I want to report a scary incident occurred yesterday with my minivan. On 2/11/2011, at about 7 am, I started by toyota sienna to send my son to his high school, I heard strange noise. It sounds like not all the cylinders were runnung. The car was not powerful as usual. I tried to turn off my van, by turning the key to stop and taking key out. The can did not stop. I inserted the key to start again, it still had the noise. I drove my son to his high school any, which is less than a mile away. After dropping him off at the school, I drove back to home. When I was close to my I saw the temperature meter was midway. When I got to home, I stopped my car in front of my house, took the key out. The engine was still running. I opened the hood, saw smoke came out from the engine area. Although no flame was started, I used my house fire distinguished to put out the smoke. Then the engine stopped. The car died in front of my house on my drive way. I reported this incident to toyota today.
1999 Toyota Sienna: fire, smoke or burning smell
7 of the 215 complaints about the 1999 Toyota Sienna describe fire, smoke or burning smell.
- owner complaints
- 7
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- typical mileage
- 90,133
- recalls
- 1
Fire, smoke or burning smell by model year
What owners say
My wife was driving on the florida turnpike with our sons (ages 3 and 1) in the vehicle. The engine light came on and the engine died. She coasted over to the side of the road. She stayed in vehicle and kept the boys in their car seats as she was along a major highway. A road side assistance vehicle pulled up behind her within a minute or two. He asked my wife what the problem was. She told him and he asked her to pop the hood. She did. He opened it and flames came out of the engine compartment. Neither he nor my wife knew or suspected a fire. No flames. No smoke. No smell. No heat. He yelled to my wife to get herself and the kids out of the car. She did and they were all unharmed. He put the fire out with a fire extinguisher. Obviously, my wife and children probably would have been killed had that road side assistant not been there. Fl highway patrol arrived. The fhp officer filed incident report # fhpk05off042549. I had the vehicle towed to where I bought it, toyota of orlando (3800 w. Colonial drive orlando, fl 32808 407‑298‑4500) I video taped the burned engine and the vehicle from head to toe and will be happy to submit a copy to you. I was called by a mr. Manny colon of toyota of orlando. He explained to me that sludge build up was found and said that was probably the cause of the fire. I have records (with a different shop-goodyear) showing that the oil was changed regularly and not terribly long ago. There seems to be an extremely well documented (and acknowledged by toyota) sludge problem with toyota's - including the 99 sienna. I have found many articles on the internet and I am collecting them. I was never informed of this issue by anyone. If this issue can cause an engine fire, why are these vehicles being allowed on the road with families and children riding in them? My entire family almost died yesterday. Please investigate this. I don't want others to die if it can be avoided.
Dt: 99 toyota sienna. Consumer started hearing a strange noise. Consumer took vehicle to mechanic and was told transmission is failing. Consumer says jubralta transmission said that at any point transmission could die. Consumer took car to dealership and they wanted $85 to check. Vehicle stayed with mechanic. As part of regular maintenance, transmission flush was being performed and there was a burning smell. Consumer that flush could finish off transmission.
I was driving down the road when my van cut off and would not start back. I coasted into a driveway and smoke began coming from under my hood. I got out of my van to call my husband. By the time I had hung up the phone, there was black smoke pouring from out under the hood and it suddenly caught on fire. I immediately called 911, and the fire department came within 5 minutes. My van was a total loss. My van was fine when I left on this short trip, but then within 10 minutes, it was destroyed. We do not know what caused this fire.
While driving vehicle consumer states" noticed blue smoke coming from exhaust. Took to dealer and they performed a engine overhaul. Consumer feels engine may seize up. Please provide any further information. Ts
After stopping at a gas station to put fuel in vehicle, and upon opening fuel cap flames were coming from inside of the fuel tank, burning consumer's face. Fire investigator could not say what had caused fire.
While taking gas cap off flames shot out burning consumer's hair and face. Manufacturer has been notified . Please provide further information.
Service bulletins that may apply
Related recalls
Electrical system: ignition: anti-theft: control module
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: sport utility vehicles, mini vans and passenger vehicles equipped with a theft deterrent systems (tds) supplied by audiovox corporation and distributed by southeast toyota distributors, inc. In the states of alabama, florida, georgia, north and south carolina. The alarm wiring harness plugs into the vehicle's ignition switch and the vehicle's ignition switch wiring harness plugs into the alarm harness to complete the circuit. A percentage of the female terminals used in the alarm connector were found to be defective, causing an 'open circuit' condition when mated to the male ignition switch terminals.
- Risk
- This condition can cause intermittent performance of the vehicle's electrical components such as the dash warning lights and/or HVAC fan speed controls. Also, the vehicle may not run smoothly and could stall.
- Remedy
- Dealers will inspect the date code label on the security system harness and any displaying the manufacturing/final date code will be replaced with newly produced harnesses. The date codes are: rav4 - 6/24/98, 6/25/98, 6/26/98; sienna - 6/25/98, 6/26/98; and avalon - 6/30/98, 7/1/98, 8/31/98, 9/1/98, 9/2/98, and 9/3/98.
Recall number 98V278000 · Recall details
Questions about the 1999 Toyota Sienna fire or smoke
Is fire, smoke or burning smell a common problem on the 1999 Toyota Sienna?
7 of 215 owner complaints about the 1999 Toyota Sienna (3%) mention fire, smoke or burning smell. The model year with the most reports is 2007.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1999 Toyota Sienna?
There is 1 recall and 4 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 1999 Toyota Sienna
Door locks 21Pulling 13Engine failure 11Tire blowout 10Seat belt 8Check engine light 6No deployment 5
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