Not a thing.
Oh my gosh, where do we begin with comments on this van? All of them are great ones. We traded our 1995 Escort LX Wagon with 100,000 miles for one of these. Our family friend has a 2004 Sienna LE with AWD and she adores it. So we took her with us when we got our Sienna XLE Limited with AWD. Just one test drive sold us real quickly to the minivan. Ours is a silverish color. When you have twins on the way, you do need a safe, comfortable, and dependable family van.
We do have 6 other kids (the oldest is 19 years old and has his own car).We must admit that when we brought the minivan home, the kids went nuts. Why? Well, they fell in love with it. It's loaded with all of the bells and whistles.
So if you're thinking about buying of these minivans, head over to your nearest Toyota dealer and test drive one first. Chances are that you'll fall in love with it like we do. Trust us, we love it a lot!
It's perfect for growing families like ours, and is also great for any first time moms out there looking for a safe, comfortable, and reliable family van.
This review fails to mention the serious issues associated with run flat tires that are standard with the 2006 AWD Sienna.
A. extremely short lifetime (12000)
b. extremely high replacement cost
c, poor availability when tire fails in rural areas.
Your complaining about tires? If tires are the only thing the previous writer has to complain about, I think Sienna owners have it pretty good.
Reliable, yes. As long as you stick to the warranty and trade it for a new one in two years. Built to last for revolving low risk credit.
This review has obviously been written by a car dealer (as has the other gushing 2006 Sienna review).
Normally complaining about the tires WOULD be nit-picking. But in this case there is no place to put a spare because this van was designed around the use of run-flats---thus no need for a spare tire. So, unfortunately for owners, these tires wear quickly and unevenly and can cost $1000 to replace. Often 12,000 miles is all many are getting out of them. Do the math. If, like many Toyotas, the engine lives to 240,000 miles, that's 20 sets of tires or $20,000 in tires...OUCH!!
The previous post is incorrect.
The $800 (total kit) reduced size spare bolts to the floor of the seat/tire-well behind the third row. Low for the rounded trim area, and feel in the center for the factory installed anchor point.
The upholstered cover is of poor quality, and if I had it to do over, I would just cut and bolt through a piece of plywood put over the spare.
BTW, the paint is peeling off the wheels on my Sienna AWD, at less than 36000 miles, and Toyota says it's not covered by the warranty.
Toyota engines of today do not live to 240,000 miles. The notion that they will is based on the long purported (and woefully naive) myth of supposed Toyota infallibility that is quickly becoming discredited with Toyota's horrific quality problems of late. Take a look at this:
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/toyota_engine.html
Moreover, 240,000 miles is not a lot for an engine today, provided it is not a late model Toyota engine, which as the above link shows, has problems making it even to 100,000 miles.
To the person who listed the previous comment about Toyota engines not lasting over 240K miles: MY FATHER-IN LAW HAS 448K ON HIS 1996 CAMRY & MY FATHER'S 2001 CAMRY HAD 280K BEFORE IT WAS TOTALED IN AN ACCIDENT.
I have Toyota Sienna. Driven only 15,000 miles. Wheel alloy is rusting and peeling on all four wheels. Toyota would not do anything on it. They stay by their warranty and would not accept any responsibility. Even the dealer considers it a safety issue.
Ditto...same paint peeling on alloy looking wheels from my 2006 XLE... makes it look cheap... I will approach the dealer but expecting nothing... it is a shame because I like the vehicle overall... I see a recall coming on this if enough posts... anyone else with same issue?
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