2024 Toyota Sienna Consumer Reviews
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Great van ruined by bad electronics and safety
The vehicle specs speak for themself. It has more room than basically a Chevy Suburban, good layout, dead quiet inside and great for road trips or hauling around a crew of kids. You can read the specs, it's a great vehicle on paper in basically every category for what it is. Certainly, it's lacking a bit of power compared to a SUV, but it's not a slouch on power and performs well under every circumstance we've thrown at it. We have the AWD version as well and it's great in the rain or snow and on reasonable dirt roads, it's obviously not a jeep. However, the electronics and particularly the safety systems on it, are so insanely bad, I'd reconsider it as an option entirely. There is literally no electronic system that isn't annoying at the least, or unusable, or dangerous at the worst. The auto braking feature has almost killed us 5 times now, literally almost killed us, and that's not how many times it's just decided to engage, those are just the times where we were put into significant danger when it decided to. It will just stall out when making a turn and then you're stuck in the middle of the road for like 5 seconds before it allows you to accelerate again. With 45 - 60 mph speed limits around here on normal roads, sitting sideways in a lane for 5 seconds is just not ok, and while I can disable it temporarily, Toyota refuses to do it permanently. I am certain the auto braking has killed people already, 100% certain. We're super careful drivers and in just 1 year, we've had 5 really close calls and many more where there were zero cars around or in a parking lot and it just locks up violently to protect us from the wind or something. Other electronics are just insanely annoying, like there's no way to silence the seat belt alarm, at all, it's insanely loud and will never stop. Van won't move if the rear sliding doors are open, at all. The auto door and trunk opening features are so difficult to use, they're effectively useless. The auto lane feature for cruise control is dangerous and cruise control shuts off entirely if you take your hands off the wheel, you could be in the middle of a turn and it will just shut off and drive you off the road at full speed. The sensors are also slower than a windows pc from 1990, it detects things seconds after they are gone, person rides a bike behind the vehicle and it beeps after they're out of the frame. Wow, so helpful... I would also add, everything tries to get you back into a Toyota dealership for anything, wiper fluid low, visit your Toyota dealership, needs oil change, well that message is more important than the speedometer and stereo, go visit a toyota dealership. Meanwhile we still haven't been able to get another key fob because somehow Toyota was and is always out of them and they need hours to make a key that was supposed to come with the vehicle, color me surprised that they just want us to come in so they can try and sell us toyota care or some other recurring fee for a vehicle we already own. I could go on for several pages but these are some of the fun ones that come with this disaster, they do not end though. If it's electronic, it's bad. We love the platform, ours at least hasn't had issues like some of the real lemon stories I've heard. It has plenty of power, tons of storage room and seating and it's easy to move stuff around. It tows ok for the engine size. The gas mileage is excellent for a vehicle this large, we still get over 30 mpg with this thing loaded down. They just ruined a great vehicle platform with totally awful electronics, and they are so awful, that I wouldn't buy this vehicle again. I doubted my family, but they all purged themselves of their toyota trucks and suv's for the same reason, I didn't believe them, I wish I had.
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Minivan has become sexier then ever…
Sleek, stylish and beautiful to drive. Toyota Sienna just keeps getting better and better. A hybrid getting mid 30s on mpg. Perfect for long trips. Love it!
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Unsafe to drive
braking at low speed (i.e., traffic light) was actually speed up the van. One time, I almost hit the car in the front. I asked my dealer to check into the problem, I was told they could not duplicate it. Now this problem seems happening quite often. What is going on Toyota? Do you want me to have accidents at my fault? Please recall, recall, recall! I thinking it is your hybrid tech problem: trying to charge the battery while giving up the braking. Recall please.
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Sienna love
The best Sienna I’ve ever owned. Can travel in comfortable style at 40mpg. Seats are comfortable with ventilation and good support. My van is loaded with every safety feature and amenity.
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Great family car, meh infotainment, engine drone.
We have a 2024 sienna XLE awd hybrid. It has been great. Drives smooth and has pep when you need it! Awesome seating, and having the adjustable sliding second row is fantastic for car seats. My only two gripes with the 24’ Sienna is the engine/cabin noise. When the engine revs up into the “Power” zone you can really hear is drone. I wish it was quieter. And lastly the infotainment is lacking. The screen is a bit small and has buttons on the sides. The software is where it is really lacking. Apple CarPlay connectivity is spotty and has its bugs. Good family vehicle! Gets 32+ average. Can get 36-38 hwy for road trips!
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