2004 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

DRIVING ALONG ON 210 FREEWAY EAST BOUND IN PASADENA DOING 60, THE TRACTION CONTROL KICKED IN, THE VAN BRAKED, AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ON DASHBOARD CAME ON WITH A BEEPING SOUND, AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHUTTERED AND CAR LOST POWER. LASTED ABOUT 5 SECONDS AND THEN BACK TO NORMAL. COULD HAVE BEEN REAR-ENDED OR COULD HAVE SWERVED INTO OTHER LANES. ALSO HAPPENED ON 110 FWY NORTHBOUND IN PASADENA, 60 MPH, ON SLIGHT TURN, SAME THING HAPPENED, TRACTION CONTROL KICKED IN, THE VAN BRAKED, AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ON DASHBOARD CAME ON WITH A BEEPING SOUND, AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHUTTERED AND CAR LOST POWER. I CAME CLOSE TO HITTING FWY DIVIDER AND SWERVING INTO CAR IN ADJACENT LANE. ROADS WERE DRY AND NO SLIPPAGE OF WHEELS FELT. TOOK IT TO DEALER WONDRIES TOYOTA IN ALHAMBA,CA TWICE AND WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED, BUT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WENT OVER THE CURB, AND WAS STOPPED BY A PILE OF SNOW. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

THE DASHBOARD STARTED DEVELOPING CRACKS AND STARTED TO GET MUSHY. THE CONDITION HAS CONTINUED TO WORSEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND THERE ARE NOW MAJOR CRACKS OVER THE SPOT WHERE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYS. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THESE CRACKS COULD TURN PARTS OF THE DASHBOARD INTO MISSILES IN THE EVENT THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WOULD DEPLOY IN ANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT. YOU CAN NOW SEE THE INDENTATION OF WHERE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WOULD DEPLOY, AND THE CRACKS EXTEND AROUND THE PLASTIC MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR PIECES OF THE DASH TO UNINTENTIONALLY STRIKE THE PASSENGER IN THE FACE OR OTHER PLACE. *TR

CRACKS STARTED APPEARING ON THE DASHBOARD AROUND WHERE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WOULD DEPLOY. I'M CONCERNED THAT SHARDS OF PLASTIC MAY BE EJECTED TOWARD OCCUPANTS AND INJURE THEM IF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS. *TR

DASH BOARD HAS A CRACK ON PASSENGER SIDE RIGHT WHERE THE AIR BAG IS. WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY NOTICED CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND SPEEDOMETER READING WENT TO 0. STOPPED COUNTING MILES AND CAR GOING ON 65 BUT SPEEDOMETER READS 0. ALSO GAS TANK LEVEL INDICATOR GOES FROM HALF TANK TO EMPTY AND GAS LIGHT TURN ON. IT IS NOT SAFE AS I DON'T KNOW AT WHAT SPEED MY CAR IS GOING ON AND ALSO IF THE CRACK ON THE DASH BOARD GETS BIGGER, AIR BAGS MIGHT POP OUT. NEED SOMEBODY TO LOOK INTO THIS AS THE VAN IS DRIVEN ONLY 49000 MILES. THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL . *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 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.

THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE ENTRY DOOR MAKES A POPPING NOISE WHEN IT IS OPENED AND CLOSED. AFTER LOOKING AT SEVERAL ON-LINE RESOURCES I FOUND IT IS CAUSED BY A FAULTY SPOT WELD WHERE THE DOOR CHECK STRAP ATTACHES TO THE DOOR. WHEN VIEWED YOU CAN SEE DOOR CHECK STRAP MOUNT MOVE AND FLEX AS THE DOOR IS OPENED AND CLOSED. *TR

THE DOORS OF MY TOYOTA SIENNA 2004 FREEZE SHUT AND HAVE DONE SO SINCE I PURCHASED IT NEW IN 2003!! IT IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AS IF THERE IS EVER AN EMERGENCY, MY KIDS CANNOT GET OUT AND EMERGENCY PERSONAL CANNOT GET IN! I AM FINALLY WRITING ABOUT THIS NOW AS MY KIDS' GRANDFATHER IS ABSOLUTELY WILD THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN LATE FALL 2003. I HAVE RECEIVED SO MANY RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE OVER THE YEARS ( AT LEAST 10 RECALLS) BUT NONE HAVE BEEN FOR THE FROZEN DOORS. WE LIVE IN A TOYOTA SIENNA TOWN WITH MANY FAMILIES OWNING ONE, AND WE ALL HAVE THE EXACT SAME COMPLAINT ABOUT FROZEN SLIDING DOORS!!! WHY TOYOTA 2004 SIENNAS HAVE HAD SO MANY RECALLS FOR, I CANNOT FATHOM WHY THE FROZEN DOOR ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED.!!! EVERY NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER I AM REMINDED OF THE PROBLEM WHEN I DROP MY KIDS OFF AT SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE TO CRAWL OVER THE FRONT SEATS IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF THE CAR. *JS

DRIVERS DOOR SHELL RIPPED FROM THE DOOR CHECK MOUNT WHEN OPENING. THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT DOOR PREVIOUSLY MADE LOUD SNAP NOISE, FOUND PROBLEM, CHECK MOUNT WAS REPLACED IN APR 2012 AT 43500MI. MID DEC 2014 SAME NOISE RETURNED, ONLY THIS TIME, THE DOOR SHELL RIPPED AND SWUNG VERY WIDE OPEN FROM A LIGHT GUST OF WIND. THE DOOR SHEET METAL IS NEARLY TORN COMPLETELY AWAY, AND THE DOOR CHECK MOUNT IS JUST BARELY HANGING ON. IF ANY ONE HAD BEEN STANDING THERE IT WOULD HAVE KNOCKED THEM DOWN, OR WORSE. SORRY FOR THE RANT. NOW, I'VE LEARNED THAT TOYOTA HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE YEAR AND MODEL, BUT THEY REFUSED TO TAKE ADEQUATE ACTION, ONLY INFORMING SOME, AND CALLING IT A MINOR PROBLEM. ITS GOING TO COST OVER $2000 TO REPLACE THE DOOR. MINOR? AND THAT WON'T FIX THE DESIGN PROBLEM. IT'LL LIKELY HAPPEN AGAIN IN ANOTHER 20K+ MILES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN. *TR UPDATED 1/29/16 *JS

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, THE VEHICLE ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTED TO BRAKE. I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND A BEEPING NOISE STARTED GOING OFF. THIS CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. I PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF THE CAR, BUT AS I STARTED DRIVING AGAIN, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THE DASH SHOWED THE CAR WITH THE SKID MARKS BELOW IT BLINKING AS THIS WAS HAPPENING. I TOOK IT TO A SHOP, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSIS THE PROBLEM. NOW WHEN I MAKE A LEFT TURN OF ANY KIND, THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO DO THE SAME THING. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO RESEARCH THE PROBLEM AND FIX IT, BUT UNABLE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY GARAGE SINCE THE MIDDLE OF OCT. *TR