2000 Toyota Sienna Other or unknown Problems

“Re: 2000 Toyota Sienna minivan I was parking my car on the street, my foot on the brake pedal, when the engine started to suddenly rev up. With my foot still on the brake pedal, I quickly put it on park and turned off the engine. This is the first time this has happened.”

“Outer door handles on doors of Sienna are extremely brittle and break easily even with normal everyday gentle use. Of the 4 main doors on my Toyota Sienna, 3 of them now have broken ousise handles causing the doors not to be accessible & opened from the outside. This has now affected both sliding doors and my passenger front door. My passenger sliding door is not even able to be opened from the inside since the outer handle broke off completely. This poses a major safety issue as doors are not able to be opened from the outside in case of an accident or emergency. …”

“I have owned this vehicle since 2003 and have never had any major problems with it. It has always been very reliable. However, on september 21 while driving east on i20 in the dallas area, I accelerated the vehicle while on a slightly steep hill. The engine suddenly quit for a few seconds while I was driving and all the equipment lights came on. It then mysteriously started back again and I kept driving. This happened a couple more times while driving east on illinois avenue in dallas and it finally died completely on the same street . …”

“Noticed white smoke upon starting car for a couple of days. The following sunday, the oil pressure light came on while traveling-stopped and put in 1 quart of oil, light went out. The following monday, the engine check light came on. The next morning, tuesday I took the car to the nearest Toyota dealer and was told that our engine was full of sludge due to improper or lack of maintenance. The repairs were not covered under the warranty. Was given an estimate of $9k to replace the engine or $5500 to rebuild the engine. …”

“Oil light failed to report major engine sludge problem before there was severe engine damage. The damage is reported by the Toyota dealer as $8900.00 to replace the engine in a car with only 20,181 miles. The light flashed for a split second and never turned on again. The oil light failed to indicate low oil pressure in the system causing considerable damage.”