2011 Toyota Sienna: jerking or lurching

Filed Sep 11, 2023 · IN

My passenger side sliding door began to jerk when closing with power button. The next day the cable completely snapped and it no longer opens at all. My driver side sliding door constantly opens and sometimes does not stay closed. I can hear the lock roll and it automatically unlocks itself. There was previously a recall on these doors completed I'm afraid I still have defective parts.

Filed Oct 8, 2020 · 167,500 miles · NC

Vehicle steering seems to be "jerky." drivers and passengers get nausea and feel like they are swaying after getting out after traveling around in vehicle. This is when traveling on city streets and especially noticeable on highways at high speeds. Makes staying in my lane difficult.

Filed Dec 17, 2016 · Fuel system · 70,000 miles · IN

My car is revving uncontrollably and lurching forward when braking. The engine does not decrease its revolutions in lone with braking. Its either a transmission dropping to a lower gear and lurching forward ir the accelerator pedal us sticking. It happens all of the time and is unsafe coming to stops near croas traffic.

Filed Feb 22, 2015 · Transmission · 24,000 miles · NY

Hello, I own a 2011 sienna le v6. In cold weather, it has a problem when breaking where the vehicle lurches forward as it comes to a stop (a significant increase in RPM is seen just as the vehicle is about to stop). So much so that it seems as though it's giving itself gas (increased RPM) and driving itself, creating a hazard. I can literally take my foot off the brake pedal and the van will increase it's speed to about 35mph with no input from me in regards to the gas pedal. After warming up, the problem does tend to fade away. But the warmup period, especially on cold northeast days, could take as long as 20 mins. And 8 miles of city driving to occur (and this is after a 5 min. Parked idle warmup period), and even then, the van still exhibits this revving issue somewhat, just not as significant as when it's in the warmup stage. On my first complaint last winter, the dealer changed out the thermostat and considered the problem fixed. However, the van continues to show the same problem this winter. As you can see on this internet thread, many other owners have the same issue. Http://www.siennachat.com/forum/193-problems-maintenance-repair/158410-engine-revving-up-just-before-stop.html this issue is not just annoying, I believe it is a safety issue, particularly on slippery surfaces such as snow and ice which are likely to occur in the colder weather that precipitates this issue. I believe either the engine or transmission programming needs to be modified to address this issue as soon as possible.

Filed Dec 7, 2014 · Brakes, Engine · 40,000 miles · MN

Hello, I own a 2011 sienna le v6. In cold weather, it has a problem when braking where the vehicle lurches forward as it comes to a stop. The dealer drove the car and noted no issues. However, as you can see on this internet thread, many other owners have the same issue. Http://www.siennachat.com/forum/193-problems-maintenance-repair/158410-engine-revving-up-just-before-stop.html this issue is not just annoying, I believe it is a safety issue, particularly on slippery surfaces such as snow and ice which are likely to occur in the colder weather that precipitates this issue. I believe either the engine or transmission programming needs to be modified to address this issue as soon as possible. This occurs when the engine is at high speed idle after a cold stop, which can last for many miles after you start driving.

Filed Apr 15, 2014 · Body, Electrical · 25,600 miles · VA

Within one week of purchase, the driver side, power assist sliding door failed to open completely. After initially opening six inches it would only move four inches in either direction by pulling the exterior handle. Only with multiple pulls/jerks could the door be fully opened or closed. This problem would manifest unpredictably, most often with the driver side power door, but once with the passenger side. Otherwise the doors functioned properly about eighty percent of the time. This failure appears to involve a safety feature which prevents the door from advancing when sufficient resistance is met. In all cases of failure no mechanism for resistance was found. My fear is that the safety feature may also fail when it needs to perform properly, to prevent an arm or leg from being crushed.

Filed Sep 22, 2012 · Engine · 22,815 miles · NY

9/1/12 I was driving along at highway speed of aprox. 55-60 MPH when I decided to go into a shopping center. I slowed my car down and made a right turn to enter a shopping center. As I was slowing down to pull up to the entrance of the store I had my foot on the brake pedal and the car didn't want to stop. I had to apply an enormous amount of pressure to the brake but it didn't stop the engine from racing and trying to lurch forward. I forced the car out of drive and put it into reverse and the engine went back to normal. 9/6/12 I was in my car and approached a traffic light behind another car. I slowed down from aprox. 25 MPH. As the car slowed I felt the car lurch forward, I applied the brake harder so as not to hit the car in front of me or the people walking across the street. I again moved the car out of gear and the engine came to normal. 9/9/12 I was in a shopping center waiting for my wife to come out and I had to move my car to let someone else get out a parking space when my car started to accelerate. I had my foot on the brake at the time this occurred and as much pressure I put on the brake was not enough to stop the car. The car still had enough power to go forward even though I had my foot on the brake. I fear for my life and any people that are in my car, let alone outside of my car. Toyota cannot duplicate the problem, I've taken it to them twice. They (toyota) will not do anything for me. Please help.

Filed Jun 21, 2012 · Body · 18,000 miles · TX

The opening sequence of power sliding doors on both sides of this vehicle is out-of-sequence when opened with the door handle. When using door handle, there is a lound noise when door first open, it caused by the mechanical latch were not completly open before the door was pulled by dorr's motor. This prolonges "jerk" could eventually cause the latch to break or defected to the point it can not fully latched on and may cause door to open while driving. This problem is not detected if door opening using remote control or inside vehicle buttons.

Filed Feb 13, 2012 · Body · 200 miles · IL

Both power-sliding side van doors on my 2011 toyota sienna xle awd do not function properly or safely in all instances when using the exterior door handles. Approximately 25% of attempts to open the side doors using the exterior door handles to activate the power slide mechanism fail. The failure results in the doors only opening about six inches, then stopping in place while an audible alarm sounds. The gap is large enough for an adult or child to put arm through the gap. After the audible alarm ceases, the door can be manually closed in a "jerky" fashion. The door failure only happens when using the exterior handles. When using the key fob, interior controls located in the ceiling above the rear view mirror, or interior controls near the sliding doors, the doors work correctly.