2014 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

I WAS DRIVING MY MINIVAN GETTING IN THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT JUST STOP RUNNING PERIOD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I COULD HAVE BEEN DEAD BY NOW SPECIALLY IN A HIGHWAY. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE VERY QUICK WHEN CAR DIED ON ME. I HAD TO PAY A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE MY VEHICLE HOME NOW TOYOTA DOES NOT WANT TO FIX IT. ALSO, SLIDING DOOR WON'T CLOSE. WHEN PRESSING DOOR BUTTON TO CLOSE, DOOR SLIDES RIGHT BACK. IT DOES NOT MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO BE ABLE TO LOCK THE DOOR. THIS HAPPENED WHILE PASSENGER WAS GETTING IN THE VEHICLE WAS WE WERE NOT ABLE TO LOCK THE DOOR. I WAS PARKED ON THE STREET. UNFORTUNATELY, I DID NOT TAKE ANY PICTURES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO FUNCTION WHEN USING THE POWER BUTTON. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANUALLY OPEN AND CLOSE THE SLIDING DOOR FROM THE EXTERIOR HANDLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V858000 (STRUCTURE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, A LOUD EXPLOSION WAS HEARD. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE SUN ROOF EXPLODED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HOOVER TOYOTA (2686 JOHN HAWKINS PKWY, HOOVER, AL 35244) TO BE REPAIRED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DISCLOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

I TOOK MY TOYOTA SIENNA VAN TO TOYOTA OF PHARR TO HAVE MY PASSENGER AIR BAG REPLACE DUE TO A RECALL. I MADE A SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT ON AND IT WAS COMPLETED, HOWEVER, SERVICE PERSON INFORMED ME THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE MY ' CONTROL ARM ' REPLACED AS WELL. HE STATED IT IT WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY AND NO RECALL ON IT. THE COST TO HAVE IT DONE IS $2,381.07. I ASKED HIM HOW DID THIS HAPPENED. HE STATED IT'S THE DRIVING CONDITION AND MILES. I TOLD HIM MY WIFE IS RETIRED AND HARDLY DRIVES IT AND ONLY DRIVES IT ON PAVE ROAD. ALSO, IT ONLY HAS 70,000 MILES. I TOLD GENTLEMAN THAT THAT WAS TOO MUCH MONEY. I ASKED HIM IF IT'S SAFE TO DRIVE AND SAID YES. DO, I BROUGHT IT HOME. MY WIFE AND I ARE STILL PAYING FOR OUR VEHICLE AND HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN? CAN YOU PLEASE CHECK IF THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS PART? IF NOT, CAN TOYOTA PAY FOR IT OR AT LEAST MOST OF IT ? WE'VE PURCHASED VEHICLES FROM TOYOTA FROM THE PAST FOR MANY MANY YEARS....PLEASE HELP US OUT. THANK YOU.

WHILE STATIONARY, THE SLIDING DOOR CABLE SNAPPED WHILE IT WAS AUTOMATICALLY OPENING AND HAS IMPEDED THE SLIDING DOOR TO EVEN OPEN MANUALLY WHICH LEADS TO SAFETY CONCERNS AS THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN UP AS THE CABLE IMPEDES IN ITS WAY.

TAKATA RECALL. MY 2014 TOYOTA SIENNA WAS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY GOING A STEADY 75 MPH. AND THE TRAC OFF LIGHT WENT ON AND WE TRIED TURNING IT OFF LIKE WE USUALLY DO WHENEVER WE TURN IT ON ON ACCIDENT. AND AFTER A MILE DOWN THE HIGHWAY IT STARTED FUMING INTENSELY SO WE STOPPED AT A GAS STATION.

WITH THE CAR IN PARK AND ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR, IT REFUSES TO OPEN AND STOPS ABRUPTLY DURING THE SLIDE ONLY OPENING A FEW INCHES (NOT ENOUGH TO RENDER THE OPENING USABLE) BECAUSE THE FUEL DOOR IS NOT SUFFICIENTLY CLOSED TO DEPRESS THE PUSH BUTTON THAT TELLS THE VAN'S SYSTEM THAT THE FUEL DOOR IS FULLY SHUT. THUS THE SLIDING DOOR STOPS ABRUPTLY (AS PROGRAMMED) TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH AN OPEN FUEL DOOR. HOWEVER, THAT IS NOT THE CASE HERE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION IT IS NOTICED THAT THE SPRING ON THE PUSH BUTTON HAS SUCH A SEVERE STIFFNESS THAT THE FUEL DOOR'S HINGE SYSTEM WAS NOT DESIGNED DURABLE ENOUGH TO COMPENSATE FOR THE OUTWARD LOAD EXERTED BY THE PUSH BUTTON WHEN THE FUEL DOOR IS CLOSED AND LOCKED. FOR THIS REASON, THE FUEL DOOR HINGE, OVER TIME, EXPERIENCES A FATIGUE FAILURE AT THE TOP OF THE HINGE ONLY. THAT IS TO SAY, THE LOWER HALF OF THE HINGE REMAINS CONNECTED AND OPERABLE WHILE THE TOP HALF OF THE HINGE SHEARS IN TWAIN. NOW SHEARED, THE FUEL DOOR IS PUSHED FREELY AWAY BY THE PUSH BUTTON AND THE TOP FORWARD MOST CORNER OF THE FUEL DOOR PROTRUDES PAST THE VAN'S PROFILE BY HALF AN INCH OR MORE. IT IS THE FAILURE OF THE FUEL DOOR HINGE, CREATED BY THE OVERDESIGN OF THE SPRING ON THE PUSH BUTTON, THAT ALLOWS THE DOOR TO NOT OPEN PROPERLY DESPITE THE DRIVER DOING EVERYTHING TO KEEP THE PATH OF THE DOOR CLEAR. UNFORTUNATELY, FOR EMBARKING, THIS RENDERS THE SLIDING ACCESS POINT AS DIFFICULT AS YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY PUSH AGAINST THE FUEL DOOR WHEN OPENING THE SLIDING DOOR UNTIL IT HALFWAY OPEN. FOR DISEMBARKING THIS IS THE SAFETY HAZARD, AS THERE IS NO WAY TO "RIG" THE SYSTEM TO OPERATE FROM THE INSIDE AND DURING EMERGENCY EGRESS FROM THE VEHICLE. IF THE PASSENGER DOOR IS BLOCKED OR BROKEN AS THE RESULT OF A HAZARD OR CRASH, OCCUPANTS IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE CAN BECOME TRAPPED INSIDE BEING FORCED TO CLIMB INTO THE FRONT SEAT OR TRUNK

MY SIENNA MINIVAN WITH 38K MILES TOLD NEEDS 4 NEW TIRES. PURCHASED CERTIFIED PREOWNEN-21KMILES- REPORT GAVE TIRES OK- PAID $26K- TIRES ROTATED 1/2019 NO WORD OF TIRE DRY ROT- MARCH 2019 TOLD 1/4 IN TREAD AND ROT STARTING. READ CARGURUS ON LINE AND 20 PAGES OF E-MAIL REPORTS OF TIRE FAILURES AT 20-30K MILES ON SIENNAS- MULTIPLE REPLACEMENTS NECESSARY. NO DISCLOSURE OF THIS ONGOING PROBLEM BY DEALER. THIS PRESENTS DANGER ON THE ROAD IF TIRES NOT REPLACED AND ECONOMIC HARDSHIP TO CAR OWNERS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V005000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. HAYWARD ALLEN TOYOTA (2910 ATLANTA HWY, ATHENS, GA 30606, (706) 549-7002) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

I PURCHASED A 2014 TOYOTA SIENNA ON JULY 4TH 2017. SINCE THE DAY I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE I HAVE BEEN HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH BOTH SLIDING DOORS AND THE TRUNK. TOYOTA STILL HAVEN'T FIXED THE PROBLEMS WITH THE DOORS I JUST DON'T FEE SAFE HAVING MY KIDS AND OTHER PEOPLE KIDS IN THE CAR