2008 Toyota Sienna: grinding or squealing brakes

5 of the 429 complaints about the 2008 Toyota Sienna describe grinding or squealing brakes.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 1%
typical mileage: 76,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 5 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Grinding or squealing brakes by model year

2020
1
2017
3
2015
1
2014
2
2013
5
2012
2
2011
2
2010
3
2009
2
2008
5
2007
4
2006
10
2005
15
2004
37
2003
9
2002
14
2001
8
2000
9
1999
4
1998
10

What owners say

Filed May 14, 2021 · Acceleration, Electrical · 108,000 miles · TX

Brakes have been replaced, and checked several times make a loud grinding noise in wet weather when backing up and sometimes when applying pressure while driving also a 🔊 noise and brakes seem to slip have had to pull over because it scares me can not find anything wrong but continues to persist. Both in highway driving and regular street driving

Filed Aug 24, 2016 · Electrical · 63,000 miles · PA

Driver's side passenger power sliding door. Cable broke. Unknown cause. Appears the cable snapped off with a clean break. The power sliding door is not useable and not safe. Bought the van used this april 2016 with 54000 miles put 7000 more miles on it and I have no warranty and looking at repairs between $1500 - $3000. Vehicle was stationary and parked in driveway when cable broke. Heard grinding sound and internal parts falling to the bottom inside the van and the is door bound shut won't open and not working.

Filed Aug 2, 2016 · 112,000 miles · NH

The passenger sliding door's pulley cable snapped while performing a routing automated door opening operation. There where some grinding noises while the door attempted to open. The vehicle was parked on a level surface. Upon inspection of finding out what happened, the braided cable appeared faulty and was corroded. Meanwhile the loss in tension resulted in loose cable preventing the door from opening and closing properly. The cable was then cut but the excess cable is hanging out of the vehicle. The door is now opened manually but it is having difficulty holding itself when opened. I do have three young children under the age of 7 who frequently use these doors. My concern is that the door opening is not was I purchased/expect and second the cost of repair is very high ($1200-$2500) when hearing this issue has become more frequent in the last two years as these vehicles are surpassing their warranty expectancy. I do not have any photos but still have the faulty cable if pictures are requested at a later time.

Filed Jul 12, 2016 · Electrical · 76,000 miles · PA

Passenger rear power sliding door. Cable broke. Known problem. Not safe and not convenient. $1300 just for part and $2000 repair. Probably driver side will be next. 76000 miles and garage kept. Why no help from toyota? Vehicle was stationary when cable broke. Heard grinding sound, then door bound, now not working

Filed Feb 3, 2010 · Acceleration · 28,756 miles · MA · crash

We drove from pembroke to north carolina, taking a few breaks in between two weeks ago. We pulled into a service station to use the rest rooms and purchase cold drinks, in roanke springs, nc. My wife pulled into a handicapped parking spot in front of the store. She was only 10 feet from stopping the vehicle when the car accelerated forward and fortunately crashed into a concrete pillar otherwise we would have gone directly into the store. The surge of the car accelerating pushed me back into my seat, passenger. Our vehicle toyota sienna struck the concrete pillar directly in the middle of the front end. I then reached down and turned the car off. We were traveling with another couple, they had parked their car and heard the squeal of the brakes being applied and then the crash of our vehicle into the concrete pillar. The car is being repaired in roanke springs, nc at the bones toyota dealer. We then rented a vehicle and continued our trip to florida.