2015 Toyota Sienna: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed May 12, 2025 · Engine · TX · fire

My engine caught on fire. We had seconds to get out prior to it engulfing in flames. Fire department had to extinguish. Not sure what caused it. The entire vehicle caught on fire. There was an engine light warning I had the vehicle repaired but the warning light was not cleared

Filed Jun 28, 2017 · Electrical · 36,200 miles · IN · fire

The dash was randomly freezing for about 5 minutes and then reset itself while driving. Once it reset itself, it went back to the default settings. It was at heart city toyota multiple times for this problem. Each time they said that they could not get it to duplicate the problem. After dropping it off in april of 2017, the technician stated that he was able to duplicate the problem of the dash resetting. He did a software update and a hard-reset in order to try fixing it. Low and behold, two days later it happened again. After having it at heart city toyota to have the problem with the cruise control light flickering, for the fifth time, fixed, I reported about the dash still having the problem of resetting itself. The manager of heart city toyota told me at that point that I am not welcome back to their dealership. After contacting toyota corporate about this, I was told that they are able to refuse service even with the warranty still present. They explained that I needed to take it to another toyota dealership to have it diagnosed. So I contacted jordan toyota and explained the situation. The service manager there informed me that if heart city toyota was not able to diagnose the problem, then they were not going to start from scratch to diagnose the problem themselves. Three weeks later, while driving on a county road, the dash began to smoke and I pulled off of the road. When it began to smoke even more, I exited the vehicle and as I was getting as far away as I could I seen flames. I called 9-1-1 right away. By the time the fire department was able to get there and extinguish the fire, the van was destroyed. Which ended up being a total loss. All of which seemed to be due to an electrical fire in the dash. Luckily no one was hurt.

Filed Mar 31, 2017 · Engine · 42,000 miles · TN · fire · 2 injuries

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 toyota sienna. While stationary, the vehicle caught fire without warning. The contact stated that smoke came from the engine compartment and flames emerged directly afterward. A police report was filed. The fire department extinguished the fire. The contact's two children received medical treatment for smoke inhalation. The contact stated that the vehicle had an open recall per the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v858000 (structure). The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 42,000.

Filed Jan 17, 2017 · Electrical, Engine · TX · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 toyota sienna. While driving up a hill, smoke entered the vehicle and flames appeared under the hood. The contact was able to exit the vehicle. The fire extinguished on its own, but the vehicle was damaged extensively. The vehicle was towed to a repair shop and a collision center to repair the damages. The manufacturer towed the vehicle to a dealer. The cause of the failure was not determined. The VIN and failure mileage were not available. Updated 03/15/17*lj

Filed Oct 26, 2016 · Engine · 12,000 miles · GA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 toyota sienna. While driving 55 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact smelled a burning odor from the vehicle and called a tow company to tow the vehicle to his residence. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the engine had caught fire. The engine was not replaced; however, repairs were made to the faulty engine. The failure mileage was 12,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Jul 28, 2016 · Electrical · 5 miles · MA · fire

While traveling, our 2015 awd toyota sienna with 8k miles caught fire and was a total loss. The vehicle was traveling 45 MPH on rt 102 north in southwest harbor, me by the echo lake national park entrance, when we noticed white/brown smoke in the rear view mirror. We had only been on the road for about 5 minutes. We pulled over and turned the car off. When the car came to a stop, black smoke came into the cabin and everyone evacuated. During the evacuation, we noticed flames coming from the front engine compartment as well as the underside of the vehicle. By the time the southwest harbor police and fire reached us, the vehicle was completely engulfed in flames. The vehicle had been driving well the entire trip. The vehicle had been serviced once at 5k miles. It is unknown exactly what caused the fire. We've filed an insurance claim with arbella insurance. The claim number is 033734081. Also the national park service ranger [xxx] filed a report [xxx] about the incident. Video of fire taken by southwest harbor fire dept https://www.facebook.com/161511330824/videos/10153605854980825/ information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Jul 20, 2015 · 2,000 miles · MA

After 1 week of purchase date of 2015 toyota sienna lw awd, I've noticed buzz noises coming from under the front dashboard. I took the car for service at toyota nashua at nashua, nh on 7/18 for buzz noising, auto-dimm rear view mirror failure, and strong burned smell from the AC vents. Buzz noising - dealership claimed it's normal op, but this is not acceptable since servo motor is out of norm operation but refuse the replace it. Auto-dimm rear view mirror - dealership claimed they can't fix since it's day time & don't have tool to verify the fault. Burning smell from AC vents - dealership claimed because it's new and they sprayed deodorizer.