1998 Toyota Sienna

LOUD BANG FROM EGINE FOLLOWED BY FIRE. DEALER SAYS ENGINE THREW A ROD AND FOUND HOLE IN ENGINE. ALSO DAMAGE TO RIGHT AXLE FROM PROJECTILE FROM ENGINE. COMPLAINED ABOUT WHITE SMOKE AT STARTUP TO DEALER AT 22,500 MILE SERVICE, BUT DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEMS. NOW DEALER REFUSES TO HONOR WARRANTY CLAIMING THAT SLUDGE IS IN ENGINE. WHEN I HAD SIMILAR SMOKE PROBLEM WITH 1998 TOYOTA CAMRY, DEALER ADVISED THAT THE VALVE SEALS WERE DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED THE VALVE SEALS AND GASKET UNDER WARRANTY. INTERNET SERCHES HAVE REVEALED AT LEAST ONE AND POSSIBLY AS MANY AS THREE OTHER SIMILAR ENGINE FAILURES DUE TO SLUDGE AFTER COMPLAINTS WERE MADE TO THE DEALER OF WHITE SMOKE AT STARTUP. I ALSO FOUND MULTIPLE REPORTS OF ENGINE FAILURE ASSOICIATED WITH WHITE SMOKE AT STARTUP WHEN DOING SEARCHES REGARDING THE CAMRY. WHEN I WENT TO DEALER TO REMOVE ARTICLES FROM THE VAN AFTER IT WAS TOWED, THE SERVICE ADVISOR POINTED OUT THE LEFT REAR TIRE, ON WHICH APPROXIMATELY 10-12 INCHES OF THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE BODY OF THE TIRE. THIS IS FIRESTONE FR 680 TIRE WITH LESS THAN 30,000 MILES ON IT. THE TIRE WAS CHECKED AND WAS FINE PRIOR TO OUT TRIP TO PICK UP OUT EIGHT YEAR OLD DAUGHTER FROM SUMMER CAMP. THE ENGINE FAILURE AND FIRE AND THE SEPARATION OF THREAD OF THE TIRE OCCURRED AFTER WE HAD DRIVEN FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS IN 100 DEGREE PLUS TEMPERATURES WHILE RETURNING FROM THE CAMP. LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE.( DOT NUMBER: )

ON 8/4/00 WE WERE HAVING OUR TIRES ROTATED BY AMERICA'S TIRE STORE IN FOLSOM, CA. THEY SHOWED US THE PASSANGER FRONT TIRE WAS BEGINNING TO PEEL. ABOUT 20% OF THE TIRE WAS AFFECTED. WITH THE REPORTS I'M HEARING ABOUIT THE OTHER FIRESTONE TIRES I WANTED TO REPORT THIS. WE KEPT THE TIRE FOR EVIDENCE JUST IN CASE IT IS NEEDED.( DOT NUMBER: W2M0 F6L TIRE SIZE: 205/70/R15 )

THE RIGHT REAR TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. THE TIRE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE ENTIRE SET SAID THAT ALL THE TIRES WERE COMING APART. THE ONLY REASON WE REALIZED WE HAD A PROBLEM WAS THE CAR HAS A TIRE CONDITION/PRESSURE INDICATOR AND THE CAR WAS RIDING ROUGH. MY HUSBAND INSPECTED THE TIRES ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND NEVER NOTICED THE TREAD SEPARATING. I ALSO TOOK MY CAR TO A TIRE DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHEN I FIRST NOTICED THE LIGHT INDICATOR. THE TIRE DEALER NEVER NOTICED THE TREAD COMING APART EITHER. WE ONLY REALIZED WE HAD A PROBLEM WHEN THE RIDE BECAME VERY ROUGH. MY HUSBAND CHANGED THE TIRE AND PLACED THE SPARE ON THE CAR UNTIL I COULD GET TO THE TIRE DEALER.( DOT NUMBER: 95S TIRE SIZE: P205/70R15 )

WHILE TRAVELING, @ APPROX. 60 MPH, ON A STATE HWY., THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT. DRIVER IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF THE ROAD. IT APPEARS THE TIRE COMPLETELY PEELED AWAY FROM WHEEL. OWNER INCURRED EXCESSIVE TOWING FEES AND TIRE REPLACEMENT COSTS NOT EXPECTED ON A 2 YR. OLD VEHICLE WITH ONLY 22,000 MILES. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/65R15 )