2011 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. 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. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. 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. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS); 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 MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

MY TOYOTA SIENNA 2011 WAS ON PARKED AND STATIONARY. WHEN I RESTARTED VEHICLE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FAILED. MY STEERING BECAME MANUAL. IT IS HARD TO TURN. I HAD TO TOW MY CAR TO TOYOTA DEALER. AFTER THE CHECK AND BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE, TOYOTA DEALER SAID THAT IT IS AN ELECTRIC FAILURE IN POWER STEERING SYSTEM AND I HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE POWER STEERING SYSTEM. I HAVE TO PAY $2032. BASED ON INTERNET SEARCH, TOYOTA SIENNA 2011 HAS THIS ISSUE ON THE MARKET. OTHER TOYOTA CARS WHICH USED THE SAME SYSTEM AND BUILT IN 2011 HAD THE RECALL. ONLY TOYOTA SIENNA 2011 IN NOT IN RECALL. CALLED MANUFACTURER AND TOYOTA DISAGREED TO CALL AS A RECALL ITEM. RATHER THEY PAID ME $750, AND I HAD TO PAY $840 FOR THE FIX. TOYOTA SIENNA 2011 POWER STEERING ELECTRIC FAILURE IS COMMON, SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM. TOYOTA SIENNA 2011, MILEAGE 63000.

"TAKATA RECALL" RECEIVED LETTER FROM TOYOTA ON 7/25/16 THAT WE HAD TAKATA RECALL. WE KNEW FROM CHECKING TOYOTA RECALL LONG BEFORE THE LETTER THAT OUR CAR HAD A RECALL THE TAKATA AIRBAGS BUT NOT THE SERIOUSNESS OF RECALL. LETTER INDICATED THE FOLLOWING: WE ARE IN ZONE A(HIGH HUMIDITY- TEMPERATURES) DEGRADES PROPELLANT WHICH CAN CAUSE INFLATOR TO RUPTURE DURING AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. METAL FRAGMENTS COULD PASS THROUGH THE AIRBAG STRIKING VEHICLE OCCUPANTS AND RESULTS IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. TOYOTA SAYS WE SHOULD DO THIS: DO NOT OPERATE THE VEHICLE WITH AN OCCUPANT IN FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. WHEN YOU HAVE ONLY ONE CAR THIS IS UNEXCEPTABLE.........WHEN THEY SAY THIS CAN CAUSE DEATH TO FRONT SEAT PASSENGER WHAT MAKE THEM THINK THAT THE DRIVER MAY NOT ALSO GET IMPACTED AND CAUSE ANOTHER ISSUE. ALSO WHAT IMPACT DOES THIS HAVE ON YOUR CAR AND MEDICAL INSURANCE.

TAKATA RECALL:NOTHING HAPPENED YET OTHER THAN I NEEDED THIS CAR TO TRANSPORT MY ELDERLY MOTHER WHO HAS HEATLH ISSUES AND IS BECAME VERY INCONVINIENT NOW. I COULD NO LONGER RISK TO PUT HER ON FRONT SEAT WHICH DECEIVE THE PURPOSE OF HAVING THIS VAN. I CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY HAD NO EXPECTATION DATE FOR REMEDY. I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO JUST GO OUT AND GET A NEW VAN.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS). 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 MADE WARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD 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. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS REMEDY NOT YET AVAILABLE.

"TAKATA RECALL" ' WE RECEIVED NOTICE THAT OUR 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA WAS SUBJECT TO RECALL IN JULY 2016. THE NOTICE TOLD US WE SHOULD NOT HAVE ANYBODY RIDE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. WE ARE A FAMILY OF 6 AND THIS IS A HIGHLY IMPRACTICAL RESTRICTION. I CONTACTED TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331 ON JULY 20, 2016 AND TALKED WITH TOYOTA REP AARON TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT REPLACING OUR PASSENGER AIRBAG. LATER THAT DAY OR THE NEXT, MY HUSBAND SPOKE TO TOYOTA REP CHRISTINA C AT EXTENSION 73868. SHE REFUSED TO TELL HIM HER LAST NAME. SHE TOLD US OUR FILE NUMBER WAS 1607202114. CHRISTINA SUGGESTED ORALLY IT WAS SAFE TO RIDE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, BUT REFUSED TO SAY SO IN WRITING. NEITHER AARON NOR CHRISTINA COULD TELL US WHEN OUR AIRBAG WOULD BE FIXED, AND BOTH SAID THEY WOULD HAVE A SUPERVISOR CALL US. IN BOTH CASES A SUPERVISOR DID NOT CALL US. CHRISTINA OFFERED A LOANER VEHICLE, BUT IT WOULD BE A SMALL COMPACT CAR, WHICH COULD NOT TRANSPORT OUR FAMILY. WE SPENT THE LAST 2+ MONTHS NOT USING THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OF OUR VEHICLE. I CALLED AGAIN ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 AND SPOKE WITH TOYOTA REPS BERTHA AND SYREETA. SINCE THE CAR IS NOW SIX YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN IN HOT AND HUMID SOUTH CAROLINA, AND THEREFORE NOW LIKELY SUBJECT TO MATERIAL DETERIORATION, WE DEMANDED TOYOTA INSTALL A REPLACEMENT AIRBAG RIGHT AWAY. TOYOTA REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. AGAIN, I WAS TOLD I COULD SURRENDER OUR VAN AND GET A LOANER CAR THAT COULD NOT FIT MY FAMILY OF 6. THIS RECALL HAS BEEN SINCE MAY OF 2016. AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2016, TOYOTA HAS NO IDEA WHEN THIS SITUATION WILL BE REMEDIED. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. TOYOTA SHOULD PROMPTLY REPAIR OUR VEHICLE OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE PROVIDE A COMPARABLE SUBSTITUTE VEHICLE WHILE THEY SORT THINGS OUT. WE SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO FURTHER DANGER WHILE TOYOTA FIGURES OUT THE ABSOLUTE CHEAPEST WAY TO OBTAIN AIRBAGS FROM TAKATA.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, THE DOOR ONLY OPENED ENOUGH FOR SMALL CHILDREN TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR ONLY OPENED A FEW INCHES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000. UPDATED 01/11/2017*CT THE CONSUMER STATED MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT INFORMED THEY COULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE PROBLEM. *TR