2006 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE AIR BAGS (SRS) LIGHT CAME ON AND KEPT BLINKING. IT STAYS BLINKING WHENEVER THE CAR IS STARTED. I CHECKED THE MANUAL AND AM SURE IT IS THE SRS LIGHT (NOT FOR THE SEAT BELT). THE CAR WAS PURCHASED IN DEC 2006, AND I HAVE NOT HAD AIR BAGS ISSUE BEFORE. REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THIS CAR GIVEN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT I OWN IT. *TR

MY SIENNA HAD A AIR BAG CODE B0111 AND FLASHING ALL THE TIME. IT MIGHT TAKE OVER 3,000 DOLLARS TO FIX THAT PROBLEM. PLUS, MY FAMILY IS NOT SAFE IN MY SIENNA. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. *TR

THE THIRD ROW POWER SEATS ARE DEFECTIVE. THEY WILL NOT LOCK INTO PLACE AND ARE UNUSABLE. *TR

POWER REAR LIFTGATE STRUTS HAVE FAILED. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY REPLACED UNDER THE 2008 RECALL (THEY WEREN'T DEFECTIVE AT THE TIME); HOWEVER THEY HAVE NOW FAILED. THE DOOR CLOSES HARD ON YOU IF YOU ARE NOT READY FOR IT AND IT'S NOT EASY TO PROP IT OPEN OR KEEP IT OPEN WITHOUT POTENTIALLY INJURING YOURSELF. THERE IS NO WAY TO DISENGAGE OR OTHERWISE PROP OPEN THE DOOR MANUALLY. *TR

BOTH SLIDING DOORS WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE, THE CHILD SAFETY LOCK IS OFF AND STILL THEY WILL NOT OPEN. *TR

AIRBAGS INTERMITTENTLY AND UNPREDICTABLY BECOME NON-FUNCTIONAL. THAT IS, THE WARNING LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF AT UNPREDICTABLE INTERVALS. I AM TOLD BY THE DEALER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES THAT THE AIRBAGS ARE NON-FUNCTIONAL (I.E., SYSTEM SHUT DOWN) WHEN THE WARNING LIGHT IS FLASHING. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY CONCERN TO ME FOR THE SAKE OF MY FAMILY. IT IS GALLING SINCE THE AIRBAG SYSTEM WAS A MAJOR SELLING POINT OF THE CAR. ATTEMPTED REPAIRS BY DEALER ON AUGUST 4, 2009 UNDER WARRANTY REPLACED THE AIRBAG ASSEMBLY ON ONE SIDE BUT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM OF REPEATED INTERMITTENT FAILURE. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, TOYOTA REFUSED TO ADDRESS THEIR FAILED ATTEMPTS AT REPAIR, AND I WAS QUOTED WELL OVER $2,000 TO FIX THE PROBLEM AS PER TOYOTA SERVICE BULLETIN T-SB-1062-10 ON JULY 20, 2011. THIS PROPOSED REPAIR APPARENTLY INCLUDED REPLACING THE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED AIRBAG AS WELL AS THE ASSEMBLY ON THE OTHER SIDE. I DELAYED THE REPAIR AT RISK TO FAMILY ON ACCOUNT OF THE EXTREME COST. ALSO, I APPEALED TO TOYOTA CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES SINCE THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN A PERSISTENT AND UNREMEDIED ONE SINCE DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD. RECENTLY, THE TOYOTA DEALER INFORMED ME THAT A NEW TOYOTA SERVICE BULLETIN ISOLATES THE DEFECT SOMEWHAT FROM PREVIOUS TOYOTA T-SB-1062-10 AND REDUCES THE COST OF THE REPAIR TO SOMEWHERE NEAR $400 (ALTHOUGH I PAID $47.50 TO LEARN THAT). BUT AFTER THAT RECENT SERVICE BY TOYOTA ON JUNE 20, 2013, THE WARNING LIGHT IS OFF AGAIN, AND THE AIRBAGS ARE PRESUMABLY FUNCTIONING AGAIN FOR A WHILE. THIS INTERMITTENTLY HAS BEEN THE PROBLEM WITH GETTING THIS DEFECTIVE AIRBAG SYSTEM FIXED UNDER WARRANTY AS IT SHOULD BE. ALSO, THE INTERMITTENT AND REPEATED FAILURE OF THE UNITS SUGGESTS A FAULTY DESIGN AND A SAFETY DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN ALL OF THE VEHICLES. I HAVE SEEN SIMILAR AIRBAG CONCERNS OF OTHER 2006 SIENNA OWNERS ON VARIOUS ONLINE BULLETIN BOARDS. *TR

DROVE VAN FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES, PARKED IT FOR AN HOUR, WHEN I GOT BACK IN, MY AIRBAG LIGHT WAS INDICATING. CALLED DEALER, TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN FOR A $150 FEE JUST TO READ THE LIGHT. TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG WAS INDICATING AND THEY HAD RECEIVED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT IT AND HAD SEVERAL TOYOTAS IN WITH THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO LOCK. THE "DOOR OPEN" LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD REMAINED LIT. THIS IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THE DOOR COULD OPEN WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK IT TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHICH IDENTIFIED FAULTY REAR LATCH AND GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF REPAIR COST OF $526. THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR COST WHICH THE CONSUMER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY SINCE THE FAULTY LATCH MECHANISM IS NOT A RESULT OF USAGE OF THE VEHICLE, RATHER IT IS PROBABLY DUE TO A FAULTY DESIGN. TOYOTA SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A RECALL OF THIS FAULTY LATCH MECHANISM. *TR

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON - THIRD TIME SINCE WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW. *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT ON DASH STARTED BLINKING AND HAS CONTINUED BLINKING WHENEVER VEHICLE IS OPERATED. *TR