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Toyota latches & locks problems

Across all Toyota models in NHTSA's complaint database, 1,565 complaints involve latches & locks. The Sienna accounts for the largest share (51%). The single worst model year is the 2004 Sienna with 309 latches & locks complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
1,565 about latches & locks, all Toyota models
Most affected
Sienna 51% of these complaints
Typical mileage
61,000 miles 1,010 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
10 and 4

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Toyota models

ModelComplaintsShare
Sienna79251%
Camry27518%
Sequoia775%
Prius745%
Corolla614%
RAV4533%
Highlander382%
4RUNNER362%
Tundra272%
Avalon252%

Worst model years for latches & locks

  1. 2004 Toyota Sienna309 complaints
  2. 2005 Toyota Sienna136 complaints
  3. 1992 Toyota Camry89 complaints
  4. 2006 Toyota Sienna67 complaints
  5. 2007 Toyota Prius42 complaints

Latches & locks complaints by model year

Toyota latches & locks complaints by model year 0 175 350 1990: 24 '90 1991: 16 1992: 95 1993: 13 '93 1994: 12 1995: 13 1996: 17 '96 1997: 15 1998: 61 1999: 38 '99 2000: 59 2001: 61 2002: 112 '02 2003: 65 2004: 341 2005: 162 '05 2006: 89 2007: 89 2008: 41 '08 2009: 18 2010: 21 2011: 30 '11 2012: 15 2013: 18 2014: 17 '14 2015: 10 2016: 10 2017: 10 '17 2018: 6 2019: 11 2020: 10 '20 2021: 15 2022: 13 2023: 20 '23 2024: 11 2025: 7
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199024
199116
199295
199313
199412
199513
199617
199715
199861
199938
200059
200161
2002112
200365
2004341
2005162
200689
200789
200841
200918
201021
201130
201215
201318
201417
201510
201610
201710
20186
201911
202010
202115
202213
202320
202411
20257

Among the 1,010 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 61,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.