2005 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA . WHILE APPROACHING A COMPLETE STOP THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD. CONSEQUENTLY HE CRASHED INTO SOME BUSHES, AND THEN INTO A BOULDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TOYOTA DEALER, AND A TECHNICIAN REPAIRED THE FRONT BUMPER AND ALL OTHER BODY DAMAGES. THE TECHNICIAN THEN ADDED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECENT TOYOTA RECALL FOR THE FLOOR MATS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52000 . THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55000. UPDATED 3/16/10 *CN UPDATED 07/27/10*JB

THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDE DOOR LOCKED UP DUE TO A CABLE THAT RUSTED AND FELL APART. THE DOOR WILL ONLY OPEN ABOUT 6 INCHES ON THE MANUAL SETTING; NOT ENOUGH TO ENTER OR EXIT THE VEHICLE. *TR

REPLACED COMPLETE STEERING MECHANISM - SHAFT AND GEAR AFTER MAKING SOME NOISE. THE STEERING WILL LOCK OR HARD TO TURN DURING DRIVING. *TR

TOYOTA SIENNA XLE 2005 WITH AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOORS- CABLE SNAPPED ON DRIVER SIDE DOOR. I CAN NOT OPEN THE DOOR NOW. TOYOTA TELLS ME IT WILL COST $1500 TO FIX- COME ON- IT IS A 1/4" CABLE AND THEY TELL ME THE ENTIRE DOOR MOTOR-WHICH APPEARS TO WORK FINE HAS TO BE REPLACED. I FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE MANY WITH THE EXACT SAME COMPLAINT. THIS IS SHODDY WORKMANSHIP AND A BIG RIP OFF. *TR

THE REAR TAILGATE/HATCH HAS FAILED AND CLOSES ON THE PERSON UNDERNEATH. I TOOK IT TO TOYOTA BECAUSE I HAD HEARD OF A RECALL, BUT THEY HAVE INFORMED ME THAT THE RECALL ONLY INVOLVED STRUTS/PISTONS ON THE AUTOMATIC DOORS - WHAT ABOUT THE MANUALLY OPERATED TAILGATE/HATCH ON THESE VEHICLES? LUCKILY THE PERSON THAT GOT HIT BY THE HATCH WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. BOTH STRUTS/PISTONS HAVE FAILED AND TOYOTA WANTS $360.00 TO REPAIR IT. CAN YOU ADVISE OF ANY OTHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN FILED? *TR

BOUGHT A NEW TOYOTA SIENNA FROM ALDERMAN'S IN RUTLAND VT. IT IS A 2005 MODEL. EGGRESS TO THE BACK TWO ROWS OF SEATS IS BY MEANS OF TWO LARGE ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED DOORS. ONE CAN NOT BE OPENED AT ALL AND HAS TO BE REPLACED. DEALER SAYS THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT THEY HAVE ENCOUNTERED BEFORE. THE OTHER HE MANAGED TO GET OPERABLE BUT MY WIFE HAS TROUBLE GETTING THE DOOR SHUT AS IT IS VERY STIFF. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE A MULTI PASSENGER VEHICLE THAT MOST PASSENGERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF IN AN EMERGENCY. THIS IS A SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON GIVEN THAT IT IS A FREQUENT KNOWN PROBLEM WITH A HIGH POTENTIAL OF BEING DANGEROUS.L. IT HAS BEEN A MONTH NOW SINCE THE DEALER SAID HE WOULD ORDER THE PARTS, I HAVE HEARD NOTHINGPARTS AND CALL ME WHEN THEY COME IN. HE HAS NOT CALLED. *TR

JULY 2008 I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA I WAS ON THE RAMP TO ENTER THE HIGHWAY DOING 35MPH WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY JUMPED TO 75MPH WITHOUT ME TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL. I STAYED CALM BECAUSE MY KIDS WERE IN THE CAR WITH AND I DIDN'T WANT TO SCARE THEM. THANK GOD I JUMPED IN THE NEXT LANE WHERE WERE NOT TO MANY CARS AND JUST PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL HARD THANK GOD THE CAR SLOWED DOWN . I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. I TOOK TO THE MECHANIC HE FOUND NOTHING OUT OF PLACE . IT LATER HAPPENED AGAIN MAYBE TWO WEEKS LATE THIS TIME I WAS ON CITY STREETS AND DID THE BASICALLY THE SAME THING AS BEFORE. I RECENTLY SAW REPORTS AND I WAS NOT ALONE AND WAS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH THE TOYOTA SYSTEM. PLEASE DO SOMETHING BEFORE ANY MORE PEOPLE GET HURT. *TR

2005 SIENNA XLE LIMITED. IN OCTOBER OF 2009 THE CABLE TO THE DRIVERS SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR BECAME TANGLED AND SNAPPED. CAUSED THE DOOR TO BE FROZEN IN A HALF OPEN POSITION. SEEMS VERY EARLY IN THE LIFE OF THE CAR (50,400 MILES) TO HAVE SOMETHING SO MAJOR GO WRONG. *TR

I OWN A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE. THE PLASTIC ON THE SLIDING DOOR CABLE CHIPPED AWAY CAUSING THE CABLE TO BECOME EXPOSED. IT CORRODED AND SNAPPED, WHICH MADE THE DOOR TO STAY WIDE OPEN WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO CLOSE IT BACK MANUALLY. I FOUND OUT THAT SIMILLAR INCIDENT HAPPENED TO LOTS OF OWNERS PUTTING US AND OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES AT RISK. TOYOTA IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY BUT ONLY DOCUMENTING THE COMPLAINTS. *TR

2005 TOYOTA SIENNA DRIVER'S DOOR AND SIDE SLIDER FAIL. DEALER ADVISED THAT THE DRIVERS DOOR WELDS HAVE FAILED. "SAYS" TOYOTA KNOWS ABOUT THE DEFECT AND WILL FIX. WHY WASN'T I ADVISED OF THESE DANGERS OF MY DOOR FAILING BEFORE THIS? SHOULD I HAVE FALLEN OUT OF MY CAR FIRST? *TR