Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1998 Toyota Sienna.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-16 | STEERING | No | 0 | GEAR SHIFTER MOUNT UNIT ON THE STEERING COLUMN BROKE APART, STRANDING THE VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. |
| 2017-10-22 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN A FRONT END COLLISION. WE WERE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 65MPH ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN ANOTHER VEHI… |
| 2017-08-16 | STEERING | No | 0 | steering component that breaks, causing a driver to lose control. |
| 2016-11-24 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | STARTED TO GET CLUNKING/RATTLING NOISES ON HIGHWAY THAT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM FRONT LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE. REDU… |
| 2016-11-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WARNING INDICATORS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DID N… |
| 2015-06-09 | STEERING | No | 0 | CAR STARTED MAKING CLUNKING NOISES WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO TEST DROVE IT AND EXAMINE… |
| 2014-10-08 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SINCE I BOUGHT MY 1998 USED TOYOTA SIENNA WITH 190XXX MILES, WHEN PRESS A LITTE BIT THE GAS PEDAL ON A UPHILL IT START … |
| 2014-09-29 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE CAR IS SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND IT ACCELERATES SUDDENLY WITHOUT ME PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. PRESSING THE BRA… |
| 2013-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | HORN WORKED INTERMITTENTLY AND NOW NOT AT ALL. |
| 2013-06-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I CAME HOME AND TURNED MY IGNITION SWITCH OFF BUT MY 1998 TOYOTA VAN KEPT RUNNING.TURNING THE KEY ON AND OFF DID NOT TU… |
| 2012-05-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION RELATED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V1… |
| 2011-12-17 | SEAT BELTS | Yes | 2 | DRIVER IN WRONG LANE HIT MY VAN, WITH MOST OF IMPACT ON RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF VAN. BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOTALLED IN COLLIS… |
| 2011-03-27 | TIRES | No | 0 | TIRE SEEMED OUT OF BALANCE AT NARROW RANGE OF SPEEDS (60-65MPH), BUT SMOOTH AT 68MPH FOR MONTHS; RECENTLY NOTICED VEHIC… |
| 2011-01-18 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1998 TOYOTA SIENNA RECENTLY THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON AND THE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL ARE NOT WORKING I WONDER IF… |
| 2010-08-25 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | ON AUGUST 25, 2010, I WAS TAKING MY GRANDCHILDREN TO RAINBOW STATION DAYCARE IN OUR TOYOTA SPORTS VAN SIENNA XLE, 1998.… |
| 2010-05-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WIRING PROBLEM--ELECTRIC GOING ON UNUSUAL PATHS--PUSHING THE BRAKE TURNS ON THE LIGHTS IN THE DASH--I WONDER IF PUSHING… |
| 2010-05-01 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | No | 0 | 1998 TOYOTA SIENNA CANNOT LOCK AND UNLOCK BOTH REAR SLIDING DOORS ELECTRONICALLY FROM THE LOCK-AND-UNLOCK BUTTONS OF TH… |
| 2010-05-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | THE PUSH-BUTTON ON THE INSIDE OF THE SLIDING SIDE-DOORS FAILS TO RELEASE. IN THE CASE THE DOOR IS UNLOCKED, THIS PREVEN… |
| 2010-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND THE ENGINE… |
| 2009-11-11 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING A TOYOTA SIENNA, SUPERVISED BY MY WIFE. AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, THE VA… |
| 2009-08-04 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | No | 0 | MY 98 SIENNA XLE HAS HAD INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE (MANUAL) SLIDING DOORS NOT OPENING WITHOUT AND ADULT PULLING OU… |
| 2009-07-26 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | 1998 TOYOTA SIENNA MINI VAN. INVOLVED IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT WHERE THE MINI VAN RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE ACTUAL COL… |
| 2008-08-18 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1998 TOYOTA SIENNA LE. ALL OF THE SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT BACK INTO THE PANELS WITHOUT HELP FROM THE PASSEN… |
| 2008-07-26 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | No | 0 | 1998 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN - REAR PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF WHEN ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE DOOR (THE DOOR STUCK)… |
| 2008-07-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | SLIDING DOOR HANDLE ON EXTERIOR HAS BROKEN OFF. BROKEN OFF WHEN PULLING HANDLE TO OPEN DOOR. NO HISTORY OF ACCIDENT. … |
| 2008-01-08 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | DOOR HANDLES ON ALL DOORS HAVE BROKEN OFF. IN CASE OF ACCIDENT, THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO ENTER THE VEHICLE FROM THE OU… |
| 2007-05-10 | VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR | No | 0 | REAR WINDSHIELD SPONTANEOUSLY SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING ON AN OPEN COUNTRY ROAD , NO OVERHANGING TREES OR OVERPASSES), WI… |
| 2007-05-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE SLIDING DOORS LOCKS FREEZE UP AND CANNOT BE OPENED FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE AND PRESENT A DANGER IF YOU ARE IN AN ACC… |
| 2007-03-13 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS SINCE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE (AND MOST RECENTLY, TODAY), THE SLIDING DOOR HANDLE/LATCH/LOCK HAS … |
| 2007-02-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AT INTERSTATE SPEED I HAD A FEW SECOND DRAG AND THEN COMPLETE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGEMENT. MANAGED TO GET IT OFF THE IN… |
| 2006-10-14 | STEERING:COLUMN | No | 0 | ON OCT 14TH 2006 AT ABOUT 4:45 PM I WAS DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT AT SLOW SPEED. I CAME TO A STOP AND THEN TRIED TO MAKE… |
| 2006-09-03 | TIRES | No | 0 | I PURCHASED 2 COOPER LIFELINER TOURING SLE SIZE 215/ 65R-15. THEY COMPLETE UNRAVELED WITHIN ONE WEEK OF EACH OTHER. ON… |
| 2006-06-24 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH | No | 0 | I HAVE 1998 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHEN OPENING THE REAR DOOR THE HANDLE BROKE OFF IN MY HAND! IN LOOKING FOR THE REPLACEMEN… |
| 2006-06-17 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WE HAVE A 1998 TOYOTA SIENNA LE WITH ABOUT 88,000 MILES ON IT. WE DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR TOO MUCH AND MOST OF THE TIME IT… |
| 2006-06-12 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | SECOND FAILURE OF WINDOW ELECTRIC MOTORS. FIRST OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO--DRIVER'S SIDE MOTOR REPLACED. SE… |
| 2006-05-25 | WHEELS:RIM | Yes | 0 | THREE YEAR AGO I BOUGHT 4 SPORTIVA WHEELS FOR MY 1998 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE MODEL OF THIS WHEEL WAS MILANO. ON MAY 25, 200… |
| 2006-03-29 | SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PULLING OUT THE LEFT MIDDLE ROW SEAT BELT STRAP OF THE RETRACTOR, THE MATERIAL WAS FRAYI… |
| 2005-12-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN MY 1998 TOYOTA SIENNA ON I75 IN ATLANTA GA WHILE VISITING FRIENDS, WAS ABLE TO GET TO MEDIAN … |
| 2005-11-10 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | THE EXTERIOR HANDLE OF THE FRONT DRIVER'S DOOR WAS BROKEN WHILE I WAS OPENING THE DOOR. THE EXTERIOR HANDLE CONSISTS OF… |
| 2005-08-28 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | SIENNA VAN BACK DOOR LATCH FAILURE TO OPEN. LATCH COMPONENTS INCLUDE A PIECE OF PLASTIC THAT CAN APPARENTLY BREAK RENDE… |
| 2005-08-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT RECEIVED A WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING NOISE. THE TRANS… |
| 2005-07-30 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1998 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE PASSENGER-SIDE SIDING DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF IN MY HAND! THIS IS OUR FAMILY CAR AND W… |
| 2005-06-22 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY 98 TOYOTA SIENNA FAILED TO RESPOND TO THE ACELERATOR WHILE I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN TWICE ON 6/22/05. ON THE SECOND … |
| 2005-05-29 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE SEAT BELTS IN OUR 1998 TOYOTA SIENNA HAVE BEEN FAILING. THEY WILL NOT RETRACT. WE HAVE HAD TWO REPLACED AT OUR COS… |
| 2004-12-01 | WHEELS:RIM | No | 0 | ALUMINUM ALLOY RIMS APPARENTLY EXPAND AND CONTRACT WITH TEMPERATURE CHANGES, CAUSING LEAKS IN TIRES. SOMETIMES PRESSU… |
| 2004-11-05 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 3 | WE WERE IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT RECENTLY AND HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT NEEDING TO REPLACE THE SEAT BELTS AND POSSIBLY QUE… |
| 2004-09-21 | PARKING BRAKE | Yes | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE WITH NO KEYS IN PARK AND VEHICLE ROLLED THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT… |
| 2004-08-08 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK | No | 0 | 1998 TOYOTA SIENNA SLIDING DOOR ON LEFT AND RIGHT GET STUCK AND WILL NOT OPEN. IN CASE OF ACCIDENT OR FIRE MY GRANDCH… |
| 2004-08-06 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE | No | 0 | THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATING WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UN… |
| 2004-07-21 | TIRES | No | 0 | IT APPEARS THAT TOYOTA HAS CREATED ARTIFICIAL OBSTACLES TO PREVENT MY OBTAINMENT OF AN ELIGIBLE REIMBURSEMENT FOR RECAL… |