2004 Toyota Sienna: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Feb 4, 2019 · Transmission · 168,000 miles · CA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 toyota sienna. While driving, there was an abnormal grinding noise coming from underneath the vehicle. There was no warning indicator illuminated. The contact coasted the vehicle over to the side of the road and powered off the engine. The contact noticed smoke coming through the vents and from underneath the vehicle. The vehicle was restarted, but the gear shifter failed to move out of park. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence and later towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 168,000.

Filed Dec 2, 2016 · Electrical · MS · fire

On august 29, 2016 we were awoken by the fire department at 3:30am letting us know our 2004 toyota sienna was on fire in the driveway. They were able to break into the van and contain the fire but the vehicle was completely burnt up on the front right side and a total loss for our family. It appeared to be an electrical fire under the dashboard. We filed a complaint/claim with toyota the following week and as of december 2, 2016, still have not gotten a resolution and have not been cleared by toyota to even tow the vehicle. We have placed numerous calls to their customer service division. Initially, we were told claims department has up to 30 business days to respond to the claim. Once we exceeded the 30 business days ' we contacted again and were then told they 'typically' take 30 days but it could be longer. Previously - toyota sent out a fire investigator in october. In a follow up call to that investigator by us ' he confirmed he turned over his findings to toyota and let us know that the cause was unable to be determined.

Filed Oct 15, 2012 · Visibility · 92,000 miles · MA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the rear passenger sliding door window failed and became stuck open. The contact began to smell something burning in the area of the door. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they stated that the master switch burned out and needed to be replaced. The vehicle repaired. The manufacturer was notified and stated that there were no recalls on her vehicle for the failure. The failure mileage was 92,000.

Filed May 29, 2010 · Body · 80,000 miles · FL

Toyota sienna 2004 automatic door (passenger site) cable that opens the door snapped and broke. A burning smell occur but no fire. I was looking to fix this problem. Dealer wants to charge me $ 1800.00. I found on several blogs that this is a common problem. I am wondering if this is a manufacturing problem.

Filed Apr 29, 2010 · Acceleration · 43,000 miles · TX · crash · 1 injury

I was driving in the middle lane on a three lane road. I arrived at a traffic light and came to a complete stop. I was standing in a traffic light with my foot on the brake. Standing in the same traffic light, there were many cars in front of my vehicle and several cars behind my vehicle. Suddenly, I felt my vehicle was attempting to move and smelled burning rubber from the right front tire. At the same time my foot was still applied firmly to the brakes and my vehicle jumped with a great force colliding with the vehicle in front me, which caused another impact and a third impact. The point of impact on my vehicle was the right side of the front of the vehicle. The left front tire was only two weeks oldand the other three tires were approximately 12,000 miles. The two front air bags deployed and the vehicle was totaled. My daughter was in the front passenger seat and suffered a tiny fracture in the rip cage as a result of the airbag impact. This was the first time we had experienced a case of sudden acceleration.

Filed Oct 15, 2004 · Engine · 5,800 miles · VA

Driving 55 MPH the engine warning light illuminated. Smoke came from the rear of the vehicle. The consumer managed to pull over and had the vehicle towed. The dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. The cause was not determined. Please provide more information.