any one experienceing lots of problems with 04 or 05 Sienna?

[CheeseHead91182]

First off I would like to say that I love toyotas I think they are great cars, my family has nothing but toyotas right now, because they are usually so reliable. Which is why last year my parents bought an 04 Sienna to replace our much troulbe 95 ford windstar.

However I have been reading at Siennaclub.org and in the forums at edmunds.com how so many people are having problems with the new Siennas, at first I thought these people were just being nit picky. However on last week the trunk on the Sienna stopped working right, if you open it you have to hold it open or else it will slam shut. Thats not that big of deal, however yesterday my mom said on here way to work the Sienna started making weird noises, and then the engine light came on, she said it frightend her so much she took it back home and drove the camry to work. This really has me concerned because we never had a problem like that with our 00 camry, infact we never had to take it back to the dealership for anything like that, we also had a 88 camry which we bougth used in 92 (which we had til it was stolen last year) and the engine light never came on. However th 95 windstar had to have its engine block replaced before it was a year old.

I would just like to see if anyone here has had problems with there newer Sienna, and is the Sienna not holding up to toyota standards or is everyone (including me) just being nit picky.

[McTimson]

My mom's 04 Sienna hasn't had any real problems...until she got into an accident with it, then a bunch of stuff had to be replaced, obviously. But other than that, everything seems to be working well with it.

The only 'problem' that I can remember her having is the 'maint. required' light came on while she was making a trip somewhere, and she got worried about it and pulled into the nearest Toyota dealer. They said when she got it serviced they just forgot to reset the light, or however it works. But yea, nothing bad has really happened to it (yet).

[84Cressida]

Could just be the oxygen sensor.

[repinS]

I doubt the O2 sensor will cause "weird noises".

Take it in, you got warranty: get it looked at ASAP.

[CheeseHead91182]

ok well it turns out the engine turned it self off in our Sienna and the dealership cannot find anything wrong with the car, this is so weird.

[drunken_panda]

Look at the lemon laws in your state. This generation Sienna is still pretty new (04 is the first model year), every new car has teething problems. Our 04 has had 0 problems. The reason that you see so many problems on the internet is because many people will not write about cars, online, unless they have a problem.

[1995m]

No problem with my almost 1 year old 05 Sienna.

[BadChicken]

Probably just an evap code.
The Sienna are kind of known more for their sqeaks and rattles then any mechnical noises.

[mr2driver]

take it to the dealer and have your mom bitch at them
they always like it

[Trainman]

We have had a few niggling little problems with our 04 CE:

The sliding doors squeak to drive us nuts. Dealer has replaced both strikers and re-aligned the doors, was ok for a few months but the squeak is back.

The sliding doors freeze shut when it snows, have to run the van 20 minutes for the ice to melt.

The CD does not always eject.

It is about a 100 km drive to the delear, so these little things are starting to be a pain.

[Frank@toronto]

I believe that Sienna drivers are well informed people (typically younger moms and pops), that have no problem voicing there problems on these websites. Hence you will find lots of information about the "bad" things.

Being a 04 Sienna owner, with no problems to date (after 80 000km), I can only say that its still a great van.

[trdtoyotaman]

the new sienna are bad there made by kits and if i was u or anyone who has the the new style i suggest u bring it back and check for any problems

[Auto45]

Yes I know this is and old post; I bought a used 95 windsatar 85K w/rebuilt transmission.

With in 10 years went thou 4 transmissions @ $2,400 each and now heads and block are bad and the transmission going out again. Two weeks ago I just bought the 2006 Limited Toyota so far ok only have 500 miles on it, Its so much nicer than my Ford.

I looked at the Honda's and did not like the new ones I am a tall man and did not fit well in it.

Originally Posted by CheeseHead91182

95 windstar had to have its engine block replaced before it was a year old.

[GoPitt68]

No problems so far with our 2004 Sienna LE at 14,000 miles (fingers crossed!)

[socalcookie]

Our 50,000 mile '04 LE has had LOTS of minor irritating things go wrong with it.

Power door is failing for the SECOND time. Push the button, listen for the "clunk" then hope it latches open all the way. Dealer won't service it properly this time.
Trim missaligned.
You can pull things such as the shift surround off with your hand.
Eats brakes every 15,000 miles.
Exterior trim falling off.
Steering clunking.
Transmission hessitation issues.
Squeaks and rattles already.
Passenger rear seat requires a SLAM to latch it down.

And those are just the things that have gone wrong. Not counting irritating things such as the weight that is required to shut the rear hatch, the junky slam that the doors make now when shut, etc.