Driveshaft Problems of Toyota Sienna

Service tech at the Toyota dealer said my electromagnetic coupler / viscous coupler and driveshaft ujoint seized. After further research online it seems its common. Wondering if Toyota would put out a recall?.

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This vehicle has all wheel drive and uses an electromechanical coupler on the rear differential. It is very similar configuration to the Toyota rav4 that uses a viscous coupler in the same location. My coupler has failed due to the front bearing failing. The vehicle is 8 years old and has about 95000 miles on it. Toyota has issued a technical service bulletin and provided extended warranty coverage for the bearing failure problem on the rav4. So far, they have refused to provide similar coverage for repairs on the awd Sienna, even though the failure mode is identical. We first noticed the problem when the vehicle started making loud grinding noise from the rear axle while driving. It wasn't clear what the source of noise was, but after finding the service bulletin for the problem on the rav4, it became clear this same bearing failure was happening on the awd Sienna's, so it was repaired. It was repaired before it failed catastrophically. It is hard to know what would have happened if the sound was ignored. Would the drive shaft sieze up? engine stall? transmission fail? Toyota does not sell this bearing for the Sienna, they require the entire coupling to be replaced, with a list price over $1700, plus labor. This defective part should be subject of a recall and the repair performed on all awd Sienna with the defective bearing configuration.

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There is a safety recall b0h issued by Toyota that only impacts certain 2011 model year Siennas. This is where the right hand front drive shaft assembly is impacted. The vehicle of my 2011 Toyota Sienna does not match those vehicle identification number(s) that are impacted by this recall. My vehicle is exhibiting the exact same issue that other 2011 Toyota Siennas are running into but my vehicle VIN number is not included in the safety recall. My vehicle has 75656 miles on it and Toyota dealership will not fix this safety recall without me paying for it. I called Toyota about this issue (case 1710022954) but they are refusing to send me any documentation through email on this and refusing to completely fix the safety recall issue on my 2011 Toyota Sienna.

Detroit axle, in michigan, is selling defective struts, straight out of the junkyard, and rack and pinion steering and many other suspension parts, advertised as new, by just placing a coat of paint in them. They offer a warranty of one year in the products, but the consumer must pay for the removal and installation of the part. I played their game for three times and I foolishly paid 3 times for the strut installation, plus other damages the faulty struts caused me . The faulty struts caused my frame to loosen, my horizontal drive shaft to damage, and rack and pinion steering, that detroit axle sold. Well, my vehicle shakes violently at between 45-55 miles per hour, thus having to pull to the side of the road. I managed to drive to a mechanic through back roads at low speeds. The defective rack and pinion steering and the defective, sold as new parts, and advertised as new parts failed in three occasions ane damaging my other parts of the vehicle. It cost me over $3000 to replace those parts plus the money that I gave to detroit axle, with the collusion of ebay selling his products. Once the parts are received, within 60 days, he closes the feedback on his page, thus not letting the suspecting public complain against his junkyard of defective parts. Ebay protects him. I still have to replace my michelin new tires for more expense and the third pair of struts are still on the vehicle, in which I still have to replace for a third time!.

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The contact owns a 2011 Toyota Sienna. While driving approximately 30 mph, a loud noise was heard underneath the front end of the vehicle without warning. The vehicle was towed to sonoco auto shop, lexington ark, MD, where it was diagnosed that the front right drive shaft was fractured. Also, the front driver side drive shaft was faulty. The technician recommended that both parts needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure was not repaired. Also, the contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16v858000 (structure), 14v273000 (tires), and 11v560000 (equipment). The failure mileage was 100,000. VIN tool confirms parts not available. Parts distribution disconnect.

I noticed a clunking noise when turning into a parking spot. It also felt like my van was diving into the parking spot. I took my van into Toyota for another reason and was told at the time it was leaking at the rack and needed a new drive shaft and boot to the tune of 1200 dollars. We are still debating what to do and are very disappointed in Toyota. We purchased this vehicle based on Toyota's reputation for quality but have found this vehicle particularly repair prone. We have already replaced the radiator, parking brake and had a very expensive serpentine belt replacement due to the fusion of dissimilar metals. It seems to me that Toyota's engineers should have understood the consequences of designing a vehicle with dissimilar metals that come into direct contact. We have never owned such a repair prone vehicle.

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To date my Sienna has 25,000 miles on it. It had the torque converter replaced at 200 miles, the battery replaced because it went dead for no apparent reason within a year, the rear struts on the hatch have failed and needed to be replaced, the lights on the console blew out, the tires need to be replaced at 25,000 miles due to being out of alignment, vehicle pulls to left consistently, shakes at speeds over 60 mph, sliding doors consistently stick, pronounced clunk when going in reverse down a slight incline I am sure there is more to come. Dt.

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