2010 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

DRIVER SIDE DOOR CABLE SNAPS MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO TOTALLY OPEN DOOR. WOULD BE DANGEROUS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY EXIT.

DRIVER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR CABLE BROKE AFTER ONLY 6 YEARS AND 100,000 MILES. MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN DOOR AS CABLE WAS CAUGHT IN DOOR. CAR WAS STATIONARY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS WERE DEACTIVATED EVEN THOUGH A 130 LB PASSENGER WAS SEATED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. AFTER SWITCHING PASSENGERS, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG OPERATED NORMALLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE MALFUNCTION RECURRED, ALTHOUGH THE PASSENGER SEAT WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 213 LBS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWO OTHER TIMES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS KEPT FOR OVER A MONTH, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. UPDATED 10/13/16*LJ

MY VEHICLE IS 2010 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE AND HAVE 50,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY SUDDENLY CAR STOPPED ENGINE RAVS BUT CAR WONT MOVE. WE TOWED THE CAR TO DEALER AND DEALER SUGGESTED VAN NEEDS NEW TRANSMISSION AND WE CONTACTED TOYOTA CORPORATION AND THEY WONT COVER THIS UNDER WARRANTY.

AT 102000 MILES LEFT POWER SLIDING DOOR CABLE BROKE DURING NORMAL OPERATION. IN ITS BROKEN STATE DOOR ONLY OPENS MANUALLY ABOUT 7 ITO 8 INCHES AND ONLY WITH SOME FORCE. THE CABLE MAY HAVE BROKEN ON THE PREVIOUS CYCLING OF THE DOOR. THAT IS NOT KNOWN. THE PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED WHEN UPON STOPPING TO EXIT THE DOOR. NOT KNOWING WHY THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN, I PROCEEDED TO OPEN IT MANUALLY. DOOR SLID OPEN WITH A BIT OF FORCE REQUIRED THEN STOPPED. NO ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF FORCE WOULD ALLOW IT TO OPEN FURTHER. THE SAFETY CONCERN IS: HAD PASSENGERS NEEDED TO ESCAPE RAPIDLY, AND NOT KNOWN THE CABLE WAS BROKEN, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BARRED FROM EXITING RAPIDLY FROM THE TWO ROWS OF SEATS.

BOTH POWER DOORS BROKE THE SAME WAY. THE CABLE FRAYED AND WAS PULLED INTO THE DOOR BY THE MOTOR. THE DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN AT ALL UNTIL SERVICED, WHICH CAUSED A SAFETY CONCERN! THE FIX WAS ESTIMATED AT $1,500 PER DOOR.

2010 SIENNA SPARE TIRE RECALL: MY SPARE TIRE COMPLETELY FELL OFF MY CAR WHEN I WAS DRIVING - NOT SURE IF IT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT OR DEATH BEHIND MY CAR. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY APPLIED THE RECALL FOR THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER, BUT THEY GAVE ME MY VEHICLE BACK WITHOUT A SPARE TIRE. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 2 WEEKS WITH 4 KIDS IN MY CAR WITHOUT A SPARE TIRE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, MADE WORSE BY INCOMPETENT DEALER PERSONNEL. I WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO BUY A NEW SPARE TIRE. AFTER ESCALATING THE ISSUE THROUGH THE TOYOTA CALL CENTER, THEY ARE NOW OFFERING ME A USED SPARE TIRE AS A REPLACEMENT. REPLACEMENT SPARE TIRE SHOULD NOT BE CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITY DUE TO CARRIER FAILURE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COULD HAVE CAUSED DEATH BEHIND MY CAR. RECOMMEND THAT NHTSA FORCE TOYOTA TO MAKE SPARE TIRE REPLACEMENT PART OF OFFICIAL RECALL OR EDUCATE DEALERS ON HOW TO AUTHORIZE IMMEDIATE REPLACEMENT.

PUSHED THE BUTTON TO CLOSE THE DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR AND THE CABLE BROKE LEAVING THE DOOR STUCK HALF-OPEN AND HALF-CLOSED.

ABOUT 20 MINUTES AWAY FROM HOME WE HEARD SOME "GROWLING" AND "TICKING" NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. NO INSTRUMENT WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. AS WE PULLED INTO OUR STEEP DRIVEWAY, THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT STARTED TO BLINK. WE SHUT THE ENGINE. UPON INSPECTION, THE OIL DIPSTICK APPEARED DRY. I ADDED ABOUT 4 QTS OF OIL, AND STARTED THE ENGINE. IT SOUNDED NORMAL, AND NO WARNING LIGHT WAS DISPLAYED. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO A LEVEL AREA AND CHECKED OIL AGAIN. I ADDED ANOTHER QUART - OIL WAS BETWEEN THE MARKS ON THE DIPSTICK. I NOTICED LIGHT DRIPPING FROM THE FRONT AREA OF THE ENGINE, NEAR THE OIL COOLER. I THEN DROVE THE CAR TO THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP (ABOUT 4 MILES AWAY). ENGINE SOUNDED OK, NO WARNING LIGHTS. NEXT DAY I WAS TOLD THAT THE OIL LINE TO THE OIL COOLER IS LEAKING, AND THERE'S DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE DUE TO RUNNING WITH NO OIL. I ASSUME THAT THE ENGINE OPERATED WITH NO OIL WHEN WE HEARD NOISES - BUT HOW COULD THE OIL LEAK OUT AND RUN THE ENGINE DRY FOR 15 MINUTES *BEFORE* THE LIGHT CAME ON? HOW COMMON IS THE PROBLEM OF THE OIL-COOLER HOSE FAILING? DOES THIS MODEL SHARE THE SAME ENGINE AS THE LEXUS RX350? IF SO - IS THE PROBLEM RELATED (I READ THAT MANY RX350 OWNERS COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS) ?