2006 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR HATCH STRUTS FAILED TO SUSTAIN THE HATCH AND CAUSED THE HATCH TO HIT THE CONTACT'S HEAD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE DID NOT SUFFER INJURIES TO THE HEAD. THE DOOR HATCH WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE WARRANTED REPAIR WAS EXPIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

LAST SUNDAY AS WE WERE LEAVING FOR CHURCH MY SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER SAT IN HER SAFETY CAR SEAT, REACHED FOR HER SEAT BELT AND PULLED IT ACROSS HER CHEST TO FASTEN IT. AS SHE DID SO, IT SNAPPED IN HALF. AS A PARENT, I WATCHED THE INCIDENT IN HORROR. I AM SO VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE WEREN'T IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE HER LIFE DEPENDED ON THE SECURITY OF HER BELT. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH SOMEHOW IT WAS RUBBED RAW FROM THE PLASTIC HOLE IT CAME OUT OF IN THE VEHICLE. I HOPE THIS IS A ONE TIME DEFECT AND NOT INDICATIVE OF A LARGER PROBLEM. SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES, BUT ONLY IF THEY WORK PROPERLY. *TR

I TURNED ON THE SEAT HEATER, AND THE SEAT STARTED SMOKING. THE SEAT STARTED SMOKING MORE AND I TURNED MY CAR OFF AND POURED WATER TO STOP THE FIRE. I TOOK PICTURES OF THE AFTERMATH OF THE INCIDENT. *TR

THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AS EXPECTED WHEN THE VAN IS STARTED. THEN INSTEAD OF GOING OUT, IT FLASHES THE ENTIRE TIME THE CAR IS ON. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES IF THE VAN IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED, THE LIGHT WILL GO OUT. BUT THEN A COUPLE DAYS LATER, IT WILL FLASH AGAIN. I HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER OR NOT MY AIRBAGS WOULD ACTUALLY DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHER PEOPLE. REPAIRS ARE EXPENSIVE FOR VAN OWNERS AND THE ISSUE RETURNS AFTER REPAIRS. PLEASE CONSIDER AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS ISSUE. THERE ARE THOSE OF US WHO CANNOT AFFORD THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO EVEN ATTEMPT TO FIX OUR VANS, AND WE HAVE NO CHOICE OTHER THAN TO DRIVE OUR FAMILIES AROUND IN UNSAFE VEHICLES WITH OUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT WE DON'T GET IN AN ACCIDENT. THANK YOU! *TR

I JUST BOUGHT THIS VAN FROM A SMALL DEALERSHIP AND I NOTICE THAT MY SEAT BELT IS LOSS EVERY TIME I DRIVE MY VAN . SO I PULLED ON IT AND IT WILL GET HARDER AND HARDER SO DEALING WITH IT I GOT SOME WHAT DISTRACTED SO I PULLED OVER TO UNDO IT AND IT TOOK SOME MUSCLE ANT TIME . WHILE IM DRIVING IF I PULL A BIT IT DOES IT EVERY TIME ... JUST GOT THIS VAN AND I'M TIRE OF IT ALREADY. *TR

SINCE 2012, THE FRONT PASSENGER'S DOOR HAS MADE A LOUD POPPING, CRACKING SOUND EVERY TIME IT IS OPENED OR CLOSED. TOYOTA DEALER INFORMED ME THE DOOR WELD IS CRACKED AND THE ENTIRE DOOR MUST BE REMOVED FOR A NEW WELD AND PAINT JOB AT A BODY SHOP. DEALER ALSO SHOWED ME A TOYOTA WARRANTY COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT FOR THIS PROBLEM (THE "DOOR CHECK MOUNTING PANEL," POL07-04, ISSUED 10/22/07), WHICH EXTENDS UP TO 5 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES. I NEVER RECEIVED NOTICE OF THIS IN THE MAIL, AND IT DOES NOT APPEAR UNDER THE TSBS ON THE NHTSA SITE. MY VAN IS NO LONGER COVERED AT 110,000 MILES. NOTE: I HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM ON MY DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AT ONLY 32,000 MILES, WHICH WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. THAT MEANS BOTH MY FRONT DOORS HAVE HAD FAILED WELDS. THIS CLEARLY IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WHICH TOYOTA SHOULD COVER, REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE.

THE CAR WAS SENT TO THE DEALER FOR TIMING BELT KIT REPLACEMENT, UPON INSPECTION THE TECHNICIAN FOUND THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM IS MALFUNCTIONING DUE TO THE FACT THE ABOVE MENTIONED PART, PART # 44050-08030, THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES HYDRAULIC UNIT, IS DAMAGE OR INOPERABLE. THE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME HE HAS ENCOUNTERED THIS SITUATION IN THE SAME MODEL/YEAR OF MY CAR, BUT BECAUSE TOYOTA HAS NOT PRONOUNCE ON THIS MATTER THERE IS LITTLE HE CAN DO ABOUT IT EXCEPT FOR REPLACE THE PART WHICH COST ABOUT $1,680.00, HE ADVISE ME TO INFORM THE PROPER AUTHORITIES FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION ON WHY THE PART MALFUNCTION. *TR

TWO ISSUES: (1) SINCE 2012, THE FRONT PASSENGER'S DOOR HAS MADE A LOUD POPPING, CRACKING SOUND EVERY TIME IT IS OPENED OR CLOSED. TOYOTA DEALER INFORMED ME THE DOOR WELD IS CRACKED AND THE ENTIRE DOOR MUST BE REMOVED FOR A NEW WELD AND PAINT JOB AT A BODY SHOP. DEALER ALSO SHOWED ME A TOYOTA WARRANTY COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT FOR THIS PROBLEM (THE "DOOR CHECK MOUNTING PANEL," POL07-04, ISSUED 10/22/07), WHICH EXTENDS UP TO 5 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES. I NEVER RECEIVED NOTICE OF THIS IN THE MAIL, AND IT DOES NOT APPEAR UNDER THE TSBS ON THE NHTSA SITE. MY VAN IS NO LONGER COVERED AT 110,000 MILES. NOTE: I HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM ON MY DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AT ONLY 32,000 MILES, WHICH WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. THAT MEANS BOTH MY FRONT DOORS HAVE HAD FAILED WELDS. THIS CLEARLY IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WHICH TOYOTA SHOULD COVER, REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE. (2) POWER SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT OPERATE WHEN INTERIOR BUTTONS OR KEY FOB BUTTONS ARE PUSHED. IT WILL OPEN MANUALLY, BUT IT STICKS AND REQUIRES A HARD PULL. DEALER ADVISES CABLING IS MALFUNCTIONING AND THE MOTOR IN THE MAIN CONTROL BOARD IS BAD. I WAS TOLD THE WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT FOR THE REAR SLIDING DOOR ASSEMBLIES AND POWER SLIDING DOOR ASSEMBLIES WILL COVER THE CABLES AND LATCH, BUT DOES NOT COVER THE MOTOR, THE MAIN CONTROL BOARD, OR THE LOCK! THIS IS A VERY COSTLY REPAIR. THESE COMPONENTS ARE DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT. *TR

2006 TOYOTA SIENNA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DRIVER SIDE DOOR WELD FAILURE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED LAST WEEK, THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR DEVELOPED A POPPING NOISE THAT OCCURRED WHENEVER THE DOOR WAS OPENED OR CLOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE AN INSPECTION REVEALED THE SPOT WELDS HAD BROKEN AWAY FROM THE DOOR STRUCTURE. *JB

STEERING OIL LEAK ON PASSENGER SIDE FOUND DURING ROUTINE OIL CHANGE, THE STEERING RACK INNER SEALS HAD DISINTEGRATED CAUSING FLUID LEAKAGE THAT WAS NOT EVIDENT UNTIL THE BOOT HAD BEEN AFFECTED AND BROKEN. *TR