2008 Toyota Sienna

PROBLEM OCCURS AFTER SLOWING DOWN AT A STOP SIGN OR INTERSECTION AT THE SPEED BETWEEN 5 TO 10 MPH AND THEN GO TO INCREASE SPEED. THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES. ONE TIME THE ENGINE SEEMED TO ROAR UP, BUT THE CAR DIDN'T MOVE.... THIS HESITATION OCCURS WHEN TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER SLOWING DOWN AT AN INTERSECTION OR TURNING AT A CORNER. THIS OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY BUT IS QUITE NOTICEABLE. I CAN OFTEN REPRODUCE HESITATION WITH A HARD BRAKE FOLLOWED BY HEAVY THROTTLE. *TR

UNINTENDED ACCELERATION INCIDENT. CAR WAS DRIVEN 200 MILES THE PREVIOUS NIGHT AND GARAGED. THE NEXT MORNING, CAR WAS STARTED, BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY, AND DRIVEN 15 MPH FOR 1/4 MILE UNTIL ON MAIN ROAD. AFTER TRAVELING 0.4 MILES ON MAIN ROAD I SLOWED TO A RED LIGHT. THE ENGINE STARTED RACING (BUT NOT RED-LINING). I AM ABSOLUTELY SURE MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. I SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, WHICH REMOVED THE FORWARD PRESSURE, AND AFTER A SECOND OR TWO, THE RPMS DRIFTED BACK INTO THE NORMAL RANGE. THIS IS THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE. OTHER INSTANCES HAVE BEEN LESS SEVERE AND HAVE ALL OCCURRED WHILE BRAKING THE VEHICLE. *TR

I OWN A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH 17000 MILES ON IT. RECENTLY WHILE LOADING UP THE FAMILY TO GO OUT, THE LEFT PASSENGER AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR WAS UNABLE TO BE CLOSED. I PROMPTLY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO FIXED THE PROBLEM, SAYING ONE OF THE MECHANISMS IN THE DOOR UNIT NEEDED LUBRICATION. THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY UNTIL LAST EVENING, WHEN THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED WHILE OUT TO DINNER. EVEN WHEN THE POWER DOOR WAS DISENGAGED, THE DOOR STILL WOULD NOT CLOSE. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE TWO ADULTS (ALONG WITH 3 KIDS 8 AND UNDER) SO ONE OF US COULD HOLD THE DOOR SHUT WHILE THE OTHER DROVE. I CHECKED ON THE INTERNET BRIEFLY AND IT SEEMS AS THOUGH MANY OTHER SIENNA OWNERS HAVE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES. THIS COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE IF IT WERE SOMEHOW TO MANIFEST ITSELF WHILE DRIVING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN THE REAR PASSENGER VENT WINDOW BLEW OUT DUE TO EXCESSIVE STRONG WINDS. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS OR INJURIES. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERNS OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 33,000. UPDATED 11/10/09 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER DENIED WARRANTY CLAIM. UPDATED 11/13/09

I WAS TRAVELING IN A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA SOUTH AFTER JUST COMING FROM BEING STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WHEN I WAS T-BONED BY A DRIVER THAT RAN THE RED LIGHT TRAVELING WEST BOUND. I WAS HIT BETWEEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND FRONT LEFT WHEEL. THE IMPACT TOOK THE WHEEL OFF THE AXEL AND THE CAR WAS INOPERABLE AFTER THE INCIDENT. I HIT MY HEAD ON THE DRIVER'S WINDOW AS THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND SUFFERED A CONCUSSION AND BRUISING. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA IN OCTOBER 2007. THE FIRST DEFECT I NOTICED IS WHEN THE REAR WINDOWS ARE OPEN, THE REAR DOORS DO NOT LOCK IN PLACE WHEN YOU OPEN THEM. THE MECHANIC STATED SAID THE HE THOUGHT THE REASON IT WAS DESIGNED THIS WAY WAS AS A PRECAUTION, IN CASE A CHILD IS LEANING OUT OF THE WINDOW WHEN THE DOORS ARE OPENED. THIS MADE NO SENSE. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THAT THE DOOR SLAMS REALLY HARD AND THEN BOUNCES BACK. IF A CHILD HAPPENED TO BE LEANING OUT THE WINDOW THEY WOULD SUFFER SERIOUS INJURY BECAUSE OF THIS. NO ONE HAS BEEN INJURED THUS FAR, BUT THE SLAMMING CERTAINLY STARTLES EVERYONE! THIS HAPPENS EVEN IF THE WINDOW IS ONLY OPEN SLIGHTLY. ANOTHER DEFECT IS THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT ON THE DASH. IT STAYS LIT UP CONSTANTLY. AFTER ADDING AIR ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, I NOTICED THAT THE LIGHT COMES BACK ON IN JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS. I DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE DEALER AND HE SIMPLY STATED THAT TIRE PRESSURE CHANGES WITH THE TEMPERATURE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I WOULD NOT KNOW IF THE TIRES' INFLATION WAS REALLY OFF OR NOT. OBVIOUSLY I CANNOT ADD AIR TO THE TIRES EVERY OTHER DAY. *TR

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING IN FLORIDA IN OUR RENTED TOYOTA SIENNA MINIVAN, AND FIVE FAMILY MEMBERS WERE IN THE CAR, ON A HIGHWAY. SUDDENLY THE ENGINE HOOD CAME UNHOOKED AND FLEW UP, HITTING THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THE GLASS SHATTERED AND WE WERE SHOWERED WITH GLASS, BUT THE BIGGER PROBLEM WAS THAT THE VIEW OUT THE FRONT WAS ALMOST TOTALLY OBSTRUCTED. WE MANAGED TO SEE THROUGH A SMALL CREVICE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD, WHICH WAS NOW UPRIGHT AND COVERING ALMOST ALL THE WINDSHIELD. WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PLEASE NOTE I AM NOT THE OWNER OF THIS AUTOMOBILE, BUT RATHER MY HUSBAND YONATHAN EPELBAUM HAD RENTED IT FROM NATIONAL CAR COMPANY. THE CAR HAS BEEN RETURNED TO NATIONAL, AND THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE POLICE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE ESCAPED SERIOUS INJURY. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED DURING DAYLIGHT, WHICH HELPED, AS AT LEAST THE DAYLIGHT HELPED WITH VISIBILITY THROUGH THE VERY SMALL OPENING UNDER THE HOOD, FROM WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO STEER AND CHANGE LANES SAFELY WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY. INJURIES WERE FORTUNATELY VERY MINOR SO I AM RECORDING AS "NO INJURIES" BUT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH GLASS. CONSIDERING WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN KILLED, WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE MY HUSBAND MANAGED TO STEER US OUT OF IT WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING OR BEING HIT. OTHER CARS AROUND US WERE GOING VERY FAST SO THE SITUATION WAS EXCEEDINGLY DANGEROUS. *TR

RUN FLAT TIRE COMMERCIAL. IT IS TRUE THAT YOU CAN TRAVEL ON A RUN FLAT TIRE FOR OVER 100 MILES WITH A NAIL PUNCTURED TIRE. THIS COMMERCIAL DOES NOT TELL YOU THE PRONES OF IT AND I EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA ALL-WHEEL DRIVE AND IT HAS THE ELECTRONIC INDICATOR OF LOW AIR PRESSURE. IT CAME ON ONCE IN A WHILE AND JUST ADDED SOME AIR. BUT LATELY IT CAME ON MORE FREQUENTLY AND I TOOK THE VAN TO THE TOYOTA DEALER IN LA CRESCENTA CA., WHERE I BOUGHT THE VAN, FOR INSPECTION. THEY TOLD ME THERE IS A NAIL IN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE AND THIS TYPE OF THE RAN FLAT TIRE CAN NOT BE REPAIRED. SO I HAD TO BUY A NEW TIRE. LUCKY ENOUGH THEY COULD ORDER IT RIGHT AWAY AND GOT THE TIRE MOUNTED THE NEXT DAY. THE DEALER COULD NOT MOUNT THE TIRE ON THE RIM AND HAD TO SEND IT TO A SPECIAL TIRE PLACE, BECAUSE THIS ARE SPECIAL RIMS, I HAVE BEEN TOLD. THE PRICE FOR THIS ONE TIRE WAS $ 269.56 INCLUDING MOUNTING, BALANCING AND SALES TAX. SINCE THIS TYPE OF A VAN WITH THIS RUN FLAT TIRES, DOES NOT COME WITH A SPARE TIRE. THEY TOLD ME, IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO HAVE ONE. WHAT WILL HAPPENED, WHEN YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WILDERNESS IN THE COUNTRY. YES YOU CAN DRIVE OVER 100 MILES ON THE FLAT TIRE, BUT WHEN YOU GET TO THE NEXT TOWN AND THEY HAVE TO ORDER THIS TIRE AND IT CAN TAKE DAYS BEFORE THEY GET ONE. THERE YOU WILL BE STUCK FOR A WHILE. THIS DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A GOOD WAY TO HAVE THIS TIRES. IT SURE IS A MISS LEADING ADVERTISING AND A BAD EXPERIENCE. ON TAP OF IT THE TIRES HAVE NO WARRANTY. UNHAPPY EXPERIENCED OWNER, KARL *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH DUNLOP SP4000 A/F P215/65S/R16 WITH DOT DA2HC4ER3807. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT A LOW SPEED OF 5MPH THE VEHICLE APPEARED UNBALANCED FROM THE RIGHT TO THE LEFT. THE DRIVER OBSERVED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS DISENGAGED FROM THE RIM WITH APROXIMATELY 2/3 OF THE TIRE HANGING ONTO THE RIM. THE TIRE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT IS AWARE OF THE SAFERTY RISK DUE TO THE DEFECT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 7,500.