Ownership Cost for 1999 Toyota Sienna (LE 4-Door)
Estimated: $35243 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $984 | $472 | $413 | $374 | $335 | $2578 |
| Insurance | $1451 | $1502 | $1554 | $1609 | $1665 | $7781 |
| Fuel | $1857 | $1913 | $1980 | $2059 | $2152 | $9961 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1893 | $846 | $304 | $2291 | $8097 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $249 | $249 | $249 | $249 | $249 | $368 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $8281 | $6947 | $6127 | $5786 | $8102 | $35243 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2004 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING POWER DOOR BECAME DIFFICULT TO PULL CLOSED. OCCASIONALLY STUCK IN CLOSED POSITION SUCH THAT SOMEONE OUTSIDE HAS TO LET PASSENGER OUT. POWER SLIDING NOT WORKING, MUST BE PULLED MANUALLY. TAKEN INITIALLY TO MY REGULAR MECHANIC AT 99598 MILES, HAVE DOCUMENTATION. TOLD TO GO TO TOYOTA. I WAITED UNTIL I NEEDED OIL CHANGE AND ANOTHER RECALL DONE TO GO LAST WEEK AT 109639 MILES, VAN AGE = 9 YEARS AND 13 DAYS. I AM TOLD THE ACTUATOR, CABLE, AND LATCH NEED REPLACING AND THAT THERE IS A KNOWN DEFECT, WITH TOYOTA EXTENDING WARRANTY TO 120,000 MILES OR 9 YEARS. TOYOTA WILL NOT COVER MY CAR UNDER THIS WARRANTY BECAUSE IT IS 13 DAYS PAST, THOUGH UNDER THE MILEAGE LIMIT, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF THE PROBLEM FROM 7 MONTHS AGO. COST OF PARTS $1167, LABOR $1069. UNAFFORDABLE. CORPORATE OFFICE SAID THEY WOULD COVER PARTS AS A "GOODWILL GESTURE" BUT DO NOT CARE THAT MY DOOR HAS BEEN MALFUNCTIONING FOR A LONG TIME AND I HAVE DOCUMENTATION TO THIS EFFECT, AND THIS WARRANTY EXTENSION WASN'T EVEN AVAILABLE UNTIL THIS MONTH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE. THE DANGER FROM THIS PROBLEM IS THAT THE DOOR CAN BECOME STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION. IF THIS HAPPENED AFTER A BAD CAR ACCIDENT OR FIRE, YOUNG OCCUPANTS COULD BECOME TRAPPED. HOWEVER TOYOTA IS NOT WILLING TO ADDRESS THIS KNOWN DEFECT AND PREFERS TO ACCEPT THIS RISK. THERE ARE COUNTLESS COMPLAINTS OF SIENNA SLIDING DOORS BECOMING STUCK AT ALL AGES OF VEHICLE. THE 2004 SIENNA WAS THE FIRST MODEL YEAR OF A NEW DESIGN AND HAS SUFFERED A MUCH HIGHER THAN USUAL NUMBER OF RECALLS. TOYOTA SHOULD SIMPLY RECALL AND REPAIR THEIR SLIDING DOORS RATHER THAN RISK THEIR CUSTOMER'S LIVES. *JS |
| 1999 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | I AM REPORTING ANOTHER TOYOTA STICKY ACCELERATOR PEDAL. OUR 1999 SIENNA MINIVAN HAS HAD 3 INCIDENTS OF STUCK ACCELERATOR, THE MOST RECENT WAS JAN. 21, 2010. I BELIEVE IT HAS BECOME "STUCK" BETWEEN 40 AND 45MPH. OTHER INCIDENTS WERE IN SUMMER (CANNOT REMEMBER DATE) AND OCTOBER 2009. THE 1ST INCIDENT WAS BRIEF AND CORRECTED QUICKLY BY PUSHING DOWN ON THE PEDAL TO "FREE IT", THE 2ND INCIDENT REQUIRED BRAKING AND PUTTING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND SHOVING THE PEDAL WITH MY FOOT TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT TO FREE IT UP. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR TO THE SHOULDER, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN THE PEDAL SEEMED TO WORK OK, ALTHOUGH A BIT SLUGGISH RESPONSE. OUR MECHANIC FIXED THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE CAR HAS NOT HAD ANOTHER INCIDENT UNTIL LAST WEEK. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT WAS MORE HARROWING IN THAT THERE WAS NOT MUCH ROOM TO MANEUVER THE CAR SINCE WE WERE HEADED FOR LOTS OF CARS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. I TRIED TO SLOW THE CAR BY BRAKING HARD WITH THE LEFT FOOT AND SHOVING THE ACCELERATOR. PEDAL DOWN AND SIDE TO SIDE WHILE IN NEUTRAL BUT THIS DID NOT WORK QUICKLY LIKE THE OCTOBER INCIDENT. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO A SHOULDER BEFORE CRASHING BUT IT TOOK MUCH LONGER FOR THE CAR TO STOP THIS TIME, AND I ACTUALLY THREW THE CAR IN PARK TO STOP THE CAR! I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES, WAS COMPOSED ENOUGH TO DRIVE IT. OUR DEALER WILL CHECK THE CAR JAN 29. THE FLOOR MAT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE INVOLVED JAMMING INTO THE PEDAL, SO IT IS PROBABLY A MECHANICAL "CATCH" THAT IS GETTING HUNG UP WHEN THE PEDAL IS DOWN A CERTAIN DISTANCE. WE THOUGHT THE SAFETY GURUS WOULD WANT TO KNOW. LUCKILY NO CRASHES HAVE OCCURRED YET! *TW |
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