general problems of the 2013 Toyota Sienna

I was at a red traffic light. I pressed the brake pedal. The vehicle wouldn't stop. The engine was revving. This happened twice within a month.

The seller selling vehicle to me with incorrect miles.

2013 Toyota Sienna van sliding doors. Driver sliding door opened on its own while driving down the road. Passenger side door will not open from the inside. This is a danger to my daughter who sits in the backseat if the door opens while I’m driving down the highway. Or she can’t get out because it will not open.

Power sliding rear doors opened while driving, problems with sliding doors locking mechansim on both sides, front and the rear locks.

The side door opens well driving and there are kids in the van. Has happen 3 times.

Sunroof shattered while driving.

Sliding door will lock and not open when prompted, manually or electrically, sometimes it will pop open.

I had sever car accident while I am 7 months pregnant including my 5 years old sons . During the accident my airbag was not deployed which lead me hematoma in my uterus. That car is totally losses and the accident was severe . Thank god we put the sit belt and even if the frontdash board hit me bad . I will attach all the details of the accident and the police report. We tried to submit our complaint to Toyota and they refused to help . As if the air bug should not supposed to deploy with that kind of severe accident they say they don’t use this information .

My 2013 Toyota Sienna had two recalls, which are power sliding do0r and front passenger airbag inflator. My vehicle has been inspected and fixed. However, my recall status of the vechicle has not been updated, and continuously receive notice from dealer and NHTSA.

Tires tread life runs really fast, usually between 20 - 30,000 miles which is not normal. This was happening not just to me, but also most of the Sienna owner that had complained online.

Goodyear assurance tire size 235 60 r17 number for recall and m7jj f1r 5116 tire has what they call a seam manufacturers defect jim norton Toyota wouldn't warranty it even with an extended warranty on my vehicle but they said it has 4/32 left on it but they would it if they were me not to mention that the outer walls of the tire where the tread is were wearing but not the middle and I'll only have the vehicle for like a year.

Very abnormal wear on new tires that can cause accidents. I have had this van for 13 months and I'm on my 3rd set of new tires. Alignment and rotations every 5 k. This is not a tire defect but a flaw in the design of the vehicle. If you do a google search about tire wear on the Sienna, there are 100's of forums of people complaining about this. Please have Toyota address this design flaw problem and find a solution. Thank you!.

I received a letter stating that there was a recall on my cars sliding door mechanism. Recall number 16v-858. I called handy Toyota in st. Albans vt to have the recall remedied. I was told the parts would be ordered and they should arrive in about 4 days and I would receive a phone call when the parts arrived. One week later I still had not received a phone call, I called the service department and was told the parts were not in yet in and they would call Toyota dealer to see where the parts were. I was told I would be called the following Monday. Another week had passed and no phone call. I called handy Toyota today 11-2-2017 and spoke to jamie in the parts department. He told me I was not in there system, only for a car I had purchased there 9 years ago. He informed me that the part had never been ordered. In order to get the part needed he would need my VIN number to get the correct parts. The people I had previously spoken with never asked me for a VIN number and both people had assured me the parts had been ordered. Jamie has assured me that he has ordered the parts and they should arrive in about 4 days. The service I received was non existent. It seems that the first 2 people I spoke with were either very poorly trained or simply untruthful.

1. Faulty tk airbags - I got a notice over mail about it. 2. My side door opened during driving, I then found out there is a recall for sliding power doors (electric issue) - I contacted local Toyota dealership, but they said they cannot handle it in the next 5 months as they have no parts.

Smelled burning or smoldering inside of vehicle while driving. After stopping to inspect, noticed that a wire for sliding electric door was just hanging (drivers side exterior of rear quarter panel). The wire was burned and was just hanging there. The electric sliding door would not work afterwards. Took siena to Toyota dealership and was advised that there is some type of warranty affecting the doors but they didn't know what it involved. They advised no further information was available. Toyota did not advise of any known dangers known to them if any.

I was driving my Sienna van 2013 last month in October 2016 and all of the sudden, the side mirror on the passenger side just broke without any reason. I took the Sienna to dealership on the same day, stating that, the mirror was defective but the dealership stated, they are not responsible. I called Toyota customer care & explained to them but they denied to replace the window for me. I drove so many Toyota in the past 10 years and this was the first incident that happened to me regarding to the side window for the Toyota.

The side glass on my 2013 Toyota Sienna van was broken out by a rock, while my wife was driving on the freeway, the glass literally exploded throwing chips of glass everywhere in the vehicle. If one of my grandsons or a person had been setting in one of the back seats they would have been seriously injured!!! the side glass on these vehicles need to be safety glass so this would never happen, it wouldn't shatter like that and seriously hurt someone. I did contact Toyota customer service and they said that it was safety glass and it was made to brake into pieces, I told them that they needed to make the glass like the front windshield with a layer of safety plastic in the middle and they said thats the way it is and its all that is required of them to have.

Both power sliding doors have failed due to the cable assembly. One door the cable snapped. The other door the cable got stuck.

Takata recall.

On September 27, 2016 while driving on the highway the sunroof exploded. I went through my insurance company to file a claim. Thankfully my children both under the age of 2 were not in the vehicle at the time.

Sunroof exploded while van was parked in June 25, 2016. Photos show glass exploded out. Van was certified but coverage denied.

I was driving 65 mph on the highway (95 degrees outside) with the sunroof closed and I heard what sounded like an explosion. There was no debris on the road and no one in front of me. The interior temperature of the vehicle was set at 68 degrees. I pulled over to inspect the vehicle, I realized that the glass in the sunroof over the driver's seat had completely shattered. I pulled the cover closed to protect myself from the possibility of any glass falling into the vehicle. When I contacted the dealership, I was informed that I clearly had something hit it; I explained the driving conditions and was still told something must have hit it. Upon returning home, I have discovered that there are other reports of windows spontaneously "exploding".

We parked our car in the garage and the next morning woke to a shattered rear windshield. The window was completely shattered and removed from the frame of the back window. The car had not been involved in an accident or any other incident that would have caused this damage.

My wife went outside this morning and saw what you see in the pictures. The rear glass was shattered and glass was on the outside indicating that the window had possibly been pushed outwards. There was only a little bit of glass on the inside. I parked the car outside last night and it was normal temperatures for texas. The rear of the car was less than a foot from our garage. The damage is not consistent with vandalism and there are no glass pieces inside the car that would suggest a bat or anything else. We brought the car to texas Toyota of grapevine which turned out to be a waste (other than the scheduled oil change). They refused to accept that it could possibly be a manufacturers defect and since they "had never seen this before so it won't be covered under the warranty. " they would not look at the pictures I provided and instead decided that there was no way that they could prove it was a defect. They did not even consider that it could be a bad defroster unit (other reports on this site indicated that possibility) or the rear door frame was out of alignment or that there was a defect with the manufacturing of the window itself. No one from management came and asked us what happened or offered to have us walk through what we found. After the oil change was complete, the car was delivered back to us with the glass still in the vehicle and the rear window not covered. Texas Toyota of grapevine website states that all service comes with "complimentary car wash and interior vacuum. " I can understand not washing but the interior vacuum is unacceptable. As far as we are concerned, they let us leave the facility with an unsafe vehicle with no regard for our safety or the safety of other drivers.

Even the front door is locked and in drive mode you can open the door, while the car is running and the door are locked my wife almost fell when he accidentally pulled the front door opener. Its is a big safety issue and it make no sense if you can open the door inside even if its locked specially when its running. When you start the engine the door will automatically locked, what is the purpose of that if you can open the front doors without unlocking it.

My parents bought ne a 2013 Toyota Sienna xle van,ever since there's been a loud rattling in the rear an they have taken it in over 40 times even the yesterday an Toyota of louisville said they can't fix it, I've heard it while riding in the van it drives you nuts, they over $30,000 for the van an its loud ride sounds more like your on a train . Mom said this is her last Toyota she's buying USA only.