2014 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

REAR SEATBELT WOULD NOT RELEASE AND BECAME ONLY TIGHTER WHEN WE TRIED TO RELEASE IT. A CHILD ALMOST SUFFOCATED BECAUSE IT WAS SO TIGHT AROUND HER STOMACH THAT SHE COULD NOT BREATHE. WE HAD TO CUT THE SEAT BELT. NOW, WE ARE MISSING A SEAT BELT AND TOYOTA REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT WAS A DEFECT AND/OR REPLACE IT.

CABLE ON DRIVER SIDE SLIDING POWER DOOR IS DEFECTIVE. DOOR NO LONGER FUNCTIONS PROPERLY.

TAKATA RECALL AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. HAD DIAGNOSTIC SCAN RAN AND FOUND CODE FOR SQUIB CABLE OR CLOCK SPRING IS BAD. CAR IS ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD WITH A LITTLE OVER 60K MILES. THIS CABLE IS MANUFACTURER BUILT FOR THIS SPECIFIC VAN AND COST ALMOST $700! I CAME IN FOR A RECALL ON MY TAKATA PASSENGER AIRBAGS AND WOUND UP DROPPING MORE MONEY! I HAVE WAITED FOR ALMOST A WEEK FOR RECALL. NOW I'M WAITING LONGER FOR THIS REPLACEMENT.

SLIDING DOOR ISSUES - THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING ISSUES I WAS HAVING WITH GETTING THE SLIDING DOORS ON MY 2014 TOYOTA SIENNA FIXED. THE ORIGINAL RECALL DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, THE TWO WARRANTY ENHANCEMENTS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND IT WAS FINALLY DETERMINED THAT THE SLIDING DOOR HINGES WERE THE PROBLEM. I REACHED OUT TO TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION AFTER HAVING NO LUCK DEALING WITH THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THE GENTLEMEN I WORKED WITH ON MY COMPLAINT WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE HINGES REPLACED ON BOTH SLIDING DOORS FOR $140 VS $758 AND THEY ARE NOW WORKING AS THEY SHOULD.

THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO AN EARLIER COMPLAINT REGARDING THE SLIDING DOORS ON MY 2014 TOYOTA SIENNA NOT CLOSING. THEIR WAS A RECALL AND WARRANTY EXTENSIONS ISSUED. I HAD THE RECALL ISSUE ADDRESSED, WHICH DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, SO AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER TO TAKE CARE OF THE WARRANTY EXTENSIONS ADDRESSED, AND STILL NOT FIXED. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT UNTIL I GET THE HINGES ON THESE DOORS REPLACED THE PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE. SO, AFTER ALL THAT, I AM TOLD THAT THE HINGES ARE THE PROBLEM! THE WARRANTY COVERAGE PROGRAM I PURCHASED DOES NOT COVER THE HINGES (I PURCHASED ONE OF THE BEST WARRANTIES) AND THE HINGES ARE GOING TO COST ME $758. SHOULDN'T THEIR BE A RECALL ON THE HINGES TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM? I SURE AM HOPING SO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 TOYOTA SIENNA EQUIPPED WITH PRIMEWELL VALERA TOURING II TIRES, SIZE: 235/60R17. WHILE DRIVING, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TOYOTA OF MUSCATINE (LOCATED AT 3000 N HWY 38, MUSCATINE, IA 52761) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES HAD CRACKS AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED FIRESTONE COMPLETE AUTO CARE AND SCHEDULED A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE TIRE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17T013000 (TIRES). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO CALL THE DEALER. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE UNKNOWN. *DT*JB

VEHICLE STOPPED ABRUPTLY WITH A SHAKE WHILE REDUCING SPEED AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. A MILD BURNING SMELL CAME OUT FROM THE HOOD. THE CAR WAS SERVICED ONE MONTH BACK AND AS PART OF IT THEY DID 128 POINT( DO NOT REMEMBER EXACT NUMBER ) AND ALL REPORTED ISSUES WERE FIXED. AROUND $1000/- WAS SPENT ON THE CAR. SINCE BATTERY WAS JUST 1 YEAR OLD, I DID NOT EXPECT A PROBLEM WITH THE BATTERY AS WELL. STILL I SWITCHED OFF ALL LIGHTS AND TRIED TO RESTART. THERE WAS NO FURTHER RESPONSE FROM THE VEHICLE. I WAS BLOCKING TRAFFIC FROM BEHIND AND POLICE CAME TO CONTROL TRAFFIC. ONLY OPTION WAS TO TOW THE VEHICLE. I TOOK IT TO THE SAME TOYOTA AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER WHERE I DID THE PREVIOUS SERVICE ( I HAD PURCHASED THE CAR FROM THE SAME DEALER ). NEXT DAY TOYOTA SERVICE STAFF CALLED ME AND ASKED DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED. BY EVENING THEY SAID THAT SOME SPRING BREAK IN CYLINDER 4 WHICH CLOGGED AT SOME OTHER PART WITHIN THE ENGINE. IN THE PROCESS, THERE ARE SCRATCHES IN OTHER PARTS AND THE ENGINE OIL WAS FILLED WITH METAL PARTS. SENIOR TECHNICIAN SAID THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE AND THEY HAVE INVITED TOYOTA FIELD ENGINEER TO COME AND INSPECT THE ENGINE AND ASSOCIATED ISSUES. PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT IS THAT THE ENGINE MIGHT NEED A REPLACEMENT AS CHANGING FEW PARTS MAY NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO KEEP THE VEHICLE SAFE BACK ON STREET. INCIDENT HAPPENED IN CITY STREET AND WHEN THE SPEED WAS LOWERED TO 20. TODAY IS MONDAY, BUT TOYOTA DEALER WHO IS DOING THE SERVICE HAS NOT UPDATED ME YET WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF COMPLETE PROBLEM NOR THE TIME THEY NEED. I AM HEART BROKEN TO HEAR THAT THE ROUGH ORDER MAGNITUDE COST TO FIX THE CAR IS BETWEEN $18K TO $20K.

MY CAR HAS BOTH SIDES POWER SLINGING DOOR IS UNABLE TO BE OPENED AND CLOSED WHEN COMMANDED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE FUEL DOOR OPENED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MAC HAIK TOYOTA (2112 GULF FWY S, LEAGUE CITY, TX 77573, (281)-884-3744), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR WARRANTIES FOR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO A FRACTURED CABLE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE DOOR WAS EXTREMELY HEAVY AND COULD ONLY BE OPENED AND CLOSED MANUALLY. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER (NORTH HILLS TOYOTA, 711 BROWNS LN, PITTSBURGH, PA) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.