1998 Toyota Sienna — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 345 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Brakes46 (13.3%)Official recall records for this system: 12, covering model years 2011–2022.
• Tires & wheels42 (12.2%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2004–2018.
• Doors, latches & locks41 (11.9%)
• Body & structure38 (11.0%)Official recall records for this system: 10, covering model years 1998–2016.
• Engine34 (9.9%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2004–2005.
• Steering25 (7.2%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2004–2020.

Other / uncategorized: 6 classifications (1.7%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (17,070 records, model years 1998–2020) are most frequently classified under: body & structure, air bags (restraint system) and doors, latches & locks.
• Safety recalls (204 records, model years 1998–2020) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, air bags (restraint system) and body & structure.
• Transport Canada recalls (138 records, model years 1998–2025) are most frequently classified under: fuel system, seat belts and brakes.
• Manufacturer communications (6,568 records, model years 1998–2020) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and body & structure.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 74reports included a mileage
• 95,880average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1998 392 records for 1998 392
2. 1999 322 records for 1999 322
3. 2000 481 records for 2000 481
4. 2001 308 records for 2001 308
5. 2002 293 records for 2002 293
6. 2003 215 records for 2003 215
7. 2004 2,346 records for 2004 2,346
8. 2005 1,401 records for 2005 1,401
9. 2006 1,276 records for 2006 1,276
10. 2007 623 records for 2007 623
11. 2008 689 records for 2008 689
12. 2009 477 records for 2009 477
13. 2010 459 records for 2010 459
14. 2011 1,006 records for 2011 1,006
15. 2012 633 records for 2012 633
16. 2013 570 records for 2013 570
17. 2014 532 records for 2014 532
18. 2015 587 records for 2015 587
19. 2016 375 records for 2016 375
20. 2017 429 records for 2017 429
21. 2018 383 records for 2018 383
22. 2019 250 records for 2019 250
23. 2020 195 records for 2020 195
24. 2021 3 records for 2021 3
25. 2022 3 records for 2022 3
26. 2023 1 records for 2023 1
27. 2024 2 records for 2024 2
28. 2025 4 records for 2025 4

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 18mention a crash
• 3mention a fire
• 17mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 3
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 92
• Investigations NHTSA 2
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 1
• Owner complaints NHTSA 294

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