2011 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

VEHICLE WOULD EXPECTEDLY SLOW DOWN WHEN YOU ACCELERATE. THE LOSS OF POWER WOULD LAST BETWEEN 2 TO 7 SECONDS. I HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER SINCE THE 15K-MILE SERVICE. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. NONETHELESS, THE ISSUE IS STILL OCCURRING ON A WEEKLY BASIS. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS HAZARD. AFFECTED VEHICLE COULD GET REAR ENDED AS IT ACCELERATE FROM STOP LIGHTS WHEN IT SUDDENLY SLOWS DOWN. WHAT'S WORSE? IMAGINE YOUR FAMILY IN THE CAR WHEN YOU WANT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, YOU PRESS THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE, BUT IT SLOWS DOWN BEFORE YOU CAN CLEAR THE ON COMING TRAFFIC. I HOPE TOYOTA IS LISTENING TO THIS!!! THIS DEFECT COULD HAVE VERY DIRE RESULTS. I HAVE FOUND SIMILAR COMPLAINTS IN VARIOUS FORUMS ONLINE. I AM CERTAIN MORE PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS AND DON'T KNOW WHERE TO REPORT IT. NHTSA, PLEASE REQUEST SIMILAR COMPLAIN DATA FROM TOYOTA DEALERS ABOUT THIS VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT. *TR

IN MAY OF 2011 I PURCHASED A TOYOTA SIENNA 8 PASSENGER THAT HAS BEEN RECLASSIFIED IN NOV 2011 FROM 1550 LB CARGO AND PASSENGER CAPACITY.TO 1325 THAT RENDERS IT NON COMPATIBLE, FOR WHICH I HAD BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FOR. THEREFORE IT HAS CAUSED AND RENDERS THIS WHAT WAS 8 PASSENGER AND VALUE TO DECREASE. THIS IS CLEARLY A MISS REPRESENTATION OF SALE,AND CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE COMPENSATED OR A FIX TO RESTORE THIS CLASSIFICATION SHOULD BE ISSUED.I HAVE CONTACTED BOTH TOYOTA AND DEALER TO MY REGRET NO SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM IS AVAILABLE BUT IF ONE WERE TO PUT 8 PASSENGER AND CARGO, SKIP THE CARGO OR LUGGAGE 8 X'S ADULTS @190= 1520 WHO WOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE???? *JS

I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK MY TIRES DUE TO MY PRESSURE LIGHT BEING ON AND THE CAR WAS DRIVING FUNNY. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A BUSTED BELT IN THE SIDEWALL. THIS IS THE SECOND TIRE I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE IN TWO MONTHS. ALSO, IT WAS STATED AT THIS TIME THAT MY CAR WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO WEAR ON THE TREAD AND I WILL NEED TO BUY NEW TIRES BEFORE RE-REGISTERING MY VEHICLE. CAR IS LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD WITH UNDER 20,000 MILES. *TR

ON MARCH 3,2012 WHILE RETURNING FROM ASHEVILLE,NC TO OUR HOME IN GRAYSLAKE,IL WITH A FULL DAY OF NOTHING BUT INTERSTATE DRIVING OUR TIRE WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON . WE PULLED OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT BY CALUMET CITY,IL. ASSUMING I JUST NEEDED TO ADD SOME AIR TO THE TIRE I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THE WHOLE SIDEWALL SPLIT OPEN. WE HAD NOT HIT ANY SHARP OBJECTS OR POTHOLES,BUT THE RUN FLAT TIRE WAS RUINED. AS THE 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA AWD DOES NOT HAVE A SPARE AAA COULD NOT HELP TO REPLACE THE TIRE. THEY COULD TOW US TO THE NEAREST TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, BUT WHEN WE NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP THEY INFORMED US SINCE IT WAS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE TIRE UNTIL MONDAY. WE THEN MADE THE DECISION TO HAVE THE VAN TOWED TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP NEAREST OUR HOME(LIBERTYVILLE,IL) AT OUR EXPENSE.TOYOTA GLADLY REPLACED THE TIRE (WITH ONLY 9400 MILES OF WEAR) FOR $283.00 AND TOLD ME IF ANY COMPLAINTS TO TAKE THE TIRE TO A BRIDGESTONE DEALER. I INFORMED THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP THAT IF THE AWD SIENNA HAD A SPARE AND IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN BEFORE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE IT DID NOT HAVE A SPARE I WOULD NOT BE IN THIS PREDICAMENT. I TOOK THE TIRE TO THE BRIDGESTONE DEALER . HE SAID IT LOOKED LIKE THE TIRE WAS DAMAGED(IT WAS NOT,IT JUST SPLIT APART) AND SAID HE WOULD SEND IT TO THE CORPORATE OFFICE TO BE EVALUATED. THIS WAS A MONTH AND A HALF AGO WITH NO RESPONSE. I AM AFRAID THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 11V560000 (EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS) AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REMEDY STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOTIFY OWNERS OF THE RECALL AND PROVIDE A REMEDY WHEN ONE HAD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE REMEDY WAS FOR OWNERS TO RECEIVE A CORRECTED PLACARD ALONG WITH A REVISED OWNER'S MANUAL THAT STATED THAT THE ACTUAL WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE, AT NO COST TO THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT WAS DISPLEASED WITH THE RECALL REMEDY AND STATED THAT INSTEAD OF MAILING A 'CORRECTED' MANUAL TO OWNERS, THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD REPAIR THE VEHICLE SO THAT IT WOULD MATCH THE WEIGHT STATED ON THE PLACE CARD AND IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

I BOUGHT A 2011 TOYOTA SIENA XLE WITH BRIDGESTONE P35/55RF18 TIRES. THEY ARE THE ORIGINAL TIRES AND HAVE BEEN ROTATED ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE. AFTER 25,000 MILES, THEY ARE BALD. I NOTICED SLIPPING AND TIRE FAILURE, THEN INSPECTED THEM. THE FRONT TIRES LOOK LIKE RACING SLICKS WITH NO REMAINING TREAD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE THIRD ROW MIDDLE BEAT THAT RETRACTED FROM THE CEILING WAS TANGLED AROUND A CHILD'S WAIST WHILE SLEEPING. THE FAILURE ALMOST CAUSED THE SEAT BELT TO STRAGGLE THE CHILD. THE CHILD BEGUN TO TURN BLUE SO THE CONTACT HAD TO CUT THE SEAT BELT TO RELEASE THE CHILD. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED TO SECURE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE SEAT BELT REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

SIDE POWER DOOR DOES NOT OPEN. HANDLE IS USED TO OPEN DOOR DURING NORMAL OPERATION. POWER SLIDER OPENS ABOUT 6 INCHES AND THEN STICKS. A ALARM SOUNDS. POWER SLIDE MOTOR STOPS DOOR FROM OPENING. DOOR JUMPS BACK AND FORTH AND WILL NOT OPEN REGARDLESS OF AMOUNT OF FORCE USED. DOOR WILL CLOSE IF PUSHED SHUT. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND HAS NOT BEEN DEALT WITH BY DEALER WHICH HAS BEEN COMPLAINED ABOUT AND DOCUMENTED THROUGHOUT THE LAST YEAR. DEALER UNABLE TO REPEAT ISSUE. DEALER HAS ACCUSED OWNER OF NOT USING HANDLE CORRECTLY. IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION THIS FAILURE COULD RESULT IN PASSENGERS BEING TRAPPED IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT BECAUSE OF THIS HAZARD. THIS PROBLEM IS DOCUMENTED BY OTHER OWNERS ON TOYOTA FORUMS AND OTHER NHTSA SAFETY COMPLAINTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR JAMMED AND FAILED TO RELEASE OPEN UNTIL BODY FORCE WAS APPLIED TO THE DOOR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED FIFTY TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TWICE AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE MALFUNCTION. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH 18,600 MILES. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLES STEERING MODIFIED BECAUSE OF A HANDICAP. THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE 10V620000, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES. WHEN THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE RECALL PERFORMED, HE WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT DO THE WORK DUE TO THE PREVIOUS MODIFICATION TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT THEY HAD NOT OFFERED ANY ASSISTANCE. UPDATED 03/14/12 *BF