2004 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

DT: CONTACT STATES: HE HAS PUT TWO NEW SETS OF TIRES ON HIS VEHICLE SINCE PURCHASING IT. THE ALIGNMENT ON THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN CHECKED. THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 16,463 MILES. THE SECOND SET HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 15,337 MILES. THE TIRE DEALER TOLD HIM THE TREAD WAS WEARING OUT AND EXPERIENCING PREMATURE TIRE FAILURE. *JB

2004 SIENNA POWER SLIDING DOOR PROBLEMS- SIDE POWER SLIDING DOORS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AT ALL TIMES. AT TIME THE DOOR WILL SHUT TO HALF WAY POINT AND STOP AND I WILL HAVE TO MANUALLY SHUT IT MYSELF. OR AT TIME THE DOOR WILL NOT SHUT WHEN ANY BUTTONS ARE PRESSED TO PUSH AND NEED TO BE SHUT MANUALLY. TOOK TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM, BUT STATED THEY MADE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS. THEY WORKED FINE FOR 3 DAYS THEN PROBLEMS HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY! CONCERNED THAT THE DOOR WILL NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY AND OPEN WITH THE KIDS IN THE CAR WHILE DRIVING! IT IS DIFFICULT TO ASK THE SERVICE PERSON TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT IS NOT HAPPENING AT THE TIME WHEN I TAKE THE CAR IN! BUT, THEY SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROBLEM AND ABLE TO FIX IT !! *JB

2004 TOYOTA SIENNA EQUIPPED WITH RUN FLAT TIRES. HAD TIRES PUT ON BY TOYOTA ON FRIDAY OCT. 28. SUNDAY OCT. 30 WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY HAD A TIRE BLOWOUT CAUSING $2226.00 DAMAGE TO CAR. PRESSURE WARNING SYSTEM DID NOT WORK OR WAS NOT SET BY TOYOTA WHEN TIRES WERE MOUNTED ON FRIDAY. IF THE PRESSURE WARNING HAD BEEN WORKING WE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRE AND HAD IT FIXED. NOT KNOWING THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRE LED TO THE TIRE BLOWING OUT. HAD VAN TOWED BACK TO TOYOTA AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND THEY BASICALLY TOLD US WE HAD RUN OVER SOMETHING AND THAT WE WERE GOING TO PAY FOR DAMAGE. TOYOTA WAS UNWILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS MATTER. *JB

MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA LIMITED AWD WITH DUNLOP RUNFLAT TIRES AS FACTORY EQUIPMENT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 19,700 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY OUR DEALERSHIP THAT THE TIRES ARE WORN TO THE POINT THAT THEY ALL NEED TO BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. WE HAVE CONTACTED BOTH TOYOTA AND DUNLOP WITH NO ASSISTANCE FROM EITHER SOURCE TO DATE. IT IS A WELL KNOWN FACT, STATED ALL OVER THE INTERNET, THAT THERE ARE SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THESE TIRES YET FOR SOME REASON NEITHER TOYOTA OR DUNLOP ARE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE FAULTY AND DANGEROUS TIRES ON THESE VEHICLES. APPARENTLY THEY ARE WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO BE INJURED OR KILLED BEFORE STEPPING FORWARD AND TAKING RESPONSIBILITY! *JB

OUR 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA HAS RUN-FLAT DUNLOP TIRES THAT ARE WEARING PREMATURELY AT AROUND 13000 MILES. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP THAT SERVICES OUR CAR DOES NOT WANT TO ADMIT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES. THIS HAS PROLONGED OUR REPLACEMENT OF THE TIRES WHICH HAS PUT OUR FAMILY AT RISK FOR PERSONAL INJURY SHOULD THE TIRES FAIL SUDDENLY. WE SHOULD HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES 1000 MILES AGO BUT DID NOT BECAUSE THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT TELL US THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AFTER 3 SERVICE VISITS FOR ISSUES RELATED TO THE TIRES(MOST LIKELY BECAUSE OF A FEAR THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO REPLACE THEM AT SUCH AN EARLY TIME). THIS IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM AND THESE TIRES NEED TO BE RECALLED BEFORE YOU START TO RECEIVE COMPLAINTS ASSOCIATED WITH PERSONAL INJURIES AND DEATHS. *JB

I PURCHASED A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA AWD XLE IN APRIL OF 2004 EQUIPPED WITH DUNLOP SP SPORT 4000 DSST RUN-FLAT TIRES. AFTER ONLY 8900 MILES ON THE VEHICLE I DISCOVERED I HAD A FLAT TIRE. I WAS TOLD BY TWO TIRE DEALERS THAT ALL FOUR TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO TREAD WEAR. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TIRE MODEL ON THE 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA AWD XLE. TOYOTA'S RESPONSE HAS BEEN THAT THE TIRES ARE WARRANTED THROUGH THE MANUFACTURER AND THAT I NEED TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER. THE LOCAL AUTHORIZED DUNLOP DEALER HAS OFFERED TO REPLACE THE TIRES AT $60/EA PLUS $15 INSTALLATION/EA. HOWEVER, I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING ON THESE TIRES AFTER READING ALL THE INCIDENCES OF TIRE FAILURE. TOYOTA IS SUGGESTING AS AN OPTION THAT I CONVERT TO REGULAR/CONVENTIONAL TIRES, WHICH WOULD ALSO MEAN CONVERTING THE VEHICLE TO CARRY A SPARE AND LOSE THE SPACE FOR THE SEVENTH PASSENGER (THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY NOT SET UP TO CARRY A SPARE). I DON'T KNOW YET HOW MUCH THIS IS GOING TO COST ME OR IF TOYOTA WILL COVER ALL OR SOME OF THE COST. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION SHOULD INVESTIGATE AND DETERMINE WHETHER THE DUNLOP SP SPORT 4000 DSST TIRES ARE SAFE OR WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE RECALLED. *JB

TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY- MULTIPLE TIMES CONCERNS OF BLOWOUT. PREMATURE/UNEVEN TIRE WEAR ON RUN FLAT TIRES. SELF MONITORING OF AIR PRESSURE AND REPLACEMENT OF TIRES. *NM

HAVE HAD THREE FLAT TIRES THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED ON MY 2002 SIENNA AWD VAN WITH 11000 MILES ON IT. THE TIRES ARE THE OEM BRIGESTONE RUN-FLAT TYPE. *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TWO FLAT TIRES. THE FIRST WAS ON APRIL 2005 WHILE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE VEHICLE BECAME HARD TO MANEUVER, THE RIDE WAS DANGEROUSLY ROUGH, AND THE TIRE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. THE FLAT WAS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE CONSUMER THEN REALIZED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE A SPARE TIRE. THREE WEEKS LATER SECOND TIRE HAD A FLAT. THIS OCCURRED AGAIN WHILE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, TIRE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON BEFORE HAVING TROUBLE MANEUVERING THE VEHICLE. THIS TIME IT WAS THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE CONSUMER THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP WHICH DID NOT CARRY THE SIZE OF TIRES FOR HER VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP THAT PROVIDED HER WITH A DUNLOP REGULAR TIRE THAT WAS THE RIGHT SIZE. THE CONSUMER HAD TO TAKE THE TIRE TO THE REPAIR SHOP FOR THEM TO REPLACE THE TIRE BECAUSE TOYOTA WOULD NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE CONTACT DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITH A REGULAR TIRE. THE CONSUMER WENT TO A TOYOTA REPAIR SHOP AND THEY SHOWED HER THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY HAD WORE OUT UNEVENLY. THE TIRES WORE OUT SO BADLY THAT THEY WENT BALD. THE CONSUMER FELT UNSAFE WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER HAD BEEN SPEAKING WITH TOYOTA AND BRIDGESTONE AND HAS YET TO RECEIVE ANY HELP. ON AUGUST 2005, THE CONSUMER PUT ALL REGULAR TIRES ON THE VEHICLE AND FELT SAFER AND BELIEVED THE ODDS WERE LOWER FOR A HAVING A BLOW OUT ON THE FREEWAY. *AK UPDATED 11/29/2005. *NM

A DEFECT EXISTS WITH THE 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA MINI VAN, AUTOMATIC POWER SIDE DOOR. THIS POWER SIDE DOOR HAS STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED SUDDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING. THE POWER SIDE DOOR BECAME JAMMED, THROUGH NO FAULT OF ME OR MY FAMILY, AND IS NO LONGER OPERABLE. IT WAS NECESSARY FOR ME TO DRIVE TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WITH THE POWER SIDE DOOR IN A PARTIALLY OPENED POSITION. THERE IS NOT A MANUAL OVERRIDE FOR THE AUTOMATIC POWER DOOR. I WAS INSTRUCTED BY THE DEALER REPAIR TECHNICIAN TO NOT USE THE POWER SIDE DOOR. I FEEL THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. IN THE EVENT THAT IT BECOMES NECESSARY TO USE THE DOOR IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, MY FAMILY MAY BECOME TRAPPED. I WAS OFFERED BY THE DEALER TO PAY HALF OF THE APPROXIMATELY $1600.00 REPAIR COST. I FEEL THAT THE POWER SIDE DOOR SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IN WHICH I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE AND THAT THE REPAIR AND/OR REPLACEMENT SHOULD BE AT THE EXPENSE OF TOYOTA. *NM