2006 Toyota Sienna: check engine light

Filed Apr 15, 2019 · Engine, Steering · 206,020 miles · NC

Check engine light, vsc light, traction control light. All 3 lights came on at same time. They say it's the gas cap, it's not the gas cap, they say to reset it, that doesn't work. I was driving home, nothing happened, the lights just came on. No warning sound, nothing to indicate there was a problem, my car seems to drive just fine, but the lights won't go off, and I have 3 kids that I take and pick up from school

Filed May 25, 2014 · Tires, Transmission · 133,295 miles · NJ

At first, I have the tire pressure indicator light continuing to lit up. Then one morning, the van was slow to response to shifting gear and acceleration. After stopping, it won't start and move into gear at all. There was no engine light being lit or warning sign. Towed to shore toyota at mays landing, nj. They told me that the transmission oil had all leaked out due to the burst of abrupt failure on the inlet to the radiator. They asked me to replace the radiator at a cost of $1,150.26! After repaired, they then told me that the transmission is bad and difficult to move into gear. They quoted another $3,780 to replace the transmission. I was furious. Since that the dealer told me that the van can be driven. I was prepared to trade it in and weighing my options. The van has 133,279 miles. I drove it ok initially, however, I experienced that it was difficult to accelerate twice. After 15 miles when I stopped at a traffic light, the van just stuck- it cannot move in any of the gears at all. I towed back home. After cooling down, it was able to drive again. The new transmission fluid smelled burnt. I am wondering why: ?why the engine light was not lit up at all when the coolant temperature was so high before spoiling the whole transmission? ?why was that not even any dtc codes stored on the obdii systems at all after all these defects? ?this seemed the same problem as the sticky transmission that other customers have been complaining about, yet toyota has not informing the customer of any actions need to be take. I have been receiving notices about the various recalls and the potential of monetary compensation, however, nothing has been realized yet. ?this seemed to be a very dangerous situations, if the van can be slowed down or stopped so drastically, the people in the vehicle could be bumped over.

Filed Dec 27, 2013 · Airbags · 85,000 miles · MN

The src airbag (curtain/side airbag) malfunction indicator went off. It has been below of recently. When I googled it, some people pointed it out to the yellow harness under the front seats. I wiggled it a little as some people suggested and the indicator light went away (I don't know if it may come back again). This is a major safety concern to me. Anyone could easily break the hardness when they pull the tray under seat. Or a car accident when your shoe could accidentally kick the hardness and break it, preventing the side airbag from deploying. It has to be a better way to protect the hardness. Especially here in minnesota with below of the hardness get too cold and may become brittle.

Filed May 9, 2013 · Fuel system · 8,200 miles · CO

My name is [xxx]I am a quadriplegic paralyzed person.I live by myself with 24 hour cna care. I was injured at work on nov.2000 by a gun shot. I bought a van in 2006.right after one year,I noticed check engine light on. I took my van to stevenson toyota dealer,aurora,co. After diagnostics,they found gas/oil leakage from my gas cap. They changed gas cap,cleared the code. 3 week later,check engine light came back on.again I took it back,same diagnostics,gas leakage from gas cap.again cleared the code from their machine. 2 weeks later,check engine light came back. I took my van several times back to the dealer but never solved the problem. I park my van at a garage. I've noticed that my van is taking lots of gas and strong smell of gas in garage. I am really scared of caught on fire inside the garage or fire on my van. I am tired of paying lots of money I am very low income person. Now they are saying I've to pay whole bunch of money that I can't afford. The person I talked to the dealer is con vo.he is very rude and saying that he can't find my van info. In his system but other lady I talked to says she can .and my door is hard to open.I heard that there is sludge/oil recall to address this problem. So I'd like to request you to investigate my problem and find a reasonable solution for this.thank you and god bless you. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Oct 24, 2010 · Electrical, Transmission · 72,000 miles · NJ

Toyota sienna le 2006 with 72,000 miles automatic broke down on the highway --- refusing to go beyond 35miles an hour and check engine light came on. The toyota dealer claimed that the transmission had to be replaced at a cost of about 5500 + and diagnosed only transmission problem. To get a second opinion, we got the vehicle towed to aamco, the transmission experts. Aamco replaced valve body, torque converter, and their standard banner kit + transmission cooling system flush and clean. Aamco asked us to be soft on the transmission for a tank of gas. Inspite of driving slowly, we noticed that the transmission change from about 1st to 2nd gear was very slow and the car had like a hiccup when trying to accelerate and exhibited vibration at higher speeds. When we took it back to aamco, they test drove the same and now claim the computer (ECM?) is not learning the gear shift and needs to be replaced. Toyota dealer claims that the 8yr/80000mile warranty on the computer is only for a manufacturing defect and refuses to acknowledge that the computer is misbehaving. There is no check engine light or error code, but the vehicle remains sluggish. We are waiting for the pricing of the ECM module and would sincerely appreciate if the problem is acknowledged and resolved by toyota. Gone are the days when toyota was a reliable car --- we are frustrated with the whole episode and unfortunately are not confident of what else needs to get replaced to get the car up and running.

Filed Mar 18, 2010 · Electrical · 8,085 miles · CA

2006 toyota sienna has several electrical problems. I have been taking my car to the dealership over six times to repair but it is the same thing. Check engine light comes on and I loose power on the freeway and I pull over and turn off the car and restart it and it works again. I had faulty sliding door and faulty airbag. I still have check engine light come on and power issues that toyota that was covered under warranty and I have extended warranty but now they do not want to service my car anymore. They say I don't have warranty anymore.