2006 Toyota Sienna problems
Owners have filed 1,284 complaints about the 2006 Toyota Sienna with NHTSA. Air bags account for 24.3% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of structure at 20.6%.
Complaints1,284
Crashes56
Fires2
Injuries59
Deaths1
What owners report breaking
Air bags 24.3% · 312
Structure 20.6% · 265
Electrical system 6.6% · 85
Latches/locks/linkages 5.2% · 67
Tires 5.1% · 66
Steering 4.8% · 61
Wheels 4.3% · 55
Unknown or other 4.1% · 53
Severity
Of those complaints, 56 describe a crash, 2 describe a fire, 59 report an injury and 1 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Across the 19 model years of the Toyota Sienna in this data, 2006 ranks 3rd by complaint volume — 2004 draws the most.
Filings have fallen off, 8 in the last three years against 43 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 72,000 miles.
In owners' own words
The contact owns 2006 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that the air bag warning light would illuminate sporadically. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was told that the complete seat harness for the front driver seat would need to be replaced in order to correct the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 68,000. The vin was unavailable. Air bags
Front passenger airbag / light 1. The front passenger airbag light repeated is switched to the "off" position when an adult of average size and weight is seated in the passenger seat. 2. We often have to manually plug/unplug the wires underneath the seat to reset the airbag to switch to the "on" position, but this does not always work. We have not yet taken it to a dealership to have this corrected. Air bags · reported at 68,000 miles
Air bag warning light flashes. Taken the car in twice already to fix it. Went on again last week. Now I am out of warranty.... Hope they will fix it again since it is an ongoing problem. It is scary to drive the car if you think the air bag may go off at any time ! Toyota needs to tell the dealership how to fix this problem! Isn't replacing the "part" two times enough already?? My car has 80k miles on it. Air bags · reported at 69,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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