2006 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

AIRBAG LIGHT WARNING LIGHT WAS FLASHING, STARTED JUST AFTER 60K MI. WENT TO DEALER TO HAVE DIAGNOSED. B0111, B0116 CODES. COMPUTER AT DEALER STATES THAT DRIVER'S SIDE WIRING SQUIB IS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE BECAUSE REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS WERE AVAILABLE WITHOUT TAKING APART MY VEHICLE. WARRANTY ON THIS PART WAS EXTENDED TO 60K, BUT DEALER WILL NOT COVER REPAIR AT 61K. LOOKING INTO IT FURTHER, DEALERSHIP CHOSE NOT TO COVER BECAUSE MY VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN SERVICED AT THAT DEALERSHIP (35 MILES FROM MY HOME AND OVER A MOUNTAIN PASS). ONLY OWNED VEHICLE FOR A YEAR. QUOTED PRICE OF $2600 TO REPAIR. IN THE MEANTIME, ENTIRE AIRBAG SYSTEM ON VEHICLE IS DISABLED. PART IS BACK-ORDERED, DEALER DID NOT HAVE A SENSE OF WHEN IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE. *TT

THE POWERED SLIDING DOOR WAS STUCK HALFWAY OPEN. I SHUT THE POWER TO THE DOOR OFF USING THE BUTTON BY THE STEERING WHEEL AND TRIED TO CLOSED THE DOOR, RESULTING IN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL SNAPPING OFF AND JUST MISSING MY EYE. THERE IS CABLE THAT THE DOOR SLIDES ON THAT IS DAMAGED AND FRAYED. THIS IS PREVENTING THE DOOR FROM OPENING AND CLOSING PROPERLY, EVEN MANUALLY. THE DEALER WANTS $1200 TO REPAIR THE DOOR, OR $150 TO REMOVE THE POWER AND USE THE DOOR MANUALLY. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE SRS FAILURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN THE DEALER, BUT THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 67,000.

THE MOTOR ON THE SLIDING POWER DOOR FAILED. I CALLED TOYOTA AND WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO REPAIR IT. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON MY CAR BUT IT IS NOT A COVERED COMPONENT. *TT

UPON RETURNING HOME FROM PICKING UP MY CHILD AT SCHOOL, I WAS UNABLE TO CLOSE THE LEFT SLIDING DOOR TO THE VAN. I TRIED WITH ALL OF THE BUTTONS (VAN, DOOR FRAME, REMOTE - I EVEN DISABLED THE AUTOMATIC DOOR AND TRIED MANUALLY), BUT NOTHING WORKED. IT WOULD CLOSE ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WAY AND THAT WAS IT. I CONTACTED TOYOTA USA AND AT FIRST, THE MAN WITH WHOM I SPOKE INFERRED THAT THIS WAS NOT A PROBLEM HE HAD HEARD ABOUT. AFTER SOME TIME, HE ADMITTED THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE PAST. AT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE PLASTIC PIECE THAT GOES ON THE CABLE IS KNOWN TO BREAK, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED TO MY VAN. THESE PLASTIC PIECES FELL INTO THE MOTOR, WHICH MADE IT MALFUNCTION. IN ORDER FOR THE AUTOMATIC DOOR TO SHUT AGAIN, I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE MOTOR AND CABLE ACCORDING TO THE TECHNICIAN. THE ESTIMATE GIVEN WAS APPROX. $2300. THIS IS NOT AN UNKNOWN PROBLEM TO TOYOTA; THE DESIGN TEAM RECOGNIZED THIS ISSUE AND MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO LATER MODELS YET THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL ISSUED. HAD I BEEN OUT WITH ONE OR BOTH OF MY CHILDREN, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED, UNABLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR - AUTOMATICALLY OR MANUALLY. THE DOOR WOULD NOT SHUT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS ISSUE INVESTIGATED AND FOR TOYOTA TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

THE REAR GATE STRUTS / SUSPENSION HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED. THE STRUTS WILL NOT HOLD OPEN THE REAR GATE AT ALL. MY WIFE AND CHILDREN HAVE GREAT DIFFICULTY (IN MANY INSTANCES IT IS IMPOSSIBLE AND / OR DANGEROUS) HOLDING OPEN THE GATE WITH ONE HAND OR HEAD AND TRYING TO LOAD OR UNLOAD SIMULTANEOUSLY. IT APPEARS THAT THERE WAS A PARTIAL RECALL FOR SIENNAS WITH THE POWER LIFTGATE, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A POWER LIFTGATE. *TR

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT LIT AND DID NOT DISAPPEAR FOR ABOUT 3 DAYS. TWO DAYS LATER THE LIGHT APPEARED AGAIN AND STAYED ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN TO A TOYOTA DEALER WHO SAID THAT THE AIRBAG SENSOR AND AIRBAG WERE FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS JUST A MONTH OVER 5 YEARS AND ONLY HAD 45000 MILES ON IT! FROM RESEARCHING THE INTERNET THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL. *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING IN MY VAN. CHECKED MANUAL AND WAS ADVISED TO TAKE IMMEDIATELY TO DEALER FOR SERVICE. DEALERSHIP PULLED A B0111 CODE FROM THE VAN. WE WERE ADVISED IT WOULD BE APPROX $4700 FOR REPLACING THE SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG AND WIRING HARNESS. NEITHER ITEM IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND I WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE DEALERSHIP TO CONTACT MY PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANY TO COVER THE ITEM. PRIVATE INSURANCE WILL NOT COVER THE ISSUE DUE TO NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. OUR VAN HAS 56000 MILES AND HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT (THANK GOODNESS) OR BEEN DAMAGED DUE TO FLOOD, FIRE, OR ANYTHING ELSE. MY WIFE WAS ALSO TOLD OF A TSB BY THE DEALER OUT ON AIR BAGS FOR TOYOTA, BUT OUR SIENNA DID NOT MEET THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE TSB. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM WE WERE TOLD THE HIGH COSTS WERE DUE TO EXTENSIVE LABOR FOR REMOVING THE FRONT END OF THE CAR IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE HARNESS. OBVIOUSLY DUE TO NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS HARNESS. THE HARNESS SEEMS TO BE FAILING AT AN ALARMING RATE AND ALL SHORTLY AFTER 50000 MILES. AFTER ALL THE OTHER PROBLEMS TOYOTA HAD WITH SAFETY ISSUES IT WOULD SEEM THAT THIS WOULD BE AN ISSUE THEY WOULD ADDRESS, BUT NO ONE AT TOYOTA IS GIVING IT MUCH ATTENTION. *KB

BOTH OF MY MANUAL SLIDING DOORS ON THIS VEHICLE WILL NOT OPEN FROM EITHER THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. I WENT TO TOYOTA OF ON 9/10/11 WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE NOT OPENING-THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR YEARS. THEY DENIED BEING ABLE TO FIX IT ON A GOODWILL POLICY DESPITE THE CHRONIC PROBLEMS. BY THE TIME I RETURNED HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR NO LONGER OPENS. NOW I HAVE TO TRANSPORT 6 CHILDREN IN MY VAN AND BOTH SLIDING DOORS WON'T OPEN. THEY HAVE TO ENTER/EXIT FROM THE FRONT SEAT/REAR HATCH-MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS $650 PER DOOR TO FIX THE PROBLEM-$ I DON'T HAVE. I AM FURIOUS AND FRUSTRATED-WILL NEVER BUY TOYOTA AGAIN-WE DIDN'T OPT FOR THE ELECTRIC DOOR SO THAT WE WOULD AVOID DOOR PROBLEMS-NOW WHAT? *TT

VAN PRESENTED A FLASHING SRS LIGHT THAT REMAINED FLASHING DURING OPERATION. VEHICLE MANUAL RECOMMENDATION WAS TO TAKE TO DEALER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER 9/6/2011. WAS INFORMED THAT CODE B0111 WAS PULLED DURING ANALYSIS. VEHICLE NEEDS DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG REPLACED AND FLOOR WIRE. ESTIMATED COST $2573.49. WITHOUT REPAIR, AIRBAGS ARE INOPERABLE. TOYOTA ISSUED A TSB (EL001-08) FEBRUARY 27, 2008; HOWEVER, THE TSB DID NOT EXTEND WARRANTY COVERAGE FOR THIS FAILURE. NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS IS AN APPARENT DEFECT DUE TO THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FOUND ONLINE. *TR