general problems of the 2007 Toyota Sienna

2007 Toyota Sienna. Consumer writes in regards to local dealerships failure or unable to remedy vehicle defect even after three recall notifications. *m the dealer and Toyota refused to replace the spare tire. However, the dealer did replace the cable.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Sienna. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 10v160000 (structure); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

2007 Toyota Sienna. Consumer writes regarding spare tire recall the consumer stated his wife took the vehicle to the dealer for the recall. However, when she brought the vehicle home, he noticed the spare tire had been placed in the rear part of the vehicle and secured with a strap. So, when the rear seat was placed in the stored position, the spare tire would be placed on top of the stored seats. The consumer stated the dealer never mentioned the condition of the carrier and never mentioned the tire would be placed in the rear of the vehicle. The consumer stated they completely altered the functionality of the vehicle without his consent and it also created a significant safety issue, which meant the tire was not properly secured in the cab of the vehicle. When the consumer called the dealership, he was informed the parts to properly fix the problem were not available.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that the dealer only performed part of recall 10v160000 (structure); the cable was on backorder and was not able to be installed. The contact had not experienced any failures, but the dealer placed the tire in the center rear of the vehicle and the contact was concerned. The contact was told it would be approximately three months before the part would arrive. The current mileage was 31,322. Updated 1/19/2010 the consumer sold the vehicle on 12/28/10. Updated 01/27/11.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Sienna. The contact received a recall notice for recall 10v160000 (structure) and took the vehicle to the dealership for inspection. The dealer took the spare tire from underneath the vehicle, placed it inside the rear of the vehicle and tied it down with a bungee cord. The contact did not feel that the repair was adequate or that the bungee cord would hold the tire securely. The contact called the manufacturer who offered no assistance. The VIN was unavailable. The current mileage was approximately 32,000. The failure mileage was approximately 27,000.

I was pumping gas and my child inside the car hit the drivers side sliding door button to open the sliding door. The door is supposed to stop and not open when the gas cover is open. My sliding door failed to deactivate and the sliding door continued to automatically open smashing the gas pump inside the sliding door and the gas tank opening. All mean while fuel is pumping into the car. This bent the gas cover luckily didn't spark a fire due to friction. However now I have to slam the gas cover to get it to shut as some times doors now will not open automatically because the gas cover is not latched shut. Once we bent the door as best we could back in place at least to allow it to latch back shut. The doors will automatically open and shut as they should. I have had this occur multiple times. This is a big safety risk especially if you are pumping gas when this happens.

Occasionally, the driver's side automatic sliding door will close before it should. This has happened approximately 20 times in the last nine months (four times on 12/28/08). It has closed on my son, my mother, my granddaughter, my wife, and me. There is no pattern for when this will happen, so when we take it to the dealer for repair, they can not duplicate the problem. Therefore, they have not been able to correct the problem.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Sienna. While driving the vehicle at any speed the contact noticed that the rear window on the passenger sides blind spot was very small and made it difficult to see small cars. The failure was not diagnosed. The contact stated that the failure had occurred since the vehicle was purchased. The failure mileage was 51 and the current mileage was 30000. Updated 09/28/10 the consumer also stated the rear seat were very high. Updated 10/01/10.