Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2014 Toyota Sienna submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
Sluggish start when hot - fuel pump leak into engine when hot, causing starter issues, wears out starter, causes other stress on engine. Common issue in Toyota Siennas. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
The vehicle died while driving and when I try to start again it will crank but can't start.
OCCASIONALLY WHEN FROM A STOP OR AFTER SLOWING DOWN AND THEN ACCELERATING RAPIDLY, THE CAR DOES NOT DO ANYTHING AND ALMOST GETS REAR ENDED. I HAVE TOLD THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT IS NO UNUSUAL WITH TOYOTA'S..... DALLAS CORPORATE SAYS SEE DEALER. I JUST QUITE COMPLAINING AFTER A COUPLE YEARS, BUT WAS TOLD TO CHECK WITH YOU. MOST EVERY THING ELSE I LIKE ABOUT TOYOTA...
I WAS DRIVING MY MINIVAN GETTING IN THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT JUST STOP RUNNING PERIOD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I COULD HAVE BEEN DEAD BY NOW SPECIALLY IN A HIGHWAY. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE VERY QUICK WHEN CAR DIED ON ME. I HAD TO PAY A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE MY VEHICLE HOME NOW TOYOTA DOES NOT WANT TO FIX IT. ALSO, SLIDING DOOR WON'T CLOSE. WHEN PRESSING DOOR BUTTON TO CLOSE, DOOR SLIDES RIGHT BACK. IT DOES NOT MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO BE ABLE TO LOCK THE DOOR. THIS HAPPENED WHILE PASSENGER WAS GETTING IN THE VEHICLE WAS WE WERE NOT ABLE TO LOCK THE DOOR. I WAS PARKED ON THE STREET. UNFORTUNATELY, I DID NOT TAKE ANY PICTURES.
TAKATA RECALL. MY 2014 TOYOTA SIENNA WAS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY GOING A STEADY 75 MPH. AND THE TRAC OFF LIGHT WENT ON AND WE TRIED TURNING IT OFF LIKE WE USUALLY DO WHENEVER WE TURN IT ON ON ACCIDENT. AND AFTER A MILE DOWN THE HIGHWAY IT STARTED FUMING INTENSELY SO WE STOPPED AT A GAS STATION.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE FUEL DOOR OPENED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MAC HAIK TOYOTA (2112 GULF FWY S, LEAGUE CITY, TX 77573, (281)-884-3744), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR WARRANTIES FOR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.
RECENTLY, AT APPROXIMATELY 80,000 MILES, THE UPPER HINGE OF THE FUEL FILLER DOOR (THE DOOR COVERING THE GAS TANK ACCESS) FAILED. THIS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY PRESSURE EXERTED ON THE DOOR BY THE SAFETY SWITCH GOVERNING THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE, DOCUMENTED HERE: HTTP://WWW.SIENNACHAT.COM/FORUM/67-PROBLEMS-MAINTENANCE-REPAIR-GEN-3/19274-FUEL-FILLER-DOOR-HINGE-BROKE-ANYONE-ELSE-HAVE-HAPPEN.HTML#. I BROUGHT MY VAN TO MY LOCAL DEALER REPAIR FACILITY, NOVATO TOYOTA, AT APPROXIMATELY 81,000 MILES AND WAS TOLD THAT THE COST TO REPAIR WOULD BE AROUND $380. I WAS TOLD THAT NEITHER TOYOTA NOR THE COMPANY PROVIDING MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULD COVER IT. IN ADDITION TO BEING CAUSED BY A MECHANICAL DESIGN DEFECT THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN FORESEEN, IT CAUSES A SAFETY ISSUE, AS IT WILL PREVENT OPENING OF THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR WHEN THE SWITCH IS ACTIVATED. PHOTO ATTACHED IS NOT MY VEHICLE, BUT A PHOTO FOUND ONLINE OF THE SAME ISSUE.
SOMETIMES THE CAR STALLS UPON ACCELERATION. THEN IT SURGES FORWARD. WHEN DRIVING, IT WILL ACCELERATE AT RANDOM. HAD VEHICLE TO DEALER, EVANS TOYOTA IN FORT WAYNE, IN. ON 12/21 & 12/23/2016. THEY SAY IT'S FINE. I DISAGREE. IT'S NOT RIGHT. *TR
LOSS OF ACCELERATION AFTER BRAKING. VEHICLE WILL CEASE RESPONDING TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AFTER BRAKING, WILL CONTINUE TO GO SLOWLY (~20 MPH) FOR 3-5 SECONDS, THEN ACCELARATION WILL RESUME. HAPPENS AT ANY TIME IN ANY SITUATION; BRAKES JUST HAVE TO BE TAPPED TO LOSE ACCELERATION, HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE VEHICLE NEW.
AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2014 TOYOTA SIENNA FAILED. IT WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION, AND THAT TRANSMISSION SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED AT 10,800 MILES. BOTH TIMES, IT CAME WITHOUT WARNING, AND THE SECOND TIME WAS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE EVER PRECEDED THESE FAILURES. TOYOTA AND THE DEALERSHIP CLAIM TO NOT HAVE ANY EXPLANATION FOR THIS FAILURE.
I PARKED MY CAR ON AN UPWARD INCLINING DRIVEWAY AND LEFT IT IN IDLE. I WENT INSIDE THE HOUSE TO GO AND GET MY DOG AND SPEAK TO MY IN-LAWS. I BROUGHT THE KENNEL OUT TO THE CAR, LIFTED THE TAILGATE AND PUT THE KENNEL IN. I WENT BACK IN THE HOUSE, GOT THE DOG FOOD, PUT THE DOG FOOD IN THE TAILGATE. I WENT BACK INSIDE AND WAS SPEAKING TO MY IN-LAWS WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HEARD A LOUD CRASH. WE WENT OUTSIDE AND MY CAR HAD ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO THEIR GARAGE. THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE CAR AT THE TIME OF THE ACCELERATION. THE DOG WAS STILL IN THE HOUSE WITH US. THE CAR WAS IN PARK. THE TAILGATE WILL NOT LIFT UNLESS THE CAR IS IN PARK WHILE IDLING. WHEN THE CAR IS IN DRIVE, THE DOORS LOCK. SO, WE KNOW IT WAS IN PARK. THE CAR CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE GARAGE FROM THE FORCE OF THE ACCELERATION. THE CAR ALSO HAD GRAVITY WORKING AGAINST IT, AS IT WAS AT AN UPWARD INCLINE. *TR
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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