2004 Toyota Sienna: pulls to one side

Filed Feb 2, 2022 · Driver assistance · CA

Toyota VSC and ABS engaging and activating for no reason on dry pavement causing loss of proper control of the vehicle. The have been multiple occurrences on dry pavement between 30 and 65 mikes per hour. The car pulls to one side as the computer takes control of the car end engages the brakes suddenly for no reason. VSC Skid light goes on on the dash and there is a beeping sound while this happens. Very dangerous. Toyota USA notified and assigned case number 220201001364. They refuse to take any responsibility for this dangerous failure.

Filed Dec 26, 2014 · Acceleration, Brakes · 155,495 miles · NY

Sudden deceleration of vehicle: 2004 toyota sienna xle. The vsc engages, without warning, on smooth, dry roads and when cornering or negotiating a curve. We are the original owners and have never experienced this until the first incident in late oct. 2014. We did not take any action because although road conditions good, we were rounding a sharp bend in the road and assumed this had something to do with the incident. Vehicle speed was approximately 25 MPH as the vehicle suddenly decelerated, the vsc light came on and a rapid beeping alarm sounded. The vehicle pulled to one side and steering the vehicle became extremely difficult. The whole incident, start to finish, lasted approximately 5 seconds. The next incident happened in early december 2014. Again, all the above described things happened, except vehicle speed was approximately 35 MPH going around a gentle curve in the road. I did some research and found many complaints concerning this issue but do not see any recommendations or recalls officially issued by toyota. It appears most of the dealer recommended repairs did not correct the problem. Today (december 26, 2014), this same issue happened five times within 40 minutes. My wife managed to get the vehicle home and we called our local toyota dealer, described the issue and they informed us they have never received any complaints concerning rapid deceleration of this model year, before our phone call. I've scheduled an appointment for december 30, 2014 to have the vehicle checked out and have recall work done concerning the "shift lock solenoid assembly". Will update after appointment.

Filed Dec 11, 2014 · Body · 180,000 miles · CT

Sliding doors freeze shut during cold weather, handle of sliding door pulled right off during cold weather. In a car accident the passengers in the back seats would not be able to be safely and quickly pulled out of the car. This is the 2nd time the door handle pulled off. We repaired the handle of the door earlier than 2014 and the handle pulled off again at the date stated on this report. The doors freeze shut in almost any winter cold weather since the car was purchased.

Filed Dec 20, 2010 · Steering · 80,436 miles · MI

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 toyota sienna. While driving 25 MPH the traction control system light illuminated on the dashboard. The vehicle lunged forward and made a noise, the brakes surged and locked the wheels. The vehicle pulled to the left and drove across the yellow line into on coming traffic. The vehicle then continued to accelerate to the right and into another lane but there was no traffic. The contact was able to regain control of the vehicle. The vehicle was driven to the dealer and the failure recurred 2 to 3 times on the way to the dealer. The dealer replaced the steering angle sensor assembly. The failure mileage was 80,436 and the current mileage was 80,466. Updated 02/03/11*lj updated 03/18/11

Filed Nov 1, 2010 · Driver assistance · NC

Traveling between 35-45 MPH on dry, straight roads, the vsc (vehicle skid control) engaged without cause. Alarm sounded, vehicle skid light turned on, vehicle automatically applied brakes to the point that they made some squealing noise, throttle was unresponsive, and vehicle steering pulled to the left. We pulled over and stopped the vehicle, in hopes that it would clear the problem. We started up again only to have the same problem a couple of minutes later. This happened four times on the way home. Would hate to see what would have happened at highway speed while pulling our popup camper.

Filed Jul 1, 2007 · Engine · 46,000 miles · AZ

Driving about 15 MPH through parking lot...an alarm sounded followed by a "loud noise" from the rear. This was followed by the car braking and pulling to the right. Engine did not stop. The car would only crawl when attempts were made to drive it. Any faster than 2-5 MPH caused repeat of the event. No information lights were activated on the dashboard. Car was taken by flatbed to toyota dealership. Access to the onboard computer by the service people at dealer did not reveal any faults. An attempted solution was to reprogram the ABS module. This did not resolve the problem. At this time, the car remains at the dealership. Report filed with toyota regional by both dealer and myself.

Filed Jun 25, 2007 · Tires · CT

Sienna 2004 awd, pulling to the right, unreliable run-flat tires- needs replacement almost every 12,000 miles. I just had it replace last year 2006 as sponsored by toyota because they said original tires were defective. Now I am having problems, grinding noise while turning right, and was informed that all the tires need to be replaced after at approximately 12,000 miles , odometer showed approx 25,000 miles, because of uneven wear mostly left front outside part of the tire. Dealer said because I have been running on low pressure and was probably making a lot of right turns. If I make a right turn I would make an equal amount of left turns. The van was equipped with low presure monitoring sensor, one of the reasons I purchased it which did not go off. *ak toyota refuses to help with all the tire problem and dealer is playing dumb to the issue.

Filed Jul 27, 2005 · Tires · MA

On a 2004 toyota sienna awd (1) regular driving and normal preventitive maintenance LED to 14k miles before oem run flat tires were bald and unsafe (2) car steering was affected with a distinct pulling to the left (3) dealer replaced tires but indicated that run flat tires (either bridgestone or dunlop) will continue to wear quickly

Filed May 7, 2005 · Tires · 16,900 miles · NY

Toyota sienna runflat tires wear to rod by 16,000 miles... Started to hear noise in front end tires. A little pull to left .very jittery at 55+MPH.. Pressure seemed ok- so took to mechanic. He said "run-flat" tires completely worn down to rod.. But go try dealer since only 16,900 miles. Called toyota said not their responsiblity- tire co.'s wouldn't even help locate specialty tire shop for special oem dunlop oem (run-flat tires). Toyota guy admitted though (on the side) that it may be run-flats as getting many complaints. Web indicates many of same experiences at @15-20,000 miles. An accident waiting to happen. They should be recalled immediately before a family gets killed. Needless to say we are replacing with regular tires- no fun-flats. This technology may not be ready for prime time and every one is making it oem already. Thanks.

Filed Mar 16, 2005 · Acceleration · 35,990 miles · PA

As I was driving on a dry road at about 30 MPH the vehicle speed control (vsc ) indicator light went off, followed by a continuous beeping from the dashboard, by a vibration of the vehicle (more the left side) and by an automatic intermittent application of the brakes on selected tires as if the minivan was trying to regain control and pulling towards the left. The minivan immediately slowed its speed to less than 5 MPH and when tried to reapply for acceleration, as soon as exceeded 5 MPH the beeping restarted, the light went off again and the pulling to the left and the automatic breaks were applied. The vehicle had to be towed to the dealership where is still under repair. Apparently they indicate there is a tsb related to this matter.