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.
2008 Toyota Sienna complaints
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 2008 record →
THE LEFT REAR COIL SPRING BROKE. NOT SURE WHEN IT BROKE, WAS ADVISED IT WAS BROKEN BY A MECHANIC DURING AN INSPECTION.
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.
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 SLIDI
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.
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.
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.
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.
THE DOOR CHECK ON THE DRIVER SIDE BREAKS PREMATURELY. EACH TIME I OPEN THE DOOR, IT CLACKS. INSTEAD OF HOLDING THE DOOR IN POSITION WHICH IS DESIGNED TO DO, IT MOVES AND SOMETIMES IT CAN BE DANGEROUS.
THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE POWERED SLIDING DOOR STUCK OPEN DURING A COLD WINTER NIGHT AND WE WERE LUCKY WE WERE AT THE PARKING LOT NOT ON HIGHWAY FOR AN EMERGENCY STOP (WHICH IS POSSIBLE WITH TWO LITTLE ONES ON BOARD SOMETIMES). WE DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS DUE TO AN KNOWN 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.
THE POWER SLIDING DOOR FAILS. IT HAS TO BE OPENED AND CLOSED MANUALLY. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL.
THE POWER SLIDING DOORS MECHANISM BROKE AND I WAS AVAILABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR, WAS PARKED.
RUBBER ON REAR HATCH HANDLE HAS BECOME SOFT AND PLIABLE. THIS STARTED IN 2013 AND WHILE BEING AN INCONVENIENCE BECAUSE THE RUBBER BLACKENED YOUR FINGERS CAUSED NO DANGER. YESTERDAY MORNING IT WAS 31 DEGREES IN ATLANTA AND WHEN I TRIED TO OPEN THE REAR HATCH THE RUBBER WAS HARD AND WOULD NOT OPEN THE 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 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?
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR OPENED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE DETAILS OF THE REPAIRS WERE UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLES 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 *CN.....UPDATED 02/10/16 *BF *CN
WHEN OPENING DRIVER SIDE DOOR, 2 LOUD CLICKING/POPPING NOISES OCCUR. FROM WHAT I HAVE GATHERED, IT IS A FAULTY DOOR CHECK.
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?
THE CABLE FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR BROKE WHEN THE DOOR WAS CLOSING.
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 SURPRISE THERE 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.
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.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL AWAY AND ROLLED OVER THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A BUSH. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED HEAD, BACK, AND KNEE INJURIES THAT NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS 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.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE SPARE TIRE ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (TIRES); HOWEVER, THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIRS. THE CONTACT 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 *CN UPDATED 02/16/16.*JB
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.
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.
2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE ENGINE PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR CONDITION WAS NOT COOLING THE VEHICLE, AND SHE THOUGHT IT JUST NEEDED TO BE SERVICED. AFTER TWO HOURS OF DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. BY THE TIME SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, THE ENGINE WAS RUINED, THE DEALER STATED THE ENGINE WATER HOSE AND OIL HOSE HAD MALFUNCTIONED. *JB
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.
THE TAILGATE STRUT FAILED TO HOLD UP THE LIFTGATE AND STRUCK ME IN THE HEAD. PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR OTHER TOYOTA SIENNAS; TOYOTA SIENNAS RECALLED TO FIX POWER LIFTGATE LIFTGATE MAY FALL ON USERS TOYOTA IS RECALLING 196,222 SIENNA VANS FROM THE 2004 THROUGH 2006 MODEL YEARS TO REPAIR THE 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 T
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.
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 BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED BY TOYOTA. PART NUMBER #73301AE011B0
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.
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?
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (TIRES); HOWEVER, THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. MA 09/03/15
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF REVERSE, CAUSING THE KEYS TO BE UNABLE TO EJECT FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO 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.
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.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (WHEELS) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
RECEIVED LETTER ADVISING THAT UNDER RECALL 14V27300 MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA HAD A POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH THE CABLE, HOLDING THE SPARE TIRE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN THE FALL OF 2014 MY SPARE TIRE WAS RELOCATED TO THE LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT OF MY VAN WHICH RENDERED THE AREA UNUSABLE FOR FOLDING THE REAR SEATS DOWN TO USE THAT AREA FOR TRANSPORTING LARGER ITEMS. I CHECKED 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. THIS HAS BEEN AN UNREASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO WAIT TO REGAIN FULL USE OF MY MINIVAN.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING 45 TO 50 MPH ONTO A HIGHWAY, THE VSC LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, AN ALARM ACTIVATED, AND THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE POWER SLIDING DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FAILED AND WOULD NOT OPEN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR COULD BE OPENED MANUALLY WITH FORCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER DOOR CABLE NEEDED TO 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.
PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDE DOOR DOES NOT WORK BY PRESSING THE BUTTON ON THE CENTRAL CONSOLE, ON THE SIDE OF DOOR OR THE KEY FOB. THE SLIDE DOORS DO WORK BY PULLING THE HANDLES FROM THE OUTSIDES. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS THE OVERRIDE PROCEDURE. THIS IS A BIG CONCERN WITH THIS BEING A FAMILY VEHICLE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (TIRES); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
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. *TR
VARIABLE VALVE TIMING OIL SUPPLY LINE SPRANG A LEAK AT BEND ON RUBBER TUBING. TOYOTA HAS A NEW REPLACEMENT TUBE ,BUT NOT PAYING FOR TUBE OR LABOR. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED AND PARTIALLY REMEDIED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (TIRES) HOWEVER, THE REMAINING PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. ..UPDATED 06-08-15 *BF 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 *JS
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. *TR
MY DASHBOARD IS MELTING AND IT GIVES A VERY BAD GLARE OF BRAKE LIGHTS, TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND THE SUN. IT ALSO HAS A VERY BAD GLARE WHEN RAINING AND REFLECTS TAIL LIGHTS AT NIGHT. IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE. WHEN I REPORTED THIS TO TOYOTA THEY SAID IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY MY WARRANTY. *TR
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. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (TIRES). HOWEVER, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
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. *TR
POWER SLIDING DOOR CABLE GOT RUSTED AND SNAPPED. JAMMED THE DOOR. TOYOTA COVERS THE DOOR LATCH BUT NOT THE CABLE. *TR
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 THI
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