2005 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE MADE A NOISE WHEN SHE TURNED THE IGNITION ON, OFF AND WHEN SHE OPENED AND CLOSED THE ELECTRONIC WINDOWS. SHE ALSO NOTICED A NOISE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL WITH MUCH RESISTANCE. THE CONTACT HAS EXPERIENCED THE FAILURES SINCE JANUARY 2008. THE DEALER TOLD HER THAT THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. SHE HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 32219. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 15,000. UPDATED 3/16/10 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USED TO CLOSED THE TRUNK WAS DEFECTIVE. UPDATED 05/10/10*JB

STEERING IS NO LONGER SMOOTH, ESPECIALLY AT LOW SPEED, FEELS LIKE IT KINKS.... BEEN LIKE THIS FOR ABOUT A YEAR (DATE IS ESTIMATE) MATCHES DESCRIPTION HERE: EA08- 024 2004-2006 TOYOTA SIENNA STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT BINDING 28-OCT-2008. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHE WAS DRIVING OVER ROUGH SURFACES, BUMPS OR POTHOLES AND TRYING TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, SHE NOTICED A GRINDING SOUND AND THE BRAKE WOULD NOT SEEM TO ENGAGE IMMEDIATELY. SHE STATED THAT THE CONDITION SEEMED TO EXIST ON EXTREMELY BUMPY ROADS. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP 3-4 TIMES AND THE BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED AND ROTORS WERE RESURFACED. HOWEVER, THE ISSUE WAS STILL PRESENT AFTER THE REPAIRS. SHE HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 76,500. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 43,000.

TOYOTA SIENNA 2005. INTERMITTENTLY THE CAR ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN. HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I BOUGHT IT. NEVER THOUGHT MUCH ABOUT IT, BECAUSE IT WOULD SLOW DOWN WHEN I PUT ON BRAKES. IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT PROBLEMS WITH OTHER MODELS, I THINK THIS IS PART OF THE PROBLEM. THE CAR FEELS AS IF IT WAS ON CRUISE CONTROL, GETTING UP TO SPEED. HOWEVER, I HAVE NEVER USED CRUISE CONTROL AS I DON'T LIKE IT. IS THERE A LINK BETWEEN THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THESE PROBLEMS? *TR

TOYOTA SIENNA MINI VAN REAR PASSENGER DOORS LOCK AND WILL NOT OPEN I OWN TWO TO DIFFERENT YEARS SAME PROBLEM DANGEROUS SITUATION IF IN AN EMERGENCY YOU CANNOT GET OUT OF VAN DOORS STILL NOT OPEN TOYOTA DOES NOT CARE. *TR

I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHICH SHOULD JUST BE A MINOR FENDER BENDER BUT LOST ALL BRAKES AND CAUSED MY 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA LIMITED AWD TO JUST KEEP ON GOING UNTIL I HIT A HOUSE AND THAT MADE MY VAN STOP. I WAS RUNNING 25MPH. MY SIENNA WAS TOTALED NOT BECAUSE OF THE INITIAL IMPACT BUT BECAUSE OF THE VAN HITTING THE HOUSE. *TR

2005 TOYOTA SIENNA - SLIDING DOOR SAFETY ISSUE. THE PASSENGER SIDE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR HAS STOPPED WORKING AND AS A RESULT OF THE AUTOMATIC FEATURE THE DOOR IS NOT FUNCTIONING, THAT IS, IT CANNOT BE OPENED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A TOYOTA DEALER ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT IT WAS THE FIRST THEY AND TOYOTA HAS SEEN THIS ISSUE, THAT IT WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE AS I ALLEGED, AND THAT IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE ISSUE IT WOULD COST IN EXCESS OF $1,500. LACK OF FUNCTION & SAFETY ISSUE - I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE GIVEN THE FACT THAT MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED THE SIENNA FOR OUR GROWING YOUNG FAMILY AND IN THE EVENT WE WERE INVOLVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT RESULTING IN A FIRE WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS OUR CHILDREN IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE THROUGH ONE OF THE TWO ACCESS POINTS. BASED UPON MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE AUTHORIZED TOYOTA DEALER I PERFORMED A SEARCH OF THE WEB ONLY TO FIND NUMEROUS FORUMS IN WHICH THIS ISSUE IS DISCUSSED. BASED ON THE NUMBER OF POSTS RELATED TO THIS ISSUE IT APPEARS TO BE WIDE SPREAD. *TR

BRAKES FAIL TO WORK PROPERLY. WHEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND APPLYING THE BRAKES TO SLOW TO A STOP, THE BRAKES FAIL TO ENGAGE PROPERLY SO IT'S LIKE YOU'RE FLOATING UNCONTROLLABLY WHILE APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION AND IT FEELS LIKE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP IN TIME THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WILL STOP, CAUSING EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING WITHIN THE VEHICLE TO LURCH (OR FLY) FORWARD. IN COLD WEATHER, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES TO SLOW TO A STOP, THE BRAKES SHUDDER AND FAIL TO ENGAGE CAUSING ONE TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BRIEFLY I.E. CAN'T BRAKE, CAN'T STEER, CAN'T STOP EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO ICE. I HAVE HAD THESE PROBLEMS PERIODICALLY SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN 2005. I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING I WAS DOING WRONG UNTIL RECENTLY WHEN I READ ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS. I AM CONCERNED I WILL BE UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME AT SOME POINT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *TR

THE AUTOMATIC PASSENGER SIDE VAN DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN AND WAS INDEFINITELY LOCKED AND WOULD NOT OPEN. IT HAD HAPPENED BEFORE BUT SOMEHOW CAME OPEN BY ITSELF. I BROUGHT IT TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND THE MECHANIC SAID THE LATCH ASSEMBLY CAME "LOOSE" BUT WAS NOT "BROKEN." THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A COSTLY FIX AND WOULD NOT COVER IT BY WARRANTY THAT WE HAD PURCHASED SINCE IT WASN'T "BROKEN." I WENT STRAIGHT INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO CANCEL THE REST OF MY WARRANTY AS THIS WASN'T THE ONLY TIME IT HAD SUDDENLY LOCKED ON ME. THE OTHER DOOR ALSO STILL DOES IT SPORADICALLY AND SOMEHOW COMES OPEN. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN, HE WOULD "BREAK" IT HIMSELF SO THAT I COULD GET THE WARRANTY BUT HE SAID THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. IT BROKE THE FOLLOWING WEEK OR "CAME LOOSE" AGAIN. WARRANTY WAS NO PROBLEM THIS TIME BECAUSE THE SALESMEN INSIDE CALLED THE GARAGE. I HAVE READ ABOUT OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM THESE SIENNAS ONLINE ABOUT THE DOOR NOT OPENING AND LOCKING UP. OUR OTHER DOOR WHICH IS NOT AUTOMATIC, STILL LOCKS UP SPORADICALLY. THIS IS A COSTLY FIX $800 IF ONE DOES NOT HAVE INSURANCE. I WOULD SUGGEST LOOKING INTO THIS AS WELL. THEY SEEM TO TRY TO COVER THINGS UP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND MOVED TO ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD; HOWEVER, AFTER THE ENGINE SHUT OFF IT RESET AND BEGAN DRIVING NORMALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DUPLICATE FAILURE OCCURRED IN 2009 AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STUCK. THE CONTACT HAD TO REACH DOWN AND PULL THE PEDAL FROM THE STUCK POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT LEAST THREE TO FOUR TIMES. THE TOYOTA MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.