275 complaints reported

2006 Toyota Sienna Air Bags

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
275
Crashes
7
Fires
0
Injuries
6

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Aug 2022

Airbag warning light intermittently flashes, upon personal research on owner forums this is a common issue that is most commonly fixed by wiggling or disconnecting/reconnecting the airbag sensor wiring below the front seats.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Sep 2022
Feb 2022

Airbag system warning light due to failing connector under the front passenger seat. Code 44 / B0111. See Toyota T-SB-0069-12. This is a pattern failure in a critical safety system.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jan 2022
Dec 2020

MY 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA HAS AN INTERMITTENT AIRBAG WARNING LAMP APPEAR OFF AND ON. I HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS NOTIFICATIONS FROM THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING VARIOUS RECALLS WHICH HAVE USUALLY BEEN DISMISSED AS UNNECESSARY FROM THE VARIOUS DEALERS WHEN I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION. I HAVE NOT BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE SINCE TOYOTA HAS BEEN MOSTLY NON-COMPLIANT WHEN IT COMES TO PERFORMING WARRANTY OR SAFETY RELATED ISSUES WITH THEIR VEHICLES. AT LEAST THAT HAS BEEN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. IT TOOK THE THREAT OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION FROM THE U.S. CONGRESS TO GET A RESPONSE FROM THE CEO OF TOYOTA TO ATTEND A HEARING ON VEHICLE SAFETY ISSUES, SO I HAVE NO FAITH IN TOYOTA TAKING RESPONSIBILITY.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Dec 2020
Sep 2020

THE AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON IN THE VAN. MY AUTO TECH SAID THE AIR BAGS DO NOT WORK WHEN THE LIGHT IS ON. HE ALSO SAID THE PROBLEM WITH THE VAN IS A WIRING DEFECT, AND NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE ACTUAL AIR BAGS. TOYOTA SHOULD RECALL THESE VANS AND FIX THEM AT THEIR COST. THIS SITUATION IS DANGEROUS.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Feb 2020
Jul 2019

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHES. CAR HAS 150,000 MILES ON IT BUT THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE ABOUT 60,000 MILES. BLINKS 3-4 TIMES AND GOES OFF. BLINKS AGAIN. IF I JIGGLE THE WIRES UNDER THE SEAT IT WILL TURN OFF BUT COMES BACK ON AGAIN EVENTUALLY. HAPPENS FROM THE TIME THE CAR IS STARTED. RECURRING PROBLEM FOR PROBABLY 10 YEARS. BEEN WAITING FOR A FIX/RECALL.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jan 2008
Jul 2019

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jul 2019
Jun 2019

THE AIRBAG LIGHT SUDDENLY TURNED ON ONE DAY AND HAS REMAINED ON TO THIS DATE (8/7/2019) EVERY TIME WHEN WE TURN ON ENGINE AND DRIVE THE VEHICLE. WE ARE THE ORIGINAL CAR OWNER, AND THE ODOMETER IS 78919 MILES. WE CALLED LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER AND WERE INFORMED THAT OUR 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN IS NOT ON AIRBAG RECALL LIST.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jan 2019
Apr 2019

TOYOTA HAS AN ON-GOING ISSUE WITH AIRBAG/SRS WIRING HARNESSES THAT FAIL. WHEN THE WIRING HARNESS FAILS IT DISABLES THE ENTIRE SRS SYSTEM. THE OCCUPANT IS THEN AT RISK IN A COLLISION. THIS CONDITION INITIATED ON ITS OWN AND IS NOT THE RESULT OF A COLLISION. THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER RELAYED THAT IT IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE AND WOULD COST OVER $2000 DOLLARS TO REPAIR. IT SHOWS UP ON THE OBDII DIAGNOSTIC AS A RIGHT-SIDE AIRBAG SQUIB. THIS CODE IS AS FOLLOWS; B0106 CODE OPEN IN P SQUIB CIRCUIT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Mar 2016
Mar 2019

THE AIRBAGS WARNING LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY TURNS ON AND FLASHES. YOU NOTICE IT SECONDS AFTER THE CAR IS STARTED. IF I WIGGLE THE WIRES UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT, IT SOMETIMES GOES AWAY. THEN IT SHOWS UP AGAIN...AND AGAIN.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jan 2019
Dec 2018

MY 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA SUDDENLY HAS A BLINKING AIRBAG LIGHT 10 DAYS AGO

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Dec 2018
Nov 2018

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO EAST COAST TOYOTA (181 BROAD STREET, CARLSTADT, NJ 07072) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 202,000.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Nov 2018
Oct 2018

THE AIRBAG LIGHT BEEN FLASHING ALL THE TIME.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jan 2018
Jul 2018

AIRBAG LIGHT IS FLASHING. WHILE DRIVING OR BEING ON IT FLASHES.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Sep 2018
Jul 2018

SYSTEM IS PRESENTING AIRBAG WARNING CODES B0111 & B0116. THESE CODES MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND $3000-4000 TO REPLACE THE AIRBAGS AND WIRING HARNESSES FOR THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES. THIS IS COMPLETELY OUT IF THE BLUE BECAUSE A WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THE VEHICLE IS OTHERWISE IN GREAT SHAPE AND HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jul 2018
May 2018

THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS FLASHING AT RANDOM INTERVAL BOTH STATIONARY OR IN MOTION. UNPLUGGING AND PLUGGING THE CONNECTORS MANY TIMES CAN SOMETIMES SOLVE THE PROBLEM FOR A FEW DAYS OR WEEKS. THE AIRBAG LAMP WOULD COME BACK. IT'S VERY UNSAFE FOR DRIVING WITH WHOLE FAMILY IN THE CAR. NEED A RECALL. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOR YEARS SINCE I OWNED THE CAR 6 YEARS AGO.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Feb 2012
Apr 2018

AIR BAG FAULT LIGHTS FOR YEARS. DEALER HAS FIXED THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES POINTING TO BAD PLUG CONNECTORS. HAVE REPLACED AIRBAGS OVER THE YEARS WITH SAME PROBLEM. INFORMS ME THAT IT NEEDS NEW AIR BAGS AS THE PLUGS ARE PART OF THE AIR BAG. VERY EXPENSIVE! HAVE LEARNED TO JIGGLE YELLOW AIR BAG CONNECTORS UNDER SEAT TO RESOLVE PROBLEM. DEALER INDICATED THEY ADJUSTED PIN CONNECTORS IN THE PAST? RIDICULOUS AS THE PROBLEM IS OBVIOUSLY IN THE CONNECTOR AND WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY FOR A COMPLETE AIR BAG. SPENT ENOUGH MONEY ON THIS PERSISTENT PROBLEM OVER THE YEARS. PLEASE SEE TOYOTA TSB -1062-10 WHICH ACKNOWLEDGES THIS LONG TIME DEFECT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: May 2007
Mar 2018

AIRBAG WARNING INDICATOR IS ALWAYS ON. APPARENTLY THE CONNECTOR BENEATH THE DRIVER SEAT IS FAULTY SOMEHOW. AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN CASE OF AN IMPACT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jan 2016
Jan 2018

THE SRS AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AFTER PUTTING THE CAR IN MOTION FOR A FEW MINUTES. WE HAVE NOT HAD IT LOOKED AT BY A PROFESSIONAL BUT I DID DO A VISUAL INSPECTION UNDER THE FRONT SEAT AND THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH THE CONNECTORS.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jan 2018
Dec 2017

AIR BAG CONNECTORS ARE HAVING MOISTURE DAMAGES. THE CONNECTORS ARE OXIDIZED AND LOOSED THE CONNECTION. THE AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS ON.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jan 2017
Nov 2017

VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY ON A CITY STREET. SRS WARNING LIGHT SUDDENLY BEGAN BLINKING. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN A COLLISION.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: May 2017
Oct 2017

MY AIRBAG LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING WHEN THE CAR WAS ONLY A FEW YEARS OLD. IT WOULD GO OFF FOR A WHILE THEN REAPPEAR. IT APPEARS TO BE A HARNESS PROBLEM THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT WITH THIS CAR. AND THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH AN UNDER-SEAT STORAGE BIN THAT RUBS AGAINST THE WIRING HARNESS THAT'S BENEATH THE PASSENGER SEAT. I'VE NOW READ MANY, MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AND YET TOYOTA REFUSES TO RESPOND. PLEASE HELP.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: May 2010
Sep 2017

THE AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS FLASHING ON THE DASHBOARD PANEL. NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN THE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jan 2017
May 2017

THE AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHES. TOYOTA REPLACED THE HARNESS UNDER THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND SHORTLY THE PROBLEM CAME BACK. I HAD RECEIVED NOTICE THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE BUT TOYOTA KEPT THE NOTICE AND NOW WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THERTHAT IS AN ISSUE. TOYOTA CLAIMS TH HARNESS IS DEFECTIVE AND WILL COST TO FIX. THIS SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE FOR A VEHICLE THAT HAS NEVER B EN IN AN ACCIDENT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Oct 2016
Feb 2017

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND IS BLINKING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Dec 2017
Jan 2017

AIR BAG INDICATOR IS BLINKING IN DASHBOARD. THIS IS A CONTINUOUS ISSUE. NOT SURE IF I SHOULD CONTINUE TO DRIVE WITH THE SAFETY ISSUE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jun 2014

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The 2006 Toyota Sienna has 275 Air Bags complaints on file. 7 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.