2002 Toyota Sienna

TIRES FIRESTONE: FR680, P205/70R15 95S, M+S. ON A TOYOTA SIENNA 2002. 2 TIRES WERE COMPLETELY WORN DOWN TO NOTHING. GOT TOYOTA DEALERSHIP TO DO A WHEEL ALIGNMENT & REPLACE 2 TIRES FOR FREE SINCE I HAD BEEN GOING TO THEM FOR ALL SERVICE & THEY NEVER NOTICED THE WORN TIRES. NOW ONE REAR TIRE HAS A SIDEWALL TEAR. I TOOK IT TO A FIRESTONE DEALER, AND HE SAID IT'S NOT UNDER WARRANTY -- JUST WEAR AND TEAR -- RIM HAD A SLIGHT DENT SO HE DEDUCTED IT WAS BECAUSE WE HIT A BUMP OR SIDEWALK. BUT THERE IS ALSO A CRACK IN THE SIDEWALL AS WELL.*AK

I HAD BOUGHT MY VAN MAY 2,2003 WITH ABOUT 19,000 MILES. ON OCTOBER 7, WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING. WHEN I PULLED INTO A PARKING STALL, PASSERBYERS WERE YELLING THAT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. AN INDEPENDENT ARSON INVESTIGATOR SAID HE FOUND TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE ENGINE, AND THAT IT HAD PROBABLY BEEN LEAKING SINCE I PURCHASED MY VAN. *LA

AFTER A BLOWOUT ON MY LEFT FRONT TIRE ON MY 2002 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE, I DISCOVERED THAT THE LUG NUTS DESIGNED FOR THE ALUMINUM WHEELS DO NOT FIT THE STEEL WHEEL OF THE FULL SIZE SPARE, AND TOYOTA DOES NOT PROVIDE THE "ACORN" TYPE LUG NUTS FOR THE SPARE. THE LUG NUTS FOR THE ALUMINUM WHEELS DO NOT SEAT PROPERLY AGAINST THE STEEL WHEEL SPARE. I BELIEVE THAT NOT PROVIDING THE PROPER LUG NUTS FOR THE SPARE IS A SERIOUS OMISSION ON TOYOTA'S PART AND MAKES DRIVING WITH THE SPARE WITH THE IMPROPER LUG NUTS VERY DANGEROUS. *LA

MY 2002 TOYOTA SIENNA BRAKES SQUEAK. THE SERVICE TECHNICIANS HAVE CHECKED THEM SEVERAL TIMES AND CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. TOYOTA KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND IS SAID TO BE WORKING ON IT (SOMETHING WITH THE REAR BRAKE DRUMS). THEY CLAIM THAT THE BRAKES ARE SAFE AND WORK PROPERLY. HOW CAN THIS BE WITH SUCH A NOISE GOING ON? I DON'T WISH TO FIND OUT THAT THEY WERE INDEED NOT SAFE AFTER THEY FAIL. *LA

THE REAR BRAKES HAVE BEEN SQUEAKING WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR WITH LESS THAN 10,000 MILES. THE LOCAL DEALER INSPECTED AND TRIED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM THREE TIMES WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. ON 03/12/2003, THE DEALER WORKED ON THE SQUEAKING BRAKES THE THIRD TIME AND REPORTED THAT DEALER WILL CALLED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LINE AND WILL FOLLOW UP ON THIS ISSUE, CUSTOMER WILL BE ADVISED. HOWEVER, THE SQUEAKING BRAKES ONLY GET WORSE AND NEVER HEAR FROM NEITHER DEALER NOR TOYOTA. I CALLED TOYOTA DIRECTLY AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CHANGE IN THE WAY MANUFACTURES MAKE BRAKES SHOES. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT TOYOTA BLAME THIS CONTINUE EXCESSIVELY SQUEAKING BRAKES PROBLEM TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. PLEASE FILE YOUR COMPLAINT IF YOU HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *LA

I HAVE A 2002 TOYOTA SIENNA MINI VANAND MOSTLY DURING COLD DRY MONTHS I GET A SHOCK EVERY TIME I GO TO CLOSE THE DOOR TO GET OUT OF THE VAN. I TOOK THE VAN TO THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER SAID THAT HE RECEIVED OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER VAN OWNERS ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING SHOCKED AS THEY WERE GETTING OUT OF THE VAN. HE LOOKED THE VAN OVER AND SAID EVERYTHING WAS OK AND THAT IF I CONTINUED TO GET SHOCKED TO PUT A FABRIC SOFTENER SHEET IN THE VAN TO SEE IF THAT HELPED , WHICH IT DIDN'T. MY CONCERN IS OTHER THAN BEING SHOCKED EVERY TIME I EXIT THE VAN IF THERE IS THAT MUCH STATIC THAT BUILDS UP IN THE VAN WHILE COMMUTING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I CARRY A GASOLINE CAN IN THE VAN, SHOULD I SUSPECT A FIRE WOULD RESULT? PLEASE HELP ME RESOLVE THIS ISSUE.

I OWN A 2002 TOYOTA SIENNA AND THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR BRAKE ROTOR DRUM AND PAD. FREQUEST SQUEALING AND PREMATURE PAD WEAR IS EVIDENT SINCE 5,000 MILES. THE DEALER TOLD US TOYOTA RECOGNIZES THE PROBLEM AND WILL INVESTIGATE A SOLUTION. THEY ORIGINALLY STATED THEY EXPECTED A REPLY BY TOYOTA BY JULY/AUGUST 2002. WE STILL DO NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT LEADS US TO BELIEVE THIS ISSUE WILL BE RESOPLVED ANYTIME SOON. *AK