WHILE DRIVING A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN AT 65 MILES PER HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY, STARTED TO HEAR A RUMBLING SOUND FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN HEARD A LOUD POP, SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL OF VAN AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT, OFF OF THE HIGHWAY INTO A DITCH. ONCE IN THE DITCH, THE VAN TURNED SIDEWAYS AND CONTINUED GOING SIDEWAYS FOR AT LEAST 50 FEET. WHEN I INSPECTED THE VAN, THE REAR, DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD LOST ITS TREAD. THE TIRE WAS BASICALLY BALD BUT STILL INFLATED. THIS TIRE WAS THE FAILED COMPONENT. IN GOING INTO THE DITCH, THE VAN LOST ITS REAR BUMPER, A FRONT GRILLE AND SUSTAINED SEVERAL DENTS / SCRATCHES TO THE VAN BODY.
2006
STRUCTURE:BODY
POWER REAR LIFTGATE STRUTS HAVE FAILED. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY REPLACED UNDER THE 2008 RECALL (THEY WEREN'T DEFECTIVE AT THE TIME); HOWEVER THEY HAVE NOW FAILED. THE DOOR CLOSES HARD ON YOU IF YOU ARE NOT READY FOR IT AND IT'S NOT EASY TO PROP IT OPEN OR KEEP IT OPEN WITHOUT POTENTIALLY INJURING YOURSELF. THERE IS NO WAY TO DISENGAGE OR OTHERWISE PROP OPEN THE DOOR MANUALLY. *TR
