2011 Amerivan Toyota Sienna problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Wheels (5) · Vehicle Speed Control (4) · Structure:body (2)
🧭 Reliability snapshot
Compared against other Amerivan Toyota Sienna model years — complaint volume vs the model's median year, recalls and severity. How we score →
🛣️ Complaints by mileage
20 NHTSA complaints that reported an odometer reading.
Safety recalls (1)
Fuel System, Gasoline 2013-06-27 · campaign 13V274000 · 82 vehicles
Defect: Eldorado National-Kansas (ENK) is recalling certain model year 2011-2013 Amerivan Toyota Sienna vans manufactured February 17, 2011, through June 25, 2013. The fuel filler neck may contact the left rear shock absorber. This could damage the fuel filler neck.
Risk: If the shock makes contact with the fuel filler neck, it could damage the neck allowing it to leak gasoline vapors and result in a fire or explosion causing personal injury.
Fix: ENK will notify owners, and dealers will relocate the shock absorbers and add a spacer, free of charge. The recall began on July 12, 2013. Owners may contact Eldorado National-Kansas at 1-800-955-9086.
What owners report
2016-05-05 · Fuel/Propulsion System · 115,525 mi · 💥 crash“we bought a 2011 sienna in late november 2015 to replace our 2004 sienna that was totaled in a collision with a deer. the 2004 had been parked in our garage for 12 years without incident. our 2011 was parked in the garage for four months and the fuel line, above the gas tank, was gnawed through by a rodent. this could have just been a $200 annoy…”
2016-01-21 · Unknown Or Other“when driving with windows down, trunk sensor alerts me that the trunk is open, when in fact it is closed. the interior lights all turn on and creates a distraction when driving. it started off when just making a turn, but has worsened and now goes off anytime i drive with the windows down.…”
2016-01-13 · Structure:body · 98,000 mi“van sliding door would not open. door cable system broke causing door to become inoperable electronically or manually creating a hazard in an emergency to exit the vehicle for passengers. toyota acknowledged this issue for vans from 2007-2010 with extended warranties to repair but it keeps occurring and other newer models are not covered.…”
2016-01-01 · Power Train · 63,000 mi“in august 2014, transmission went out and stalled while we were traveling at a high rate of speed on the interstate. we could have been run over and smashed to death had we been in a one lane construction zone. we purchased the car new in 2011 and the car had only 63,000 miles. we took our car regularly to the dealer for maintenance and had never…”
2015-09-29 · Wheels“i would like to file a formal compliant about the length of time it has taken toyota to produce a final remedy for the recall due to excessive corrosion of the spare tire carrier cable. it has been over a year since we were notified and it still has not yet been fixed. the temporary solution toyota has offered is unacceptable - i have two choices…”
2015-07-09 · Steering · 33,000 mi“the car was started. the steering was hard and heavy and difficult to turn. upon starting to drive, at a low speed, the brakes were applied, but the brakes were hard and did not go down. the car did not brake. the driver put the car into park. the car was turned off, then turned on again. the problem went away. this is the second occasion that this…”
2015-07-09 · Steering · 33,000 mi“the car was started. the car was put into drive. the steering was hard and heavy and difficult to turn. upon starting to drive at a low speed, the driver attempted to brake, but the brake was hard and did not go down. the brake did not work. the driver put the car into park and brought the car to a stop. the driver then turned off the engine, and t…”
2015-05-04 · Vehicle Speed Control · 61,657 mi“i was sitting at a traffic light with my foot on the brake and all of a sudden i herd the engine rev very loud, and at the same time the van started to lung forward. i had to struggle to keep the van from hitting the vehicle in front of me. i was pressing the brake pedal with everything i had. i put the van in park and turned it off. i was stranded…”
2015-05-04 · Vehicle Speed Control · 61,450 mi“i was in the school drop off line to drop of my child and i was waiting with my foot on the brake with the car in gear and it lunged forward i applied the brakes harder and the car stopped, it began to rev loudly so i put it in park and the revving subsided and it didn't lung again. this particular event seemed like a one off, but with the event th…”
2015-03-18 · Wheels · 137,669 mi“toyota part number 43420-08090 cv axel problem. *tr…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.