2006 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

2006 TOYOTA SIENNA HAD FLASHING AIRBAG LIGHT ON DASH IN 2009 AT 48K MILES. BAD SENSOR WAS DISCOVERED BY TOYOTA DEALER SERVICE DEPT AND REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. 2 YEARS LATER AND 88K MILES, AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHING AGAIN AND TOYOTA DEALER SERVICE DEPT DIAGNOSES AN "OPEN CIRCUIT" AND CAUSE BEING A FAULTY WIRING HARNESS FOR THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. ESTIMATED COST $1800 SINCE VEHICLE IS 6 MONTHS PAST WARRANTY. I CONTACTED TOYOTA FOR POSSIBLE APPEAL TO COVER COST OF REPAIR OF SAFETY SYSTEM. HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM TOYOTA IF THEY WILL COVER THE COST OF THE REPAIR. *TR

SIENNA 2006 MODEL BACK DOOR IS SHUTTING/CLOSING DOWN. I WAS CAUGHT IN BETWEEN AND IT SHUTS DOWN QUICK AND HARD. *TR

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHES. TAKEN THE CAR IN TWICE ALREADY TO FIX IT. WENT ON AGAIN LAST WEEK. NOW I AM OUT OF WARRANTY.... HOPE THEY WILL FIX IT AGAIN SINCE IT IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. IT IS SCARY TO DRIVE THE CAR IF YOU THINK THE AIR BAG MAY GO OFF AT ANY TIME ! TOYOTA NEEDS TO TELL THE DEALERSHIP HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM! ISN'T REPLACING THE "PART" TWO TIMES ENOUGH ALREADY?? MY CAR HAS 80K MILES ON IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WHEN THE REAR LIFTGATE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE WAS ENGAGED THE AUTOMATIC DOOR ABRUPTLY CLOSED ON THE HAND OF A PASSENGER, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE AUTOMATIC DOOR WAS REPROGRAMMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 98,000.

2006 TOYOTA SIENNA (APPROX. 89,000 MILES) SUDDENLY HAD FLASHING AIRBAG LIGHT COME ON APRIL 25, 2011. VEHICLE IS SINGLE OWNER, PERSONAL USE. NEVER INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENTS. TOOK TO DEALER, WAS TOLD THAT AIR BAG HARNESS AND FRONT AIRBAG WIRING WAS BAD, ENTIRE SYSTEM WOULD NEED REPLACED FOR ABOUT $2,400. SPOKE WITH TOYOTA CORPORATE OFFICE, THEY OFFERED TO BY FOR 50% OF REPAIR. HAD SERVICE MANAGER AT DEALERSHIP CONTACT DISTRICT SERVICE PARTS MANAGER TO APPEAL FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM TOYOTA, AGAIN WAS TOLD THAT ONLY 50% OF COST WOULD BE COVERED BY TOYOTA. THIS ISSUE IS RELATED TO FAULTY WIRING/PARTS AND NOT TO MILEAGE, WHICH IS WHAT I AM REPEATEDLY TOLD IS THE REASON THE REPAIR IS NOT COVERED (OUT OF 5 YEAR/60,000 MILE WARRANTY WINDOW). *TR

TOYOTA SIENNA 2006 REAR BACK DOOR LIFT STRUTS FAILED SUDDENLY. I WAS VISITING LAKE TAHOE AND WHEN I WAS TAKING THE LUGAGGE OFF, SUDDENLY THE DOOR CAME DOWN, LUCKILY MYSELF AND KIDS WERE AWAY OTHERWISE IT MIGHT HAVE FALLEN ON EITHER ME OR MY KIDS, I REPORTED THIS TO TOYOTA DEALER AFTER MY TRIP AND THEY SAY IT IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND WILL COST ME 450 BUGS TO REPLACE THE STRUTS. MY WORRY IS IT SHOULD NOT FALL SUDDENLY, FIX IT BY RECALL IF SOME KIDS COME BETWEEN THE DOOR THEN IT MIGHT BE VERY DANGEROUS. I FEEL THE TOO COLD WEATHER IS THE CULPRIT. *TR

MY WIFE STARTED THE CAR AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. SO WE LOOKED UP IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL AND IT SAID TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN ASAP BECAUSE THE AIR BAGS COULD DEPLOY ON THEIR OWN. WE TOOK VEHICLE TO MILLER TOYOTA IN MANASSAS, VA AND THEY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE BY REPLACING 2 PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS AND THE HARNESS AT A COST OF $2353.70 TO US. SRS WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED FLASHING AFTER START UP. DEALER CONFIRMED ERROR CODE B0111. PASSENGERS AIR BAG AND HARNESS NEEDS REPLACED. THESE ITEMS ARE COVERED WITH "UPDATED PARTS" IN A TOYOTA TSB 0162-10, DATED 02/27/2008, COVERING SIENNA MODEL YEARS 2004 THROUGH 2008. OVER ONE HUNDRED SIMILAR OCCURRENCES ARE FOUND ON VARIOUS SAFETY RELATED AND OWNER BASED INTERNET SITES. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS OEM DEFECT OF A CRITICAL VEHICLE SYSTEM THAT TOYOTA HAS BEEN AWARE OF FOR SOME TIME NOW.

THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS FLASHING ON MY 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA. IT STARTED FLASHING LAST YEAR, THEN STOPPED FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS, AND NOW IT IS FLASHING AGAIN. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THE SAME ISSUE, AND INDICATE THAT IF THIS LIGHT IS FLASHING, THEN THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IN A COLLISION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE SPORADICALLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE COMPLETE SEAT HARNESS FOR THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

AIRBAG SRS LIGHT BEGAN ILLUMINATING WITHOUT ANY PRIOR EVENT. VAN IS CURRENTLY AT DEALER AWAITING SERVICE, HARNESS WIRING PARTS ARE ON BACKORDER. DEALER ADVISES THAT "TOYOTA IS REALLY STEPPING UP ON THIS AND HAS OFFERED TO PAY FOR HALF THE COST OF THE REPAIRS = $1200". *TR