2005 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA CE. VEHICLE HAS TWO SLIDING DOORS THEY ARE MANUALLY OPERATED WHEN THE GLASS IS UP ON THE TWO SLIDING DOORS IT ELECTRICALLY LOCKS . THE DOORS OPENED. WHEN PUTTING THE WINDOWS DOWN IT DOES NOT LOCK, THE DOORS OPEN. WHEN PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY OR FACING DOWNWARD THE DOORS WILL SLIDE SHUT WHEN THE WINDOWS ARES DOWN. *AK

WE PURCHASED OUR 2005 SIENNA XLS ON APRIL. SINCE THEN WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE SECOND ROW SEAT BELTS"CATCHING" IN THE SLIDE FOR THE SEAT BELT CONNECTOR. THEY FABRIC SEEMS TO BE TOO LIGHTWEIGHT OR SOMETHING BECAUSE IT FOLDS OVER ON ITSELF AND THEN GETS STUCK IN THE SLIDE. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES DURING BOTH THE BUCKLING AND UNBUCKLING PROCESSES.

2005 TOYOTA SIENNA LIMITED MINIVAN. CAME WITH RUNFLAT TIRES (NO OPTION) AND TIRE PRESSURE MEASURING SYSTEM. PROBLEM IS THAT EVEN WITH COMPLETE FLAT (0 PSI) THE SYSTEM IS NOT INFORMING THE DRIVER. SINCE THE TIRES ARE RUN FLAT THEY LOOK NO DIFFERENT AND MY WIFE IS DRIVING AROUND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITH A DANGEROUS TIRE AND NO WAY TO KNOW IT. TOYOTAS RESPONSE IS TO CHECK TIRE PRESSURE REGULARLY. WELL THAT'S FINE, BUT STILL IF YOU GET A FLAT AND DRIVE ALL THE WAY HOME ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65+ MPH IT'S NOT WITHIN THE RATINGS ON THE TIRE WHICH SAYS SPECIFICALLY NOT TO RUN THE RUNFLAT TIRES OVER 55MPH. ON TOP OF THAT WE HAVE ONE TIRE ALMOST WORN OUT ALREADY DUE TO RUNNING LOW ON PRESSURE. MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS LIKE THIS ARE NOTED ON INTERNET WEB SITES - TOYOTA NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL AND FIX THIS PROBLEM AS MANY OF US WITH YOUNG CHILDREN BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN LARGE PART FOR SAFETY REASONS AND IT IS NOT SAFE! THE TIRE PRESSURE SYSTEM IS DEFECTIVE, AND DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. TOYOTA IS UNWILLING TO FIX IT AND SO HELP ME IF ANYTHING EVER HAPPENS I'LL SEE THEM IN COURT.

I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE IN A PARKING LOT. I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, PLACE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE, LIFTED MY FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE AND THE CAR IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT MY FOOT EVEN TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR. WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT STOPPING THE VEHICLE. THE VAN STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT, WENT OVER THE CURB OF THE PARKING LOT, DOWN AN EMBANKMENT INTO A RAVINE AND HEADED TOWARDS A TREE. THE PASSENGER THAT WAS IN THE FRONT SEAT THEN REACHED OVER AND PUT THE CAR INTO PARK, WHICH BROUGHT THE CAR TO A STOP. THE WHOLE TIME THE CAR WAS MOVING I WAS TRYING TO STOP THE CAR BY PUMPING THE BRAKES, BUT THEY DID NOT WORK. THE CAR WAS ACCELERATING THE ENTIRE TIME UNTIL THE PASSENGER STOPPED IT BY SHIFTING INTO PARK. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE FRONT PASSENGER BUMPER AND SIDE OF THE CAR, THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE EXPLODED. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE BRAKES DID FUNCTION.

I HAVE PRECISELY THE SAME COMPLAINT AS YOU HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING AND THAT TOYOTA HAS ALREADY (APPARENTLY) SUCCESSFULLY ESCAPED CRITICISM FOR IN PE05008. IN APRIL 2005, I ALERTED MY DEALER TO THE FACT THAT THE LAP BELT HARNESS CLIP IN THE RH 2ND-ROW SEAT OF MY 2005 7-PASSENGER SIENNA ALWAYS CAUGHT OR JAMMED THE BELT AT THE SEPARATION POINT OF THE HOLDER WHENEVER A PASSENGER WAS SEATED THERE. WHEN AN ADULT NOTICED IT AND TRIED TO RETRACT THE BELT MANUALLY, IT WOULD SOMETIMES RETRACT BUT ON OTHER OCCASIONS PULL THE CLIP APART. I EXPLAINED THAT I AM MOST CONCERNED WHEN EITHER A YOUNG PERSON RIDES THERE WITHOUT BEING AWARE OF THE PROBLEM OR ITS SIGNIFICANCE OR WHEN EVEN AN ADULT RIDES THERE AND HAS NOT BECOME AWARE (IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT AT PRECISELY THAT POINT). THE SERVICE MANAGER INDICATED HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF THAT PROBLEM NOR HAD A SIMILAR COMPLAINT (SOMETHING I NOW FIND VERY HARD TO BELIEVE). A PROMISE WAS MADE THE THE TOYOTA FIELD REP WOULD CALL IN A FEW DAYS. RATHER, IN A FEW WEEKS, ONLY AFTER I COMPLAINED TO TOYOTA, I HEARD FROM AMY SCHWARTZ WHO INDICATED SHE RECORDED MY COMPLAINT BUT THAT TOYOTA WOULD NOT BE TAKING ANY FURTHER ACTION WITH REGARD TO THE COMPLAINT. NOT ONCE DID SHE INDICATE THERE HAD BEEN A CASE OPENED ALREADY. PLEASE PURSUE THIS AND GET TOYOTA'S ATTENTION BEFORE THERE IS A SERIOUS INJURY OR FATALITY. IT IS VERY OBVIOUS TO ME THAT A SIMPLE FIX, AS I HAVE APPLIED TO MY OWN CLIP, WOULD SUFFICE FROM STRICTLY A SAFETY STANDPOINT, BUT IT WOULD SEEM THAT TOYOTA S\HOULD COME UP WITH A MORE ELAGANT AND PERMANENT SOLUTION. I SIMPLY GLUED THE CLIP CLOSED AND PUT A 2-INCH WIDE AND 5 INCH LONG STRIP OF SMOOTH PACKAGING TAPE OVER THE FRON OF THE CLIP (COVERING THE DIVISION OR SPLIT POINT), THEREBY REMOVING ANY POINT WHERE THE BELT COULD CATCH.

WE HAVE A 2005 TOYOTE SIENNA MINIVAN..THE LAST ROW HAS A MIDDLE SEAT BELT THAT HANGS VERTICALLY TO A CLIP THAT THEN CAN SWEEP ACROSS THE MIDDLE PASSENGER TO THE ATTACHING BUCKLE. THIS VERTICAL PART ALSO RETRACTS INTO THE CEILING WHEN NOT IN USE. AFTER DROPPING OFF OUR MIDDLE PASSENGER - MY SON WHO WAS SEATED ADJACENT TO THE MIDDLE SEAT WRAPPED THE VERTICAL HANGING SEAT BELT AROUND HIS NECK. IT IS DESIGNED TO RETRACT SO IT STARTED CHOKING HIM. BECAUSE THE SEAT BELT IS ONLY UNLATCHED WITH AN ITEM SMALLER THAN MY FINGER I HAD TO LEAVE HIM TO GET A PEN FROM THE FRONT THAT WOULD RELEASE THE SEAT BELT. A NEAR MISS.

DT CONTACT STATES HE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *NM

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN IT WAS REAR ENDED, CAUSING IT TO REAR END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK

WHEN BRAKING HARD AT HIGHWAY SPEED BRAKES APPLY TO MUCH BACK PRESSURE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE BRAKES TO SEEM DEFECTIVE. I ALMOST CRASHED. *AK

WHILE PULLING INTO THE GARAGE VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED AND LURCHED FORWARD THROUGH THE GARAGE WALL INTO THE DINING ROOM OF CONSUMER'S HOME. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER.*AK