2001 Toyota Sienna problems
Owners have filed 238 complaints with NHTSA about the 2001 Toyota Sienna. Latches & locks is the most reported problem area, at 15% of complaints. Next are body & structure (15%) and brakes (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 238 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Latches & locks 15% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 15 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 13 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 158 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 36 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 19 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 20 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 20 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 13 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 22 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 8 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 11 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 5 |
What the data shows
Of the 158 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 60,000 miles. For latches & locks specifically, the median reported mileage is about 60,000 miles (25 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 15 complaints mention a crash; 13 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2001 ranks 17th most-complained-about out of 23 model years of the Toyota Sienna with enough data (126 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
After stopping for registration, my son and I got back into our 2001 toyota sienna minivan to continue on to our previously registered site at a cub scouts "jamboree". I think that I had a seizure (I don't remember anything at this time). Neither I nor my child was buckled in, and we traveled across a field and across a small creek, with the end result the head-on collision into the far side of the creek. I was badly injured, and my son was declared "brain dead" 5 days later.
Consumer was driving and fell asleep.. After waking up the vehicle was in a ditch, and all the occupants were asleep in the vehicle. The exhaust system was to be inspected.
Car rolled uphill while in neutral into the garage from the driveway. I injured my l knee as I was trying to get back in the car to stop it by being pinned by the drivers door as it hit a steel support post in the garage.
I bought the car in 2001, used at 18,000 miles. I have had all scheduled maintenance done. On aug 8th I had and oil change and by sept. 17 there was no oil , another oil change was done. By sept. 22 there was no oil. I brought the car to stevenson toyota in jacksonville, nc, where they told me I had an oil gelling problem. They are keeping my car for 1-2 weeks, without the use of a loaner car. They state that toyota will clean the parts one time as a good will gesture and possibly pay for a rental car for 3 days.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 toyota sienna. While the contact was driving 65 MPH he noticed that the check engine light appeared on the dashboard, moments later the contact heard a knocking sound. The vehicle was taken to the dealership where the contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced due to excessive engine sludge. There were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages were 105,000.