2004 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

THIS HAPPENED ABOUT LATE 2006 TO EARLY 2007. I FIRST OBSERVED THAT ONCE IN A WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WAS STIFF AND THE WHEEL WILL NOT TURN BACK TO ITS NEUTRAL POSITION, AND THE CAR WILL OVER STEER. IT FELT LIKE THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING AND YOU COULD HEAR SOME SQUEAKING NOISE FROM THE STEERING. SINCE AT FIRST IT HAPPENS ON AND OFF DURING TURNING, EVERYTIME I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID WAS NOTHING WRONG, IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THAT TIME.. AFTER DRIVING IT FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE INCIDENCE AND THE STEERING AT TURN WAS GETTING HARDER AND THERE WAS AND INCREASE IN OVER STEER THAT I WOULD HAVE TO GO SLOWER THAN USUAL TO AVOID OTHER VEHICLES. BY THAT TIME I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT WAS SOME RUSTING AND CORROSION AT THE STEERING SHAFT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AND BY THEN THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. *TR

I HAD A FLAT TIRE. I WAS TRYING TO USE SPARE TIRE STORED UNDER THE CAR. I WAS ABLE TO LOWER THE SPARE TIRE AND REMOVE THE SPARE USING THE HOIST BUT AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE, I TRIED TO RETRACT THE CABLE BACK HOLDING THE SPARE TIRE THEN IT GOT STUCK, I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE LEVER BUT THE CABLE WOULD NOT RETRACT. SO I HAVE ABOUT 2 FEET OF CABLE WITH 2 X 5 INCHES OF METAL, WHICH HOLDS THE SPARE, DANGLING UNDER THE CAR. I WAS ABLE TO LOOP THE CABLE AND TIE IT ON AS PIECE OF METAL UNDER THE CAR, BUT I HAVE TO GO UNDER THE CAR TO THIS. THIS IS THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME I USE THE SPARE TIRE FOR THIS CAR. THE SHOP I BROUGHT CAR TO SAID IT WAS RUSTED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

STEERING BECAME VERY JERKY AND TIGHT WHILE DRIVING VAN WITH FAMILY. PROBLEM GOT WORSE OVER THE COURSE OF 2 DAYS AND I HAD TO STOP DRIVING THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT BECAME DANGEROUS. MECHANIC TOLD ME IT WAS PROBLEM STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT. *JS

WHEN STARTING FROM 1-25 OR SLOWING DOWN TO 25 FROM 35 THERE IS JERK AND VAN MOVES FORWARD EVEN IF BRAKE HAS BEEN APPLIED. *JS

THE DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT GETS JAMMED AND CANNOT BE USED. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND RENDERS THE VEHICLE UNUSABLE. *JS

BACKING UP IN REVERSE, UNABLE TO PUT CAR INTO DRIVE, NEUTRAL, OR PARK. CAR WOULD ONLY MOVE IN REVERSE SHUT CAR OFF, WAS UNABLE TO RESTART CAR DUE TO BEING STUCK IN REVERSE. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEERFIELD BEACH DEALERSHIP. DEALER DIAGNOSED SHIFTER CABLE BROKE. ADDRESSED THIS COMMON SAFETY FAILURE WITH SERVICE MANAGER. SERVICE MANAGER SAID NO SERVICE BULLETIN EXITS FOR THIS PROBLEM. WE KNOW IT IS A COMMON FAILURE BECAUSE WE KNOW OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM IN THEIR SIENNA. THE TOW TRUCK DIVER STATED IT IS A COMMON FAILURE. PARTS DEPARTMENT KNOWS ABOUT THIS FAILURE. LOCAL DEALERSHIPS CARRY PART IN STOCK. WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THIS SAFETY ISSUE WITH SERVICE MANAGER. TOYOTA DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO ADDRESS THIS SAFETY FAILURE. *TR

I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER DOORS AND HATCH IN 2010. I WAS NEVER INFORMED BY TOYOTA OF THE TSB-0085-09 AND HAVE HAD TO DO RESEARCH MYSELF ON THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT AND DEALERSHIPS WOULD NOT ADDRESS IT. ON 5/12 2014 WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE AT 60 MILES AN HOUR IN THE RAIN WHEN MY POWER DOOR KEPT OPENING AND WOULD NOT CLOSE. SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. I HAD TO FIND A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER. IT WOULD NOT MANUALLY CLOSE. I HAD TO STRAP THE DOOR SHUT. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE FIXED BY RECALL. *TR

DUE TO A FAILURE IN THE MOONROOF SYSTEM IN THE VEHICLE (RUBBER SEAL AND TWO DRAINS ON EITHER SIDE), RAIN WATER SEEPED INTO THE AIR BAG SYSTEM RESULTING IN MOLD-BUILD UP AND SERIOUS DAMANGE TO THE VEHICLE AND POSSIBLE MALFUNCTION OF THE AIR BAGS AND BREATHING OF DANGEROUS MOLD/FUNGI. ALL THE PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE GOT NAUSEOUS IN 1-HOUR JOURNEY AND THE FUTURE CONSEQUENCE OF SUCH FUNGI BUILD UP AND POTENTIAL FAILURE OF THE AIR-BAG COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA . THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE BRAKES STARTED TO ENGAGE. THERE WAS A BEEPING SOUND AS THE TRACTION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED APPROXIMATELY TEN TIMES. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TOYOTA VERBALIZES THERE WAS A SUBSTANCE LEFT OUT OF THE DASHBOARD MIXTURE DURING PRODUCTION OF THE VEHICLE. IT, ACCORDING TO THEM, IS AN ISSUE WITH TWO MODELS AND TWO YEARS OF THOSE MODELS. THE DASH BOARD BEGIN TO CRACK ABOUT 28,000 MILES. THE VAN ONLY HAS 38,000 NOW. IT HAS CRACKED FROM SIDE TO SIDE ACROSS THE TOP, DOWN THE FRONT AND AROUND THE SIDES (LIKE AN EGG SHELL). THE RIGHT SIDE AIR BAG IS HOUSED IN THE DASH. PIECES OF THE RIGHT DASH ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO FALL OUT NOW. TOYOTA, AGAIN, ADMITS THE PROBLEM, BUT REFUSES TO HELP. I LAST SPOKE TO THEM ON 5.2.2014 (ROY G.). I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO THEM ABOUT THIS SAFETY ISSUE SINCE 2008, EVEN WITH THE REGIONAL MANAGER, AS THE LOCAL TOYOTA ASKED THEM TO REPLACE IT. TOYOTA DECLINED. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT CAN CAUSE THE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT OR WRONGFULLY SO IN AN ACCIDENT. THE ENTIRE DASH WILL BLOW OUT, THE PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO A PERSON UNKNOWN. I NEED HELP WITH THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A 60,000 SIENNA THAT HAS HANDICAP LIFT IN IT. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME.