general problems of the 2012 Toyota Sienna

My 2012 Toyota Sienna having problem while braking on highway 65mph or above, when I hit brake it's start shaking so bad and brake doesn't work properly. I believe it is sway bar link or lower control arm. Even I had replaced once, it didn't helped and again I claimed warranty and replaced other set, but still having same issue.

We have had problems with our 2011 Sienna's electromagnetic coupling and the rear differential. Through my research, I have learned this is a very common problem with the Toyota Sienna. Appears the same problem occured in the rav4 and a recall was issued, however an recall was not issued with the Sienna. The repair is very expensive, upwards for $4,000 and we had two electromagnetic couplings fail. Are there any potential action items we can take with Toyota. Kind regards,.

Vehicle has a whining grinding noise, after having it serviced at Toyota dealership, the finding has been a known issue for a few years: rear differential viscous coupling gone bad. If this is the same set up as the Toyota rav and they issued a recall on it, what is the issue with not calling it for the Sienna's, especially when its a very known problem? its a complete ripoff to the public, and something truly must be done. Thank you.

I was at a full stopped and rear ended at 30 miles an hour and the air bags did not deploy and I am suffering many injuries pain and loss the air bags didn’t deploy at all.

My spare tire cable rusted and the tire fell of and I ran over it.

Sunroof shattered without warning or known cause while driving down the road. It was preceeded by a loud �bang� sound.

2012 GMC Sienna. Consumer states that vehicle is unsafe to drive.

Whirring noise coming from back of vehicle while in motion - starts at about 30 mph - vehicle has 97,000 miles. Service center says the rear differential coupler needs to be replaced. Other Toyota Sienna owners are reporting this same issue but the part has not been recalled.

Was driving home from running errands, about a 4 mile drive at 35 miles/hr. At a stop light there seemed to be some sort of electrical surge. All the dashboard lights flashed and the vehicle turned off. I was able to put the car in park and restart it. There were no warning lights on after restarting the engine, so I assumed it was a fluke and continued on my way home. A little further down the road at another stop light it happened again. I pulled into my driveway and started to unload my car when I noticed smoke emanating from under the hood. I opened the hood to discover a small fire coming from a large group of wrapped wires behind the battery. I was able to put it out quickly with a fire extinguisher, but the car is completely dead and the entire electrical harness needs to be replaced as well as some other nearby parts. This vehicle was well taken care of. There is just under 65,000 miles on it and I brought it in for it's 60k maintenance 6 months ago (6/11/18). At that time they also took care of the recalls for the passenger side airbag and the power sliding doors. Since I was able to contain the fire quickly, this vehicle suffered minimal engine damage, so I'm wondering if it should be used for investigation purposes before repairs are made as it appears this may have happened with other Toyota Siennas that suffered much greater damage.

The tiers wear out to quickly around 20k miles.

This car caught on fire few minutes after some electrical issues- while driving the car with everything looking just fine , the a/c fan fluctuated on and off -car blue tooth also kept disconnected and reconnect for a few seconds then all dashboard lights illuminated on and off few times . After maybe 2 minuets I reached home ,may family got off the car when I noticed smoke coming from the hood . I opened the hood to find a medium size fire coming from the driver side of the engine, I called 911 right away . In less than 10-15 mins most of the car melt from the fire plus the whole garage.

"takada recall" I am writing because my takada airbags have been under recall for an extended period of time. Every single attempt (multiple attempts) have gone unreturned, despite the fact that I have called 888-546-1750 on multiple occasions! because this recall as the potential to cause either injury or death, I would think it would be in takada, Toyota and my best interest to get back to me. I am very dissatisfied with the recall and very dissatisfied with how the Toyota recall team has not contacted me. There is a second recall on the doors for the Toyota Sienna. Because I cannot get a hold of the recall team, I can also not schedule an appointment to get this recall addressed in my vehicle. This is unexcusable!.

Transmission starting slipping at 128,000 miles. Needed a new transmission costing $5,000 to replace.

I have two recalls associated with this minivan. One with the takata airbag, another with the sliding door. Called the dealer mossy Toyota at san diego in late July but there is no help over two months on either problem. I am not sure what to do next? can you please give me some instructions?.

Van has just over 50,000 miles. Power sliding door opened and stuck open next to my 10-year old daughter. Dealership calls this wear and tear and charges almost $1700 to repair. Not included in door recall.

G1p4302 safety recall gop(interimg1p) model years takata front passenger open) vehicle not completed because Toyota dealer could not complete, have to order, will be in three months.

G1p4302 safety recall gop( interim g1p) model years takata front passenger open). Toyota dealer-ship explain before part come in will be 3 months.

Bad water leak when it rains can't figure origin ending up with lots of puddled water in rear storage section. Causing soured mold smell two of my children have asthma not a good scenario or combination. I would not consider sending this, but there are many reports this type of issue with nothing being done to rectify problem without customer being financially responsible. I also understand that not everyone has asthma, however; black mold can be a hazard for all. Just wondering what can be done. Should be some sort of recall in place. . . *first started for us mid March 2017. In research I have found that many others have had this issue with no resolve.

Takata recall. I have waited months for Toyota to fix this, with no action. The recall for side-panel Sienna doors has also not been addressed.

Takata recall - I understand the takata airbag was recalled on 1/9/17 (6 months ago) and I received a letter about it months ago as well. I know a large number of automobiles were affected but I am very dissatisfied with the amount of time it is taking for a remedy to be in place. This is our family vehicle and I spend many trips a week in the front passenger seat feeling unsafe. I have two large carseats in the second row and the third row of seats are down in order to transport different things. So I have no where to sit but the front passenger seat. In addition to this recall, there is an issue with the power sliding door. There has been a recall in effect for that since Nov. 2016 and there is still no remedy.

Recall notice--Nov 22,2016 passenger doors manufacturer recall numberg14 NHTSA recall number16v858 this recall is still unresolved and Toyota does not have a remedy to fix the door.

The contact owns a 2012 Toyota Sienna. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 11v560000 (equipment). The part needed to repair the vehicle 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. Parts distribution disconnect.

Passenger door - motor lock assembly failure where passenger door will not shut and flies open when driving. Rusting of door components from improper door sealing around door frame. Popping sound when opening motorized passenger door. Fortunately, door was stopped initially when door failure occurred but door flew open after I shut it and drove the vehicle. I then stopped to shut door and door would not close at all.

On August 27, 2016 I was driving our 2012 Toyota Sienna on an interstate highway. Traffic was terrible and I rear-ended another vehicle in stop-and-go traffic. The impact was minor, but the engine caught fire and burnt the car to the frame. My wife and I were able to exit the car before it burned. When I exited the car, I took my keys with me. However, I was not able to open any of the doors and everything I had in the back of the van burned. Thankfully, our children were not in the car. If they had been, I would have needed to break windows to attempt to remove them from the car.

My son was attempting to get in the car and my husband, who was in the driver's seat and who thought he was already in the car, closed the sliding van door by pressing the overhead remote button. My son was trapped, arms pinned up. The door did not bounce back. This is not the first time this has happened, but it is the first time that it was a child (vs. Someone like me, who is strong enough to stop the force). I had to run out and force the door back. The latch was piercing his other side and he and his twin sister (who watched the whole thing, helplessly) were very frightened. He is probably just bruised, but what if I hadn't been standing right there?! the car was not on, and was parked in our garage.

As I have driven on the highway, on three separate occasions, my rear sliding doors have spontaneously opened on their own. After it happened the first time, we turned off the automatic door feature and it still happened another two times. When we took it into the dealership we were informed that this was a "known issue with 2007-2011 Toyota Sienna's but that Toyota has not acknowledged an issue yet with 2012 Sienna's". We were also told it would cost over $5000 for a partial fix. When I called Toyota corporation their response was "what do you want us to do about it?.

Cpsc: io1510097a. 2012 Toyota Sienna. Consumer stated while driving on the freeway the rear passanger side window exploded.

I want to correct that on our 2012 Sienna it is the back sliding door that it is the "hinge" that opens and shuts the door, locks it, attaches it to the van that is starting to rust. Toyota reply is till it falls off, or starts to "be more rusted, but not in our lifetime" it is cosmetic, yet it is dangerous and will affect the resale value and it is near the wires that open and shut it, which I have read problems about. Toyota should take responsibility for the hinges rusting and replace them before someone does get hurt, you just don't wait for the accident to happen or till someone gets hurt.

Today while cleaning the van, I noticed the lever and/or latch that holds the back sliding doors and moves them open and shut, keeps the back sliding doors on, is starting to rust where the door is connected near the cables that open and shut the door.

The person sit behind the driver, push the automatic van door close button to close the door then reached over for the seat belt. The person accidentally reach the hand between the sliding door and door frame right next to the seat belt anchor close to the door. The door closed on the open finger and tried to close even tighter. The door mechanism did not reverse and open the door back up, but continues to try to close the door completely. After some hard pull on the door handle, the door finally reopened. The person finger was bruised and the wedding rings shape has been damaged. The ring is no longer round nor straight, it has been torqued by the force of the door mechanism.

(rear power sliding doors: no safety sensors to stop the door ) I pulled the handle of the rear power sliding door to open to let my dog out. She put her head into the opening between the tractor cable that glides the door back and the rear portion of the door. The power door continued to slide back and inward. My repeated attempts to stop the door included me pulling against it with all my strength¦ the door just kept sliding either back or forward. My dog tried to squeeze herself out and only managed to get half her body out. She looked like she was cut in half. My neighbors came over and held the door to stop it from moving. The space between the body of the van and the sliding door was so tight (3 to 4 inches), I could not push or pull my dog out. I thought she was being crushed to death. I went to disengage the battery to make sure the door would not move and my dog was able to wriggle her entire body out of that tiny opening. This lasted for about 10 minutes and was terrifying. My dog suffered only bruised ribs. I had a Chrysler town and country before this and the door sensors stopped at the slightest interference. This is an incredible safety hazard.

Toyota Sienna Mini van spontaneous acceleration our minivan spontaneously accelerated. I don't know if you know Toyota has been having this issue with older models, but ours is a 2012 Toyota Sienna xle limited all wheel drive Mini van. I put on the brake to let my wife out when the van took off as if I had the gas pedal to the floor, yet my foot was on the brake. We kept moving, so I pushed the stop/ignition button and the van would not stop. I then put on the emergency brake and the van was still moving, I watched the rpm's keep going up on the tachometer. I then pushed the off/ignition button again, still would not stop, my next step was to put it in neutral, but I didn't want to blow the engine, so I pushed the off/ignition button again and the engine finally stopped. We were freaked out we had only read about this not thinking it would ever happen to us. Now the biggest problem is I don't feel comfortable having wife drive the van anymore. I called Toyota of nashua, they basically said we can inspect it and call Toyota of California. I called Toyota of CA and they seemed nice and talked about giving us a loaner car. Both Toyota of nashua, nh and Toyota of California both inspected the van and said “there is nothing wrong with the van”. They said you can come and pick it up. There are many youtube video showing this problem and even re-enacting the situation, yet Toyota claims user error. I have grown up working on cars for about 35 years, I fixed and driven cars hard. I’ve done things with cars that most people only see in the movies. I can promise you it was not user error and it was not the floor mats fact!!! beware Toyota & Lexus owners.

Brand new Toyota Sienna. The moonroof/sunroof keeps leaking. Been to the dealer multiple times and when we come back the adviser always tells us the van won't leak anymore only to find out the next time it rains, the car leaks again. We don't know exactly when this started happening( we guessed it leaked a long time ago due to the rusted parts around the glass) since no one really sits in the back. The dealer already replaced the glass and the rubber seals around it.

Nhtsa recall number : 11v560 manufacturer recall number : b0n Toyota has never contacted me regarding the resolution of this recall or has informed me that this recall was done.