2005 Toyota Sienna XLE AWD Limited review from North America

The back-up sensors failed and were replaced under warranty. Nothing else, except...

Run flat tires are the bane of this vehicle. They were bald by 35,000 kilometres.

Toyota replaced them after I complained.

Very comfortable, smooth and quiet. We are a mini-van family. This Toyota Sienna XLE AWD Limited is the perfect vehicle for us. My concern is that Toyota has taken so much flack about these tires on this van that if they cannot find a place for the spare, they will just cancel the AWD option outright. Our goal is to buy our 2005 after the lease ends in May, 2009. By that time the new design for 2010 should be out. We want a new 2011 with the AWD, knowing that even Toyotas have problems in the first year of production. If they cancel the AWD for 2010, I would probably make a deal for a new 2009 with AWD, even with the run flat tires.

TOYOTA - IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO THIS - You have got to be able to solve this one. You have to find a place for the spare. You could make the back seat a tiny bit smaller (if you have to) and put the jack, say, under the front seat, in a drawer like the Previa, then create a place behind the rear right wheel well for the spare (like in the last generation Honda Odyssey). If you make all levels of the new 2010 Sienna have a fitted seat in the middle row like the new Highlander, the back seat can be a touch smaller and you can still boast 8 passenger. Come on - You are the smartest car manufacturer on the planet. You've got to be able to figure this one out. We are all counting on you.

***We want a Toyota mini-van

***We want our AWD.

***We want our fold-into-the-floor seat.

***We want our JBL Synthesis SUB-woofer in the rear left wheel well. ***We want a spare tire.