2000 Toyota Sienna Recalls, Problems & Maintenance

“SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT OPEN ELECTRICALLY AND/OR MANUALLY. CLICKS WHEN ACTIVATED BUT DOESN'T OPEN EITHER WAY. DISCONNECTED BATTERY AS SUGGESTED BY DEALER, TO RESET THE MECHANISM, BUT TO NO AVAIL; STILL DOESN'T WORK AND IS A LARGE PAIN TO DEAL WITH! IT FORCES ENTRY ON THE”

“2000 TOYOTA SIENNA PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR QUIT WORKING. WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL. I FEEL IT IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION, DUE TO DELAYED EXITS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, AND CAN NO LET KIDS OUT CURB SIDE AT ALL. VERY DISAPPOINTED TOYOTA WON'T FIX IT. $1200 REPAIR. WHO HAS THAT? WON'”

“THE POWER SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR ON MY 2000 TOYOTA SIENNA WILL OPEN BUT WILL NOT CLOSE. IT TOOK ME SEVERAL MINUTES OF VERY FIRM PRESSURE TO OVERCOME THE DOORS AUTOMATIC MECHANISM TO FORCE THE DOOR CLOSED. AS I USE THIS TO DROP MY CHILD OFF AT DAYCARE, I CAN NO LONGER LE”

“2000 TOYOTA SIENNA REAR DOOR LATCH HANDLE BROKE UNDER NORMAL USE. UPON INSPECTION, THERE IS A NARROW PIECE OF PLASTIC CONNECTING THE HANDLE TO THE INTERNAL LATCH MECHANISM AND THIS NARROW PIECE BROKE CLEANLY IN HALF WITHOUT WARNING. REAR DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED FROM EITHE”

“DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LATCH HANDLE NOT ONLY BROKE, BUT PULLED COMPLETELY OUT OF THE DOOR. THIS IS THE 3RD DOOR HANDLE THAT HAS BROKEN UNDER NORMAL USE. 1ST THE 2 SLIDING DOOR HANDLES, NOW THIS DOOR HANDLE. *TR”

“WITHOUT WARNING, PLASTIC DOOR HANDLES BREAK, RENDERING ABILITY TO OPEN, CLOSE HATCH OR DOOR IMPOSSIBLE. HATCH DOOR BROKE FIRST APPROXIMATELY JANUARY 2013, THEN REAR SLIDING DOOR, AND THEN TODAY, PASSENGER FRONT DOOR. HATCH HAS NO INSIDE DOOR HANDLE, SO WITHOUT WARNING D”

“TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE HOOD ABRUPTLY OPENED AND SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HOOD WAS PULLED DOWN AND THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE D”

“WHILE DRIVING OUR 2000 TOYOTA SIENNA THE SAFETY HOOD LATCH FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THE HOOD FLEW OPEN, SMASHING THE WINDSHIELD, DAMAGING THE HOOD AND THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE. THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WAS THAT HE HOOD LATCH NO LONGER ENGAGES WHEN THE HOO”

“TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE HOOD UNEXPECTEDLY RELEASED, FLIPPED UPWARD, AND DAMAGED THE WINDSHIELD. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 140,000”

“2000 TOYOTA SIENNA EXPERIENCED SERIOUS SLUDGING PROBLEM AND HAD "SLUDGE/GEL REPAIR" DONE BY TOYOTA AT 58K MILES. SERVICE DATES: OCT 14 AND 15, 2002. ON JULY 18, 2004, THE SIENNA (WITH 81K MILES) BROKE DOWN DURING A VACATION TRIP. DIAGNOSIS: RESIDUAL ENGINE DAMAGE FROM S”

“THE ENGINE IN MY 2000 TOYOTA SIENNA HAS A DEFECT THAT CAUSES ENGINE OIL JELLING AND LEADS TO A TOTAL FAILURE OF THE ENGINE. THE PROBLEM FIRST OCCURRED AT 38000 MILES WHILE STILL UNDER THE NEW CAR WARRANTY. TOYOTA FIXED THE PROBLEM BY CLEANING THE SLUDGE FROM THE VALUE A”

“DT: THE CALLER STATES THAT THE OIL IN VEHICLE WAS DISAPPEARING FROM THE ENGINE. HE DROVE 800 MILES TO FLORIDA AND HAD TO PUT 4 OR 5 QUARTS OF OIL. HE HAS TO PUT THAT MUCH OIL EVERY 1500 MILES. DEALER HAD THE VEHICLE SINCE AUGUST 5, 2005 AND THEY COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE”

“I HAVE A 2000 TOYOTA SIENNA IN WHICH SEAT BELTS LOCK WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT AFTER BEING RETRACTED FROM THE CAR WALL (I DO NOT KNOW WHY IT IS DESIGNED THIS WAY, AND HAD BEEN BOTHERED BY THE DESIGN WELL BEFORE WHAT I REPORT HERE). ONE DAY MY 6 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER MOVED AROUND”

“THREE SHOULDER STRAP SEAT BELTS IN MY 2000 TOYOTA SIENNA HAVE FAILED. THEY ARE FROZEN AND INOPERABLE. THE DEALER SAYS HE WILL REPLACE AT $200 PER SEATBELT. OTHER THAN THAT THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN DO TO REPAIR THE SEATBELT. THE VEHICLE IS USELESS WITHOUT SEATBELTS. I AM”

“THE LIGHTS FOR BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS FLASH WHEN THE SEAT BELTS ARE FASTENED. WHEN THEY ARE NOT FASTENED AND ARE FULLY RETRACTED INTO THE DOOR POST, THE LIGHTS GO OFF. THIS BEGAN FIRST WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND STARTED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE THIS MO”

“WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 75 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT WARNING THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE, TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. A FIRESTONE, P205/70R15, DOT#W2M0F61. *AK”

“WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE, RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO FENDER/BUMPER. TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE MODEL FR 680 SIZE P205 WITH 37K MILES. PREVIOUSLY LEFT FRONT TIRE PARTIALLY SEPARATED BEFORE REPLACED WITH OTHER BRAND TIRE. CALLED FIRESTONE STORE”

“THE BELTS ON ALL FOUR OF MY BRIDGESTONE BLIZZAK SNOW TIRES SEPARATED AND MOVED WITHIN THE TIRES CREATING EXTREMELY ROUGH AND DANGEROUS RIDE. THE OCCURENCE DEVELOPED FROM AN EVEN, SMOOTH RIDE TO SLIGHT WHEEL SHIMMY TO EXTREME BUMPY AND WOBBLY RIDE - ALL WITHIN ONE HUNDRE”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD REV UP THAN ACCELERATE UP TO 60 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAK”

“THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHILE DRIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE BRAKE WAS ON, AND THE VEHICLE WENT TO 40 MPH. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO STOP BY SHIFTING INTO PARK, APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, AND TURNING THE KEY OFF.*AK”

“VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS LIGHTLY TAPPED. THE ENGINE WILL ACCELERATE OVER 2000 RPM A STAY THERE UNTIL THE IGNITION IS TURNED OFF. IF THE BRAKES ARE NOT HELD DOWN DURING THIS TIME THE VEHICLE WOULD CERTAINLY CRASH INTO ANYTHING IN ITS WAY. GAS PE”

“ABS PUMP MOTOR FAILURE. ALMOST LOST CONTROL ON WET SURFACE. ABS PANEL LIGHT WAS ON SINCE AUG. 20006, TOYOTA DEALER INSPECTION STATED CODE #14,51 (ABS PUMP MOTOR FAILURE) IT IS UNUSUAL BUT NOT COVER BY WARRANTY. *JB”

“AT APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES ANTI-LOCK BRAKE WARNING LIGHT STARTED TURNING OFF AND ON. EVENTUALLY ABS LIGHT STAYED ON AND THE ABS SYSTEM STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THE ABS SYSTEM HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED DUE TO THE VERY HIGH COST OF THE ABS ACTUATOR PART. THE LACK OF A FUNCTION”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES THEY FAILED TO RESPOND AND THE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. SHE PANICKED, SWERVED INTO THE LEFT LANE AND CRASHED INTO A VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED, INSPECTED A”