This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated the vehicle abnormally accelerate as she had just taken the gear shift out of park.. the contact was unable to control the vehicle and crashed into the rear of another vehicle. There were no injuries reported. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where the contact was awaiting diagnosis. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure and the current mileage was 62,005.....updated 06/18/12 the consumer stated one month before the accident, the vehicle would not start. The vehicle was inspected, but a problem was never found. The vehicle idled rough and it was noisy. Updated 06/22/12
My wife had sudden acceleration issue with our 2005 Toyota Sienna le mini-van. When she was dropping our son outside our apartment complex at under 15 mph, car magically accelerated and ended up hitting a tree. Front passenger was totally damaged and car is totaled. We had approx 65K miles on minivan.
Our 2005 Toyota Sienna took off on us in rush hour traffic. Moving my foot to the brake and my husband shifting into neutral was the first thing we tried, we also tried park and reverse, and turning off the cruise control, none of which worked. The Toyota Sienna death trap continued to accelerate rapidly even though my foot was jammed on the brake (I didn't remove my foot from the brake for another 2 1/2 hrs until the tow truck pulled in front of us. By the way, when your vehicle is suddenly traveling much, much faster than anyone else's vehicle on the road, it's all you can do to not hit someone. Believe me, I was suddenly swerving in and out of the lanes and cutting everyone off. The only thing that stopped our Toyota death trap was pulling the key from the ignition, certainly not ideal in rush hour traffic. While this was going on, our son was in the backseat calling 911, while our daughter cried. We don't have a lawyer and Toyota won't fix our van. What are we supposed to do with it?
2005 Toyota Sienna uncontrolled acceleration on the highway. My wife was passing another vehicle, and when she merged back into the right lane, the vehicle maintained speed even though she let off of the accelerator. She managed to get it under control within a few seconds. This is the 2nd time that this has happened. The vehicle has 64,000 miles.
2005 Toyota Sienna. Attorney writes on behalf of clients in regards to a collision due to unintended acceleration as the consumer was slowly attempting to park the vehicle, it suddenly and unexpectedly accelerated out of control. The vehicle hit a pole directly ahead, went airborne and landed on top of a parked vehicle and rolled to the side. The consumers left hand fingers were crushed causing injuries.
- Encino, CA, USA
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The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Sienna. The vehicle was parked with the engine running. The contact engaged the brakes and the vehicle began to lunge forward and accelerated into a building. The building sustained moderate damages. The police were not called to the scene. There was no personal injury; and the vehicle's front bumper paint exhibited minor chipping. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where they were unable to replicate the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 42,000.
While very slowly pulling my 2005 Toyota Sienna minivan into a parking space, when the vehicle had nearly come to a complete stop, all of a sudden the vehicle accelerated to full throttle, hopping over the concrete bumper at end of parking space and crashing head on into a pole. The vehicle was towed to a dealer and is awaiting inspection by the insurance adjuster.
I had a sudden acceleration incident in my 2005 Toyota Sienna. I was making a slow U-turn in front of my home into a parking space by the curb on the far side of the street. The width of the street is such that even with the steering wheel turned fully to the left, the passenger tire rises up a driveway incline just before the car is 180 degrees around. As I usually do for this turn, I need to turn slightly more than 180 degrees, have the passenger tire come out of the driveway, then turn back to be parallel to the curb. I had slightly misjudged the turn this time, and realized that my passenger tire was going to have to drop an inch or two off the rising curb at the edge of the driveway. Because of this I am certain I had my foot on the brake pedal to keep my speed down. About 5 feet before the wheel was going to come off the curb, the car lurched forward, jumped the curb violently and fast, and continued my turn carrying me partly back into the street. I was very surprised, but brought the car to a stop quickly with the brake. The engine was no longer revving once I stopped. I estimate tat the acceleration lasted for not more than 2 seconds, possibly only 1 second. I reversed the car and then drove it forward into my intended parking space. After putting the shifter into P, I revved the engine and everything seemed fine. Fortunately, there was no accident and no damage I am aware of (although the passenger wheel did make a thump as it came over the curb).
The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that when slowing down to make a turn or slowing down with the accelerator pedal was depressed, the vehicle would not respond and suddenly the vehicle lunged forward. The vehicle lunged forward then vehicle began function normally. The dealer stated that they could not duplicate the failure. The service manager also stated that there were no recalls or defect investigations related to the failure. The failure continued to occur intermittently. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were approximately 28,000. Updated 09/24/10. Updated 09/24/10
Letter from congressman loebsack's office on behalf of constituent re sudden acceleration of Toyota Sienna the consumer stated the vehicle suddenly accelerated while traveling with her husband and two children. The brakes did not stop the vehicle, nor did shifting the gear into neutral, park or reverse. The RPM needle went all the way to the right and there was a loud roar coming from the engine. The consumer pulled the key from ignition at about 75 mph in the middle of rush hour traffic. The consumer stated the sudden acceleration occurred twice before. Toyota claimed the floor mats were the cause, however the consumer's husband checked the floor mats and they were not the problem. Updated 06/15/10.
I was pulling into a parking space in a shopping center parking lot when my 2005 Toyota Sienna suddenly accelerated and my van lurched forward into a tree. This has never happened before to me in this, or any other vehicle. As a result of the crash, my car was not drivable and had to be towed from the scene. I filed a police report, as well as a claim with my insurance carrier. I have since filed a complaint with Toyota, but have not yet heard from the inspector assigned to my case. Currently, the van is at a body shop awaiting inspection by the Toyota representative before anything else is done.
The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 45 mph with the cruise control activated, the vehicle suddenly accelerated to 55 mph. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership but the dealer could not duplicate the problem. The failure mileage was approximately 105,000. The current mileage was approximately 110,000.
2005 Toyota Sienna had cruise control on. The vehicle began to 'shake' and the speedometer climbed to 80 mph then down to 60 mph. It didn't seem to actually be accelerating--it felt like the vehicle was fighting to not lose power. I deactivated the cruise control by touching the breaks. I pulled off the freeway, turned the motor off, waited and started again at a slower speed without the cruise control on. After a while the vehicle again began to 'buck and shake', the speedometer raced to 80 mph (though the car itself) did not seem to have rapid acceleration) then the speedometer dropped to 50 mph. Over the phone my husband advised I turn on the cruise control and turn it off again. I did and drove about 45 minutes home at speeds from 55-65 without another incident. I will take the car to a dealership tomorrow to check out. The vehicle has approx. 100,000 miles on it.
The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated while utilizing the cruise control at 40 mph, the vehicle abnormally accelerated without driver intent. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer, but the failure could not be duplicated. There were no repairs made to the vehicle. The failure mileage was 90,000. Updated 05/26/10 the consumer stated the only way to stop the vehicle was by pulling the key out of the ignition. Updated 05/28/10. Updated 06/29/10. Updated 07/08/10.
Will someone please call me asap. My Toyota Sienna suddenly accelerated last week in des moines, ia. Toyota is saying that Sienna's are not under recall. I was traveling with my husband and two children. The brakes could not stop the vehicle, nor did shifting it into neutral, park, or reverse. The only thing that worked was pulling the key from the ignition at about 75 miles per hour. The Toyota Sienna is a time bomb. The sudden acceleration of my Sienna has happened at least two other times. Toyota is claiming that the floor mats caused it, but my husband and I checked the floor mats, they were not the problem. Toyota wants us to come get the van but it's not safe. From NHTSA web site. Updated 05/24/10 updated 03/09/11 updated 06/23/14
We own a 2005 Toyota Sienna that has had an ongoing sudden acceleration problem since we bought the car new in 2005. The engine will suddenly accelerate when turning the car at lower speeds. This problem has been documented hundreds and hundreds of times, by Sienna owners on siennaclub.com (no longer in use) and on siennachat.com. The members on these sites have complained to Toyota for years about this problem. We have taken the car in for "reprogramming" but that did not fix the situation.
While driving from ca to va in may of 2009 I experienced an unintended acceleration while in cruise control. This occurred after I would slow down for traffic and then activate the resume control. This happened on several occasions during the trip East and on the return trip back to ca. The speeds with the unintended acceleration reached 95mph on the first occasion and stopped once I applied the brakes. After the first incident I was able to keep the acceleration from reaching more than 10 to 15 mph over the assigned cruise control speed.
The electronic throttle control system on my van is malfunctioning and it puts the vehicle in "fail safe" mode. The local Toyota dealer as well as Toyota customer service do not want to investigate this recurring problem for the dtc P0121. The dealers do not analyze the freeze frame data or investigate the problem beyond reading the code from obd II scanner. I had asked them for the electrical values for the throttle valve motor and the accelerator pedal but they have refused that information and want me to replace the throttle body by spending $1200. The first time this problem started when the vehicle had 50,000 miles and I replaced the throttle body from same year and model vehicle with 20,000 miles. Now after 10,000 miles same problem has started again and the dealer as well as Toyota want me to replace the throttle body. I feel that the throttle body or the gas pedal in conjunction with other electrical components are causing the dtc code and merely replacing the throttle body second time will not fix the problem unless the newer throttle bodies are without the problem original throttle bodies had. In that case I should not have to pay for the replacement part. It is important that the problem is investigated and identified before any parts are replaced. I also offered Toyota the original throttle body from the vehicle for testing / checking for the problem but they refused my offer. This sudden loss of drivebility due to the activation of "fail safe" mode is dangerous and could result in accident and / or fatality. Any help in this matter will be appreciated.
3 times in the past 5 days (once last Friday 2/19 and twice today 2/23) my 2005 Toyota Sienna has lunged forward while driving in traffic at 35 mph. I did not feel the pedal move under my foot. The surge was momentarily, but had there been anything close, I would have hit it. I drove immed to bell Toyota, phoenix, AZ and was turned away at the service dept (it is not on the recall list and there was nothing they could do) they suggested I call Toyota. I called Toyota, they suggested I go to a dealership. I emailed Toyota Corp. They suggested I go to a dealership. Bell rd Toyota offered to do a diagnostic check for a $108 fee. I called wright Toyota, scottsdale and they agreed to do a health insp. For free.
After I read the article about apple Inc. Co-founder steve "woz" wozniak's experience about his 2010 prius, I was relieved somewhat from my own doubt and confusion. I bought a used 2005 Sienna xle limited (with radar sensor) last November with 95000 mileage. It accelerated unintentionally several times when I was using cruise control with only single push of the acceleration handle. I once let the car went up to 90 mph before I braked it off from the cruise control mode. The acceleration was very powerful when it malfunctioned. All happened in several seconds. You could hear the engine revering loudly towards full speed. I had no problem to brake it off every time though. I also believe it is an electronic or software problem since none of my feet was on any pedal when this happened and there was no floor mat issue at all.
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- Philadelphia, PA, USA