2000 Toyota Sienna problems
Owners have filed 459 complaints about the 2000 Toyota Sienna with NHTSA. Power train accounts for 15.3% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of engine and engine cooling at 15%.
Complaints459
Crashes28
Fires7
Injuries28
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Power train 15.3% · 70
Engine and engine cooling 15.0% · 69
Structure 11.3% · 52
Tires 9.4% · 43
Latches/locks/linkages 8.1% · 37
Service brakes, hydraulic 7.0% · 32
Seat belts 5.0% · 23
Vehicle speed control 4.4% · 20
Severity
Of those complaints, 28 describe a crash, 7 describe a fire and 28 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 19 model years of the Toyota Sienna in this data, 2000 sits 6th by complaint volume. 2004 draws the most.
Filings have fallen off, 7 in the last three years against 10 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 82,300 miles.
In owners' own words
Check engine light illumintaed, dealer stated the torque converter needed replaced, on december 25th the check engine light was illuminated again and now the transmission needs replaced, axle shaft was replaced due to it not being seated properly, however the dealer put the wrong bolts in causing a metal to metal sound to happen while traveling over the slightest bumps. *Slc Power train
I backed down the driveway. There was a trash can in the way at the bottom of the driveway, so I put the car in park and hopped out to move the can. I turned to get back in the car and found it moving forward up the driveway. I chased the car up the driveway. It ran over a joggerbuggy and struck a retaining wall before I was able to get into it and stop it. Power train · reported at 70,000 miles
As we were driving the vehicle at about 65 mi/hr the transmission failed with no warning. We were able to coast into a parking lot and drive another mile before the vehicle locked up and would not move. Dealer in san antonio replaced the transmission and torque converter. Repair took longer than expected due to torque converter being on back order. Power train
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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