Problems with 2015 Toyota Sienna ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Driving 35-55 mph and going around (usually) a left curve on the highway or interstate, van suddenly brakes, swerves, and traction control/vehicle stability control light pops on. whole episode lasts a second or two, then its fine. it wont happen again for the duration of the trip. i only drive the van on weekends, and it has happened three times in the past two weeks. it has nearly caused a serious accident.

At various times, the sliding doors will not close when the power button is on. i have received a card to get this fixed as sensors need to be replaced. the vehicle is stationary in a parking space. it is happening more often now.

Cable to open automatic door broke was told this is not covered in the latch system recall. vehicle was stationary at time of cable break. also back up camera doesn't work properly and touch screen raido/back up camera continue to reset itself when driving

Van would reboot while parked or driving. it started with dashboard rebooting then i couldn't start the van. there was a time after driving i put the van in park and turned it off but my van was moving on it's own. i always call the dealership when the rebooting occurs. i was told either it was a software issue or since the problem went away, i should be fine. well recently when my van stalled and had to be towed to the dealership. i was told it was a battery issue and the battery was replaced. when i picked up my van and went home, noticed my rear view camera would not come on went i put the van in reverse. called the dealership to tell them what's going on and the service advisor woman was very rude and stated it was battery and they never checked anything else. i stated to the woman the i've always expressed my concerns about the van rebooting, won't start, or moving on it's own. the woman became very rude and hung up on me. i decided to go right back to the dealership on the way there i called back to speak to the manager of service department to explain what's going on. while driving there the check engine and another light turned on. shortly after that as i was turning left, while in the middle of the intersection my van stalled. the steering wheel and brakes locked and the van completely shuts off. i was locked in my van with no control over the van and it was moving towards a pole. luckily the van stopped before hitting anyone or anything. i was on the phone with the service manager the entire time. the manager called for someone to pick me up and called a tow company. i asked the manger if they are stating my issue was a battery and a new battery was installed why am i still having the same issue. the police was call because someone reported my van in the middle of the intersection.

2015 toyota sienna. consumer writes in regards to vehicle fire. *as

Tl* the contact called on behalf of the owner of a 2015 toyota sienna. upon starting the vehicle, the traction indicator illuminated and an abnormal noise was heard coming from the engine compartment. the vehicle was taken to the plaza toyota dealer (2721 nostrand ave, brooklyn, ny 11210, 347-983-5652) where it was diagnosed with an unknown wiring failure due to rodents entering the engine compartment. the vehicle owner had the vehicle repaired, but was unaware of the repair specifics. the failure recurred three months later and the vehicle was taken back to the same dealer where it was diagnosed that the wiring was destroyed again by rodents. the vehicle was not repaired again. the manufacturer was made aware of the failures and referred the contact back to the dealer. the failure mileage was 16,382.

Steering wheel becomes difficult to turn making it hard to steer - almost have to "force" it to turn. hard to duplicate - seems intermittent - instrument panel goes dim, almost dark. random also

Tl-contact owns a 2015 toyota sienna .... inquired about recall letter from toyota.... contact stated he contacted local toyota dealership .... sterling mccall toyota - houston texas... contact stated he called dealership multiple times ... received no response regarding recall.... contact was advised to contact toyota at 800-331-4331 cb nov 22,2016 manufacturer recall numberg04 nhtsa recall number16v858 recall statusrecall incomplete summary manufacturer recall numberg04 nhtsa recall number16v858 recall statusrecall incomplete summaryin the involved vehicles, there is a possibility that under certain limited conditions, if the sliding door opening operation is impeded, the sliding door motor circuit could be overloaded, opening the fuse for the motor. safety riskif this occurs when the door latch is in an unlatched position, the door could open while driving, increasing the risk of injury to a vehicle occupant. remedythis vehicle is involved with phase 1. phase 1 covers the vast majority of vehicles involved in this recall and the remedy is currently available for these vehicles. for the vehicles involved in phase 1, any authorized toyota dealer will replace the instrument panel junction block and install new wire harnesses connecting it to the power sliding doors. if applicable, the dealer will also update the vehicle's owner's manual to match the updated equipment. these remedies will be provided at no charge 1recallsassociated with this vin

Passenger side power sliding door constantly malfunctioning. it opened after a bump while traveling 65 mph on the interstate. we had to pull over to close the door. it also deployed the wheelchair ramp while moving because the power door is the same side as the ramp.. make the manufacturer fix it or make the wheelchair conversion company fix it. somebody needs to fix this before somebody dies! all this red tape and zero action is insane. people are getting injured while the finger pointing is happening. when will something be done? how many injuries have to occur before an action step occurs?

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 toyota sienna. the contact stated that the door ajar chime was not functional. the vehicle was taken to dch toyota where it was diagnosed that the failure was inherent to the vehicle model. the manufacturer was notified of the failure and offered no assistance. the contact explained that the sienna vehicle's owners manual indicated that the warning indicator was supposed to activate when the vehicle's door was opened and shifted out of park. the vin was invalid. the failure mileage was approximately 6,800.

The dash was randomly freezing for about 5 minutes and then reset itself while driving. once it reset itself, it went back to the default settings. it was at heart city toyota multiple times for this problem. each time they said that they could not get it to duplicate the problem. after dropping it off in april of 2017, the technician stated that he was able to duplicate the problem of the dash resetting. he did a software update and a hard-reset in order to try fixing it. low and behold, two days later it happened again. after having it at heart city toyota to have the problem with the cruise control light flickering, for the fifth time, fixed, i reported about the dash still having the problem of resetting itself. the manager of heart city toyota told me at that point that i am not welcome back to their dealership. after contacting toyota corporate about this, i was told that they are able to refuse service even with the warranty still present. they explained that i needed to take it to another toyota dealership to have it diagnosed. so i contacted jordan toyota and explained the situation. the service manager there informed me that if heart city toyota was not able to diagnose the problem, then they were not going to start from scratch to diagnose the problem themselves. three weeks later, while driving on a county road, the dash began to smoke and i pulled off of the road. when it began to smoke even more, i exited the vehicle and as i was getting as far away as i could i seen flames. i called 9-1-1 right away. by the time the fire department was able to get there and extinguish the fire, the van was destroyed. which ended up being a total loss. all of which seemed to be due to an electrical fire in the dash. luckily no one was hurt.

Their is a recall on the automatic sliding doors but toyota has failed to correct the issue. the back doors unlatch automatically and have propelled open twice while i was driving my children!! i brought it into service and they told me they disabled the electronic opening function and i would have to open and close the doors manually until toyota has permanent solution. it turns out they only pressed the power switch on my dash board and the doors continue to unlatch automatically. i will manually close the door and once driving i hear them trying to open. i've had to pull over and manually shut them tight but last night it flew open while i was driving without any warning that it had unlatched!! i'm paying $420.00 a month in a lease contract for a car that is unsafe. toyota has failed to remedy the problem and dealers refuse to help me get out of this vehicle despite the fact that it is dangerous!

Navigation system and screen is been off and restarted while driving since one year ago.some rainy day that happened 4~5 times in hour.getting worse!!

I stopped at a gas station and was parked with the car on, and i reached under my front passenger seat (manual seat) and received a 20 amp shock from one of the wires under the seat. resulting in my dislocating my shoulder from the muscle spasms. taking it into dealership tomorrow morning but after talking with them they dont have any idea what could have caused it.

Our daughter-in-law received an interim recall notice from toyota yesterday. (safety recall g04). apparently there is a possibility that the sliding door on the siena can come open while the van is in motion endangering the occupants. in this case, the occupants are our four year grandson, who has down syndrome, and three year old granddaughter. toyota has declined to disclose whether there have been any accidents, injuries or deaths due to this defect. they are working on a fix but do not have a solution. toyota's recommendation is to disengage the electronic doors. we viewed that additional cost option as a safety and convenience factor for our daughter-in-law. surely, a company with the resources of toyota could come up with a fix concurrently with this notice! minivans are generally driven by families with children.

2015 toyota sienna mini van bought new. still covered by 36 month warranty with 30,000 miles. power sliding doors under recall. observed significant rust on metal plate bolted on door hinge covering electrical wires. if metal cover rusts thru, could lead to short and electrical door motor failure. toyota refuses to replace metal cover plate. i feel toyota should honor warranty and replaced rusted parts.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 toyota sienna. the contact stated that the vehicle had no power sliding door functionality and needed to be manually operated, as suggested by the manufacturer. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v858000(structure); however, the part for the recall repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. the failure mileage was 13,000. vin tool confirms parts not available.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 toyota sienna. the contact stated that while driving a 35 mph, an unknown light illuminated. the vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the door latch was in an unlatched position however, the part for the repair was unavailable. the vehicle was included in a manufacturers recall related to the door latch that was currently preparing the remedy for the condition. the contact stated the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 35,000.

Navigation system / screen restarts intermittently while driving under normal operating conditions. no buttons on steering wheel or on navigation system are operational during this period.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 toyota sienna. while the vehicle was parked, the contact noticed that the power sliding door was opened. the contact stated that the door had to be closed manually. the contact was unable to use the automatic closing door system. the contact mentioned that the issue occurred on several occasions. when the vehicle was taken for routine service, the technician informed the contact of a recall. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v858000 (structure). the part to do the repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a complaint was filed. the failure mileage was 19,000. updated 05/10/17*lj *as

While traveling, our 2015 awd toyota sienna with 8k miles caught fire and was a total loss. the vehicle was traveling 45 mph on rt 102 north in southwest harbor, me by the echo lake national park entrance, when we noticed white/brown smoke in the rear view mirror. we had only been on the road for about 5 minutes. we pulled over and turned the car off. when the car came to a stop, black smoke came into the cabin and everyone evacuated. during the evacuation, we noticed flames coming from the front engine compartment as well as the underside of the vehicle. by the time the southwest harbor police and fire reached us, the vehicle was completely engulfed in flames. the vehicle had been driving well the entire trip. the vehicle had been serviced once at 5k miles. it is unknown exactly what caused the fire. we've filed an insurance claim with arbella insurance. the claim number is 033734081. also the national park service ranger [xxx] filed a report [xxx] about the incident. video of fire taken by southwest harbor fire dept https://www.facebook.com/161511330824/videos/10153605854980825/ information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr

My 11-year old son got out of the front passenger side of our staitionary minivan (in park but running), for me to drop him off for a cello lesson. he opened the rear passenger side sliding door to get his cello out. it wasnt opening easily, so i almost simultaneously pushed the button above me on the console. at that point the door started to close on him. it did not stop closing and was pressing him into the door frame. i didn't realize what was happening, and he was too shocked to scream. he was trying to stop it from closing on him, but it kept closing. i expected that the door would automatically sense a blockage, stop and open back. he was only ok because he was strong enough to press back, but his hip was very bruised. i finally realized that the door wasn't opening, and pressed the button again above me and the door stopped. it stripped the wires in the door, and the automatic door is now broken. the electrical or sensing system in this door is faulty.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 toyota sienna. while driving up a hill, smoke entered the vehicle and flames appeared under the hood. the contact was able to exit the vehicle. the fire extinguished on its own, but the vehicle was damaged extensively. the vehicle was towed to a repair shop and a collision center to repair the damages. the manufacturer towed the vehicle to a dealer. the cause of the failure was not determined. the vin and failure mileage were not available. updated 03/15/17*lj *cn

Nonstop flickering of cruise control illumination at night. flickering is independent of speed, steering wheel position. very distracting while driving.

There was no accident or incident. i'm trying to avoid a potential accident by being forced to see the gauges that are essentially invisible while driving. the standard tachometer and speedometer gauges in this car have dark faces. when driving on a sunny day with sunglasses on, they are almost impossible to see. this is a definite safety issue as one has to look very closely and longer than normal to be able to see one's speed. the optional se model has these instruments with white faces and would be much easier to see in bright conditions. i feel toyota should retro-fit properly designed gauges to avoid accidents that may occur because the driver was distracted by trying to see the dark gauges!

The cruise-control stalk light has started to flicker at night. it's very distracting and hard to not keep looking down at it while driving.

Side doors not open and close sometimes when use touch buttons

The cruise-control stalk light flickers at night causing distraction

We ordered power rear seat that would by pushing a button. we had them the two past sienna we had purchased 2010 & 2013. they we not on the sienna and we were told by dealer that they could not be on this sienna.

Nonstop flickering of cruise control illumination at night. flickering is independent of speed, steering wheel position. very distracting while driving. dealer says no fix available. toyota corp notified - case opened.. no fix available. buyer beware.

When i get into the sienna in a parking spot (stationery) and twist the key in the ignition the vehicle starts but the electronic steering does not work. this happens intermittantly. i have to sit there and let the vehicle run for awhile before the steering kicks in. the steering wheel is basically locked and difficult to turn. my greatest fear is that the steering wheel will lock up on me while i am driving and will not be able to steer.

There are multiple issues with this vehicle that cause/have caused safety concerns. during night time driving, the illuminated cruise control stalk will blink on and off intermittently. this has caused the driver to almost rear-end multiple cars as the flickering light takes the driver's eyes from the road. it was found that there is an intermittent high resistance connection with up to a 9 volt drop at times. despite the steering column being switched out and the problem being fixed temporarily, the problem returns. there is something in this vehicle causing the wiring in the steering column to short out. not only is the flickering light very distracting causing a safety issue with a possible vehicular accident, but the chance of the faulty wiring causing a fire is also a safety issue. another issue that has been found with this vehicle involves the engine. while sitting at a stop light, the vehicle's rpm all of a sudden revved up and the entire engine began shaking. if the driver had not had their foot on the brake at the time this happened, this could have caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle, posing a safety issue. *tr

The speedometer & tachometer on the model has a dark background with small numbers and doesn't illuminate in the auto position. if the sun is bright with glare off other vehicles and you have to wear sun glasses they illuminate but the are either difficult to see or impossible. this is a safety concern, in my opinion, while you vehicle is in motion.

I have a 2015 toyota sienna xle with 35,800 miles. - (no specific conditions or driving styles) it is on it's third transmission (second replacement was at 29,800 miles) - newest recall on the side doors opening randomly. - (no specific conditions or driving styles. happens completely randomly) cruise control lever light flickering. it was replaced three times now. it was just replaced the third time recently, so i'll see if it happens again. - (no specific conditions or driving styles. happens completely randomly) dash randomly freezes for about 5 minutes and then resets to the default settings (it has happened seven times and continuing) and toyota still cannot figure out the problem. - (while driving on a clear day on a city street) climate control shut off completely by itself without touching any buttons while driving. i was able to turn it back on, but it should not shut off without any action. - bad support bearing for axle on front passenger side (22,900 miles)