2008 Toyota Sienna

BOTH SLIDING DOORS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THEY DO NOT LATCH AND STAY CLOSED. BOTH DOOR HAVE OPENED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. BACK POWER SLIDING DOOR HAS OPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT LEAST 10 TIMES. THE BACK NON-POWER SLIDING DOOR IS NOT WORKING EITHER. HOWEVER, THIS ONE WE DO NOT USE AND IT HAS STAYED CLOSED MOST OF THE TIME. IT HAS ONLY OPENED 3 TIMES WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS AN EXTREME DANGER. TOYOTA IS ONLY COVERING PART OF THE COST TO REPAIR BUT I WAS PAST THE 120,000 MILES WHEN MY PROBLEM BEGAN. SO WE ARE LEFT FOOTING THE BILL ON A DEFECT OF TOYOTA'S DOING. I FEEL THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE ODOUR OF SOMETHING BURNING ENTERED THE CABIN. NO LIGHTS ON THE DASH APPEARED AND DROVE TO THE NEXT PARKING LOT TO FIND A TRAIL OF OIL BEHIND THE VEHICLE AND A POOL OF OIL UNDER THE ENGINE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER TO FIND OUT A 'PIN HOLE' WAS FOUND IN THE OIL COOLER HOSE. THIS IS NOT THE SAME HOSE AS THE VVTI THAT HAS BEEN RECALLED ALREADY. THE DEALER INFORMED ME IT'S LIKE THE TWO OTHER RUBBER HOSES CARRYING OIL ON THE ENGINE BUT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. THE COST TO HAVE IT REPLACED WITH A STEEL LINE IS $429 CDN. THIS VAN WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 2009 AND BROUGHT INTO MANITOBA, CANADA FROM THE US. *TR

THE DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT LOCK OPEN. I WAS ON A SLIGHT DECLINE. MY DAUGHTER WAS GETTING OUT OF THE CAR AND THE SLIDING DOOR WAS PUSHED OPEN BUT DID NOT LOCK AND SLID BACK AND SLAMMED INTO MY DAUGHTERS HAND. WHEN TRYING TO RE-OPEN THE SLIDING DOOR, IT WOULD NOT LOCK OPEN, IT WOULD CONTINUE TO SLIDE FORWARD. SINCE THAT DAY, THE PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE CAN BE ON A FLAT SURFACE, INCLINE, DECLINE ETC, IT DOES NOT SEEM TO MATTER. EACH TIME WHEN THE DOOR IS SLID OPEN IT, THE LOCKING MECHANISM IS NOT WORKING. THE DOOR WILL NOT STAY OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN JULY 2011 AND I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, SO IT WAS NOT FIXED. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. IN 2013 I RECEIVED A VOLUNTARY RECALL NOTICE ON THE NON-POWER SLIDING DOORS WERE NOT LOCKING SHUT AND COULD OPEN DURING OPERATION (WHICH WAS ALSO HAPPENING WITH MY VEHICLE) SO I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP IN OCTOBER 2013 AND ASKED FOR THEM TO FIX THE DOOR SINCE I WAS HAVING BOTH THE RECALL PROBLEM AND THE OTHER PROBLEM. THAT DEALERSHIP STATED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THEY "GREASED" THE MECHANISM. THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE AND IT WAS INCREASINGLY HAPPENING. IN SEPTEMBER 2014 I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP AND ASKED FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED OR THE MECHANISM REPLACED. I STATED I WAS CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF MY 3 YEAR OLD SON WHO GOES IN AND OUT OF THE DOOR AND I DID NOT WANT THE DOOR TO SLAM INTO HIS HAND OR HEAD AND CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY. I HAD TAKEN VIDEO DURING ONE OF THE TIMES THAT THE DOOR WAS MALFUNCTIONING. I SHOWED IT TO THE SERVICE REP HOPING IT WOULD HELP WITH THE PROBLEM. AGAIN, THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND IT WENT UNREPAIRED. THE PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED AND IT WILL ONLY BE A MATTER OF TIME THAT IT WILL CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY. *TR

I PRESSED THE BUTTON TO OPEN THE AUTOMATIC REAR PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR TO PUT IN A SHOPPING BAG AFTER LEAVING A STORE. THE DOOR OPEN, THEN WHEN I PRESSED TO CLOSE THE DOOR, IT STARTED TO CLOSE BUMPED AND CLANKED AND REOPENED AND WOULD NOT CLOSE. I HAD TO DRIVE THE 16 MILES HOME WITH THE DOOR OPEN. I TOOK IT TO CHATHAM PARKWAY TOYOTA IN SAVANNAH, GA WHO INSPECTED IT AND HAD ME RETRIEVE IT TO TAKE TO A COLLISION CENTER FOR REPAIR. THEY WOULDN'T TOUCH IT AND TOLD ME TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER. I TOOK IT TO SAVANNAH TOYOTA WHO REPAIRED IT AT A COST OF OVER $1400 TO REPLACE THE REAR SLIDER ASSEMBLY AND CABLE ASSEMBLY. THEY ALSO ADVISED ME THAT THE REAR MAIN SEAL AND SUB OIL PAN GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, I CHECKED ONLINE TO SEE IF THIS WAS A RECALL FOR ANY REASON AFTER HEARING OF THAT OTHER'S HAD EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH TOYOTA WITH A WARRANTY OR RECALL FOR MODEL YEARS UP TO 2007. I CALLED TOYOTA ON OCTOBER 17TH TO ASK ABOUT A REIMBURSEMENT SINCE THE PROBLEM IS STILL AN EXISTING ONE WITH MY 2008. OBVIOUSLY THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED OR MY VAN WAS BUILT USING PRIOR YEARS PARTS. THEY TOLD ME MY VAN WAS NOT PART OF THE WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS PREVIOUS YEARS. THEY OFFERED ME $1000 THAT CAN BE USED ON ANOTHER REPAIR WHICH I WILL NEED TO PAY OUT OF POCKET THEN ASK FOR REIMBURSEMENT. I DO NEED THAT TO HELP PAY THE $2400 REPAIR FOR THE REAL MAIN SEAL REPAIR. THE MALFUNCTIONING REAR SLIDING DOOR IS A SAFETY CONCERN ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE CHILDREN IN THE REAR SEATS. TOYOTA NEEDS TO EXTEND THIS WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT FIXED THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN, AND A CHILD COULD UNHOOK THEIR SEAT BELT WITH THE DOOR OPEN AND FALL OUT IN TRAFFIC. I WAS ALSO EXPOSED TO A POSSIBLE CARJACKING WITH NO PROTECTION. TOYOTA NEED TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR LOYAL CUSTOMERS. *TR

THE DASHBOARD IS STICKY AND PRODUCES A GLARE. IT GETS STICKIER WHEN IT'S HOT. THE SUN SEEMS TO BE MELTING IT. IT CAUSES A GLARE WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING THAT IS DANGEROUS. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND IT IS HAPPENING TO OTHER TOYOTA DASHBOARDS PRE 2009, ESPECIALLY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WHICH IS WHERE WE LIVE. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. THANK YOU. *TR

I DRIVE ABOUT 5,000 MILES A YEAR, IN THE BEGINNING OF 2012 I WAS TOLD MY BRAKES DID NOT PASS THE STATE INSPECTION. AT THIS TIME I HAD AROUND 20000 MILES ON THE VAN. THE REASON OF THE REJECT WAS RUST ON THE ROTORS, IT WAS SO BAD AND THE ROTORS WERE SO THIN AND OF A POOR METAL, THEY COULD EVEN BE WORKED ON. I HAD TO REPLACE THE ROTORS AND PADS ON ALL 4 WHEELS. *TR

PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AT ABOUT 15 MPH. WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, I SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 5 TO 10 MPH TO PULL INTO THE PARKING SPOT. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AS IF SOMEONE HAD PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. MY VEHICLE WENT UP OVER THE SIDEWALK AND INTO THE SIDE OF A BUILDING CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING. MY CAR WAS NOT DAMAGED TOO BADLY ONLY ABOUT $1,300 AS ESTIMATED BY THE APPRAISER. *TR