2005 Toyota Sienna Steering

MY VEHICLE 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE LIMITED AWD IS EXPERIENCING A SERIOUS SAFETY SCARE AND CONCERN, I HAVE NOTICED THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN MAKING LOUD POP NOISE AT IDLE WHILE TURNING THE WHEEL, AND WHILE DRIVING AND TURN AT THE SPEED 15MPH OR UP. THE LOUD POP AND CLICKING NOISE IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THE FEELING THE U JOINT AT THE STEERING COLUMN SHAFT IS BADLY DESIGN, AND CAUSING A REAL SAFETY CONCERN FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THIS POP NOISE PROBLEM TRULY DESERVE A RECALL BY TOYOTA TO FIX THIS SAFETY ISSUE TO AVOID FUTURE INJURY OR DEATH ACCIDENTS TO OCCUR FOR EVERYBODY. *TR

THE STEERING ON THIS VEHICLE HAS BECOME VERY HARD. AT VARIUOS SPEEDS THE STEERING GOES FROM FLUID TO HARD, AND FEELS AS THOUGH IT'S TURNING ON A FLAT TIRE. *TR

STEERING HAS BECOME DIFFICULT ON 2005 SIENNA. FEELS LIKE IT IS BINDING AND RELEASING. IT IS INTERMEDIATE AND CAN HAPPEN DURING TURNING OR A STICKING WHEN ADJUSTING DOWN A STRAIGHT AWAY. THRU THE INTERNET, IT SEEMS THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT ASSEMBLY WITH A UNIVERSAL JOINT THAT FAILS FROM CORROSION IS TO BLAME AND I WILL BE REPLACING IT SOON. AFTER DOCUMENTED CASES HERE AND SEVERAL TOYOTA TSBS THIS ISN'T GETTING AS MUCH CONSIDERATION AS IT DESERVES. *TR

VEHICLE DID FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE IT WAS VERY HARD TO TURN AND DRIVING WAS LIKE THERE WAS A LOOSE WHEEL. MY WIFE ALMOST CLIMBED CURVES WHEN SHE TRIED TO MAKE TURNS. BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE BINDING STEERING SHAFT AND BINDING STEERING RACK. THE 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA HAD ONLY 41,000 MILES ON IT. THE CAR WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENT OR MAJOR REPAIR. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND A RECALL NEED BE ISSUED. *TR

STEERING LEAKING. *TR

LESS THAN A YEAR AGO MY POWER STEERING BECAME STIFF. CHANGED PUMP AS IT SEEMED TO BURN OUT AT 40,000 MILES ALSO CHANGED BELTS. LESS THAN A YEAR LATER THE STIFFNESS IS BACK AND THE PUMP AND BELTS ARE FINE. STARTING A 33,000 MILES AND 3 YEARS I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE SLIDING DOOR MOTOR, STRUTS ON BACK DOOR, STEERING PUMP,MIDDLE SEAT BELTS ALONG WITH OTHER THINGS. I FIND THAT THIS VAN IS NOT BUILT FOR THE SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN AND TOYOTA DOES NOTHING ABOUT THIS. I AM SEEING THAT A LOT OF THEIR SIENNA SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IT IS A 2005 SIENNA WITH 52,000 MILES. *TR

UNIVERSAL STEERING SHAFT BINDS CAUSING POTENTIAL DRIVING HAZARD. $800 TO REPAIR, IF THIS WAS NOT MY FAMILY CAR, I WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO OPERATE UNTIL COMPLETE FAILURE. *TR

TOYOTA SIENNA 2005 SHOWS EXCESSIVE CORROSION OF THE LOWERMOST UNIVERSAL JOINT INSTALLED ON THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT. THUMP NOISE CAN BE FELT AND HEARD FROM STEERING WHEEL. SAFETY CONCERN STEERING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE STEERING ROD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STEERING ROD WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND OPENED A CASE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 84,000.

POWER STEERING HAS BECOME VERY STIFF/STICKY. THE STIFFNESS IS NOT STEADY THROUGHOUT A TURN, HOWEVER. THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THIS - IT JUST GOT STEADILY MORE AND MORE STIFF OVER TIME. ABOUT 2,000 MILES AGO, TOYOTA CHECKED IT ONCE, INJECTED SOMETHING INTO THE STEERING APPARATUS (I WAS TOLD) BUT NOW IT IS BACK AND, IN FACT, MORE STIFF THAN EVER. *TR

I NOTICED THAT OCCASIONALLY THE STEERING WOULD BE A LITTLE STIFF. THEN THE STEERING BECAME VERY STIFF WHEN TURNING. OFTEN THE STEERING WOULD JERK TO ONE SIDE OR ANOTHER LEADING TO THE CAR MOVING SUDDENLY. THE CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE NOW. THE ENTIRE STEERING SHAFT IS BEING REPLACED AT AN APPROXIMATE COST OF $1500. *TR

5 YEARS AGO, WE NEEDED A MINI VAN AND SHOPPED TOYOTA, HONDA, AND MITSUBISHI. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, WE CHOSE A NEW TOYOTA SIENNA FOR IT'S VALUE, IT'S RELIABILITY, AND IT'S STRONG RATING FROM CONSUMER REPORTS. I HAVE, IN THE PAST, DRIVEN ONE TOYOTA TO ALMOST 200,000 MILES WITH LITTLE REPAIR, JUST REGULAR MAINTENANCE! WHEN THE SIENNA WAS ABOUT 39 MONTHS OLD, WE BEGAN TO HAVE SOME STEERING ISSUES. OCCASIONALLY, IT WOULD BE "STIFF" TO STEER. IT WAS STILL DRIVABLE AND AFTER TAKING IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, WE WERE CONVINCED WE NEEDED NEW TIRES, SO PURCHASED 4 NEW TIRES. THE STEERING ISSUE CONTINUED, HOWEVER, AND BECAME WORSE AND WORSE. WE WERE PERPLEXED BECAUSE THE SIENNA WAS A NEW CAR PURCHASE, GARAGED YEAR ROUND, AND WAS A TOYOTA. WHEN WE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ABOUT THE SPARE TIRE RECALL, WE TOOK THE SIENNA TO HALEY'S AUTOMALL IN FARMVILLE, VA FOR REPAIR AND ASKED THEM TO ALSO REPLACE THE TAILGATE STRUTS AND INVESTIGATE OUR STEERING ISSUE. THE MECHANIC THERE REPLACED THE TAILGATE STRUTS, TOLD US IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY, THEN REMOVED THE SPARE TIRE FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE SINCE TOYOTA ADMITTED "THE CORROSION RESISTANCE OF THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER CABLE IS INSUFFICIENT WHEN VEHICLES ARE OPERATED IN AREAS WHERE A LARGE AMOUNT OF ROAD SALT IS APPLIED. IN THE WORST CASE, THE CARRIER CABLE MAY FAIL AND THE SPARE TIRE COULD BECOME SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE, A ROAD HAZARD FOR FOLLOWING VEHICLES. ". HE PUT THE TIRE IN THE BACK OF THE MINI VAN, AND THEN TOLD US OUR U-JOINT WAS CORRODED IN OUR STEERING SHAFT FROM THE STEERING COLUMN TO THE STEERING RACK. THE COST FOR REPAIR WAS QUOTED AT $1169.00. SINCE THE RECALL ADMITTEDLY INVOLVED "INSUFFICIENT CORROSION RESISTANCE", WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT ALSO HAPPENED TO OUR U-JOINT, CAUSING FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE STEERING COLUMN AND RACK, WE WERE CERTAIN TOYOTA WOULD ALSO COVER THIS REPAIR, AS CLEARLY A NEW VEHICLE SHOULD NOT HAVE CORROSION OF THIS MAGNITUDE AFTER ONLY 3 YEARS OF USE! *TR

STEERING IS NO LONGER SMOOTH, ESPECIALLY AT LOW SPEED, FEELS LIKE IT KINKS.... BEEN LIKE THIS FOR ABOUT A YEAR (DATE IS ESTIMATE) MATCHES DESCRIPTION HERE: EA08- 024 2004-2006 TOYOTA SIENNA STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT BINDING 28-OCT-2008. *TR

2005 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE.. STEERING SLUGGISH AND HARD TO TURN. SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE MANUAL STEERING. *TR

STEERING PROBLEMS. STEERING SHAFT ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. STEERING WAS DIFFICULT AND SOMETIMES WOULD TURN TO SHARPLY. *TR

POWER STEERING APPEARS TO BE FAILING, STEERING IS GETTING STIFFER. HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ALMOST 2 WEEKS AND APPEARS TO BE GETTING WORSE. HAD IT CHECKED OUT AT TOYOTA DEALERSHIP YESTERDAY AND THEY CAN'T PINPOINT IT AT THIS POINT BUT BELIEVE THAT IT IS EITHER THE POWER STEERING PUMP OR THE ENTIRE RACK AND PINION MECHANISM. MINIMUM OF $1,000.00 TO FIX. *TR

BINDING OCCURS WHILE TURNING. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND VARIES IN SEVERITY (CAN BIND AND BE VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN OR SIMPLY FEEL LIKE A SLIGHT GRAB. PROBLEM CAME ON SUDDENLY BEING INTERMITTENT THE MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM UNTIL I FOUND RELATED ISSUES. ADDITIONALLY BEING INTERMITTENT AND THE FACT THAT IT COULD GRAB WITHOUT WARNING AND SUDDENLY BE VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE VEHICLE IT A SEVER SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

REPLACED COMPLETE STEERING MECHANISM - SHAFT AND GEAR AFTER MAKING SOME NOISE. THE STEERING WILL LOCK OR HARD TO TURN DURING DRIVING. *TR

2005 TOYOTA SIENNA POWER STEERING PROBLEM, STEERING BINDING AND INCREASED STEERING EFFORT. *TR

2005 TOYOTA SIENNA LE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BINDING STEERING SHAFT. VEHICLE IS DIFFICULT TO STEER AT MOST TIMES. THIS POSES A POTENTIAL HAZARD WHEN QUICK JUDGMENT MAY BE NEEDED (I.E. DURING CONGESTED TRAFFIC). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE, THE STEERING COLUMN BEGAN MAKING A SQUEAKING NOISE. SHE ALSO EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY WHEN TURNING THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE STEERING YOLK WAS REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 90000. UPDATED 10/29/09 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED SHE NOTICED THE STEERING WHEEL WAS STIFF OCCASIONALLY FOR OVER A YEAR. BEFORE IT STARTED MAKING NOISE. THE DEALER STATED THE STEERING YOKE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 10/29/09.*JB

THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT ON MY 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA BINDS AND LOCKS CAUSING TOUGH STEERING AND MANY NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS DUE TO DIFFICULT STEERING. REPAIR IS TO COST $800.00 DOLLARS WHICH IS RIDICULOUS FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

PROBLEM WITH POWER STEERING SHAFT. ONE OF THE UNIVERSAL JOINTS ON THE "SEALED" SHAFT RUSTED ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE PROPER STEERING. THIS WAS AN EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE! IT MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE. IT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE TO FIX. *TR

MY 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA HAS HAD INTERMENT STEERING SHAFT BINDING AND NEED REPLACING THEY SAY THIS IS HAPPENING TO HUNDREDS OF TOYOTA'S SIENNA 2004-2006 IS THERE GOING TO BE A RECALL THIS IS OVER 2000.00 TO FIX..IT'S REALLY DANGEROUS YOU CAN EASILY CRASH WHEN IT BINDS UP AND YOU CAN NO LONGER TURN .. TOYOTA STAND BEHIND YOUR PRODUCT LOOK AT ALL THE COMPLAINT WITH THE SAME THING !!! *TR

MY 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA MINIVAN HAS HAD INTERMENT STEERING SHAFT BINDING PROBLEM AND NEED REPLACING THEY SAY THIS IS HAPPENING TO TOYOTA'S SIENNA 2004-2006 MODELS . REALLY DANGEROUS STEERING LOCKS UP AND CAN CAUSE ACCIDENT WHEN YOU CAN NO LONGER TURN. WILL TOYOTA STAND BEHIND THEIR VEHICLE ??? *TR