHT LEG BECAME CAUGHT IN DOOR AND SUSTAINED A DEEP CUT. THE CONSUMER HAD TO HIT THE DOOR TO RETRACT IT. THE DEALERS SERVICE TECHNICIAN COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM
WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ENGAGED WHILE DRIVING UPHILL VEHICLE RUNS OUT OF CONTROL, BRAKE PEDAL NEEDS TO BE DEPRESSED TO STOP VEHICLE. *AK
FUEL TANK FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK
THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO REPAIR RECALL 03V291000 CONCERNING THE FUEL TANK. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THEY COULD ONLY ORDER ONE PART PER DAY. CURIOUS TOYOTA OF BRANDON 813-621-7747. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT PROPERLY FROM THE "LOWER TO HIGHER GEAR. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND STATED IT WAS RUNNING UNDER TOYOTA SPECIFICATIONS. *AK
2004 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE LIMITED FREQUENTLY STALLS, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. STALLS COMMENCED WITHIN DAYS OF ACQUIRING VEHICLE (PRIOR TO 100 MILES), HAVE OCCURRED MORE THAN 10 TIMES, AND HAVE OCCURRED AT 60 MPH, 40 MPH, 30 MPH, AND DURING TURNS IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. DEALERSHIP REPLACED ENGINE COILS AND PROBLEM CONTINUED. DEALERSHIP FOUND LOSE WIRE, TIGHTENED IT, AND FREQUENCY OF STALLS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED BUT DID NOT GO AWAY ALTOGETHER.*AK
OWNER OF 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE LIMITED - PRUCHASED IN JULY 2004. WHEN THE ANY OF THE VANITY LIGHTS ARE LEFT ON IN THE INSIDE OF THE VAN AND THE KEY IS OUT OF THE IGNITION THE LIGHTS NEVER TURN OFF...THERE IS NO AUTOMATIC BATTERY SAVER/SHUT-OFF. HOWEVER, I NOTICED THAT IN VANS RELEASED SINCE THEN TOYOTA HAS MADE THIS STANDARD ON CURRENT RELEASES. (MID-MODEL CHANGE). DOES THIS SEEM RIGHT FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT? MY WIFE IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER AND I DO NOT WANT TO SEE HER STRANDED WITH OUR LIITLE ONE SOMEWHERE. HAD THIS BEEN AN OPTION IN A KID-FRIENDLY VAN AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT IT.*AK
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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