2006 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

OWN 2006 SIENNA TOYOTA, WITH 29,000 MILES. AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT BEGAN COMING ON ABOUT A MONTH AGO, BLINKING ON WHEN DRIVING VAN. AFTER ABOUT 2 DAYS, THE SENSOR LIGHT QUIT BLINKING AND DID NOT COME ON WHILE DRIVING AGAIN FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS. APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 1 WEEK AGO, THE LIGHT BEGIN BLINKING ON AGAIN WHEN DRIVING AND STILL IS COMING ON EACH TIME I AM DRIVING. WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED DUE TO 3 YEAR WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH I HAVE LESS THAN 30,000 MILES. GOING IN FOR SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE NEXT WEEK AND WILL ASK MAINTENANCE DEPT ABOUT THE SENSOR LIGHT. *TR

PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING SHAFT DUE TO CORROSION; THERE IS AN INCREASED EFFORT TO TURN THE STEERING FROM NEUTRAL OR TO RETURN AFTER TURNING. I FEEL THIS IS A DEFECT THAT COULD RESULT IN CASUALTIES AND TOYOTA REFUSES TO ADDRESS IT. THIS STARTED APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS AGO AND WAS REPORTED TO TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AGREES THAT THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL PART THAT GOES OUT ON A 3 1/2 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH 73,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW FROM KOONS TOYOTA IN WESTMINSTER, MD. AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT HAS BEEN CHECKED AND RESET TWICE WITHIN THE PAST TWO MONTHS BECAUSE IT KEEPS FLASHING. TOYOTA RECOMMENDS THAT I REPLACE BOTH AIRBAGS AND THE WIRING HARNESS TO ENSURE THE PROBLEM DOES NOT PERSIST. TOTAL COST = $2,800. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AND I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. OTHERS SEEM TO BE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG / LIGHT 1. THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT REPEATED IS SWITCHED TO THE "OFF" POSITION WHEN AN ADULT OF AVERAGE SIZE AND WEIGHT IS SEATED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. 2. WE OFTEN HAVE TO MANUALLY PLUG/UNPLUG THE WIRES UNDERNEATH THE SEAT TO RESET THE AIRBAG TO SWITCH TO THE "ON" POSITION, BUT THIS DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK. WE HAVE NOT YET TAKEN IT TO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THIS CORRECTED. *TR

IN APRIL, 2010 AND JUNE, 2010, MY AIRBAG LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING IN MY 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA LE, AFTER I STARTED MY CAR. THE DIAGNOSTIC CODE WAS B0111. THE FIRST REPAIR IN APRIL, 2010 WAS A $600 REPAIR PAID OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE MY CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND MY EXTENDED WARRANTY DID NOT COVER AIR BAGS. THANKFULLY, MY SECOND REPAIR WAS COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY OF THE FIRST REPAIR. THIS CAR IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD, AND, ALTHOUGH IT HAS EXCESSIVE MILES, THE AIR BAG SHOULD NOT BE MALFUNCTIONING AT THIS POINT. IN DOING SOME RESEARCH, I SEE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM, AND THE 2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER HAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME DIAGNOSTIC CODE. TO ME THIS IS INEXCUSABLE. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A PROBLEM, AND ONE THAT WILL NOT CORRECT ITSELF WITH REPLACING THE AIRBAG OVER AND OVER AGAIN... *TR

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE FWD. THE ALLOY IS FLAKING OFF MY 17 " WHEEL RIMS. THIS IS CAUSING CORROSION OF THE WHEEL WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO FAILURE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS AND TOYOTA IS NOT TAKING CORRECTIVE ACTION. *TR

TOYOTA IS AWARE OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN ITS DOORS WHERE BAD WELDING WAS PERFORMED AT TIME OF MANUFACTURING. THIS EFFECTS MOST '04 - '08 MODELS. TOYOTA REFUSES TO ISSUE A RECALL AND ATTEMPTS TO MAKE CUSTOMERS PAY FOR THE REPAIR. COST CAN RUN UP TO $2,000.00. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WOULD NOT LOCK. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE SEAT BELT AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO REPAIR IT UNTIL THERE IS A FAILURE. THE TOYOTA MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD CALL THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,785.

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) I PURCHASED FOUR FIRESTONE FR710 TIRES ON AUGUST 27, 2009 FROM A LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER FOR MY 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA. RECENTLY WE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE'S TREAD WAS DELAMINATING ALL AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE TIRE WHERE THE TREAD MEETS THE SIDEWALL. IN SOME PLACES THERE WAS 1/2" OF SEPARATION. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT TWO OF THE OTHER TIRES WERE ALSO STARTING TO SEPARATE. THIS WAS EVIDENT DUE TO SMALL HAIRLINE SEPARATIONS RUNNING AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE TIRES IN THE SAME REGION AS THE WORST TIRE. THESE TIRES WERE ALL MADE WITHIN A WEEK OF EACH OTHER WITH DATE CODES OF 1909 AND 2009 (19TH AND 20TH WEEK OF 2009). THE DOT NUMBER IS W56V710. THE VIN OF THE VEHICLE IS [XXX] . THE MILEAGE AT PURCHASE WAS 49,328 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 61,491. PHOTOS OF THE TIRES ARE AVAILABLE. *TR

I HAVE TOYOTA SIENNA 2006 BOUGHT FROM KOONS IN OCTOBER 2006. THIS CAR AIR BAG LIGHT IS BLINKING AND I HEARD THAT AIR BAG WILL NOT WORK IF THIS LIGHT IS ON. I JUST HAD ABOUT 30,000 MILES ON MY CAR WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT. THIS IS SMOOTH DRIVEN CAR AND THE AIR BAG SHOULD WORK AFTER ABOUT 3 YEARS. *TR