Problems with 1999 Toyota Sienna ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

I have a toyota sienna 99 and my check light coming out and start to smoke so i find the engine do the oil be sludge, i want to know if is some way of toyota fix this problem for me whit out charge because is a manufacture problem. *tr

I am reporting another toyota sticky accelerator pedal. our 1999 sienna minivan has had 3 incidents of stuck accelerator, the most recent was jan. 21, 2010. i believe it has become "stuck" between 40 and 45mph. other incidents were in summer (cannot remember date) and october 2009. the 1st incident was brief and corrected quickly by pushing down on the pedal to "free it", the 2nd incident required braking and putting the car in neutral and shoving the pedal with my foot to the left and right to free it up. i was able to drive the car to the shoulder, turned the car off and then the pedal seemed to work ok, although a bit sluggish response. our mechanic fixed the throttle body and the car has not had another incident until last week. the most recent incident was more harrowing in that there was not much room to maneuver the car since we were headed for lots of cars stopped at a traffic light. i tried to slow the car by braking hard with the left foot and shoving the accelerator. pedal down and side to side while in ...

1999 toyota sienna engine froze up unexpectedly. was advised it was possibly a sludge problem. this vehicle was purchased - used - in 2002 from a local dealer who will not accept any responsibility for the estimated $6850.00 engine replacement cost, even though toyota changed the engine warranty to 8 years/unlimited mileage.*jb

My wife was driving on the florida turnpike with our sons (ages 3 and 1) in the vehicle. the engine light came on and the engine died. she coasted over to the side of the road. she stayed in vehicle and kept the boys in their car seats as she was along a major highway. a road side assistance vehicle pulled up behind her within a minute or two. he asked my wife what the problem was. she told him and he asked her to pop the hood. she did. he opened it and flames came out of the engine compartment. neither he nor my wife knew or suspected a fire. no flames. no smoke. no smell. no heat. he yelled to my wife to get herself and the kids out of the car. she did and they were all unharmed. he put the fire out with a fire extinguisher. obviously, my wife and children probably would have been killed had that road side assistant not been there. fl highway patrol arrived. the fhp officer filed incident report # fhpk05off042549. ...

The consumer states vehicle is burning excessive oil. *ak the consumer stated that oil was in the pan. the consumer stated that other owners have the same problem. *tc

Vehicle stalled while driving. driver was able to pull over, and tried to restart vehicle but was unable to do so. afterwards, driver had the vehicle towed to the dealer, but mechanic could not duplicate the problem.*ak

Oil sludge (gelling) develops in engine resulting in the necessity to replace the engine at great cost. toyota states that they will pay for the repairs if all required maintenance has been performed, but they have refused to do so and have refused to let us speak with anyone with the authority to honor their warranty. *jb

My van had first engine oil sludge problem at 32782 miles in march 2003. finally toyota paid the repair cost after many phone calls. one year later, on july 5,2004, i found that there is no engine oil left again during the middle of our family vacation trip (at 46000 miles). and blue smoke comes out from exhaust pipe again. toyota couldn't fix the problem by clearing changing some parts. i request toyota replace the defect engine.*ak

1999 toyota sienna is sitting in driveway for past 2 months with seized engine due to this "oil sludging" problem. cost to repair over 6000 from dealer. certified mail sent 2/18/04 to toyota motor sales in torrance, ca., with copy of maintenance records showing oil filter & oil changes.*ak

My 1999 toyota sienna's engine suddenly froze up with slightly less than 72,000 miles on it. the engine is totally gone with estimates currently in the neighborhood of $8,000. this vehicle has been maintained as stated in the owners manual. the complaint is that toyota knows there is a problem with sienna's and has failed to do anything about notifying owners that oil changes need to be at 3000 mile intervals and that valves need to be checked very regularly. since sludge build-up is obviously occurring in their vehicles, something needs to be done to protect the consumer. *la

Engine oil gelled/became sludged in july 2002, oil pump failed in november 2003

Oil sludge.started blowing at stop lights and all startups.calling toyota this week. this sienna is in mint condition.we bought it for safety and dependability for our 7 week old son.now we'll see if toyota stands behind it.this is our 1st toyota,but there are 7 lexus/toyotas' within our families.this engine is damaged and from what we have read,expect a complete new one.

Waiting to hear from toyota on our oil sludge engine failure problem. we are gathering the oil change receipts and were 1st told we did not maintain the vehicle. now seeing that we are not alone with this issue.

Light blue smoke from tail pipe .oil cap dark brown

While driving vehicle consumer states" noticed blue smoke coming from exhaust. took to dealer and they performed a engine overhaul. consumer feels engine may seize up. please provide any further information. ts