2013 Toyota Sienna problems
Owners have filed 227 complaints with NHTSA about the 2013 Toyota Sienna. Body & structure is the most reported problem area, at 20% of complaints. Next are air bags (11%) and electrical system (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 227 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 14 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 50,000 miles 123 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 | 24 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 24 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 27 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 19 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 14 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 4 |
What the data shows
Of the 123 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 50,000 miles. For body & structure specifically, the median reported mileage is about 44,000 miles (20 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 9 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 14 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2013 ranks 12th most-complained-about out of 23 model years of the Toyota Sienna with enough data (145 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 6 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.
I had sever car accident while I am 7 months pregnant including my 5 years old sons . During the accident my airbag was not deployed which lead me hematoma in my uterus. That car is totally losses and the accident was severe .Thank God we put the sit belt and even if the frontdash board hit me bad . I will attach all the details of the accident and the police report.
August 1 2015: driving straight and level, about 30 MPH began to slow to turn and the brakes would not work. Peddle was soft, unsure if it went all the way to the floor. Pumping the brake did not have any noticeable effect. Needed to use pull off into a parking lot. Turned off the ignition and used the parking brake to stop. After a few minutes, everything seemed to be working normally again and drove home (about 3-4 miles) without further incident.
When traveling around 30 to 35 MPH (well under speed limit) on dry clear roads, on left turns (often slightly downhill) suddenly the vsc and slip/trac lights up, the ABS system is activated / brakes engage. Foot is not on the brake and speeds are not excessive. I am not using run-flat tires, but that doesn't seem to make a difference for others online. I see dozens of similar complaints online about this same thing from 2001 to 2015 siennas. Two say that replacing rack & pinion fixed it; 1 says it does not.