2015 Toyota Sienna problems
Owners have filed 297 complaints with NHTSA about the 2015 Toyota Sienna. Body & structure is the most reported problem area, at 22% of complaints. Next are electrical system (15%) and brakes (6%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 297 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 22 and 8
- Injuries and deaths
- 33 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 30,000 miles 171 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 | 63 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 50 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 34 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 12 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 7 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 171 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 30,000 miles. For body & structure specifically, the median reported mileage is about 23,000 miles (28 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 22 complaints mention a crash; 8 complaints mention a fire; 33 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2015 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 23 model years of the Toyota Sienna with enough data (224 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.
Britax car seat. Advocate 70-g3. Manufacturer 01/2013.complaining of top latch component! We have owned this car seat for 3 years and never had an accidentwith it untilnow. We were sitting at a red light and got rear ended by a big pick up truck smashing our trunk in and lifting our back end off the ground. Our one year old who was in this car seat was rear facing and latched in correctly wearing a light fleece (no puffy jacket.. We are very careful to follow every car seat rule).
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 toyota sienna. While stationary, the vehicle caught fire without warning. The contact stated that smoke came from the engine compartment and flames emerged directly afterward. A police report was filed. The fire department extinguished the fire. The contact's two children received medical treatment for smoke inhalation. The contact stated that the vehicle had an open recall per NHTSA campaign number: 16v858000 (structure). The manufacturer was made aware of the failure.
Cable to open automatic door broke was told this is not covered in the latch system recall. Vehicle was stationary at time of cable break. Also back up camera doesn't work properly and touch screen raido/back up camera continue to reset itself when driving
While driving in the mountains and curving right, the stability control activated the brakes. The car was not speeding and the roads were dry. It happened 3 times in one trip. The braking action made it difficult to complete the turn. Plus the decrease in speed was a danger to the occupants plus the car behind us. Other curves did not activate the stability control so it was a guess as to when and if this would happen. Did make it back safely.