2008 Toyota Sienna Service Brakes Problems
- 13
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 13 stored complaint records:
- 2 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 4 |
| 150–400k mi | 3 |
| 30–60k mi | 2 |
| 100–150k mi | 2 |
| 1–30k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes · Steering
While driving on a slope, incline or decline, my traction control light ( car with squiggles behind it) comes on, a loud 'beep beep beep' sounds, and my car brakes on its own. Always happens while in motion. Highway driving. 90 percent of the time while on an incline or decline. It scares the heck out of you causing an unsafe condition. Additionally, when the brakes apply, it pulls you out of your lane. The first…
ODI 11271212
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes
When turning corners, the vsc light turns on, the car beeps, and the abs system engages, causing the car to brake on own. This happens every day, intermittently, at all speeds.
ODI 11163496
Service Brakes
Brake pedal would go to floor and experienced no braking. Dealer stated "brake components seized and internal failure in master cylinder"
ODI 11144420
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes · Steering · Traction Control System · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota sienna. When the contact switched lanes or made a turn, the brakes activated on their own. The failure occurred on flat or curved roads and while driving 30 mph. Sometimes the brakes worked properly, but sometimes they did not work at all. The contact also stated that the vehicle would occasionally accelerate and decelerate on its own and the steering wheel made an abnormal ticking…
ODI 11222907
Engine · Service Brakes
While putting on the brakes to stop for a traffic light the engine suddenly revved up to 6000 rpm and tried to take off by itself. I pushed the gear shift into neutral and put my left foot on the brake to keep the car from moving. I kicked the accelerator pedal several times until it disengaged. This is the 4th time this has happened. There was not a floor mat involved as there was not one in the car at this time.…
ODI 10972344
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
October 2016 this problem of my 2008 toyota sienna started- on slight curves doing 30-40mph i would hear a clicking noise coming somewhere underneath the front right end almost as if under the dash, the vsc light would flash. I took to a toyota dealership, had a mechanic test drive with me they said the problem was that my tires werent aligned with my last tire change(which was done at their toyota dealership)…
ODI 11210356
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes · Steering
While driving the vsc/abs system comes on unexpectedly causing vehicle to brake and effect steering. It is most frequently noticed when steering on curves 30-40 mph. I have replaced tires, front steering components and dealer cannot duplicate. I believe wheel speed/yaw sensor calibration is affecting the vsc system. This is a very scary situation to be in that could lead to a serious accident. Your braking and…
ODI 11258777
Service Brakes
Traction light notified me of a brake problem. Van would stop and lock the brakes. Dealer determined the problem was the abs brake actuator. Replaced in june of 2015. Van was being driven on city street
ODI 11144417
Service Brakes
I was driving 35 mph on at least 4 seperate occassions when my i applied my brakes, they completely failed. I took it back to toyota and they kept it for 10 days, flushed the brake lines 4 times, replaced the master cylinder, charged me $600 and made me sign a form saying the van was unsafe to drive because they have no idea what was wrong with it.
ODI 10745572
Engine · Service Brakes
During a recent trip to alabama from virginia, our 2008 toyota sienna suddenly accelerated while pressing the brake pedal instead of braking. Both times, we were approaching moderately heavy traffic. My wife went to apply the brakes to slow the van. Instead of braking and slowing the vehicle, the van went into full acceleration mode. The transmission downshifted and started applying full throttle. The first time we…
ODI 10578588
Air Bags · Service Brakes
On day of the accident, it was snowing and road conditions were icy and slippery. As vehicle was going around the bend, driver noticed cars were stopped at a signal. Driver could not stop vehicle in time to avoid a crash since abs brakes locked all the wheels and the car was sliding and so driver swerved to avoid crashing into other cars and hit a tree head-on. Vehicle sustained front-end damage. Air bags did not…
Crash reported
ODI 10490891
Service Brakes
I drive about 5,000 miles a year, in the beginning of 2012 i was told my brakes did not pass the state inspection. At this time i had around 20000 miles on the van. The reason of the reject was rust on the rotors, it was so bad and the rotors were so thin and of a poor metal, they could even be worked on. I had to replace the rotors and pads on all 4 wheels. *tr
ODI 10643370
Air Bags · Body · Exterior Lighting · Service Brakes
Could not stop after my abs brakes locked up then were soft/absent, drove up on the center median, got back on the road attempting to go around the car infront on the right side couldn't due to other traffic then went back to the left got back up on the median. My passenger side front bumper corner went under the other driver's driver's side rear bumper corner lifting her car up into the air causing it to fall on…
Crash reported
ODI 10511409
Catalog parts for this system
Catalog year/make/model rows for 2008 Toyota Sienna.
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