A Car Service Calls Statistics
🇺🇸 toyota sienna 2009 [Other] Defect age: 4
2005 Toyota Sienna has a passenger side power sliding door that has gone through the stages of sticking, rubbing against the body and rubber stripping around windows, and now, working at all through the power button option (or the remote) -- only way to get it open is via the door handle. This seems to be a recurrent problem in a number of Toyota Sienna but the manufacturer has not issued a recall so far. I deem this a safety issue because the door fails to close many many times and the driver has to get out of the vehicle to close the door in frustration and that can create unsafe situations.
🇺🇸 toyota sienna 2013 [Other] Defect age: 8
Vehicle had been parked. When we backed out I turned the wheel to the left. There was a "clunk" and it felt like I just went over some object with the right front tire. We could find nothing in the parking lot that would contribute to this. I drove the car that day without further incident. The next day we went on a 430 mile trip. Several times that we parked we heard the same "clunk" and felt a slight drop in the right front. I went to the Toyota dealer as soon as I could get an appointment on 2/26/13. Toyota found that the internal power steering rack was failing and had to be replaced for safety. The part number was: 0 44250-08041. I asked Toyota if there were any safety recalls. There were none. Toyota said these failures did occur on trucks in heavy duty use but not in Sienna Mini-vans.
🇺🇸 toyota sienna 2000 [Transmission] Mileage: 25000
at 70 mph on a major freeway, the transmission completely gave out. no gear worked, the tachometer raced. a truck almost hit me in the rear end. with incredible luck i managed to get the car to the side of the road. several more such failures over the next several miles caused me to get off the freeway and have the vehichle towed to the nearest toyota dealer. with a great deal of luck, i am alive to file this report. it was very, very dangerous and scary and must be investigated. service mangager reported that others have had similar problems. *ak
🇺🇸 toyota sienna 2000 [Other] Mileage: 25000
vehicle 3rd row/right rear passenger window has exploded outward after driver's door was closed from the inside. window was not struck by anything. dealer notified. *ak
🇺🇸 toyota sienna 2000 [Transmission] Mileage: 25000
vehicle transmission was in park, the engine was not running, the key was in the ignition, the parking brake was not set, and nobody was in/near the vehicle. the vehicle was parked on a very mild decline on cement/asphalt surface. vehicle rolled backwards, dropped off an 18" ledge and came to rest against a storage shed, which the vehicle pushed back about 5'. vehcile was taken to dealer where 2 men tried to physically push the vehicle with no luck.
🇺🇸 toyota sienna 2000 [Other] Mileage: 25000
the doors on my 2000 sienna rattle so loudly that the sound can be heard over the radio. it sounds as if the doors are not completely closed. toyota contends the van is operating as designed and the sound is "body flex". the noise is very distracting to a driver and could contribute to causing an accident..*ak
🇺🇸 toyota sienna 2000 [Brake] Mileage: 25000
a loud clunking noise comes from rear brakes while backing and stepping on brake pedal. sounds like hitting another vehicle. two visits to dealer can find nothing wrong mechanically. potential safety issue. *ak
🇺🇸 toyota sienna 2000 [Transmission] Mileage: 25000
engine check light came on due to a defective torque converter which is on back order. this seems to be a wide spread problem. *ak
🇺🇸 toyota sienna 2000 [Other] Mileage: 25000
pe00-020, tire size 20570r15 original equipment on 2000 toyota sienna, with 800 miles on the vehicle, driver's rear tire wire broke in the tire, causing tire to have a blowout and shred apart. firestone replaced tires with the sametype of tires. *ak *slc
🇺🇸 toyota sienna 2000 [Other] Mileage: 25000
malfunction indicator lamp (check engine light) came on at 64 miles and remains on. gas tank not empty and gas cap is on securely. dealer service center advised that this is due to an inaccurate transmission code being thrown, and i should continue driving the vehicle while they wait for a tsb from toyota.