2009 Toyota Sienna

THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR ON OUR VAN HAS CLOSED ON OUR 3 YEAR OLD TWICE, CAUSING MINOR INJURY. THE FIRST TIME, THE DOOR HIT HIS HEAD BUT DID NOT ENCOUNTER ENOUGH RESISTANCE TO ENGAGE THE SAFETY OPEN UNTIL IT HAD PUSHED HIM AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE VAN. THEN THE SAFETY ENGAGED AND THE DOOR OPENED. IT LEFT RED MARKS ON BOTH SIDES OF HIS HEAD. WE TOOK THE VAN TO THE DEALER ON APRIL 12 2010 TO HAVE THE DOOR LOOKED AT, AND REQUESTED THAT THE RESISTANCE BE LOWERED. ON APRIL 28TH THE DOOR AGAIN HIT OUR CHILD, THIS TIME THE DOOR COMPLETELY LATCHED CLOSED ON HIS HAND, PINNING HIS HAND IN THE DOOR. HIS THUMB HAD A "DENT" IN IT, AND IS NOW EXTREMELY AND IMMOBILE THE NEXT DAY. HE IS BEING TAKEN TO THE DR TODAY. I CALLED TOYOTA CORPORATE 10 MINUTES AFTER THE INCIDENT TO REPORT IT. *TR

I WISH TO REPORT TWO SEPARATE GAS PEDAL INCIDENTS INVOLVING MY 2009 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE VAN THAT OCCURRED ON THE SAME DAY. ON THIS DAY, I MADE A TRIP FROM MY RESIDENCE TO A LOCAL GOLF COURSE AND ABOUT 3 HOURS LATER I RETURNED TO MY RESIDENCE. ON MY WAY TO THE GOLF COURSE, I WAS TRAVELING IN A HOUSING AREA AT ABOUT 20 MPH WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE GAS PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN BUT THE CAR CONTINUED AT THE SAME OR SLIGHTLY FASTER SPEED OF ABOUT 25 MPH. THE CAR SHOULD HAVE EASILY SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE AT THIS TIME I WAS GOING UP A SLIGHT INCLINE IN THE ROAD. I HAD TO FIRMLY APPLY MY BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN THE CAR AND I IMMEDIATELY PARKED THE CAR WITHIN ABOUT 200-300 YARDS OF THE INCIDENT. ABOUT 3 HOURS LATER, I DROVE THE CAR BACK TO MY RESIDENCE. I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND THEN STARTED TO DRIVE TO OUR RESIDENCE (WE HAVE A RENTED UNIT IN A GATED RESIDENTIAL AREA) AT THE POSTED SPEED OF 15 MPH. AS I REACHED 15 MPH, I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO SPEED UP TO ABOUT 25 MPH. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY APPLY THE BRAKES AND I ALSO DOWNSHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION TO 1ST GEAR. I PARKED THE CAR BUT DID NOTICE, BEFORE I TURNED THE KEY OFF, THAT THE ENGINE RPMS IN THE STOPPED POSITION WERE ABOUT 1000 TO 1100. IT WAS NOT AT THE IDLE SPEED OF ABOUT 700 RPMS WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WHEN STOPPED. SOMETHING PREVENTED THE ACCELERATOR FROM RETURNING TO NORMAL. THESE TWO EVENTS BOTH OCCURRED ON SATURDAY MARCH 6, 2010. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE TOYOTA OF THE DESERT DEALERSHIP IN CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, ON MONDAY MARCH 8, 2010. THEY CHECKED THE CAR OVER AND TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. WE ALSO TOOK A TEST DRIVE WHICH WAS EQUALLY UNEVENTFUL. MY WIFE AND I ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR SAFETY WHEN DRIVING THIS CAR. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL OF OUR TOYOTA SIENNA? WE DARN SURE HAVE A PROBLEM! *TR

WE RECENTLY BOUGHT TOYOTA SIENNA LIMITED 2WD. THE VAN STARTED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN AT A LOWER SPEED (FROM 10 TO 35 MPH). IN ADDITION, THE VAN MAINTAINS ITS SPEED WITHOUT USING A CRUISE CONTROL. FURTHERMORE, WHEN THE VAN IS STARTED, THE IDEAL IS VERY HIGH LIKE SOMEONE IS PUSHING ON THE GAS. WE TRIED TO CONTACT THE DEALER IN HICKORY, NC; HOWEVER, NOBODY HAS CONTACTED US BACK TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THERE WAS AN EXCESSIVELY LOUD RATTLING NOISE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. IN ADDITION, AN ODOR OF ANTI-FREEZE CIRCULATED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.

OUR 2009 SIENNA MAY HAVE HAD A SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEM. WHEN THE CAR WAS PUT INTO REVERSE, A SUDDEN ACCELERATION SENT IT DOWN OUR DRIVEWAY. SITUATION: PULLING INTO THE CARPORT, WHICH INVOLVES A 90 DEGREE TURN AT THE TOP OF A SHORT (10M) STEEP NARROW WALLED EASEMENT, THE DRIVER OF THE SIENNA COULD NOT MAKE THE TURN IN ONE MOTION AND WAS REQUIRED TO PUT THE SIENNA IN REVERSE AT WHICH TIME THE MINIVAN SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, SQUEALING ITS WHEELS. THE RESULT WAS A 5M CAREEN DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. THE RESULT WAS ABOUT $4,000 BODY DAMAGE, BUT NO INJURY TO THE DRIVER OR MY 2YR OLD DAUGHTER - ALTHOUGH ALL WERE SHAKEN. WE HAVE SINCE GOT RID OF THE CAR - TRADED IT FOR A 2010 HIGHLANDER. *TR

USUALLY IN COLD TEMPERATURES, WHENEVER THE REAR AUTOMATIC HATCH IS OPENED FROM THE EITHER THE FOB OR THE VAN'S CONTROL PANEL, THE REAR HATCH DOOR BEGINS TO CLOSE BACK WITHOUT WARNING/NOTICE. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 20 TIMES SINCE WE PURCHASED OUR 2009 TOYOTA SIENNA IN DECEMBER OF 2008 AND IS INCREASING IN FREQUENCY. THE APPROXIMATE ONSET DATE IS RECORDED BELOW ON THIS FORM. WHEN IT BEGINS TO CLOSE, ADULTS AND CHILDREN HAVE BEEN TRAPPED BETWEEN THE HATCH AND THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN PINNING AND CUTS TO THE HEAD. ONLY WITH STRONG MANUAL FORCE DOES THE HATCH STOP CLOSING. AS OF TODAY, 2/9/10, THERE HAVE BEEN NO NOTIFICATIONS OF A RECALL OR EFFORT TO CORRECT OR REPAIR THE PROBLEM. BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WAS INFREQUENT AT FIRST AND CORRECTED ITSELF WHEN THE TEMPERATURES GOT WARMER, WE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A TEMPORARY GLITCH, BUT THEN THE PROBLEM REAPPEARED ONCE TEMPERATURES BEGAN TO GET COLD AGAIN IN THE FALL OF 2009. *TR

IN NOVEMBER 2009 WHILE PARKING MY CAR IN STORE PARKING, MY FOOT WAS ON BRAKE MY CAR ACCELERATED, SUDDENLY JUMPED ON THE 1 FOOT HIGH FOOTPATH AND CRASHED INTO THE STORE INJURING FEW PEOPLE. NOTHING WORKED EVEN BRAKES JAMMED. I CONTACTED THE TOYOTA AND THEY SENT ME LETTER AFTER 30 DAYS THAT THEY HAVE FOUND NOTHING AND TOYOTA DEALER WAS NOT READY TO TAKE ANY PART IN RESOLVING THE PROBLEM. THEY REFUSED TO GIVE ME RENTAL VEHICLE AND I HAD TO PAY ONE MONTH OF RENTAL CAR AS WELL. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE NOW. I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAIN TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN THIS REGARDS. THANK YOU *TR