2005 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

PURCHASED TOYOTA SIENNA 2005. PROBLEM WITH SLIPPING TRANSMISSION AND LOW GEARS AND ON HIGHWAY IN SLOW TRAFFIC. THE MANAGEMENT OF DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT IS NORMAL AND ADVISED TO GET USE TO THAT. WHEN I SHOW HIM PRINTOUTS OF NUMBER OF COMPLAINS FROM THE INTERNET BY SIENNA OWNERS HE ADMITTED THAT HIS WIFE IS HAVING SAME PROBLEM WITH HER MINIVAN. AFTER FOUR VISITS TO A DEALERSHIP NOTHING WAS DONE TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *TR

OPENED REAR HATCH ON 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. IT OPENED THEN IMMEDIATELY CLOSED, HITTING ME ON THE HEAD. *TR

LIFTGATE ON 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE LIMITED WITH THE POWER LIFTGATE OPTION. GRADUALLY STOPPED LIFTING AND UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WOULD LIFT UP COMPLETELY AND AS I WAS LOADING CARGO INTO THE REAR IT CAME DOWN PINNING ME BETWEEN IT AND THE BUMPER. THE SHOCKS WERE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD THE WEIGHT OF THE LIFTGATE AND IT HAD STARTED TO GO DOWN AND THE POWER CLOSING FEATURE TOOK OVER. *TR

ON DECEMBER 5, 2007, I CAME OUT OF COSTCO TO FIND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD ALREADY PUT OUT THE ENGINE FIRE ON MY 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA - ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING. IT HAPPENED AFTER I HAD GONE IN TO SHOP SO THE ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY OFF WITH NO PERSON IN IT. *TR

REAR TAILGATE WAS OPENED TO REMOVE GROCERIES AND IT SUDDENLY CAME DOWN ON MY SON AS HE WAS REMOVING A BAG. HE WAS HIT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND SHOULDER. THE TAILGATE NOW COMES DOWN AFTER EITHER USING THE MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC LIFT. HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED, HAVE FAULTY PART (APPEARS TO BE ONE OF THE EXTERNAL LIFT STRUTS). *TR

THE HYDRAULIC PISTONS WHICH ASSIST IN RAISING AND STABILIZING THE REAR LIFTGATE IN THE OPEN OR LIFTED OF MY 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA FAILED. THE GATE IS DIFFICULT TO RAISE AND WILL NOT STAY IN THE OPEN OR LIFTED POSITION WITHOUT FALLING. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN MAY OF 2005 AND HAS 46,000 MILES. *TR

PLEASE REFERENCE EXISTING NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA06020 STRUTS FOR THE REAR POWER LIFTGATE FAILED SUDDENLY. INITIAL BEHAVIOR WAS REAR LIFTGATE OPENING MORE SLOWLY THAN NORMAL, AND BEGAN TO OCCUR DURING COLDER WEATHER TEMPERATURES. THEN LIFTGATE STRUTS SUDDENLY FAILED COMPLETELY- AFTER OPENING THE LIFTGATE, IT FELL DOWN WITH FULL WEIGHT (ALMOST ZERO RESISTANCE) ONTO DRIVER WHO WAS UNDER THE LIFTGATE. *TR

GAS TANK PUNCTURED. GAS TANK IS MADE OUT OF PLASTIC WITH NO OUTER COVERING TO PROTECT BEING PUNCTURED FROM UNDERNEATH. WE RAN OVER WOOD, PUNCTURED GAS TANK AND LEAKED GAS ALL OVER FREEWAY WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE. *TR

I AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE SIDE POWER SLIDING DOORS. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TWICE AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. SERVICE BULLETIN WAS PERFORMED ON A RATTLE. DEALER ALWAYS TELLS ME THAT THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM- BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE WHEN I GET HOME! THE SLIDING BACK DOORS OPEN BUT WILL NOT SHUT ONCE PUSHING ANY BUTTON AND I HAVE TO DO IT MANUALLY, MEANING THAT I WOULD HAVE TO HIT THE REMOTE A COUPLE OF TIMES TO GET IT TO OPEN. BOTH SLIDING DOORS STUCK CLOSED. THEY WOULD NOT WORK WITH THE BUTTON ARE MANUALLY. AT TIMES I CAN'T OPEN IT USING EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE, NOR HAS JIGGLING THE DOOR LOCK. THERE IS A NOISE THAT THE DOORS NORMALLY MAKE. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME I TRY TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE DOORS- ONLY SOMETIMES! SO, YES IT IS HARD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AND ABLE TO SHOW HIM THE BROKEN PART!! I FEAR THAT THE DOORS ARE GOING TO OPEN AND HAVE THE KIDS FALL OUT OR SOMETHING! LIFT GATE UNEXPECTEDLY CLOSED WHILE STANDING AT THE BACK OF THE VAN. AT ONE TIME THE REAR DOOR LIGHT ON THE DASH STAYED ON WHEN THE DOOR WAS CLOSED. I PUSHED THE BUTTON ON THE B-PILLAR AND THE REMOTE INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND THE DOOR DID NOT OPEN. I MANUALLY CLOSED THE REAR DOOR AND THE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. EVENTUALLY THE LIGHT WHEN OFF THE AUTOMATIC CONTROL WORKED. ONE TIME THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR STARTS TO OPEN WHEN I TRY TO OPEN IT USING EITHER BUTTON ON B-PILLAR OR REMOTE. IT STARTS MOVING BUT ONLY MOVES MAY BE ABOUT 2-3MM - THAT'S RIGHTS, ABOUT 1/12 OF AN INCH. I CAN HEAR THE MOTOR WORKING FINE, AND NO SOUND IS DIFFERENT FROM THE SOUND THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR MAKES WHEN OPENING OR CLOSING (PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WORKS FINE). NOW, WHEN I TRY TO OPEN DRIVER SIDE DOOR USING THE DOOR HANDLE, NOTHING HAPPENS NO MOTOR ACTIVATION, NO NOTHING. THE DOOR HAS EVEN CLOSED ON IT OWN WHEN MY WIFE WAS GETTING OUT OF IT AND I CAN OPERATE THE VEHICLE WITH THE SIDE DOOR OPEN. *TR

TIRE WENT COMPLETELY FLAT ON MY 2005 SIENNE XLE LIMITED BEFORE THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT WENT ON. THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING SYSTEM FAILED AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT HAD "RUN FLAT" TIRES, I DID NOT GET THE EXPECT 50 MILES OF DRIVING TO GET TO A SERVICE STATION AND NEEDED TO BE TOWED. *CN