general problems of the 2009 Toyota Sienna - part 2

2009 Toyota Sienna minivan developed corroded rear air-conditioning lines after only 4 years. Corrosion caused complete loss of a/c coolant. It cost me $118 to have the a/c system tested only to find out that it will cost me another $1578 to repair the problem. . . And there's no guarantee that this won't happen again in another 4 years. Dealership won't help. Toyota corporate won't help. It is a scam that they use untreated aluminum a/c lines that they admit are prone to corrosion in northern climates where salt is used on the roads. Easy fix: paint the a/c lines! Toyota won't offer any help whatsoever! I have found an emotional state beyond rage.

The dashboard is melting in our Toyota Sienna. We have had the van handicapped adapted. My husband is a disabled vet and I am the driver. I am also the person that is having the sun reflect off the dash and can sometimes impair vision. The dash is so sticky that everything attaches to the dash and it is dirty. There is no way to clean it. I cannot afford to buy a new dash and we do not travel far during the early part of the day. He is 64 and I will be 64 years old. We would appreciate your help thank you very much.

The back trunk does not stay open, and slams shut so hard! I found this out after a trio to the grocery store with my two little ones. I had to use my head to prop the trunk open, which resulted in me hurting my neck. For fear of injury to myself of my children with how the trunk slams down so hard and fast, I just crawled from the backseat to the trunk area. Because I have young children, I have strollers in the trunk of my van, I saw that there was a recall for rear struts for 2004 - 2005 Siennas, nothing since. Very frustrating that I'm going through this, but its somewhat a relief that I not alone. But if I'm not alone; why is Toyota not doing something about this.

The automatic rear lift gate closes as soon as it opens. It been doing for pass few days now. Its a pain but had to go thru. Its expensive to fix,,,.

The automatic rear lift gate closes prematurely. The above date is the last time an injury was caused. I think that the gas struts are defective, and can no longer support the weight of the lift gate, which causes the gate to close prematurely. The failure has happened several times in the past year. On one occasion, the gate struck the bridge of my nose and caused a small laceration. I think that the struts can no longer support the weight of the liftgate when it is open, so the liftgate will fall about ten inches after it reaches the fully open position, at which point the power motor will engage the power liftgate to the fully closed position. This has caused injury to me because I was struck by liftgate when it falls or closes. I think that Toyota should correct the defect by replacing the gas struts with redesigned gas struts that have longer service life.

The children lifted back lift gate to put school books into the van and the gate fell on one of them. This has happened to several others since then. A Toyota rep said he has the same vehicle and said he uses a hockey stick to prop open the gate. We tried that for a while but it sometimes fails. We had it replaced (not by Toyota) in August of 2013 and it continues to fail as soon as the weather gets cold.

I wish to report two separate gas pedal incidents involving my 2009 Toyota Sienna xle van that occurred on the same day. On this day, I made a trip from my residence to a local golf course and about 3 hours later I returned to my residence. On my way to the golf course, I was traveling in a housing area at about 20 mph when I took my foot off of the gas pedal to slow down but the car continued at the same or slightly faster speed of about 25 mph. The car should have easily slowed down because at this time I was going up a slight incline in the road. I had to firmly apply my brakes to slow down the car and I immediately parked the car within about 200-300 yards of the incident. About 3 hours later, I drove the car back to my residence. I stopped at a stop sign and then started to drive to our residence (we have a rented unit in a gated residential area) at the posted speed of 15 mph. As I reached 15 mph, I took my foot off the accelerator but the car continued to speed up to about 25 mph. I had to immediately apply the brakes and I also downshifted the transmission to 1st gear. I parked the car but did notice, before I turned the key off, that the engine rpms in the stopped position were about 1000 to 1100. It was not at the idle speed of about 700 rpms where it should have been when stopped. Something prevented the accelerator from returning to normal. These two events both occurred on Saturday March 6, 2010. I took the car to the Toyota of the desert dealership in cathedral city, California, on Monday March 8, 2010. They checked the car over and told me that they could not find anything wrong. We also took a test drive which was equally uneventful. My wife and I are extremely concerned about our safety when driving this car. Why is there no recall of our Toyota Sienna? we darn sure have a problem!.