2009 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

SLIDING DOOR CABLE - DRIVER'S SIDE. TOYOTA STATED THERE IS A TSB FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR CABLE, YET NOT FOR THE DRIVER'S SIDE AS IT'S OPTIONAL. SEEMS TOYOTA HAS AN ISSUE WITH CABLES IN GENERAL IN COLD REGIONS WHERE SALT IS USED ON THE ROADS. WHEN THE CABLE SNAPPED THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A SLIGHT DECLINE (FRONT OF VEHICLE LOWER THAN THE BACK), SO WHEN MY YOUNG DAUGHTER OPENED THE DOOR AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF EXITING THE VEHICLE THE CABLE SNAPPED AND THE SLIDING DOOR, WHICH IS HEAVY ALMOST SMASHED HER. *TR

POWER REAR HATCH GOES UP WITH DIFFICULTY, THEN STOPS AND DROPS SEVERAL INCHES AND THEN POWERS DOWN. WILL NOT STAY UP. TOYOTA PUT OUT A SPECIAL SERVICE CAMPAIGN [RECALL] 80C IN 2008 FOR THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM FOR 2004 THRU 2006 MODELS. THEY ADDRESSED IT AS A SAFETY PROBLEM. THE REPAIR WAS TO REPLACE THE STRUTS AND BRACKETS. MY STRUT P/N IS 68905-AE013 WHICH HAS NOW SUBSTITUTES TO 68905-AE015. I CONTACTED TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS CUSTOMER SERVICE TO MAKE A REPORT AND WAS TOLD THERE IS NO SSC FOR MY MODEL. *TR

IT HAS BEEN 4 YEARS AND TOYOTA HAS STILL NOT PROVIDED A SOLUTION TO THE SPARE TIRE (UNDER VEHICLE MOUNT) RECALL. WHY ARE YOU GIVING THEM SO MUCH TIME TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE???? THIS TIRE SITS IN THE TRUNK AND TAKES UP VALUABLE SPACE. YOU MUST PUT PRESSURE ON THEM TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. IT SHOULD NOT TAKE 4 YEARS TO RESOLVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (TIRES); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

2009 TOYOTA SIENNA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINE OVERHEATING. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE REPLACED THE FAN RELAY AND THERMOSTAT. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO OVERHEAT. THE DEALER REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND WATER PUMP, BUT THE OVERHEATING CONTINUED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THEY LOOKED INTO THE CYLINDERS WITH A BORESCOPE AND SAW MARKS ON THE CYLINDER WALL WHICH LEAD THEM TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE HEAD GASKETS WERE BAD AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED AND SENT TO A MACHINE SHOP TO SEE IF THEY WERE WARPED AND THE CYLINDERS AND ENGINE BLOCK WOULD HAVE TO BE INSPECTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE. *JB

SOMETIME AROUND AUGUST 2014, I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FROM TOYOTA. IT MENTIONED A NEW SAFETY RECALL #E1S WHICH SUPERSEDES THE PRIOR NOTICE #A9E. THIS INVOLVES THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER CABLE WHICH MAY CORRODE DUE TO ROAD SALT IN COLD CLIMATE AREAS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND INCLUDES MARYLAND WHERE I LIVE. I HAVE CALLED TOYOTA DEALERS NEAR ME AND THEY KEEP SAYING THAT TOYOTA HAS NOT PROVIDED THEM WITH THE PART TO REPAIR THIS. I TRIED AGAIN TODAY, MARCH 13, 2015, BUT THE ANSWER IS THE SAME. THEREFORE, I AM REGISTERING MY COMPLAINT TODAY AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW SOON THIS SAFETY DEFECT MIGHT BE TAKEN CARE OF. *TR

THE CABLE THAT OPENS THE POWER SLIDING DOORS SNAPPED MAKING THE DOOR UNABLE TO OPEN. THIS OCCURRED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IN APRIL OF 2013 AT 58,000 AND THEN TO THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR IN AUGUST OF 2014 AT 76,000. WE WERE ABLE TO USE OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY TO PAY FOR THE FIRST DOOR. THE PRICE TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM IS $1,00 TO $1,400. TOYOTA HAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM UP TO THE 2008 MODEL, BUT WILL NOT REPAIR OUR VEHICLE BECAUSE IT IS A 2009. TO ME, THIS IS AN OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW AND PRESENTS A DANGER BECAUSE PASSENGERS CAN'T EXIT THAT SIDE IN AN EMERGENCY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (TIRES) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

THE CAR HAD AN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM AFTER 5000 MILES. FIRESTONE ALWAYS ALIGNED THE WHEELS BUT 1 WENT THROUGH 3 SETS OF TIRES. THE CAR WOULD SPEED UP THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL. THE BRAKES SEEMED TO WORK BUT THEY JUST DID NOT SEEM RIGHT. I NOTICED THE DAY AFTER I DROVE THE RAV4 THE DIFFERENCE FORM THE SIENNA. THE RAVE 4 ALSO JERKS SOMETIMES WHEN I STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL.

THE CHILDREN LIFTED BACK LIFT GATE TO PUT SCHOOL BOOKS INTO THE VAN AND THE GATE FELL ON ONE OF THEM. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SEVERAL OTHERS SINCE THEN. A TOYOTA REP SAID HE HAS THE SAME VEHICLE AND SAID HE USES A HOCKEY STICK TO PROP OPEN THE GATE. WE TRIED THAT FOR A WHILE BUT IT SOMETIMES FAILS. WE HAD IT REPLACED (NOT BY TOYOTA) IN AUGUST OF 2013 AND IT CONTINUES TO FAIL AS SOON AS THE WEATHER GETS COLD. *TR