When the car is at idle speed, such as waiting for traffic to clear for a left turn, the car will just die without warning. it will usually restart right away, but this has nearly caused a collision. the dealership in bellevue, wa says that's a normal thing if the car isn't properly maintained. i have brought the car to that dealership for all but one of the maintenance intervals, and the only other time was for maintenance when we were in ohio. having the throttle body cleaned is not on the routine maintenance schedule. when the car does die there are no codes or other symbols that come up on the display, other than to say that the car died.
Fuel line leak above gas tank. leak caused by friction between pressurized fuel line and car frame.
Fuel tank access door hinge is broken. can't fill gas tank up. if fuel door is removed sliding door won't open. fuel door hinge broke because the fuel door pin has so much tension that it broke the hinge. this caused a safety issue because the door cannot be opened from the inside if it is not closed all they way or pushed closed enough for the sensor to allow the sliding door to open. this event was reported past the 36 month warranty, (at 40 months, but less than the mileage warranty), but had begun before the warranty had ended. current owners should be aware that if there are instances beginning of the door not being able to be opened, should check the hinge and pin tension and have it fixed while it could be under warranty. this should be an item covered under an extended warranty due to the safety issue of not being able to exit the vehicle in an emergency situation. this happened several times while parked and exiting the vehicle. there are other instances of this issue on different sienna and toyota forums. toyota service manager confirms that it is excessive, but ...
Fuel door latch hinge is broken at the top of the hinge. possibly, it caused by the door latch safety with excessive tension. it disabled the driver side sliding door. driver's side sliding door could not be opened and it caused exiting issue for children and occupants in the car. car's mileage is at 27,000 miles. fuel door opened during in motion and/or stationary.