TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DECELERATING TO 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL BEFORE ACCELERATING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND DEALER STATED THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITHIN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THE MECHANIC ACKNOWLEDGED THE FAILURE BUT COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
2012
STEERING
JOINING HIGHWAY IN A SITUATION WHERE VEHICLES GIVING WAY CAUSE HESITATION AND THEN GIVE WAY CAUSING BRAKING THEN ACCELERATION REPEATEDLY, TRANSMISSION REFUSED TO DOWNSHIFT ON KICK DOWN, VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, ACTUALLY SLOWED SIGNIFICANTLY FORCING FOLLOWING VEHICLES TO BRAKE .VEHICLE EVENTUALLY BEGAN TO PICK UP SPEED.GENERALLY POOR RESPONSE FROM TRANSMISSION IN ALL MODES. TRANSMISSION DROPS OUT OF DRIVE AT LOW SPEEDS CAUSING ENGINE TO RACE BEFORE TAKING UP DRIVE, VERY HARD TO OPERATE VEHICLE SMOOTHLY.. EXCESSIVE ENGINE VIBRATION AND NOISE FOR THIS PRICE POINT ,KNOWN MORE REFINED DIESELS KNOCKING FROM STEERING COLUMN ON CONSTANT RADIUS TURNS WHEN MAKING SMALL STEERING CORRECTIONS, DETECTABLE AT LOW AND MODERATE TO HIGH SPEED. *TR