2010 Toyota Sienna

GENERAL COMPLAINT ABOUT REAR SIDE VISIBILITY DURING REVERSING. WITH BABY CAR SEATS, ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE MINI VAN, THE DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOWS ARE OBSTRUCTED AND THE VISIBILITY IS RESTRICTED CONSIDERABLY DURING BACK UP. ASKED TOYOTA IF I CAN BUY REAR CAMERAS BUT WAS TOLD THAT IT COMES ONLY FACTORY INSTALLED. I CONSIDER THIS A SERIOUS ANOMALY. THE MINI VAN OCCASIONALLY RUNS WITHOUT SLOWING DOWN WHILE THE GAS PEDAL IS NOT USED. IT RETAINS SPEED GIVING A FALSE HOPE THAT IT IS ON CRUISE CONTROL MODE. INFORMED TOYOTA ABOUT THE SAME AND WAS TOLD IT IS A FEATURE. *TR

MY WIFE WAS RETURNING HOME WITH HER 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN. SHE PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY, TOOK HER FOOT OF THE GAS AND PUT ON THE BRAKE BUT THE VAN ACCELERATED RIGHT INTO MY 2011 FORD FUSION, CAUSING A LOT OF DAMAGE. I WON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH UNTIL THE BODY SHOP CALLS ME TOMORROW. OF COURSE I KNOW THE SIENNA WASN'T EVEN ON TOYOTA'S RECALL, BUT I HAVE SEEN MANY REPORTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM ON LINE. MY WIFE IS NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2010 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE A SPARE TIRE, EVEN THOUGH THE OWNER'S MANUAL STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID HAVE A SPARE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT COME WITH A SPARE TIRE DESPITE WHAT WAS STATED IN THE MANUAL. THE CONTACT BELEIVED IT TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS SOLD UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT A SPARE TIRE WAS AVAILABLE AND COULD BECOME STRANDED BECAUSE OF A TIRE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,600.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON OCCASION THE REAR HATCHBACK DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE WITH THE ELECTRONIC REMOTE OR MANUALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE, HOWEVER, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SENSOR STRIP AND RE-INITIALIZED THE REMOTE, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED AND THE REAR HATCHBACK DOOR WOULD STILL INTERMITTENTLY NOT CLOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY ADVISED THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLACE ANY ADDITIONAL PARTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 34,000.

WHILE TRYING TO PARK MY 2010 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH ONE FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INTO A SIGN POST AND INTO THE VACUUM AT THE CAR WASH. THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES WENT SOFT AND UNRESPONSIVE EVEN WITH BOTH FEET ON THE PEDAL, IT ONLY STOPPED WHEN IT COULD NOT GO ANY FURTHER AND I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT QUARTER PANEL AS WELL AS PROPERTY DAMAGE. I SIMPLY COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. *TR

JUNE 2007 TOOK OUR SIENNA TO DEALER FOR WARRANTY REPAIR. THE PASSENGER DOOR WAS MAKING A POPPING NOISE AND WOULD NOT STAY OPEN WHEN PARKED FACING DOWNHILL. DEALER CLEANED THE LATCH MECHANISM AND THE DOOR WORKED FOR A MONTH. WE RETURNED TO THE DEALER FOR ADDITIONAL WARRANTY REPAIR IN SEPT. 2007. THEY AGAIN CLEANED MECHANISM BUT REPLACED NO PARTS. THE AUTOMATIC SLIDER DOOR CEASED WORKING SHORTLY AFTER THIS. WE CONTINUED TO USE BOTH SLIDER DOORS IN MANUAL MODE UNTIL JANUARY 2011. THE PASSENGER DOOR FAILED TO SEAL AND LATCH IN A CLOSED POSITION WITH THE BODY OF THE VAN. WE DROVE 70 MILES TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE DOOR TO CLOSE BUT INFORMED US THAT THE DOOR HINGE AND LATCH MECHANISM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WE RETURNED 7 DAYS LATER TO HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THE DOOR WHICH WOULD OPEN AND CLOSE, BUT NOT LATCH, 7 DAYS EARLIER WOULD NOW NOT OPEN AT ALL AND THE AUTOMATIC SLIDER DOOR CABLE WOULD NEED TO BE CUT TO PERFORM THE REPAIRS AND THEN WE WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE AUTOMATIC DOOR MOTOR AS WELL. WE WERE ALSO INFORMED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE PASSENGER SLIDER DOOR WOULD ALSO NEED TO HAVE SIMILAR WORK AND THAT BY REPLACING THE HINGE WE COULD POSSIBLY SAVE THE LATCH AND AUTO SLIDER MOTOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT THE SLIDER DOOR WAS GOING TO FAIL AND WE WERE SEVERAL MILES FROM A TOYOTA REPAIR SHOP WHEN THE LATCH PROBLEM OCCURRED. WE DROVE 70 MILES WITH THE DOOR UNSECURED.

WE BOUGHT A SUNSHINE KIDS RADIAN XTSL CAR SEAT IN JULY 2010. WE INSTALLED IT USING A SEAT BELT IN OUR 2010 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE SEAT SEEMED FINE UNTIL WE TRIED INSTALLING IT WITH LATCH THIS PAST MONTH. THE SEAT KEPT COMING LOOSE. IT WOULD HAVE LESS THAN 1" MOVEMENT AT THE BELT PATH WHEN WE BEGAN OUR TRIP AND BY THE TIME WE GOT HOME, WOULD BE MUCH MORE THAN 1", PROBABLY A COUPLE INCHES. WE THOUGHT PERHAPS IT WAS OUR SON KICKING THE LATCH TIGHTENER, BUT THIS PAST WEEKEND, WE HAD TO USE LATCH WITH IT FOR OUR YOUNGEST CHILD. SHE CANNOT REACH THE LATCH TIGHTENER AT ALL AND THE SEAT KEPT COMING LOOSE AGAIN. THE SEAT MODEL IS 19556 AND WASN'T LISTED IN THE OPTIONS WHEN FILING THIS COMPLAINT. SERIAL NUMBER IS [XXX]. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2010, MAKE=TOYOTA , MODEL=SIENNA). *TR

YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE BRAKES VERY HARD AND ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE BRAKE PADS AND SHOES WERE CHECK AND THEY ARE GOOD. WE ALSO HAD THE BRAKES FLUSHED TWICE. NO FLUID IS LEAKING BUT THE MECHANIC SAID, IT MAY BE THE ABS SYSTEM OR THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER BUT THIS WOULD BE UNUSUALLY FOR A CAR OF THIS AGE A 2007 TOYOTA SIENNA. *TR