2008 Toyota Sienna complaints

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.

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.

MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA BEGAN TO CREATE A SMOKE SCREEN IMPAIRING ME FROM HAVING A CLEAR VISUAL OF THE ROAD. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND CHECK IF MY VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. ONCE I INSPECTED THE OUTSIDE AND OPEN THE HOOD TO MAKE SURE NOTHING WAS ON FIRE I NOTICE A PUDDLE OF OIL UNDER THE VEHICLE AN UPON FURTHER LOOK MY ENGINE MOTOR OIL COOLING HOSE HAD BURST, SPRAYING THE MOTOR AND EVERYTHING INSIDE WITH MOTOR OIL. THIS WAS THE 3RD TIME THIS VEHICLE HAS DONE THE SAME PROBLEM.

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 OR AUTOMATICALLY 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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION, THE CHILD OCCUPANT WAS ABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A RETAINING WALL. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THE SHIFT LEVER COULD BE MOVED WITHOUT THE IGNITION 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.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MANEUVER IN REVERSE, EXPERIENCED SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION, CAUSING COLLISION WITH GUARDRAIL

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 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.

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.

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC CLOSED DOOR OPERATING CABLE EXPERIENCED SEVERE CORROSION AND FRACTURED IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC OPENING FEATURE DID NOT WORK AND WOULD ONLY OPERATE IF OPENED MANUALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN 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 LJ UPDATED 08/07/2017*JS

SLIDE DOOR CABLE SNAPPED LEAVING DOOR NON FUNCTIONAL.

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 CAR IS EXPERIENCING SUA. IT HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT AN RESULTED IN A CRASH INTO A CEMENT WALL. IT ALSO HAPPENED ON A WINDING MOUNTAIN ROAD.

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.

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.

PASSENGER SIDE RACK AND PINION LEAKING FLUID WAS DISCOVERED AT DEALERSHIP WHEN VEHICLE WAS IN FOR SERVICE.

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.

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.

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 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.

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN ALWAYS PARKED INSIDE A GARAGE. I AM ON WAITING LIST OF TOYOTA HOLLYWOOD TO REPLACE MY CRACKED DASHBOARD. HOWEVER, THE HANDLE OF THE TRUNK DOOR IS ALSO MELTED. EVERY TIME I TOUCH IT ALL THE STICKY BLACK MATERIAL STICKS ON MY FINGERS.

SHIFT LEVER ASSEMBLY MAY ALLOW ROLLAWAY 13V429000 MY SIENNA HAD THE ABOVE RECALL WORK COMPLETED. MY LITTLE DAUGHTER BUMPED THE GEAR SHIFT AND KNOCKED IT OUT PARK AND THE CAR ROLLED AWAY. THE SIENNA WAS IN PARK, THE KEY WAS OUT OF THE IGNITION AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT TOUCHED. MY CONCERN IS 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 SURFACE APPLY EMERGENCY BRAKE GRASP GEAR SHIFT APPLY PRESSURE TO MOVE IT TOWARD REVERSE WHILE JIGGLING THE GEAR SHIFT UP 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.

POWER SLIDING DOOR CABLE BROKE. DOOR WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO OPEN MANUALLY UNTIL I CUT THE CABLES. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.

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.

WHILE DRIVING & TURNING, HEARD NOISES FROM FRONT END. FOUND THAT RACK AND PINION BOOTS WERE LEAKING, HAD TO REPLACE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY, AROUND $900.

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.

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.

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.

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.

THE DASHBOARD AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS FLASHING WHEN THE VAN IS TURNED ON.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ACTIVATED, HOT AIR CIRCULATED THROUGHOUT THE AIR VENTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE FREON WAS ADDED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED 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.

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRUNK FAILED TO STOP WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE TRUNK RELEASE BUTTON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRUNK HIT HER IN THE HEAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HATCH STRUT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 92,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA EQUIPPED WITH COOPER CS5 GRAND TOURING (NA)TIRES, SIZE: 215/65R16 (NA). AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE SUDDENLY EXPLODED. THE TIRE WAS TAKEN TO THE TIRE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO AN INTERNAL MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED ON 12/5/2015 AND THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON 4/19/2016. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

DRIVER SIDE REAR SLIDING DOOR CABLE BROKE. TOYOTA SAID IT IS NOT COVERED! DOOR WILL NOT EVEN OPEN MANUALLY. I FEEL THIS TO BE A HUGE SAFETY FACTOR BEING THAT CHILDREN ARE IN THE BACK AND IN CASE OF EMERGENCY IT WOULD BE HARD TO GET THEM OUT!. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED WILE MY WIFE WAS PICKING THE KIDS UP FROM SCHOOL!

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.

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!

WHEN MY SIENNA WAS 3 1/2 YRS OLD WITH MILEAGE 51,500 IT NEEDED A NEW POWER RACK & PINION DUE TO STEERING FLUID LEAK. IT WAS REPLACED IN DECEMBER 2011 AT THE DEALERSHIP AND COST ME $1,200. NOW RECENT VISIT TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED ON MARCH 25, 2016, THE TECH DISCOVERED AGAIN LEAKING STEERING FLUID 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.

SLIDING DOOR ON OUR 2008 SIENNA STOPPED OPENING OR CLOSING. WE CAN NOT GET IN OUR GET OUT OFF THE CAR ON DRIVER SIDE. WE ARE GLAD IT HAPPENED ON PARKED POSITION. IT IS NOT WORKING ELECTRICAL OR MANUAL MODE. TOYOTA IS ASKING ABOUT $1600-3000 FOR REPAIR. WE ARE TRYING TO USE THE VAN WITH ONE SLIDING DOOR AND IT IS NOR PRACTICAL OR SAFE.

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRUNK HANDLE WAS MELTING. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE EXCEPT TO REPLACE THE HANDLE AT A COST. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

DRIVER IS NOT REQUIRED TO FASTEN SEAT BELT DUE TO A PROBLEM WIRING OR FAILURE OF THE SEAT BELT LATCH. WORRIED THAT THE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN A CRASH

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.

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.