2006 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

2006 TOYOTA SIENNA SEEMS TO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH DRIVER SIDE FRONT DOOR STARTING TO DETERIORATE RESULTING IN A POPPING SOUND COMING OUT AROUND THE HINGE IN THE MIDDLE WHILE OPENING AND CLOSING THE DOOR. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE AND TOYOTA SEEMS TO THINK THIS IS DUE TO CORROSION OR CRACK IN THE FRAME THAT HOLDS THE DOOR. OUR CONCERN IS THAT IF THE POPPING SOUND CAN START OCCURRING DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR USE, THIS COULD RESULT IN BIGGER PROBLEM OVER TIME LIKE EXCESSIVE CORROSION OR CRACK COULD HINDER THE DOOR UNUSABLE. THE REMEDY THAT WE HAVE RESEARCHED ONLINE SEEMS TO BE REPLACING A DOOR AND MAKING A HOLE ON THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE DOOR TO ALLOW THE HINGE TO SLIDE IN AND OUT MORE FREELY. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND ADDRESSED APPROPRIATELY. TOYOTA HAS A TSB OUT FOR THIS BUT NO RECALL. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AS UNUSABLE DRIVER SIDE DOOR COULD BE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE. IN THE LAST YEAR, WHEN MY CAR HAS BEEN OUT IN THE SUN, THE REAR HATCH WILL NOT CLOSE USING THE POWER BUTTONS ON THE KEY FOB OR ON THE FRONT CONSOLE. THE HATCH WILL CLOSE ABOUT 10 DEGREES AND THEN GO BACK UP. MY NEIGHBOR HAS A 2007 TOYOTA SIENNA AND HERS DOES THE EXACT SAME THING. I BROUGHT MY VAN TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WHEN THE REAR HATCH RECALL HAPPENED, BUT THAT REPLACEMENT DID NOT DO ANYTHING FOR MY CAR. I TOOK IT BACK RECENTLY AND HAD NEW SENSORS PUT IT, BUT AGAIN, NO IMPROVEMENT. *TR

I HAD A FAILURE OF A GOODYEAR INTEGRITY TIRE WITH ONLY 29,000 MILES IT. IT HAD UNEVEN TREAD WEAR AND THE WIRE STRANDS POKING OUT FROM A BROKEN STEEL BELT. THIS TIRE WAS ON THE RIGHT REAR POSITION OF MY 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA THIS DEFECTIVE TIRE CAUSED MY SIENNA TO WOBBLE VIOLENTLY WITH SPEEDS ABOVE 35MPH. THIS VIOLENT WOBBLE ALSO CAUSED ABNORMAL TREAD WEAR ON THE INSIDE SURFACE OF ALL FOUR TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. THIS TIRE WAS ONE OF TWO GOODYEAR INTEGRITY TIRES I PURCHASED FROM FOX RIVER TIRE AND SUPPLY ON 5/10/08, WHEN THE VEHICLE MILEAGE WAS 21,059 MILES. THESE TWO TIRES WERE ON THE FRONT AXLE UNTIL I PURCHASED TWO MORE GOODYEAR INTEGRITY TIRES AT ABE AND DOC? S SERVICE, INC. ON 7/16/09 AT A MILEAGE OF 35,247. AT THIS TIME THE SUBJECT TIRE WAS MOVED TO RIGHT REAR POSITION. WHEN THE MILEAGE ON THE 2006 SIENNA REACHED 50,793 THE VEHICLE STARTED WOBBLING VIOLENTLY OVER 35 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ABE AND DOC? S SERVICE, INC. TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT IMPROPER WHEEL ALIGNMENT HAD CAUSED ALL THE TIRES TO WEAR ON THE INSIDE SURFACE AND THAT WIRE STRANDS WERE EXPOSED ON THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. I ASKED IF THE TIRE HAD A ?PRO-RATED ? WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD, NO! IT WAS SUGGESTED I PURCHASE TWO NEW GOODYEAR INTEGRITY TIRES AT $165.00 EACH AND A WHEEL ALIGNMENT. INSTEAD I TOOK THE SIENNA TO ST. CHARLES TOYOTA FOR SERVICE, WHERE I PURCHASED TWO MICHELIN TIRES AND A WHEEL ALIGNMENT. THE TOYOTA TECHNICIAN STATED THE ALIGNMENT WAS GOOD (RECEIPT AND COMPUTER ALIGNMENT REPORT ATTACHED). THE TOYOTA DEALER ADVISED US TO REPORT THIS DEFECT TO GOODYEAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS WERE INOPERATIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS NO DOCUMENTATION ON HER EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM AND HER VEHICLE WAS OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 73,800. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 9,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DIAGNOSIS LOCATED FAILURE CODE B0111, THE AIR BAG WIRING HARNESS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ENTIRE AIR BAG SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. MANUFACTURERS REPORT 1008162109 WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED TO PAY SOME OF THE REPAIR COST. THE CONTACT FEELS THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD PAY THE ENTIRE REPAIR COST. THE VEHICLE WASN'T REPAIRED. THE VIN INFORMATION WASN'T AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,010 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

-REAR PASSENGER DOOR OF 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA (MODEL CE) HARD TO OPEN AND CLOSE. -THIS DEFECT IS CAUSING DIFFICULTY FOR KIDS TO ENTER AND EXIT. *TR

2006 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON FULL TIME OR SOMETIMES WHEN CAR IS STARTED THE AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHES ON AND OFF. *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON AND OFF FOR THE ENTIRE TIME I HAVE OWNED MY 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA. IT HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FIVE TIMES AND THEY HAVE FINALLY RECOMMENDED A REPLACEMENT AFTER 90,000 BUT WON'T COVER IT EVEN THOUGH THE INITIAL PROBLEM OCCURRED IN MY VEHICLE AND MANY OTHERS THAT I HAVE READ ABOUT, BEFORE THE INITIAL WARRANTY PERIOD WAS OVER. *TR

THE REAR LIFT GATE GAS SUPPORT STRUTS, THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY RECALLED FOR REAR POWER LIFT GATES, ARE FAILING NOW ON NON-POWERED REAR LIFT GATES ON TOYOTA SIENNAS. THE REAR LIFT GATE ON THE TOYOTA SIENNA STARTED TO FAIL TO STAY IN THE UP/OPEN POSITION ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO. NOW THE GAS SUPPORT STRUTS HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED AND THE REAR LIFT GATE WILL NOT STAY OPEN LEADING TO POTENTIAL INJURY TO ANYONE UNDERNEATH THE LIFT GATE ON THE TOYOTA SIENNA. THE FAILURE OCCURS NOW ALL OF THE TIME AND THE GATE ON THE TOYOTA SIENNA WILL NOT STAY OPEN. THE SAME LIFT GATE SUPPORT WAS ALREADY RECALLED FOR VEHICLES THAT HAVE POWER LIFT GATES, BUT IT IS NOW HAPPENING ON MANUAL LIFT GATES. THE SIENNA WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER WHO REFUSED TO REPAIR THE SUPPORT STRUT. TOYOTA PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED A SPECIAL SERVICE CAMPAIGN (RECALL) 80C FOR POWERED REAR LIFT GATES IN 2008. THE PART NUMBER FOR THE PREVIOUS RECALL IS THE SAME PART FAILURE WITH NON-POWERED REAR LIFT GATES. *TR

AROUND JUNE OF 2010, AFTER STARTING MY 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, I NOTICED THE AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT WAS BLINKING, I TURNED THE VAN OFF AND RESTARTED, THE LIGHT KEPT BLINKING. THIS CONTINUE WHILE DRIVING AND AFTER A FEW DAYS, IT STOPPED. AGAIN IN JULY OF 2010, SAME PROBLEM FOR ALMOST 9 OR 10 DAYS EVERYTIME I DROVE. THEN IT STOPPED. TWO DAYS AGO, AUGUST 15, THE AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND IS STILL BLINKING EVERYTIME I GET IN AND DRIVE. *TR