2006 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

IN JULY 2006, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING OUR NEW 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, THE AIRBAG OFF LIGHT CAME ON. BEFORE WE COULD TAKE IT FOR SERVICE SOMEONE BROKE INTO OUR MINI VAN AND IT WAS IN THE SHOP FOR A MONTH BEING REPAIRED. THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN ABOUT A MONTH LATER, BUT THE DEALER, BALISE TOYOTA IN WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA, RESET IT DURING AN OIL CHANGE. IN MID OCTOBER, MY WIFE WAS BROADSIDED IN HER DOOR BY A HONDA CIVIC. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS, INCLUDING THE SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE MINI VAN WAS IN THE SHOP FOR ANOTHER MONTH, AND THE DEALER AGAIN RESET THE LIGHT, WHICH HAD COME ON, APPARENTLY DURING THE CRASH. SINCE OCTOBER THE VAN HAS BEEN SERVICED FIVE OR SIX TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER'S SERVICE MANAGER TOLD US IN JANUARY THAT TOYOTA IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS, DESIGNED THE AIRBAGS TO PERMANENTLY TURN OFF IF A HEAVY PERSON RODE IN THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO TURN THE AIRBAGS BACK ON AGAIN, AND CLAIMED THAT THERE WAS NO FIX FOR THIS BECAUSE IT WAS INTENTIONAL. OTHER DEALERS WANT TO CHARGE US FOR THIS, EVEN THOUGH IT SHOULD BE UNDER WARRANTY. LAST WEEK, A PERSON AT MOORE OF TOYOTA CUSTOMER CARE TOLD ME THAT THE COMPANY'S OFFICIAL POSITION WAS THAT THE AIRBAGS WERE NOT BROKEN, BUT RATHER THAT MY WIFE AND I DID NOT DESERVE THE PROTECTION BECAUSE OF OUR WEIGHT. THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY MIGHT BE WILLING TO BUY THE VEHICLE BACK, BUT I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO BUY IT BACK. I JUST WANT THE MINI VAN TO WORK THE WAY IT SUPPOSED TO WITHOUT HAVING TO RESET THE COMPUTER EVERY WEEK. BESIDES, IF THEY WERE TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS BEING A FEDERAL LAW, THERE WERE NO CARS IN AMERICA THAT WERE SAFE FOR US TO DRIVE. I COULD NOT EVEN GET MY BRAND NEW MINI VAN INSPECTED THIS YEAR BECAUSE AN AIRBAG LIGHT WAS GROUNDED FOR DISQUALIFICATION. TOYOTA KNOWINGLY SOLD ME AN UNSAFE VEHICLE, ONE THAT WAS DESIGNED TO BE UNSAFE FOR 30% OF PEOPLE OH, AND NOW THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED BY THE REARVIEW MIRROR.*AK

THE DUNLOP RUN FLAT TIRES ON THE 2006 SIENNA MINI-VAN ARE HORRIBLE. AT 10,000 MILES THEY WERE WEARING VERY FAST. THEY ARE LOUD ON THE ROAD, AND RIDE VERY ROUGH WITH VIBRATION THAT CAN BE FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE GAS PEDAL. THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP SAID THE VIN DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR REPLACEMENT TIRES.*AK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA MINIVAN. WHILE TRYING TO GET INTO THE VEHICLE THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR SQUEAKED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO OIL THE DOORS AND THEY CONTINUED TO SQUEAK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24000. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW DOOR DUE THE SEPARATION IN THE DOOR WELDING. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT IT WOULD TAKE ONE WEEK TO INSTALL THE DOOR. ALSO, THE CONTACT WAS UPSET THAT AFTER PAINTING THE DOOR IT WILL NOT MATCH. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,000.*AK UPDATE 4/9 *TR

SIENNA UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION!! IT HAPPENED TO OUR 2006 SIENNA YESTERDAY 2/21/2007 - -MY WIFE WAS ABOUT TO STOP THE CAR WHILE PARKING IT AT A PARKING SPACE, SUDDENLY IT ACCELERATED (VERY FAST!) AND KNOCKED DOWN A TREE AND SCRATCHED A COUPLE OF PARKED CARS. IT TOOK A TREE, SOME BUSHES AND A DOUBLE RAISED CURBS TO STOP THE VAN. THE BUMPER WAS DAMAGED (BY THE TREE) AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF VAN DENTED. MY WIFE IS A CAREFUL DRIVER (AND WITH OUR TWO TODDLERS INSIDE!) AND SHE IS VERY SURE SHE DID NOTHING WRONG. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED TO DRIVE IT AGAIN IF THE REPAIR SHOP CANNOT FIND DEFECT WITH THE VAN. I HAVE A SIMILAR ACCIDENT REPORT HERE: HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/WEBX?14@@.F105086/0 *JB

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA MINI VAN AWD WHICH BUILDS UP MUD AND SNOW ON THE INSIDE OF THE WHEELS. WHEN THE SNOW AND MUD BEGIN TO FALL OFF, THE CAR BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. WHEN THIS OCCURS YOU ARE ONLY ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR SAFELY UP TO APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. AT 45 - 55 MPH THE VEHICLE SHAKES SO VIOLENTLY THAT IF I HIT A PATCH OF ICE OR WATER I WOULD LOSE CONTROL AND CREATE AN ACCIDENT. *JB

SLIDING SUNROOF HAS MECHANICAL ISSUE WHEN DRIVING. AT HIGHER SPEEDS OVER 45 MPH THE MECHANISM WHICH GOES DOWN WHEN SUNROOF IS CLOSING WILL GO DOWN. WHEN THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN THE MECHANISM RAISES. THE VEHICLE'S SUNROOF HAS BEEN LOOKED AT TWICE BY THE DEALER AND THEY STATE THERE IS NO SOLUTION FOR IT AND THAT THEY TEST DROVE ANOTHER 2006 XLE LIMITED AND ITS SUNROOF DID THE SAME THING. *NM

2006 TOYOTA SIENNA PURCHASED MAY 2006. 3-4 MONTHS AGO, THE BACK LIFT STARTED MALFUNCTIONING. AUTOMATICALLY OPENS BUT CLOSES WITHOUT PROVOCATION SOMETIMES HITTING PERSON LOADING THE TRUNK. LAUREL TOYOTA MD REPAIR DID NOT FIND PROBLEM WITH THE LIFT, BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS AND HAPPENED TODAY 2/9/2007. *NM

BRAKES: SINCE I BOUGHT MY CAR IN MARCH OF 2006 NOT EVEN A YEAR OLD YET, I HAVE HAD TO TAKE MY 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA IN EVERY 7-8 THOUSAND MILES BECAUSE THE BRAKES HAVE WORN DOWN. THE FIRST TIME IT WENT IN AT 9900 MILES AND THEY REPLACED MY BRAKES AND PUT NEW ROTORS ON. THE SECOND TIME THEY PUT NEW BRAKES ON AND MACHINED MY ROTORS THIS WAS DONE AT 18,100 MILES AND NOW ITS AT 27,100 MILES AND MY BRAKES ARE SHOT AGAIN AND THE DEALER KNOWING THAT THIS IS MY THIRD TIME IN FOR SAME PROBLEM TOLD ME NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT ITS MY FAULT AND THE WAY I DRIVE THE VAN, AND THEY WANTED ME TO PAY THIS TIME FOR THE REPAIRS. THEY MADE THEIR DIAGNOSIS ONLY BY TAKING OFF THE TIRES, THEY NEVER TOOK OFF THE FRONT BRAKES TO INSPECT THEM AND YET THEY HAD NERVE TO NOTATE THAT ALL PADS WERE WEARING EVENLY, . SO I DROVE HOME AND A LICENSED TECH CHANGED MY BRAKES FOR LESSER PRICE AND THIS TECH NOTED THAT ALL PADS ON FRONT WORE UNEVENLY AND THAT MY ROTORS WERE FINE WHERE AS THE DEALER WANTED ME TO BUY NEW ROTORS BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY WERE RUINED. THE TECH THAT FIXED MY CAR KEPT THE SAME ROTORS AND JUST PUT NEW BRAKES ON FOR HALF THE COST THE DEALER WANTED ME TO PAY. YET THIS DEALER IN HEMET CALIFORNIA AT GOSCH AUTO GROUP WOULD NOT REPLACE MY BRAKES THE ONES THEY PUT ON LAST TIME 7 THOUSAND MILES BEFORE THIS TIME UNLESS I PAID FOR THEM. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKE LINE SYSTEM WHICH IS CAUSING THEM TO GO OUT EVERY 7-8 THOUSAND MILES. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND ME AND MY 4 KIDS COULD GET SERIOUSLY INJURED SHOULD THIS BRAKE PROBLEM CONTINUE MAYBE I MIGHT NOT BE SO LUCKY AND MY BRAKES WILL FAIL. THESE BRAKES SUCK AND SO DOES THIS CAR AS MY HUSBAND SAID I SHOULD HAVE GONE WITH A CHEVY. *JB

THERE IS NO WAY TO PROPER ADJUST HEADREST HEIGHT FOR TALLER PEOPLE (AVERAGE MALE AND ABOVE) ON 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA LE CLOTH SEATS FIRST AND SECOND ROW. EVEN THE HIGHEST LOCKING POSITION IS TOO LOW FOR ME AND MY SON. WE ARE APPROXIMATELY 6 FT TALL. CONTACTED TOYOTA AND GENERALLY THEY SAID NOTHING COULD BE DONE BY THEM TO HELP ME. *NM

THE WINDSHIELD HAS OPTICAL DISTORTION CAUSING EYE STRAIN, WATERY EYES, HEADACHES, NAUSEA, DIZZINESS. TOYOTA SAYS "ALL SIENNAS ARE LIKE THIS" SO THEY WILL NOT REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD. *NM