general problems of the 2013 Toyota Sienna

The 2gr-fe engine on my Sienna has experienced a front timing cover leak. It's slowly leaking oil out of my vehicle and I'm afraid it will get worst over time. My vehicle has less than 100k miles and if the leak persists, I down want my vehicle breaking down and leaving me stranded.

This is to advise you of a safety issue with our 2013 Toyota Sienna xle minivan having a v6 (3. 5l) engine. Our vehicle currently has 118,169 miles on it and has been well maintained. This vehicle was purchased new and is operated primarily in florida where we live. Over the last 6 - 10 months on three occasions our Sienna minivan suddenly lurched forward as the engine revved up. On all three occasions, I had to take quick action and with significant force press the brake pedal as well as place the minivan in neutral and then into park in order to stop our minivan from surging forward and hitting the car in front of me. On all three occasions, my right foot was on the brake pedal when this occurred and on two of the three occasions, our minivan was slowly accelerating from either a stopped position or a very low speed (5 mph or less). On one of the occasions I was approaching an intersection with a stop sign and our minivan was decelerating to a stop when the engine revved up and the minivan surged forward. This occurred as our minivan was going approximately 5 - 10 mph. There were no warning lamps, messages, or other symptoms prior to any of these incidents. I have reported this condition to our local Toyota dealer but they said they could not duplicate the issue during their test drive. This is a serious safety condition and one that could result in a serious accident with injuries particularly if the driver is not quick to react to this unexpected condition.

My 2013 Toyota Sienna won't stop when I come to a stop sign. It has happened 4x now. I need to fight to keep the brake pressed, and the engine revs way up. If there was someone ahead of me, I would have hit them. I shift it into neutral and it revs extremely loud. This last time, with my 3 year old in back seat said, � daddy I scared, I don't want to be in here anymore. . . �. The noise of the engine reving scared him. I'm going to trade this van in. It only has 38000 miles on it. I'm reporting this, so that when someone gets hurt or killed by this van - the driver can try to get Toyota to take ownership of the outcome. I'm the second owner. Maybe this is the reason the first owner got rid of it. . .

The contact owned a 2013 Toyota seinna. While operating the vehicle, smoke appeared under the panel of the vehicle. After stopping, flames appeared underneath the vehicle. The fire department was called to the scene to extinguish the flames. The cause of the fire was not determined. The vehicle was destroyed. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 40,000.

Takata recall.

As I was pulling on to the highway the traction control light and the engine light came on. I then noticed the vehicle was underpowered, like one cylinder was deactivated. Called my dealer from highway who advised that they were closing in 5 mins and to not turn it off as it may not restart and I may be stranded on highway. Dealer felt that it was just bad gas, but I made an appointment to have them check out the car the next day. Drove at reduced speed to my house, turned car off and a few minutes later restarted van and all the lights went out and the car performed as normal. The dealer inspection the next day indicated a cylinder engine code, and not to worry as it was probably bad gas. This doesn't seem right since the car corrected itself with a restart and no change to the gas.