2008 Toyota Sienna

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHILE THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,687...UPDATED 12/11/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. THE DEALER DIRECTED THE CONSUMER TO A LOCAL BODY SHOP TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED. THERE WERE NO FAILURES FOUND IN THE BRAKES BUT THE MECHANIC DID NOTICE SOMETHING UNUSUAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR REPAIRS. UPDATED 12/13/2012 *JS

MAKING LEFT TURN INTO PARKING SPOT. THE CAR WAS GOING VERY SLOWLY THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. VEHICLE WAS ABRUPTLY STEERED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO AVOID COLLISION WITH CAR PARKED IN FRONT AND APPLIED BRAKES AGGRESSIVELY. INCIDENT HAPPENED IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARKING LOT. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY. VEHICLE TAKEN TO TOYOTA DEALER AND WAS UNABLE TO FIND PROBLEM OR REPLICATE IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 3 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO PARK, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRASH SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CRASHED SIDEWAYS INTO A BUILDING. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER HAD NOT YET DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO FILED A CASE ON BEHALF OF THE CONTACT (CASE NUMBER 1208222975). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT WAS STOPPED IN A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. THE VEHICLE CRASHED THROUGH THE PARKING SIGN AND INTO A TREE. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKES AND SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE THEN REVERSED AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER TREE. AFTER THE CONTACT ACTIVATED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CHILD IN THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT SUSTAINED BRUISES TO THE NECK AND SHOULDERS. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED NECK AND SHOULDER INJURIES, AND BRUISES TO THE RIGHT LEG. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FLOOR MAT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT AN INSPECTOR WOULD BE SENT TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE RPMS INCREASED AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT; HOWEVER, IN MAY 2011, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. SHE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED 45 MINUTES LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 45,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16.

THERE IS AN INTERMITTENT LAG IN THROTTLE RESPONSE AFTER PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATION PEDAL FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS. DURING THE LAG PERIOD, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ACCELERATE. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS THEN FOLLOWED BY A LUNGE IN THE VEHICLE, ALMOST AS IF THE VEHICLE?S ELECTRONIC ACCELERATION SYSTEM, ?DRIVE BY WIRE,? IS TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH THE DEPRESSED ACCELERATION PEDAL. THIS HAS OCCURRED AT VERY INAPPROPRIATE TIMES, WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO SUDDENLY APPLY THE BRAKES ABRUPTLY. THE NATURE OF THE DEFECT IS UNUSUAL AND NOT ONLY POSES A SAFETY PROBLEM WHILE THE VEHICLE IS LUNGING, BUT ALSO POSES A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, IF WE WERE TRYING TO MERGE ON A LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY. BEING THAT A VEHICLE TRAVELING ON A LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY MAY BE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH. THAT VEHICLE WILL TRAVEL APPROXIMATELY 176 FEET IN THAT TWO SECOND LAG TIME OF OUR VEHICLE?S ACCELERATION SYSTEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK, THE VEHICLE IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES ABRUPTLY AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING ANY FURTHER. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH THROUGH A FENCE, CAUSING DAMAGES TO THE VEHICLE FRONT END. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER BUT NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE VEHICLE WAS EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

PULLING 2008 TOTALLY SIENNA INTO PARKING SPOT. AS I WAS TURNING MY STEERING WHEEL TOWARDS THE LEFT INTO THE PARKING SPACE, THE VAN SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD AT A HIGH SPEED AND CRASHED INTO A CAR PARKED ADJACENT TO THE SPACE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK IN. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE EVENT. AFTER APPROPRIATE REPORTS WERE TAKEN, THE VAN WAS TAKEN TO A TOYOTA DEALER WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL. I BELIEVE THAT MY CAR MAKE AND MODEL WERE JUST ENTERED INTO A DATABASE. NOT SURE A MECHANIC EVEN INSPECTED THE ACCELERATOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE IN THE PASSENGERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INSTALLED A RUBBER LINING BUT THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOORS WERE NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED. THE THROTTLE CONTROL HAS ALSO MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ALSO BEGAN PULLING TO THE LEFT, BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER AT THIS TIME. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

1. ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON ALERTING US TO A PROBLEM (CHECK ENGINE, SERVICE ENGINE, ETC.). AFTER ALLEGED REPAIR, SPOUSE DROVE TO FAMILIES HOUSE APPROXIMATE 600 MILES AWAY AND FOUND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OIL HAD LEAKED FROM THE SYSTEM - OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED AS PART OF THE FIX. A SECOND DEALER, AT THE NEW LOCATION, "FIXED" WITH THE SAME HOSE AGAIN, WITH SIMILAR RESULTS, THOUGH MY SPOUSE ONLY DROP 120 MILES. SHE IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE THE TRIP HOME DUE TO THIS ISSUE. 2. AFTER TAKING TO DEALER, WAS TOLD THE VVT OIL LINE WAS A KNOWN FAULTY PART AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. WAS NOT A "FORMAL" RECALL, BUT WAS CONSIDERED AN INTERNAL RECALL TO TOYOTA THAT NEEDED TO BE FIXED FOR "FREE". BOTH DEALERSHIPS CLAIMED TO HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM, THOUGH THE ENGINE IS STILL LEAKING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OIL. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DATA ON THE WEB THAT ADDRESSES THIS OIL LINE AND THE ASSOCIATED ISSUES. 3. PART WAS REPLACED, BUT WITH SAME TYPE (PART NUMBER, COMPOSITION, ETC.). BASICALLY, A "NEW" BAD PART WAS REPLACED. FURTHERMORE, THE FIRST DEALERSHIP INSTALLED VARIOUS GASKETS AND SEALS INCORRECTLY, AND STILL GAVE THE CAR A SAFE RATING FOR A 600 MILE TRIP. THE SECOND DEALERSHIP MERELY REPLACED A BAD OIL LINE WITH ANOTHER BAD OIL LINE. *TR