2006 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

TOYOTA SIENNA BOTH SLIDING DOOR MECHANISMS DO NOT WORK UNABLE TO OPEN DOORS FROM INSIDE OR OUT DEALER SAYS NEED TO OIL LOCKS. MY CHILDREN HAVE TO CRAWL IN THROUGH THE HATCH, SAFETY HAZARD HOW DO THEY GET OUT IN EVENT OF ACCIDENT. WE HAD THE SAME ISSUE ON LAST SIENNA. ALL OUR FRIENDS WITH SIENNAS HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *TR

2006 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE - AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT SHUT. WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO CLOSE THE DOOR USING THE AUTOMATIC FUNCTION IN ANY FORM (THE SIDE OR FRONT BUTTON OR USE THE HANDLE) IT WILL CLOSE PARTLY AND THEN OPEN AGAIN. I HAVE TO DISENGAGE THE AUTOMATIC AND PUT IT ON MANUAL FOR IT TO WORK. TOYOTA LOOKED AT IT AND SAID IT WAS CAUSED JUST FROM EXTENDED USE AND THE DOOR IS OFF TRACK DUE TO A LOOSE HINGE (WE PURCHASED IT 12/05). TOYOTA TOLD US TO TAKE IT TO A BODY SHOP AND THAT IT IS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. WE HAVE AN APPT. AT AN AUTO BODY SHOP TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

2006 TOYOTA SIENNA - EXCESSIVE PAINT CHIPPING AND RUST. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO TWO TOYOTA DEALERSHIPS FOR EXCESSIVE RUST CAUSED BY PAINT CHIPPING. BOTH DEALERS CLAIM THAT STONES ON ROADWAY ARE THE CAUSE. RUSTING BEGAN TO APPEAR IN THE REAR QUARTER PANEL AREA; DIRECTLY BEHIND BOTH PASSENGER DOORS. TOYOTA PLACED TWO CLEAR PLASTIC STRIPS IN BOTH THESE AREAS (FACTORY INSTALLED). THE CLEAR PLASTIC STRIPS HAVE DONE NOTHING TO PREVENT TO CHIPPING AND RUST. IN FACT THE RUST HAS APPEARED UNDER THE CLEAR PLASTIC STRIPS. PAINT HAS ALSO BEGUN ON THE RIGHT PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR. TOYOTA CORPORATION WAS CONTACTED CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. TOYOTA'S ANSWER WAS THAT IS WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. THE RUSTING IS NOW 1/4 OF THE WAY UP THE FRAME OF THE VAN ON BOTH SIDES. EVERY CHIP IN THE PAINT RUSTS, REGARDLESS OF SIZE. THIS VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT NEW. THE WHEELS WERE REPLACED IN 2008 BY TOYOTA, AS A RESULT IN A DEFECT IN THE METAL WHICH CAUSED THE PAINT ON THE WHEELS TO BUBBLE AND CHIP AWAY. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR POPS WHEN OPENING AND THE DOOR STOP/ STRUT DEVICE HAS LOOSENED WHERE IT IS WELDED TO THE DOOR ALLOWING THE DOOR TO MOVE MORE FREELY. I HAVE NOT YET SOUGHT TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM BUT HAVE READ WHERE THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR OTHER OWNERS. TSB 07017. I PLAN TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THIS COMING WEEK TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO. *TR

IN NOVEMBER 2006 I PURCHASED A LOWERED FLOOR TOYOTA SIENNA WITH AUTOMATIC WHEELCHAIR RAMP. THE PURCHASE WAS MADE THROUGH MC MOBILITY IN MENTOR OHIO, MODIFICATIONS DONE BY BRAUN CORP IN INDIANA. FIRST THE GAS TANK HAD NOT BEEN CHANGED WHICH CAUSED MALFUNCTIONS IN THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS. THIS TOOK SEVERAL MONTHS TO DIAGNOSE AND FIX. THEN AN AC TUBE RUNNING FROM FRONT TO BACK HAD NOT BEEN STRAPPED IN PROPERLY, CAUSING IT TO WEAR THROUGH. THIS TOOK ABOUT TWO MONTHS TO RESOLVE. THE MOST PERSISTENT PROBLEM IS WITH THE RAMP. SINCE THE SPRING OF 2007 IT HAS INTERMITTENTLY MALFUNCTIONED. THE RAMP WILL DEPLOY AS DESIGNED, BUT THEN SOMETIMES THE RAMP WILL NOT STOW BACK IN THE VEHICLE. OBVIOUSLY THE VAN CANNOT BE OPERATED WITH THE RAMP EXTENDED. ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED TO MANUALLY WORK AGAINST THE AUTOMATIC SYSTEM TO STOW THE RAMP, AND ASSISTANCE IS NOT ALWAYS AROUND. THE MALFUNCTION MAY HAPPEN JUST ONCE AND BE FINE FOR WEEKS ON EITHER SIDE, OR IT MIGHT HAPPEN CONTINUALLY FOR WEEKS WITH OBVIOUS IMPEDIMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER LIFE ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS SERIOUS POTENTIAL FOR INJURY AS A LONE DISABLED DRIVER HAS TO TRY TO COPE WITH THE PROBLEM. UNDER VEHICLE WARRANTY MC HAS DONE NUMEROUS REPAIR ATTEMPTS BUT NOTHING SO FAR HAS WORKED PERMANENTLY. THIS IS A CONTINUING PROBLEM.*TR

2006 TOYOTA SIENNA - 40,000 MILES. INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL IMPACT WITH A TREE FROM A PEAK VELOCITY OF 40-45 MPH TO AN ESTIMATED IMPACT SPEED OF 20-25 MPH. THE VEHICLE HIT SQUARE IN HOOD CENTER, DEFORMING EVERYTHING BACKWARD SYMMETRICALLY 1-1.5 FEET. INSURANCE COMPANY CLASSIFIED VEHICLE AS A TOTAL LOSS (DAMAGE > $16,000). DRIVER SUFFERED MULTIPLE LEFT ARM INJURIES INCLUDING WRIST DISLOCATION AND FRACTURED FOREARM BONES - RESULTING BECAUSE AIRBAG NEVER DEPLOYED. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS FOR A WEEK AND THEIR EXPLANATION AT FIRST WAS THAT THE IMPACT SPEED WAS NOT GREAT ENOUGH TO DEPLOY THE AIRBAGS. AFTER VIEWING THE PICTURES, THEY CHANGED THEIR POSITION TO STATE THAT BECAUSE IT WAS A CONCENTRATED IMPACT NOT CENTERED ABOUT THE IMPACT SENSOR, AND NOT AN EVENLY DISTRIBUTED LOAD IMPACT, THE SENSORS WOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED. UNACCEPTABLE. I ASKED THE CS REP IF WE HAD HIT THE TREE IN THE EXACT SAME SPOT AT 100 MPH, WOULD THE AIRBAG HAVE DEPLOYED AND HER ANSWER WAS 'THEORETICALLY NO'. WHETHER THIS LACK OF DEPLOYMENT WAS BY DESIGN OR NOT, I FEEL THIS IS A HORRIFIC IMPACT PROTECTION PHILOSOPHY. NONE OF US WOULD CHOOSE TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT, AND CERTAINLY NONE OF US ARE GOING TO HAVE CONTROL OVER WHEN AND WHERE AND HOW FAST AND AT WHAT ANGLE WE WILL MAKE IMPACT. THAT IS THE DEFINITION OF AN ACCIDENT. I GUESS I AM INQUIRING ABOUT THE LEGITIMACY OF THIS EXPLANATION TO ME BY TOYOTA, AND ALSO ABOUT THE REGULATIONS FOR IMPACT SENSOR DEPLOYMENT. WOULD IT NOT BE WISE TO EMPLOY A THIRD IMPACT SENSOR AT VEHICLE CENTER, POSSIBLY WITH A HIGHER DETONATION SPEED? THAT WAY IT WOULD NOT BE ACTIVATING EVERY TIME THERE WERE A 5 MPH BUMP IN THE GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT, BUT WOULD STILL DEPLOY IF SUBJECTED TO THE TYPE OF IMPACT WE HAVE JUST SEEN. THANKS IN ADVANCE. *TR

THE POWER SLIDING DOOR ON PASSENGER CAR SIDE IS INOPERABLE AFTER FOUR REPAIR ATTEMPTS WITHIN A FIVE MONTH PERIOD. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR CANNOT BE USED IN CASE OF A SUDDEN NEED TO ESCAPE THE VEHICLE. *TR

I WANT TO REPORT WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE A SAFETY/PRODUCT DEFECT WITH THE FOLLOWING TIRE: DUNLOP P225/60R17, 98T, M+S, SP4000T, DSST CTT THIS IS A SO-CALLED RUN-FLAT TIRE (INSTALLED APPROXIMATELY 12,000 MILES AGO) PER ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS ON MY 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA AWD MINIVAN. WITHIN THE PAST SIX WEEKS, (3) OF THESE TIRES RUPTURED SO BADLY THAT THEY HAD TO BE REPLACED. WITH THE FIRST BLOWOUT, I SURMISED THAT THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE DUE TO MICHIGAN'S NOTORIOUS ROAD POT HOLES. I WAS EVEN WILLING TO CONCEDE THIS MIGHT STILL BE THE REASON AFTER THE SECOND BLOWOUT. BUT WHEN THE THIRD OCCURRED TWO DAYS AGO, I CONCLUDED THAT A SERIOUS DEFECT WAS AT FAULT. NOTE THAT THE TIRES WERE PROPERLY-INFLATED ACCORDING TO THE STICKER ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR JAM STICKER (35 PSI). THOUGH IT WAS POSSIBLE TO DRIVE SLOWLY ON THESE RUPTURED TIRES TO A DEALER FOR REPLACEMENT, THE COST FOR NEW ONES IS VERY HIGH (~$250 EACH, INSTALLED). AS A CONSEQUENCE'AFTER THE THIRD BLOWOUT'I INSTALLED (4) CONVENTIONAL TIRES. MY TOTAL TIRE REPLACEMENT COSTS ARE NOW > $1000. I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR CONTACTING ME ABOUT THE STATUS OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT SHUT WORKED TO SHUT NOW HASN'T OPEN SINCE 34 MONTH AFTER PURCHASED. I WENT TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP TO 'DID YOU PURCHASE IT HERE? WHEN I TOLD THEM NO, SHE SENT ME AROUND TO SERVICE WHERE I WAITED UNTIL I LEFT WITHOUT EVEN MY NAME GIVEN. I WENT BACK WHEN MY VAN WAS 38 MONTHS PAST PURCHASE... TO HAVE MY TAIL GATE UNDER RECALL AND ASKED WHEN TOYOTA WILL RECALL THESE VANS WITH SLIDING DOOR ISSUES. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE REAR SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT OPEN...COST TO REPLACE FROM TOYOTA WAS APPROX $500 PARTS. DOOR JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN WAIT WORKING AROUND 55K MILES. NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR IS NOT WORKING (SLIDING) SAME SYMPTOMS. CAR ONLY HAS 84K MILES ON IT. I DID SOME SEARCHING AND NOTICED THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUES, THEREFORE I AM FILING THIS REPORT. *TR