2007 Toyota Sienna

ON 4/10/15, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MOTOR IMPORTS SERVICE CENTER FOR PREARRANGED WARRANTY SERVICE WORK ON THE VEHICLE. MOTOR IMPORTS DECLINED TO PERFORM THE WARRANTY WORK, ALLEGING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS "TOO DIRTY" TO PERFORM, EVEN THOUGH AT LEAST TWO OF THE RECALLS WOULD INVOLVE NO AREA OF THE INTERIOR. WITH RESPECT TO THE INTERIOR, THE SHIFT ASSEMBLY WAS ALLEGEDLY "BLOCKED" BY A NEWSPAPER ON THE CONSOLE, AS WELL AS PENS IN THE ASHTRAY AND CD'S IN THE CONSOLE, AND FOR THIS, THEY CLAIMED THEY COULD NOT PERFORM THE WORK. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE RECALLS, THEY WERE TO INSPECT THE DASHBOARD FOR A FOURTH RECALL INVOLVING PREMATURE DEGRADATION OF THE ASSEMBLY, WHICH THEY DECLINED TO PERFORM AS WELL. *TR

I BELIEVE THE PRODUCT TO BE DEFECTIVE BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE THAT I HAD FACED WITH THIS VEHICLE 2 WEEKS BACK WHILE DRIVING IN THE FREEWAY. TWO WEEKS BACK WHILE I WAS DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY (WIFE AND 2 KIDS) THE VEHICLE ON 275 S FREEWAY @ 70MPH ON 8TH MARCH 2015 1:00 AM, THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT TURNED ON AND I NOTICED THE ENGINE HEAT INDICATOR FLUCTUATE LIKE A FUEL INDICATOR. I TRIED TO SLOW DOWN, BUT BY THAT TIME I LOST THE POWER OF THE VEHICLE , WHICH MADE IT REALLY HARD FOR ME TO STEER THE VEHICLE BETWEEN THE LANES AND TAKE IT OUT OF FREEWAY TO A SHOULDER, THE BRAKES WERE NOT FUNCTIONING EITHER. IT WAS ONE OF MY SCARIEST RIDE I HAD IN MY LIFE (YOU CAN IMAGINE YOURSELF, ENGINE LOOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING IN A FREEWAY, I WAS WITH MY ENTIRE FAMILY, AND NOT HAVING CONTROL ON THE VEHICLE), IT PUT ME AND MY FAMILY AT SUCH A BIG RISK. GLAD I WAS ABLE TO SOME HOW TAKE THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE FREEWAY AND USED THE PARKING BRAKE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP AT A FREEWAY SHOULDER @ 8 MILE ROAD EXIT. THE NEXT DAY, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO VICTORY TOYOTA OF CANTON, A TOYOTA DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. AFTER THOROUGH DIAGNOSIS FROM THE DEALER, HE FIGURED OUT THE ENGINE WATER PUMP FAILED, WHICH LEAD TO THE ENGINE GETTING OVERHEATED AND ENGINE GOT DAMAGED, WHICH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THEY CAME BACK WITH THE COST OF 10,000 USD FOR FIXING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 66,860 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. *TR

THE FRONT LOWER OIL COOLER PRESSURE HOSE (TOYOTA PART NO. 15767 31010) STARTED SPRAYING OIL OUT WHILE THE VAN WAS BEING DRIVEN UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE CAR. HAD THIS OCCURRED AT A HIGHER SPEED (ON A HIGHWAY), ALL THE OIL WOULD HAVE SPRAYED OUT AND THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE SEIZED. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT OR THE VAN COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS PART THAT TOYOTA HAS DONE ALMOST NOTHING TO FIX OR PREVENT. WE WERE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE DISCOVERED THIS PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY. *TR

I HAD A CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF OIL FROM THE UNDERNEATH OF THE CAR, THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM WHICH WAS FIXED BACK IN 2011 BUT ALMOST EVERY ONE ONLINE THAT HAS HAD THIS FIX HAS TO GET IT DONE AGAIN. TOYOTA ARE NOT SEEKING THE FIX THE PROBLEM AGAIN WITH A METAL HOSE AND WE ARE HAVING TO PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT. HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/SEARCH?Q=T-SB-0201-11&OQ=T-SB-0201-11&AQS=CHROME..69I57&SOURCEID=CHROME&ES_SM=122&IE=UTF-8 HTTP://WWW.SIENNACHAT.COM/FORUM/185-PROBLEMS-MAINTENANCE-REPAIR/177882-2007-SIENNA-OIL-COOLER-HOSE-FAILURE.HTML HTTP://WWW.HUFFINGTONPOST.COM/2010/03/02/TOYOTA-OIL-HOSE-REPAIR-AU_N_481968.HTML ABOVE ARE SEVERAL WEB SITES THAT SHOW THIS WAS AN ISSUES FOR MANY PEOPLE. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2007 TOYOTA SIENNA ON A MAJOR ROAD WHEN SHE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER IT. SHE PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF, AVOIDING ENGINE SEIZURE BECAUSE WITHIN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES IT HAD LOST 2 QTS OF OIL ONTO THE GROUND DUE TO A RUPTURE IN A RUBBER OIL VVT-1 LINE. AFTER READING ONLINE I FOUND OUT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WHICH TOYOTA HAS REFUSED TO ADDRESS PROPERLY. IN 2009 SIENNAS THE LINE HAVE BEEN SWITCHED TO ALL METAL LEAVING THE REST OF THEIR EARLIER CUSTOMERS WITH TICKING TIME BOMBS. THIS TYPE OF FAILURE IS UNACCEPTABLE, AN ENGINE SEIZURE AT 70MPH WILL BE DEADLY AND THE SPILT OIL ON THE ROAD POSSES HAZARDS AS WELL. A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE OVER $500.00 TO REPLACE THIS $23.00 HOSE. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING AT 75MPH ON INTERSTATE, I NOTICED HEAVY WHITE SMOKE TRAILING VEHICLE. SLOWED AND PULLED OVER. INSPECTED ENGINE AND FOUND LARGE OIL LEAK. NO CHECK ENGINE OR LOW OIL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO SMOKE. ENTIRE BOTTOM OF THE CAR COATED WITH OIL, INCLUDING EXHAUST SYSTEM, FRONT PASSENGER TIRE AND REAR TIRES. NO OIL REGISTERED ON DIPSTICK. TOWED TO TOYOTA DEALER WHERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED. FAILED PART WAS THE OIL COOLER HOSE. TECHNICIAN SHOWED ME THE FAULTY RUBBER HOSE WHICH HAD A PIN-HOLE LEAK AND THERE WAS BARELY ONE HALF QUART IN THE ENGINE, WHICH HOLDS 6.4 QUARTS. JUDGING BY HOW OFTEN I HAD BEEN LOOKING IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR DUE TO TRAFFIC, I'D ESTIMATE THE LEAK WAS ONLY A FEW MINUTES IN LENGTH AND THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE BEEN WITHOUT OIL AND AT HIGHWAY SPEED VERY SOON IF I HADN'T NOTICED. THIS IS NOT AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT UNTIL YOU REALIZE THAT THE OIL HOSE THAT FAILED WAS PART OF TOYOTA'S 90K OIL COOLER HOSE LIMITED SERVICE CAMPAIGN FOR 2GR-FE V6 ENGINES IN 2011. I HAD MY CAR UNDERGO THIS FIX, WHICH SIMPLY REPLACED A RUBBER HOSE WITH ANOTHER RUBBER HOSE WHICH WAS SUPPOSEDLY MADE FROM A COMPOUND THAT BETTER RESISTS HOT OIL. THE REPLACEMENT HOSES ARE FAILING, WHICH IS WHAT TOYOTA TSB-0201-11 "OIL COOLER SEEP" (DEC 21, 2011) IS MEANT TO COVER AND IT REPLACES THE RUBBER OIL HOSES WITH AN ALL-STEEL HOSE. HOWEVER, IT ONLY APPLIES TO CUSTOMERS STILL UNDER THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY AND WITH A "SEEPING" HOSE. MOST 2007 SIENNA OWNERS, LIKE ME, WERE WELL PAST WARRANTY MILEAGE IN 2011, HAD NO INDICATION FROM TOYOTA THAT THE RUBBER OIL HOSES WERE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS AND ARE ONLY GETTING THE STEEL HOSE AFTER CATASTROPHIC ENGINE OIL LOSS. I WAS BILLED $532 FOR THE OIL COOLER HOSE REPLACEMENT AND QUOTED $307 TO REPLACE THE O2 SENSOR WHICH WAS DAMAGED BY THE VOLUME OF HOT OIL THAT SPRAYED ON IT. HUGE OIL LOSS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. TOYOTA KNOWS, BUT MANY OWNERS DO NOT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL AND NOTICED IT WAS LOW ON OIL. THE CONTACT ADDED OIL AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE APPROACHING A STOP, THE CONTACT NOTICED STEAM RISING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS COVERED IN OIL AND THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF OIL ON THE GROUND. THE DEALER REPLACED THE OIL FEED LINE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,464.

WITH NO WARNING AT ALL THE ENGINE COOLING LINES JUST RUPTURED IN MY DRIVE WAY SPILLING OIL ALL OVER THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE ON THE CONCRETE AND I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE ON LINE WITH LESS MILEAGE THEN MY 07 SIENNA XLE HAVING THE SIMILAR PROBLEM SOMETHING ABOUT CHEAP RUBBER WAS USED TO MAKE THESE LINES THERE IS EVEN A YOU TUBE VIDEO ON THIS MATTER .. THIS A SAFETY CONCERN GLAD IT HAPPEN IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE INSTEAD OF ON THE ROAD WITH MY FAMILY ON BOARD . *TR