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2001 Toyota Sienna Air bags Problems

Complaints
7about this part
Share
4%of 180 total for the year
Median mileage
90,000miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 7 complaints about the air bags of the 2001 Toyota Sienna, 4% of the 180 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 90,000 miles. 4 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“Toyota Sienna has air bag flashing, it just last 12/12/20014, so I brought it to fremont Toyota for check up and told them about the flashing air bag ask them if if is part of Toyota air bag recall. They charge me $152.00 to find out the problem. After 2 hrs, they say, they need more hours to find the problem and they are charging me another $152.00. I thought the $152.00 in the first place they tell you the problem.is this right when they estimate the hour. They can diagnose the problem. To pay extra I don t have enough money.. Is this air bag problem is Toyota recall. …”

NHTSA complaint #10670520, filed 2015-01, 137,315 miles

“On october 28,2006, my son and I returned to the site of the accident, the nc state highway patrol driving track. Once through registration, we re-entered the 2001 Toyota Sienna minivan. Unfortunately, we did not use the seat belts, since we could see the spot we had been assigned. Sometime during this move, I must have had a seizure, since the only thing I remember is someone helping me out of the driver's side door. Once at the hospital, I lapsed into a coma, which was to last for the next 18 days. Once I woke up, I was told that my son had died, and was buried. …”

NHTSA complaint #10420211, filed 2011-08, 90,000 miles

“After stopping for registration, my son and I got back into our 2001 Toyota Sienna minivan to continue on to our previously registered site at a cub scouts jamboree . I think that I had a seizure (I don't remember anything at this time). Neither I nor my child was buckled in, and we traveled across a field and across a small creek, with the end result the head-on collision into the far side of the creek. I was badly injured, and my son was declared brain dead 5 days later. No air bags deployed, and I am now reporting it because if they had, we may have had an entirely different result. …”

NHTSA complaint #10403690, filed 2011-05, 82,506 miles

“The driver was unable to stop the van in time and the passenger side of front bumper of the 2001 Toyota Sienna van hit the wall of a house but no air bags came out or inflated. The van is totally damaged and not driveable.”

NHTSA complaint #10609176, filed 2014-07, 150,000 miles

“The contact stated while driving 35 MPH a vehicle pulled out at an intersection resulting in the contact's vehicle hitting the other vehicle in the side. There was pre-impact braking. This was a frontal impact. The front end of the vehicle was pushed up to the engine, however the air bags failed to deploy. The seat belts were in use however injuries were sustained to the driver. The air bag warning light did not illuminate. The dealership and manufacturer have not been alerted. The police were alerted to the scene and a report was filed. The police report stated there were no injuries. …”

NHTSA complaint #10158703, filed 2006-05, 43,000 miles

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Air bags: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
202243%
20211610%
202013%
201937%
201857%
201753%
201657%
201594%
2014138%
20132212%
20128434%
201121134%
201085%
2009147%
2008143%
20073710%
200630730%
2005605%
2004352%
200322%
200274%
200174%
200062%
199973%
1998124%

Other parts of the 2001 Toyota Sienna

Body and structure
35 complaints
Latches, locks and linkages
34 complaints
Engine cooling
24 complaints
Electrical system
20 complaints
Brakes
19 complaints
Tires
14 complaints
Fuel system
13 complaints
Seat belts
9 complaints
Vehicle speed control
9 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
9 complaints
Other or unknown
8 complaints
Steering
8 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2001 Toyota Sienna

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Nov 1, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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