2001 Toyota Sienna

WE OWN A 2001 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN, WE PURCHASED IT IN 2001 BUT IT WAS USED WITH 18,000 MILES ON IT. SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, SEVERAL THINGS HAVE GONE WRONG. #1- PASSENGER SIDE POWER WINDOW HAD A DEFECTIVE MOTOR AND WOULD NOT GO BACK UP. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, SO WE HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR THAT REPAIR. #2- DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH SHUT. THE BUTTON GOT STUCK FROM THE INSIDE WHICH PREVENTED THE DOOR FROM LATCHING SHUT. THIS HAD HAPPENED MANY TIMES BEFORE BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE BUTTON POPPED OUT AND THE DOOR WOULD SHUT. BUT ON ONE OCCASION THE BUTTON POPPED OUT AND THE DOOR STILL WOULD NOT SHUT. WE HAD TO DRIVE HOME HOLDING THE DOOR SHUT THE ENTIRE WAY! OF COURSE, THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE WITH OUR 2 YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE CAR. THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED AT THE DEALER (AGAIN NOT UNDER WARRANTY), BUT THE DOOR STILL CAN NOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE, OR THE BUTTON GETS STUCK IN. #3- CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND A DIAGNOSTIC TEST REVEALED THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS- IDLE AIR CONTROL, BANK 1 SENSOR (MOST LIKELY OXYGEN SENSOR), LEAKY CHARCOAL CANISTER. WE FIXED THE IDLE AIR CONTROL SINCE THAT WAS CAUSING THE VAN TO NOT START AND STALL. THIS REPAIR WAS ALMOST $700, AND NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE WE HAD GONE OVER 36,000 MILES. WE DID NOT FIX THE OTHER TWO PROBLEMS LAST MONTH DUE TO COST. THE VAN OVERHEATS AND CAN NOT BE DRIVEN. WE WROTE A LETTER TO TOYOTA AND TALKED TO THEM VIA PHONE. THEY TOLD US THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO BECAUSE OUR VAN IS NOT A LEGAL US VAN- IT IS WAS BUILT IN CANADA. WE BOUGHT IT AT A TOYOTA DEALER IN ROCHESTER, NY AND WERE NEVER TOLD IT WAS CANADIAN. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT NO WARRANTY WOULD EVER BE COVERED IN THE US BECAUSE IT IS CANADIAN. CARFAX.COM SAYS IT WAS BUILT IN THE UNITED STATES HOWEVER. WE TRIED TO GO THE ROUTE OF THE LEMON LAW, BUT COULD NOT. *NM

I WAS LOCKED INSIDE MY 2001 TOYOTA SIENNA CE VAN AND COULDN'T GET OUT FOR 3-4 MINUTES. I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR 6-8 MINUTES AND PARKED IN A PARKING LOT TO GO INTO A STORE. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND TRIED ALL THE FOLLOWING:*AK 1. ALL DOOR HANDLES 2. THE "KEYLESS" KEY FOB 3. THE BUTTON ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE ARM REST IN THE DOOR WHICH ENABLES/DISABLES THE DOOR LOCKS AT EACH DOOR 4. THE POWER WINDOW ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE ONLY AFTER PRESSING ALL THESE BUTTONS NUMEROUS TIMES DID THE DOORS FINALLY "WAKE UP" AND UNLOCK. I SUSPECT THE PROBLEM HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SPECIFICALLY THE 50-MONTH OLD BATTERY. BUT EVEN IF THE BATTERY IS LOW ON POWER, WHY SHOULD THE DOOR LOCKS BE INOPERABLE? SHOULD THE LOCKS AUTOMATICALLY REVERT TO THE OPEN POSITION IF THERE IS INSUFFICIENT ELECTRICAL POWER?

I OWNED A 2001 TOYOTA SIENNA LE THAT I BOUGHT USE IN APRIL 2004. THREE WEEKS AGO, AS I WAS DRIVING ON AN EXPRESSWAY AT A SPEED OF 55 MPH, MY HOOD JUST POPPED OPENED AND HIT MY WINDSHIELD WITH A FORCE OF DYNAMITE. LUCKILY I DIDNT GET PANIC AND LOOKED THROUGH THE CLEARANCE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ARCHED HOOD AND SLOWLY STOPPED THE VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NOBODY GOT HURT. WHEN I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THIS DEALER, THEY FOUND THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH WAS FAULTY AND WAS LEFT OPENED THAT SUPPOSED TO PREVENT THE HOOD TO COME LOOSE IN CASE SOMEONE LIFT THE HOOD OPENER FROM INSIDE BY MISTAKE. (THERE IS A TENSION SPRING IN LATCH MECHANISM THAT KEEPS THE HOOK ENGAGED TO KEEP THE HOOD FROM FREEING WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH) I ASKED THE DEALER IF THIS FAULTY LATCH WOULD BE COVERED UNDER TOYOTA SAFETY PROGRAM BUT WAS REFUSED AND PAID FOR IT OUT OF MY POCKET. I HAVE INFORM TOYOTA ABOUT THIS INCIDENT AS WELL AS TO ADVISE TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND AT LEAST PAY FOR MY REPAIR COST OF THE LATCH AND OTHER DAMAGES DONE TO MY CAR DUE TO THIS INCIDENT. I COULD HAVE LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AND HAD RUN INTO SOMEONE ELSE. I AM IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROFESSION AND WOULD SUGGEST TAKING A DEEPER LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM SINCE I KNOW ANOTHER PERSON WHO HAD IDENTICAL PROBLEM WITH THE SAME MODEL YEAR. BUT TOYOTA CORPORATION, AFTER WRITING THEM TWICE INSISTS THEIR VEHICLES HAVE NO PROBLEM. MAY BE OTHER PEOPLE DOESNT WANT TO TAKE TIME TO WRITE WHAT THEY HAVE FACED. BUT TWO SIMILAR INCIDENTS CANNOT BE A CO-INCIDENT. I WANT THIS REPORT TO BE KNOWN TO OTHER 2001-TOYOTA SIENNA OWNERS SO THEY BECOME AWARE OF THIS SEEMINGLY SMALL UN- REPORTED BUT DEADLY PROBLEM THANKS SYED N MASOOD. *JB

COMPLAINT REGARDING THE 2001 TOYOTA SIENNA DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR CONTINUOUSLY OPENS AND CLOSES.*MR THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE DOOR WAS TO DISENGAGE THE POWER AND CLOSE IT MANUALLY. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE MOTOR THAT OPERATES THE POWER DOOR AND THE ECU NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1939. THE MANUFACTURER HAS AGREED TO ASSIST WITH THE COST OF THE REPAIR, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER'S PORTION IS STILL QUIT COSTLY. *NM

I HAVE A 2001 TOYOTA SIENNA.. HAVING PROBLEMS WITH EVAP CONTROL SYSTEM. I CANNOT FILL UP THE GAS TANK CONTINOUSLY.. STOPS EVERY FEW SECONDS... SOMETIMES SPILLING GASOLINE..(STARTED AT ABOUT 46,000 MILES).. I PAID $98 DOLLARS TO A LOCAL TOYOTAL SERVICE CENTER TO HAVE IT CHECK. THEY SAID, MY VAN HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE "CHARCOAL CANNISTER" AND WOULD COST ME $500.00 DOLLARS TO REPLACE... I CALLED TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE TO FIND OUT IF THEY WILL COVER THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT SINCE THEY HAVE A SETTLEMENT ISSUE WITH EPA REGARDING THESE KIND OF PROBLEMS. I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE A $20 MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT W/ EPA FOR THESE KINDS OF VIOLATIONS.. BUT THEY COVER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED UP TO 1998 ONLY. THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE WARRANTIES FOR THESE VEHICLES TO 14 YEARS OR 150,000 MILES... IF THEY ARE COVERING VEHICLES MUCH OLDER THAN MINE, I THINK THAT THE WARRANTY FOR MY VEHICLE SHOULD ALSO BE EXTENDED BECAUSE IT HAS A PROBLEM RELATING TO THE EMISSIONS. ALSO, $500 DOLLARS IS TOO MUCH FOR A CHARCOAL CANNISTER REPLACEMENT.. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH IF YOU CAN GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVE WITH TOYOTA. THEY CAN ALWAYS GET THE $500 FROM THE $20 MILLION SETTLEMENT THEY HAD AGREED W/ EPA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ESTEBAN