2006 Toyota Sienna Steering

PASSENGER SIDE STEERING RACK BOOT LEAK. DISCOVERED AT TOYOTA DEALERSHIP DURING OIL CHANGE. *TR

DURING THE 65K SERVICE AT I WAS TOLD THAT THE POWER STEERING FLUID IS LEAKING THIS REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OF STEERING GEAR AND REPLACING THE TIE ROD END EACH SIDE. THE COST WILL BE AROUND $1225.00. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THE QUALITY OF TOYOTA VEHICLE IS GETTING DECREASED COMPARE TO SOME EARLIER MODELS. *TR

DURING ROUTINE 60K MILE MAINTENANCE I WAS INFORMED THE "STEERING RACK" IS "LEAKING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE". AFTER ONLY 61K MILES, THIS SEEMS TO BE AN EARLY FAILURE OF SUCH A MAJOR COMPONENT. *TR

DURING A SAFETY INSPECTION THE MECHANICS HAVE SAID THE STEERING FLUID IS LEAKING. THEY WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE RACK AND PINION STEERING ASSEMBLY. THE COST AVERAGES $1100. THIS IS REPORTED AS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE AND A SAFETY PROBLEM FOR DRIVING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DECELERATING, THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE ABNORMALLY. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE WHEN DRIVING OVER ROAD BUMPS AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PARK. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT THE STEERING COLUMN WAS PARTIALLY FRACTURED AND WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 68,000.

DURING STATE VEHICLE INSPECTION TECH FOUND POWER STEERING RACK LEAKING (PASSENGER SIDE SEAL). ALL FLUID WAS INSIDE BOOT - NO EXTERNAL LEAK. WE HAVE BEEN TOYOTA CUSTOMERS FOR 25 PLUS YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD A MAJOR FAILURE EVEN WITH 100,000 PLUS MILES. GUESS I EXPECTED MORE FROM TOYOTA. SEEMS TO ME 60,000 MILES IS A LITTLE SOON FOR A MAJOR FAILURE OF THIS TYPE. DEALERSHIP DOES A FINE JOB AND I AM GRATEFUL THEY FOUND AND FIXED DEFECT. JUST WANTED TO GET THIS INFORMATION ON DATABASE IN CASE THERE IS A HIGH FREQUENCY OF THIS TYPE OF REPAIR IN 2006 TOYOTA SIENNAS. *TR

PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING SHAFT DUE TO CORROSION; THERE IS AN INCREASED EFFORT TO TURN THE STEERING FROM NEUTRAL OR TO RETURN AFTER TURNING. I FEEL THIS IS A DEFECT THAT COULD RESULT IN CASUALTIES AND TOYOTA REFUSES TO ADDRESS IT. THIS STARTED APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS AGO AND WAS REPORTED TO TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AGREES THAT THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL PART THAT GOES OUT ON A 3 1/2 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. *TR

POWER STEERING SOMEWHAT INEFFECTIVE, BUT OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY AND FOR VERY SHORT PERIODS. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. ONE HAS TO PUT MORE PRESSURE ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAKE A TURN, BUT THEN WHEN THE POWER STEERING KICKS IN, THE RESULT IS TO OVER STEER. *TR

IN EARLY 2008, MY 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA BEGAN TO PULL TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. I NOTICED THAT THEN I LET GO OF THE STEERING WHEEL, THE CAR WOULD DRIFT SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT. ADDITIONALLY, AT A DEAD STOP AND THE ACCELERATOR WAS APPLIED, THE CAR DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT. MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP HAS LOOKED AT THE CAR 4 TIMES AND SAID THAT NOTHING MORE CAN BE DONE AND THE CAR IS WITHIN SPECS. WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER, WE DROVE MY SIENNA AND THEN DROVE THE DEALERSHIPS COURTESY VAN. AT A DEAD STOP, THE DEALERSHIPS VAN DROVE STRAIGHT AND HAD NO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT. WHEN WE DROVE MY VAN, THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT THE DRIFT TO THE RIGHT AT A DEAD STOP WAS NORMAL IN THE SIENNA AND THAT MY VAN'S DRIFT WAS WITHIN COMPLIANCE OF TOYOTA STANDARDS. I HAVE HAD THE ALIGNMENT CHECKED THREE TIME AND APPEARS TO BE NORMAL, YET THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO PULL TO THE RIGHT. TOYOTA HAS REFUSED TO DEAL WITH MY CAR AND SENT IT TO ARBITRATION. TO BE RESOLVED. WHAT IS THE DEAL??? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED AND THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THEY REPAIRED. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 16,000.