2005 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

PURCHASED 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH FIRESTONE COMPACT SPARE IN NOVEMBER 2005. IN JUNE 2006, USED SPARE FOR ABOUT 8 MILES AND NOTED SEVERE CRACKING ON SPARE. FIRESTONE REPLACED AFTER TWO - THREE WEEKS DELAY DUE TO OUT OF STOCK. REPLACEMENT SPARE WAS MOUNTED JULY 7, 2006. IN JUNE 2007, I WAS PLANNING ROAD TRIP, SO I CHECKED SPARE. ONCE AGAIN, NOTED CRACKING ON SPARE. THIS TIRE WAS UNDER A YEAR OLD AND HAS NEVER BEEN USED ON THE ROAD. ONE FAILURE IS BAD LUCK, BUT TWO FAILURES LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT TIRE AND/OR MOUNT DESIGN ON THIS VEHICLE CAUSING PREMATURE FAILURE. OBVIOUSLY, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY AND LONG TERM RELIABILITY. *TR

TOYOTA SIENNA ADVERTISES MPG AVE OF 18 AND I HAVE ONLY RECIEVED 14MPG WITH MINE. THIS IS FALSE ADVERTISING AND COSTS CONSUMERS $100'S OF EXTRA DOLLARS!!

PREMATURE TIRE WEAR WITH RUN-FLAT TIRES. TIRES REPLACED AFTER 17,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WILL NOT ENABLE ( IE AIR BAG IS TURNED OFF ) WHEN A 100 POUND PASSENGER SITS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. 1ST, REAR HATCH WOULD NOT STAY UP. MANY TIMES IT HIT MY HEAD WITH NO SEVERE INJURIES. DUE TO EXTENDED WARRANTY UAC COVERED REPLACEMENT AT 73,646 MILES. 2ND, DRIVER'S FRONT DOOR WAS MAKING POPPING LIKE NOISE WHEN OPENING AND CLOSING DOOR. UAC (EXTENDED WARRANTY) DECLINED CLAIM. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. NOW WHEN I ROLL DOWN MY WINDOW, IT FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BRAKE. BOTH PROBLEMS STARTED SIX MONTHS FROM PURCHASE DATE (10/05/04).

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 700 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51000. THERE IS A TRANSMISSION DELAY WITH HIS VEHICLE THAT IS CONSTANT, AND OCCURS WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 6-10 MPH. THE DEALER CALLED IT HUNTING FOR A GEAR. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 6 TIMES SINCE A MONTH AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM; HOWEVER THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE.

ISSUE: STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE. THE BACK DOOR OF THE SIENNA 2005 STOPPED FUNCTIONING. AFTER THE DOOR WAS LIFTED TO THE TOP IT CAME DOWN AND TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR. I WAS TAKING OUT THINGS FROM THE CAR AND THE DOOR HIT MY HEAD AND BACK. IT WAS GOING BACK UPWARD, AND WHEN IT GOT TO THE TOP IT CAME DOWN AGAIN WHILE TRYING TO CLOSE THE DOOR. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS AT THE POINT THAT WE STOPPED USING THIS DOOR. I HAD TO HAVE SOMEONE HOLD THE DOOR WHEN I TOOK OUT THINGS FROM THE TRUNK. I DID THE RESEARCH ON THIS ISSUE AND FOUND OUT THAT TOYOTA HAD ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB) TO REPLACE BACK DOOR STRUTS AND ITS BRACKETS. THIS WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL DEALER , TOYOTA OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, AND THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE IT SINCE THE SIENNA HAD 37, 392 MILES ON IT. BY THE TIME I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IT WAS TOO LATE FOR THE WARRANTY, 36000 MILES. THEY QUOTED $350 TO REPAIR IT. I CALLED TOYOTA TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM AND ASKED THEIR HELP TO FIX IT. THEY REFUSED TO GIVE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CASE THAT I OPENED WITH TOYOTA WAS #200705091268. I REQUESTED THAT TOYOTA TOOK RESPONSIBILITY AND FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS WAS A FAMILY CAR. NONE OF MY CHILDREN WERE ALLOWED TO GET TOO CLOSE TO THIS BACK DOOR ANYMORE.*AK

I WAS TRAVELING THIS PAST TUESDAY, MAY 1ST, AND I NOTICE A SLIGHT NOISE FROM THE INSIDE OF MY VAN WHEN I HAD REACHED MY DESTINATION. IT HAPPENED WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES BUT WHEN I ROLL DOWN MY WINDOW I HADN'T NOTICED ANY NOISE FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE VAN. I WAS ALONE AND DID GET OUT AND I HADN'T NOTICED ANYTHING IN OR AROUND THE FRONT LEFT TIRE. I HAD TO TRAVEL ANOTHER 1 AND A HALF BACK HOME AND BY THIS TIME MY CAR WAS MAKING A HORRIBLE NOISE. I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT THE CAR AND INFORMED ME THAT THE ROTOR WAS MESSED UP AND THE BRAKES WHERE METAL TO METAL. I ONLY HAVE 29,000 MILES ON MY VAN AND HE TOLD ME THAT THIS SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS UNTIL ITS DUE TO A DEFECT SUCH AS A BAD CALIPER OR THE BRAKES WHERE GETTING HUNG UP. I CALLED TOYOTA AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD CORRECT THIS PROBLEM UNTIL I ARRIVED AND THEN THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS IS NORMAL FOR TOYOTA SIENNA MINIVANS. I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE IS MORE TO THE PROBLEM BECAUSE MY BRAKES NEVER SQUEALED OR SQUEAKED AND ITS ONLY ON THE LEFT SIDE. *TR

THE LIFTGATE ON A POWER LIFTGATE 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA WILL NOT STAY OPEN. IT HAS COME DOWN AND WACKED MY WIFE AND I ON THE HEAD MANY TIMES. I FOUND OUT THE REPLACEMENT IS $450. *JB

USING THE AUTOMATIC OPENER ON THE KEY FOB I OPENED THE TRUNK LIFTGATE OF THE 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE LIMITED AND WAS PUTTING GROCERIES IN IT WHEN IT CAME CRASHING DOWN ON MY BACK. I BROUGHT IT IN TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, AND THEY CONFIRMED THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE SHOCKS ,AND WERE ORDERING REPLACEMENT PARTS. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS. THE FORCE THAT THE DOOR CAME CRASHING DOWN WITH WAS ENOUGH THAT IT WOULD' HAVE CRUSHED A CHILD. EVEN AS A STRONG ADULT, IT IS DIFFICULT TO HOLD THE DOOR OPEN. THE TRUNK WAS NOT USABLE UNTIL THIS PROBLEM WAS FIXED. *AK