2006 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

2006 TOYOTA SIENNA MINIVAN. BOTH SIDE SLIDING DOORS FAIL TO CLOSE PROPERLY. UNABLE TO MANUALLY CLOSE. DOOR WILL SLIDE OPEN. REPAIRED DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR IN 2008. NOW IN JULY 2010, PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR DID NOT CLOSE BUT HAD BEEN REPAIRED BUT NOW AGAIN IN DECEMBER 2010 DOOR CONTINUES TO NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. *TR

THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S FRONT SEAT AIR BAGS BOTH FAILED. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR IMPACT. THE ONLY INDICATION OF A PROBLEM WAS THE ILLUMINATED AIR BAG INDICATOR WARNING LIGHT IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. BOTH AIR BAGS REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AT A COST TO THE OWNER OF $1,273. TOYOTA DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY AND REQUIRED THE OWNER TO PAY THE ENTIRE $1,273 CHARGE. AFTER THE OWNER CONTACTED TOYOTA NATIONAL CUSTOMER RELATIONS, A $500 TOYOTA MERCHANDISE CREDIT WAS OFFERED, WHICH THE OWNER IS UNLIKELY TO USE DUE TO THE OWNER'S RELUCTANCE TO PURCHASE ANY TOYOTA PRODUCT IN THE FUTURE. UPDATED 01/23/10 UPDATED 01/20/11. *JB

WHILE STARTING FORWARD AFTER LOADING GRANDSON IN DRIVER SIDE SECOND ROW OF SEATS DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR OPENED HALF WAY(DOORS ARE ELECTRICALLY OPERATED). I STOPPED AND ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE DOOR AUTOMATICALLY. DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE BUT REMAINED HALF OPEN. TRIED MANUAL OPERATION TO NO AVAIL. CALLED TOW TRUCK. TOW TRUCK OPERATOR EXAMINED DOOR AND SAID THAT THE CABLE THAT OPERATES DOOR WAS JAMMED AND THE ONLY WAY TO CLOSE DOOR WAS TO CUT CABLE. AFTER CUTTING CABLE DOOR CLOSED MANUALLY. DROVE HOME. IF DOOR HAD OPENED AT SPEED ON HIGHWAY IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED GREAT DANGER AS MY GRANDSON WAS SITTING NEXT TO DOOR. CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AT TOYOTA TO COMPLAIN. WAS GIVEN NO EXPLANATION. *TR

OUR 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA HAD ONE OF THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR CABLES SNAP AT APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES. WE CONTACTED TOYOTA, HOWEVER AT THIS TIME IT IS NOT A CONCERN OF THEIRS. WITH THE CABLE BROKEN IT MAKES THE DOOR EXTREMELY HEAVY AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE AUTO-SLIDE ON. I FEEL IT IS WAY TO DANGEROUS FOR MY 2 OR 5 YR OLD TO USE THE DOOR! WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FOR $35,000+ WITH THE SLIDING DOORS BEING ONE OF ITS HIGHEST SELLING POINTS IN OUR EYES. WE ARE HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED IN TOYOTA'S REPAIR COST OF OVER $1,500, BUT MOST OF ALL THEIR LACK OF CONCERN FOR SAFETY AS MOST MINIVAN OWNERS HAVE SMALL CHILDREN! *TR

I OWN A 2006 SIENNA WITH 90K+ MILES, I'M OUT OF WARRANTY, ALTHOUGH I HAVE PLATINUM EXTENDED WARRANTY MY REPAIR WAS NOT TOTALLY COVERED. I TOOK MY VAN IN TO DEALER BECAUSE MY AIRBAG LIGHT WAS FLASHING, AFTER DIAGNOSED I WAS TOLD 1 OF THE SEAT AIRBAGS WAS BAD AND ALSO THE ENTIRE AIRBAG WIRE HARNESS WAS BAD. SERVICE MANAGER AT DEALER CONTACTED TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS TO HELP ME OUT, WHICH HE DID, THEY WILL PAY FOR PARTS AND I WILL PAY FOR REPAIR, $1327. I CONTACTED TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS MYSELF, I WAS TOLD THAT IN FACT MY AIRBAG SYSTEM WAS DEFECTIVE AND THAT SINCE I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, THEM PAYING FOR THE PARTS WAS THE BEST THEY COULD DO. I WAS THEN CONTACTED BY A TOYOTA PARTS SPECIALIST WHO ADVISED ME THAT THE WIRE HARNESS FOR MY VAN WAS ON ORDER, EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT THE REPAIRING DEALER APPROXIMATELY 12/15. THE REPAIRING DEALER CONTACTED ME AS WELL AND TOLD ME THAT THE WIRE HARNESS WAS PLACED ON ORDER EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON 12/15, AND THAT THEY HAD PUT IN AS A RUSH. ON 12/15 THE SAME TOYOTA PARTS SPECIALIST LEFT ME A VOICEMAIL ON MY CELLPHONE ADVISING ME THAT IN FACT THE PART (WIRE HARNESS) SHOWED AS SHIPPED TO DEALER IN THEIR DATABASE, HOWEVER THIS WAS NOT ACCURATE HE SAID "THE PART (WIRE HARNESS) HAS NOT BEEN EVEN MANUFACTURED YET". ALTHOUGH TOYOTA HAS PUT ME ON A RENTAL CAR, IT IS VERY CONCERNING TO ME AND MY FAMILY THAT TOYOTA HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH A FIX INVOLVING A SAFETY ISSUE, WITH A MALFUNCTIONING WIRE HARNESS THE AIRBAGS ARE INOPERABLE. I THINK THAT TOYOTA SHOULDN'T BE BRAGGING ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY AS IN MY CASE, THEY HAVE A MALFUNCTIONING PART WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN USED AND CANNOT BE USED, WORST YET THEY CAN'T FIX. *TR

THE GAS IN THE LIFT GATE SUPPORT OF THE BACK DOOR ESCAPED 3 YEARS AFTER I BOUGHT IT. *TR

THE AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON, I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND AS OF TODAY THE LIGHT IS STILL GOING ON. IS MY AIR BAG WORKING? NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. THE DEALER HAS RE-SET THE LIGHT AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND CHANGED THE AIR BAG, THIS HAS BEEN AND ON-GOING PROBLEM . *TR

HAVE 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH DRIVER'S SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR NOT CLOSING INTERMITTENTLY. TOOK TO TOYOTA DEALER FOR REPAIR WAS TOLD DOOR HINGE AND BUSHING FAILED AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT. HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT HINGE NOT COVERED. APPARENTLY THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM WITH TOYOTA SIENNA. *TR

STARTED MY VAN, THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STARTED TO FLASH. DROVE HOME AND LIGHT CONTINUED TO FLASH. I PARKED, TURNED OFF THE VAN AND WAITED FOR A MINUTE THEN RESTARTED TO SEE IF THE LIGHT WOULD GO OUT. NO LUCK, THE LIGHT CONTINUED TO FLASH.

I HAVE 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA LE VAN AND THE SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR HAS STOPPED WORKING. THE DOOR IS FROZEN IN OPEN POSITION AND WILL NOT CLOSE. THE MOTOR WILL MOVE IT A LITTLE BEFORE FREEZING. THIS IS A GARAGED VEHICLE THAT HAS NO ICE. *TR