2007 Toyota Sienna complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE REAR SUSPENSION. HE WOULD LIKE THE MANUFACTURER TO AUTHORIZE HIS LOCAL DEALER TO TOW HIS VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE CENTER TO HAVE THE RECALL REPAIR PERFORMED. THE RECALL NOTICE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE; THEREFORE, THE CONTACT REFUSES TO PLACE HIMSELF AND HIS EMPLOYEES IN HARM'S WAY. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

CATALYTIC CONVERTER EMITS STRONG SULFUR ODOR INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE SMELL MADE MY FAMILY SICK WITH HEADACHES. TOYOTA REPS TOLD ME TO NOTE WHAT GAS STATION I GO TO AND IT MAY TAKE MULTIPLE VISITS TO FIX SINCE NO ONE ELSE REPORTED SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *TR

2007 TOYOTA SIENNA MADE A PINGING SOUND WHEN FIRST STARTING THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS IS NORMAL WHEN THE ENGINE WAS COLD. DEALER CALLED IT A PISTON SLAP. FINALLY DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD A PROBLEM. *KB

POWER BACK DOOR ON 2007 TOYOTA SIENNA LIMITED WILL OPEN WITH REMOTE BUT IT WILL NOT CLOSE WITH EITHER THE REMOTE OR THE FRONT DASH CONTROL. I CANNOT USE MY LEGS SO IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO CLOSE THE POWER BACK DOOR. *TR

TOYOTA SIENNA AND SUPPOSEDLY OTHER MODELS OF TOYOTAS HAVE A TIRE PRESSURE WARNING SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT WARN MECHANICS OF DAMAGE THAT WILL OCCUR TO SENSORS WHEN TIRE IS CHANGED. ONCE DAMAGED WARNING SYSTEM WILL NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. TOYOTA CHARGES $134.00 PER SENSOR PLUS LABOR. WITHOUT PROPER WARNING LABELS IT MUST BE ASSUMED THAT A LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AROUND WITH NON FUNCTIONING WARNING SYSTEMS AND/OR NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS ARE BEING UNNECESSARILY CHARGED FOR REPAIRING ITEMS DAMAGED DUE TO TOYOTAS FAILURE TO WARN. I SUGGEST WARNING STICKERS ON WHEELS AND DOOR BY EXISTING TIRE PRESSURE STICKER. REALITY IS NO ONE SHOULD PAY OVER $500 PER CHANGE OF SET OF TIRES FOR BROKEN SENSORS WHEN A $.05 STICKER COULD HAVE AVOIDED IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD SLOW DOWN AND THEN ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 3,700.

THE LIFTGATE OF MY 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA FELL UNEXPECTEDLY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE, BUT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE MY CHILDREN WERE NEARBY WHILE I WAS LOADING THE CAR, AND THE WEIGHT OF THE REAR GATE MADE IT SLAM CLOSED VIOLENTLY. *TR

MY BRAND NEW TOYOTA SIENNA HAS PRODUCED HUM NOISE AT AROUND 2500 RPM AS SOON AS I PICKUP THE NEW VAN. I HAVE THE DEALER AND THE REGIONAL REPS LOOKED AT AND THEY FOUND THE NOISE AND THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT ALL THE TOYOTA WITH THE SAME ENGINE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THEY WILL NOT FIX IT. I FILED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS WITH TOYOTA BUT RECEIVED THE SAME RESULT! I LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THANKS! *TR *UPDATED 12/12/07 *BF UPDATED 12/12/07

1. WE BOUGHT TOYOTA SIENNA 2007 LE #3 ON JULY 21, 2007 2. AFTER 2 WEEKS ON AUG 4 2007 MAINTENANCE REQUIRED AND ALL OTHER LIGHTS WERE ON AND AC WAS STOPPED WORKING. WE CALLED THE DEALER AND HE SCHEDULED EARLIEST APPOINTMENT ON AUGUST 7 2007. 3. ON AUGUST 6 2007 TOYOTA SIENNA BROKE DOWN ON INTERSTATE AND I TOWED THIS VAN TO THE DEALER. 4. DEALER FIRST FOUND PROBLEM WITH THE ALTERNATOR AND REPLACED ALTERNATOR IN A WEEK. 5. THEN HE FOUND ANOTHER PROBLEM AS TWO COMPUTER INSIDE CAR WERE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND HE WORKED WITH TOYOTA SPECIALISTS AND ORDER REPLACEMENTS OF COMPUTER HARNESS EQUIPMENT. 6. AFTER INSTALLING THESE NEW EQUIPMENT HE FOUND THAT ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD ARE TURNED ON WITH THIS VEHICLE. 7. HE SCHEDULED INSPECTION TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE BY TOYOTA TECHNICIANS. THEY ARE FLYING IN FROM CALIFORNIA TO RESOLVE THIS. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 TOYOTA SIENNA LIMITED FOR ABOUT 5 MONTHS. ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT STARTED TO COME ON WHEN ALL TIRE PRESSURES ACTUALLY ARE NORMAL. SO FAR I HAD VISITED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. BUT THE PROBLEM STILL WAS NOT SOLVED BECAUSE THEY SEEM DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. THEN I WENT TO THE WEBSITE AND FOUND OUT NHTSA HAS OPENED A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION REGARDING 2004 AND 2005 SEIENNA TIRE PRESSURE AND REGLULATING SYSTEM. THAT'S WHY I COME HERE TO COMPLAINT. MY SITUATION IS WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT WILL COME ON/OFF EVERY 20-30 MINUTES. ALTHOUGH IT DIDN'T CAUSE ANY INCIDENT YET. BUT AFTER AWHILE, I GUESS MOST PEOPLE MIGHT INTEND TO NEGLECT THIS FALSE ALARM. BUT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT FUNCTION CORRECTLY FOR A VEHICLE WITH A RFT TIRE. THEREFORE I THINK THIS DEFECT NEED TO BE RECALLED WITH A BETTER DESIGN. I AM GOING TO KEEP MY VEHICLE THE WAY IT IS AS A LIVE EXAMPLE AND WELCOME ANYONE FROM NHTSA COME TO CHECK ON IT. *TR

PURCHASED 2007 TOYOTA SIENNA 4000 MILES AGO - SEVERAL MONTHS. ONGOING PROBLEM - NO ACCIDENT AT THIS TIME: IN MY OPINION A VERY SERIOUS HESITATION IN ENGINE RESPONSE WHEN I REQUIRE AN IMMEDIATE FAST FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY AT SLOWER SPEEDS. DEALER SAYS NO SERVICE BULLETIN. (I'VE BEEN DRIVING FOR 40 YEARS).

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, VEHICLE LOST POWER. NO RESPONSE WHEN THROTTLE WAS PRESSED. SHIFTED VEHICLE TO NEUTRAL AND TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE WITH NO RESPONSE. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND NOTICED A HEAVY GASOLINE SMELL. TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, LOOKED UNDER VEHICLE AND NOTICED GASOLINE POURING OUT FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND REMOVED FAMILY FROM VEHICLE. CALLED TOWING COMPANY, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MARK HIPPS GARAGE AND TOWING SERVICE IN NEWBERRY, SC. EXAMINATION OF VEHICLE NOTED THAT A FITTING ON THE FUEL LINE GOING TO THE ENGINE HAD COME LOOSE. TECHNICIAN REFITTED AND TIGHTENED CONNECTION. CONTACTED GREENVILLE TOYOTA SERVICE CENTER IN GREENVILLE, SC. THEY STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THIS TYPE OF FAILURE.

THE BACK HATCH OF MY 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE MINIVAN CAME DOWN ON ME WITHOUT ANY BEEP OR NOTICE WHEN I WAS REMOVING GROCERIES OUT OF THE BACK. I WENT AND GOT MY HUSBAND WHO INSISTED THAT IT WOULD NOT CLOSE ON ME, THAT THE SAFETY FEATURE WOULD STOP IT FROM CRUSHING ME. I HAD HIM GO OUT AND TRY TO OPEN THE HATCH WITH THE INSIDE BUTTON AND REMOVE THE GROCERIES. I PRESSED THE BUTTON, WHEN THE HATCH OPENED, HE GOT UNDER THE HATCH AND WHEN IT REACHED THE TOP, IT SUDDENLY STARTED TO RETURN BACK DOWN. THIS TIME THE WARNING BEEP DID GO OFF. WHEN THE HATCH REACHED MY HUSBAND, IT DID NOT STOP AND GO BACK UP. HE HAD TO PHYSICALLY HOLD IT UP AS HE GOT OUT OF THE WAY. SINCE THAT DAY, THE HATCH WILL NOT LONGER STAY IN THE UP POSITION EVEN IF YOU TURN OFF THE AUTOMATIC FEATURE. SOMETIMES THE HATCH WILL NOT EVEN REACH THE HALF WAY POINT BEFORE CLOSING BACK DOWN, WHEN IN THE AUTOMATIC FEATURE IS TURNED ON. *TR

TL* - THE CONTACT HAS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON FEBRUARY 18, 2007 WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OUTSIDE FOR TWO HOURS, IN TEMPERATURES OF 20 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. THE CONTACT OPENED THE LIFTGATE BY REMOTE, AND PROCEEDED TO LOAD A STROLLER AND A FEW BAGS. THE CONTACT WAS UNDER THE LIFTGATE FOR ABOUT 30 UNDER SECONDS, WHEN SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING THE LIFTGATE BEGAN TO CLOSE ON ITS OWN, STRIKING THE CONTACT ON THE HEAD, THE CONTACT THEN BEGAN TO PUSH THE LIFTGATE WITH HIS BACK AGAINST IT UNTIL THE MOTOR RECOGNIZED THERE WAS AN OBSTACLE ON THE WAY OF THE LIFTGATE AND STOPPED CLOSING THE LIFTGATE. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF THE STRUT FAILING TO STAY OPEN AND THE MOTOR THAT CLOSES THE LIFTGATE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36868 MILES.