2001 Toyota Sienna

REPEATED FAILURE OF POWER SLIDING DOOR ON 2001 SIENNA VAN. DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE TIME OF PURCHASE BUT FAILED. VEHICLE IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY AND WILL COST OVER $500.00 TO REPAIR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR DOES NOT ALWAYS FULLY CLOSE. ACCORDING TO NHTSA ODI TECHNICAL BULLETINS THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE 2001. TOYOTA SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO RECALL THE VEHICLES AND PAY FOR THE REPAIRS SINCE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2001 MODEL AND A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS. *JB

2005 TOYOTA SIENNA DRIVER SIDE DOOR MADE A LOUD POP WHEN OPENING. CUSTOMER STATED SHE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD HER IT WOULD COST 300 TO 400 DOLLARS. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY SIENNA'S HAVE THIS PROBLEM. *KB THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THAT THE WELD ON THE DOOR HINGE WAS BROKEN. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A COLLISION CENTER AND WAS TOLD THE PRICE WOULD BE $250.00 DOLLARS. THE DEALER DID AGREE TO PAY HALF OF THE COST. *JB

LEFT OUR HOME ABOUT 1045A. PUT VAN INTO "DRIVE" AFTER PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY IN REVERSE. UNABLE TO STOP WITH THE BRAKES AT STOP SIGN, APPROX 0.1 MILES FROM START. CAR BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN, THROUGH THE STOP SIGN, THROUGH A RIGHT HAND TURN, THROUGH A LEFT HAND TURN. ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS "STUCK" AND COULD NOT GET IT LOOSE. BRAKES HAD NO EFFECT, INCLUDING ATTEMPTS AT EMERGENCY BRAKE USE. WENT UP A HILL HOPING TO SLOW THE VAN, BUT VAN INCREASED ACCELERATION. TREE WAS HIT WITH CENTER OF FRONT BUMPER. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ENGINE CONTINUED TO "REV" AFTER IMPACT. EXITED VEHICLE. RIGHT FRONT TIRE EXPLODED, SEVERELY DAMAGING RIGHT FRONT QUARTER PANEL AREA/COMPONENTS. *TR

SLIDING DOOR LATCHES GET STUCK SOMETIMES IN THE OPEN AND SOMETIMES IN THE CLOSED POSITION. WHEN DOORS ARE CLOSED WE ARE UNABLE TO PUSH THE BUTTON INSIDE OR USE THE OUTSIDE HANDLE TO RELEASE THE LATCH AND OPEN THE DOOR. IF THE DOOR IS OPEN WHEN THIS HAPPENS WE ARE THEN UNABLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR AS IT WILL NOT LATCH. WHEN THE DOOR REMAINS OPEN THIS IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND THE VAN IS UNDRIVEABLE AS DOING SO WOULD PUT THE PASSENGERS AT RISK. WHEN THE DOOR IS STUCK IN A CLOSE POSITION IT MAKES EXITING THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT WHICH WOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF THERE WERE AN EMERGENCY AND A QUICK EXIT WERE NECESSARY. IT ALSO MAKES IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO FASTEN OR RELEASE A CHILD FROM A SAFETY SEAT LOCATED IN THE BACK 2 ROWS OF SEATS. THE BACK HATCH LATCH HAS ALSO BROKEN. A LIGHT SQUEEZE OF THE HANDLE WHILE TRYING TO OPEN THE HATCH CAUSED SOMETHING TO SNAP (A SMALL PLASTIC PIECE FELL OUT) AND SINCE THIS IS THE ONE AND ONLY HANDLE/LATCH TO OPEN THE HATCH I AM NO LONGER ABLE TO USE THE HATCH NOR OPEN IT TO SEE WHAT PART NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE TWO SIDE DOORS WORK OCCASIONALLY BUT THE BACK HATCH IS NOW COMPLETELY UNUSABLE. SIMPLY PUT I HAVE HAD 3 OUT OF MY FIVE DOORS FAIL WITHIN A MONTH WHICH I FIND ABSURD. PLEASE NOTE THE VEHICLE IS IN GOOD SHAPE OTHERWISE AND HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. 2001 TOYOTA SIENNA LE/XLE

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTS TO ADD FUEL TO THE VEHICLE, THE GAS PUMP WOULD CLICK AS IF THE TANK WAS FULL. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE'S FUEL GAUGE INDICATED THAT THE TANK WAS EMPTY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY CHANGED THE CHARCOAL FILTER. THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO WAS ABLE TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE SHOP REPLACED THE FUEL ROLLOVER VALVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SIX MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 61,000.

TWO ISSUES ON MY 2001 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH 113K MILES: 1) REAR LATCH HANDLE BROKE APART WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE REAR HATCH. THE PART THAT BROKE IS PLASTIC. THE BREAK OCCURRED WHILE TRYING TO OPEN THE LATCH UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS. CONSEQUENCE OF THIS PART FAILURE: UNABLE TO OPEN THE REAR HATCH. CORRECTION: TOYOTA DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE MECHANISM (COSTING ME $200). 2) WHILE INVESTIGATING THE BROKEN LATCH ISSUE, I OBSERVED THAT THE MECHANISM THAT PHYSICALLY LATCHES THE REAR DOOR (TO THE MINIVAN BODY) WAS LOOSE. THE THREE SCREWS THAT SECURE/ATTACH THIS LATCHING MECHANISM IN PLACE WHERE BACKED HALF-WAY OUT. FAILURE: NO FAILURE HAD OCCURRED. HOWEVER, IF THE THREE SCREWS LOOSENED MORE, I FEAR THAT THE REAR HATCH COULD OPEN WHILE THE VAN WAS IN OPERATION. CORRECTION: TOYOTA DEALER TIGHTENED THE THREE SCREWS. *TR

AT 54,525 MILES, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS "REPLACE AIR/FUEL SENSOR B1 S1." FAILURE CAUSED EXCESSIVE DAMAGE BECAUSE THE SENSOR FUSED INTO THE REAR EXHAUST MANIFOLD. DIAGNOSTIC TESTING $ 49.00 SENSOR REPLACEMENT PART 227.52 " " LABOR 150.00 REAR EXHAUST MANIFOLD 154.21 REAR EXHAUST MANIFOLD GASKET 29.27 REPAIR WAS NOT DONE AT A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. I AM REPORTING THIS SO THAT TOYOTA WILL CHANGE THE DESIGN. FAILED PART SHOULD NOT DAMAGE SURROUNDING STRUCTURES. SUGGEST RECALL ON THIS PART IF TOYOTA CONTINUES TO USE THIS DESIGN. *NM

CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN FOR 15 MINUTES, BRAKES WORKED, WAS PARKED FOR 30 MINUTES AND UPON PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY REALIZED BRAKES DID NOT FUNCTION. WAS ABLE TO BRAKE THE CAR WITH PARKING BRAKE. NO ACCIDENT ENSUED, CALLED TOW TRUCK AND BROUGHT IT TO SERVICE CENTER. WAS TOLD THAT VACUUM HOSE CAME UNATTACHED, SO POWER ASSISTED BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. *JB