2009 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

2009 TOYOTA SIENNA - RAISED THE POWER REAR HATCH TO LOAD LUGGAGE. WAS UNDER THE HATCH WHEN IT STARTED TO AUTOMATICALLY CLOSE ON ME. I HAD TO USE FORCE FOR IT NOT TO CLOSE ON ME. NOT SURE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF IT WAS A CHILD PUTTING SOMETHING IN THE BACK. I DON'T THINK A YOUNG CHILD COULD HAVE STOPPED IT FROM SQUEEZING THEM. IT WOULD NOT STAY OPEN UNLESS WE MANUALLY HELD IT. HAD TO MANUALLY HOLD IT OPEN THE WHOLE WEEK OF VACATION. WHEN RETURNED, TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER THE STRUTS WERE BAD AND THEY REPLACED THEM UNDER WARRANTY. WORKS FINE NOW. *TR

ON JULY 29, 2010 AT 5PM MY WIFE PARKED HER CAR IN FRONT MY HOUSE ON COLESVILLE ROAD, FACING THE ROAD APPROXIMATELY 23 FEET FROM THE SIDEWALK AND 30 FEET FROM THE STREET. I HAD BEEN ASKED BY MY WIFE TO DRIVE TO THE AIRPORT. WE CLOSED THE DOORS, PUT ON THE SEAT BELTS, PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES AND SHIFTED THE GEAR SHAFT TO DRIVE. THEN I RELEASED THE PARKING BRAKE, THE CAR START ROLLING SLOWLY BY THE TIME I WAS MOVING MY FOOT TO THE GASOLINE PEDAL GENTLY, THE CAR KEPT ROLLING , THE GAS PEDAL FAILED TO ACCELERATE THE ENGINE. I PUT MY RIGHT FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE BRAKE FAILED COMPLETELY. I TRIED TO PUMP THE BREAK TO STOP THE CAR WITHOUT SUCCESS. SUDDENLY, I FOUND MY SELF ENTERING THE BUSY STREET AND CARS RUSHING TOWARD ME. TRYING TO TURN RIGHT AND PUSH THE GASOLINE PEDALTO KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC, THE CAR KEPT ROLLING SLOWLY AND THE CAR NEVER ACCELERATED. "THE GAS PEDAL FAILED TO ACCELERATE AS THERE WAS NO GAS PEDAL". UNTIL I REACHED THE RIGHT LANE FROM THE SECOND LANE, I SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION TO NEUTRAL THE CAR SLOWED AND PUSHED THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP. THEN I CHANGING TRANSMISSION TO THE PARKING POSITION. THE WHOLE TRAFFIC STOPPED, THEN I TRIED AGAIN TO SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION TO DRIVE AND PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL WHICH RESUMED ITS FUNCTION AND THE BRAKE TOO. WHEN I ENTERED COLESVILLE ROAD THE TRAFFIC WAS RUSHING, SPECIALLY ON THE FIRST LANE WHERE FIRST LANE CAR APPROACHING MY CAR, THE DRIVER STARTED HONKING AND SWERVED DRASTICALLY AROUND MY CAR TO THE SECOND AND THIRD LANE TO AVOID HITTING ME. THE FOLLOWING CARS AND THE WHOLE TRAFFIC STOPPED UNTIL I MOVED TO THE FIRST LANE AND RESUMED MOVING. IT WAS A HORRIBLE AND SCARY EXPERIENCE WITH MY WIFE AND THE TWO YEARS GRANDDAUGHTER SCREAMING AND PANICKING. I CALLED THE DEALER, THE ONLY ADVISE I GOT WAS TO GET AN APPOINTMENT AND LOOK AT THE CAR. TONIGHT I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER. *TR

REAR HATCH ON 2009 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE CLOSES SPONTANEOUSLY AND DOES NOT STAY UP W/O HOLDING IT. *TR

REAR SLIDING DOORS WON'T STAY OPEN ON 2009 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE SMALLEST OF INCLINES WILL MAKE THE SLIDING DOORS REFUSE TO STAY OPEN. *TR

HI, I BOUGHT A TOYOTA SIENNA 2WD IN 2009. TOYOTA HAD A RECALL ON THE MINIVANS DUE TO THE MALFUNCTIONING OF THE SPARE TIRE IN COLD CLIMATES, BUT DID NOT INCLUDE IOWA IN IT. THEY HAVE NOT SENT ANY COMMUNICATION IN THIS REGARDS TO END CUSTOMERS. UPDATED IVOQ 08/05/10 UPDATED IVOQ 08/31/10*JB *TR

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