2006 Toyota Sienna XLE Limited AWD review from North America

Nothing at all.

When my wife and I saw this van, we definitely fell in love with it. Our Sienna XLE limited is silver shadow in color with the grey leather interior.

Ours has every option that Toyota could ever imagine in it. Everything from the DVD Entertainment system to the power folding third row seating, this van has it.

How do we like this van? Well, we just love it a lot! It rides like a dream, handles great, and is pretty good on gas, despite its 6 cylinder motor. The versatility of this van is just wonderful. We can take our kids on road trips, and they have a ball with it. It's great for when you have to do a lot of shopping because with all of the seats in place, you can easily put a weeks worth of goodies behind the 3rd row of seats. With the second row seats removed, and the 3rd row seats stowed, you can easily use this as a flea market or as a garage sale vheicle to buy your cool findings.

There is a down side to this van, and it concerns those dreaded run flat tires. I know quite a few people who own Sienna's with the run flat tires, and they too have a disliking to the tires like we do. Why did Toyota ever think of putting such not so good run flat tires on a minivan that has quite a loyal following? What were they thinking? My wife and I have complained to our local Toyota dealer about this problem.

Their response? We are not alone with the same problem with the run flat tires. This van rides great with them for now. However, once we start having problems with these tires, I will easily take the van back to the Toyota dealer and have then put better tires on it. If they give me a hard time, then we will take the van, and put better run flat tires on it ourselves.

Other than the tire problem, we automatically and strongly recommend buying one of these vans. You and your family will automatically make this van your family friend and will love it dearly like we do. Just test drive one, and you will buy one quickly.