2006 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

INCIDENT - 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA LIMITED 4 ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ALLOY WHEELS ALL 4 WHEELS SHOW SIGNS OF BUBBLING AND PEELING LOSS OF TIRE PRESSURE ON 2 WHEELS. *TR

OPERABLE SIDE WINDOW, REAR, PASSENGER SIDE, FELL OUT. WINDOW WAS OPEN, AND BEING REMOTELY CLOSED AT THE TIME. *TR

DRIVER UPON SHIFTING FROM NEUTRAL INTO DRIVE, CAR ACCELERATED AT TOP SPEED, EVENTUALLY COLLIDING WITH AN EARTHEN EMBANKMENT 80 YARDS BEYOND THE EXIT FROM A CAR WASH STRUCTURE. ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS NOT PRESSED AT ANYTIME. BRAKES WERE INEFFECTIVE. NO FLOOR MATS., EXPERIENCED ADULT MALE DRIVER WITH NO HISTORY OF ACCIDENTS. NO PASSENGERS. CAR WAS TOTALED FROM COLLISION. NO INJURIES, DRIVER AVOIDED HITTING A NUMBER OF PARKED CARS, BY STEERING AROUND THEM. ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT 10 AM AS DRIVER EMERGED FROM A CAR WASH STRUCTURE. DRIVER NOT TICKETED. CAR WAS INSPECTED BY TOYOTA AND DEEMED IN PERFECT MECHANICAL CONDITION AND THAT TOYOTA WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE. DRIVER'S INSURANCE COMPANY PROVIDED COVERAGE. *TR

PROBLEM IS WITH THE SECOND ROW SEAT BELTS IN MY 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE VAN. ANYTIME SOMEONE (MYSELF INCLUDED) RIDES IN THE SECOND ROW, THE SEAT BELTS LOCK UP AND BECOME SO UNCOMFORTABLE AS THEY CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN THAT WE JUST END UP NOT USING THEM SOON AFTER THE TRIP BEGINS. NOT USING THEM BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT POSES A REAL SAFETY HAZARD IF WE WERE TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. EARLIER ON I COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES. I WAS ALWAYS TOLD THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM. WE PROBABLY WEREN'T USING THEM CORRECTLY AND I WAS EVEN GIVEN INSTRUCTION BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON HOW TO HOOK UP THE SEAT BELT. MY COMPLAINTS FELL ON DEAF EARS AND I REALLY DO THINK IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I TOLD THEM THEY MIGHT HAVE TO RIDE IT LONGER THAN THE FEW MINUTES THEY DID. I'M NOT SO SURE THIS PROBLEM IS ABOUT MY SIENNA ONLY. WHEN I RIDE IN THE BACK SEAT OF OTHER VEHICLES THE SEAT BELT SEEMS TO TIGHTEN. IF I HAD TO GUESS, I'D SAY THEY DON'T PUT THE SAME QUALITY SEAT BELT IN THE BACK OF A VEHICLE AS THEY DO THE FRONT SEATS JUST BECAUSE THEY WOULD COST MORE. ANYTHING YOU COULD DO TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. SINCE THIS HAPPENS ANY TIME SOMEONE IS IN THE BACK SEAT, I AM PICKING A RANDOM INCIDENT DATE. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA IN DECEMBER.,2006, THE FOLLOWING SEPTEMBER WHILE COMING BACK FROM VACATION I HAD A BLOWOUT ON MY FACTORY INSTALLED BRIDGESTONE TIRE. I DO NOT NECESSARILY BELIEVE THE PROBLEM IS THE TIRES, RATHER, THE ALLOY WHEELS, AS THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT GOES ON FREQUENTLY, THE WHEELS HAVE BEEN PEELING SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW, WHEN I INQUIRED ABOUT A PROBLEM WITH THE ALLOY WHEELS TOYOTA BLEW ME OFF.I KNOW MANY ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR ALLOY WHEELS. I THINK THE ALLOY WHEELS ARE DEFECTIVE CAUSING PROBLEMS IN TIRE PRESSURE AND ULTIMATELY CAUSING BLOWOUTS. THE BUBBLING AND PEELING JUST MAKES IT APPARENT COSMETICALLY THAT THERE IS A BIGGER PROBLEM. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. *TR

THE CABLE ON MY SLIDING DOOR OF MY 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA SNAPPED WHEN I PUSHED THE BUTTON TO CLOSE THE AUTOMATIC DOOR. THIS RESULTED IN A SHARP PIECE OF CABLE STICKING OUT TOWARDS MY CHILD WHO WAS SITTING IN HIS CAR SEAT. I'VE TAKEN THE CAR TO TOYOTA AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. *TR

I PURCHASED A NEW 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA AND MY CAR JUST REACHED 66,000KM WHEN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR STARTED TO MALFUNCTION. IT DOESN'T CLICK SHUT ALL THE TIME. SOMETIMES IT WOULD TAKE UP TO 20 MINUTES OPENING AND CLOSING THE DOOR TO CLICK SHUT. ON 2 OCCASIONS, THE DOOR SWUNG OPEN ITSELF WHILE I WAS DRIVING WITH MY 2 SMALL CHILDREN. LUCKILY I GRABBED ONE OF MY CHILD'S BACKPACKS AS IT WAS HEADING FOR THE ROAD - IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY CHILDREN THAT WAS THROWN OUT OF MY CAR. *TR

I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK MY 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA WHEN SUDDENLY THE ENGINE STARTED TO REV LOUDLY & THE CAR CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD, EVEN AS I FRANTICALLY APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP BUT MY FAST-THINKING HUSBAND QUICKLY PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL & THEN SHUT THE CAR OFF. WE DROVE TO OUR TOYOTA DEALER IN VINELAND, NJ, WHERE THEY PERFORMED DIAGNOSTIC TESTS BUT COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEIR DETERMINATION WAS THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE FLOOR MAT PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR. I AM SURE THAT THE MAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM AND THAT TOYOTA IS ATTEMPTING TO COVER UP A PROBLEM WITH A CAR THAT IS NOT ALREADY ON THEIR RECALL LIST. *TR

THE VEHICLE HAS REAR ALIGNMENT ISSUES. THE CAMBER WHICH ARE SET AT A NEGATIVE VALUE FROM FACTORY CAUSED AN EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE INTERIOR OUTER LINING OF MY RUN-FLAT TIRES. WHILE ON A FAMILY TRIP, THE TIRE EXPLODED ON THE INTERIOR SIDE IN TRAFFIC. TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE TOYOTA DEALER FOR NEW TIRES AND INSPECTION RIGHT AFTER THE INCIDENT, THEY RETURNED MY CAR WITH THE NEW REAR TIRE STATING IT IS IN NEED OF A PROPER REAR ALIGNMENT. UPON RESEARCH AND TAKING MY VEHICLE TO NUMEROUS LOCAL TIRE SHOP/GARAGE FOR OPINION, THEY TOLD ME THAT THE REAR WHEELS CANNOT BE ADJUSTED OR ALIGNED DUE TO THE WAY IT WAS BUILT. HOWEVER, TOYOTA INSISTED THAT THE REAR WHEELS CAN BE ALIGNED, SO WE DID ALLOW THEM TO DO A 4-WHEEL ALIGNMENT. AFTER RECEIVING MY VEHICLE BACK,IT CAN BE RECOGNIZE THAT THE REAR TIRES ARE DEFINITELY NOT "STRAIGHT" AT ALL, BY OBSERVATION THE BOTTOM OF THE WHEEL IS LEANING TOWARD THE CAR. MY CONCERN REGARDING THIS ISSUE IS THAT MANY PEOPLE WITH 4-WHEELS DRIVE SIENNA HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR REAR WHEEL ALIGNMENT. IF THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT TOYOTA DO NOT FIX, WOULDN'T THAT MEAN THAT WE OR ANY 4-WHEELS DRIVE SIENNA OWNERS ARE PRONE TO MORE ACCIDENTS AND MUST KEEP GETTING NEW REAR TIRES? *TR

TOPIC: TOYOTA ACCELERATION PROBLEM: ON JULY 4TH AT 10:00 AM, AS MY 2006 SIENNA TOYOTA WAS EMERGING FROM THE DRYER-END OF WELL KNOWN CARWASH, THE SIGNAL AT THE TERMINAL POINT INDICATED THAT I WAS TO MOVE MY CAR OUT OF THE STRUCTURE. I SHIFTED OUT OF NEUTRAL INTO DRIVE. AT THE INSTANT I PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE, MY VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF THE CAR WASH STRUCTURE, MISSING ABOUT 12 VEHICLES AND DRIVERS IN THE PARKED AREA DRYING THEIR CARS. THE POLICE AND WITNESS SAID I REACH 60 MPH WHEN I HIT AN EMBANKMENT, DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE EXIT TO THE CARWASH PROPERTY AT THE EXIT POINT, THE EMBANKMENT WAS ACROSS THE BUSY STREET LEADING OUT OF THE CARWASH AREA. I TURNED SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT, IN A VAIN HOPE TO SLOW MY VEHICLE DOWN; TEARING OFF THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE AND WHEEL, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED ON, SLIDING DOWN ONTO A BUSY ROAD. IN TRYING TO AVOID A BUSY INTERSECTION, I PULLED UP OVER THE EMBANKMENT AT A LOWER GRADE ON TO A FLAT GRASSY AREA WHERE I COULD TAKE MY RIGHT HAND OFF THE WHEEL AND PULL THE GEAR SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND TURN OFF IGNITION. THANK GOD NO ONE WAS HURT. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY TOYOTA SUBCONTRACTORS AND IS BEING REPAIRED TO BE RETURNED TO US. IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO ALLOW MY FAMILY OR ANYONE FOR THAT MATTER TO DRIVE THAT CAR IN THE FUTURE, THE CAR IS WORTH MORE TO US THAN TO OTHERS. THE TONE OF THE INSPECTORS AND OTHER CONTACTS WITH THE TOYOTA COMPANY WAS ONE OF SKEPTICISM. I DID NOT HAVE FLOOR MATS IN THE CAR AND I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE AND LOCATION OF MY BRAKE, CONTRARY TO THEIR SUGGESTIONS. I THINK IT IS INTERESTING THAT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND INSPECTORS CONTINUE TO TREAT THEIR LOYAL CAR OWNERS WITH SUCH DISDAIN AND DISBELIEF AS IF WE ARE ALL LIARS. IT IS STRANGE THAT THE COMPLAINTS ARE ONLY COMING FROM TOYOTA OWNERS, BUT AS ONE REPORTER NOTED TOYOTA DRIVERS ARE AN AGING GROUP AND IT HAS NOT HAPPENED TO SCION DRIVERS. I HOPE THAT THIS PROBLEM IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY TOYOTA. *TR