NHTSA Complaint #10823188 — 2009 TOYOTA SIENNA

CAR WAS PARKED ON LEVEL LAND BOTH TIMES: DAMAGES DOOR #1: UPON ENTERING THE LEFT REAR SLIDER DOOR THE CABLE SNAPPED CAUSING LOUD NOISES AND A LARGE CABLE TO APPEAR AND WHIP AROUND WHICH COULD HAVE HIT ONE OF MY CHILDREN. I WAS READY TO REPAIR IT AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN THEY INFORMED ME OF THE OUTRAGEOUS COST TO REPAIR. WITHIN A FEW MONTHS ... THE NEXT DO HAPPENED ... DAMAGED DOOR #2: MONTHS AFTER WITNESSING THE FIRST DOOR, MY DAUGHTER AND SON AND I WERE GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN SUDDENLY THE CARE SHOOK AND SOUNDED LIKE GLASS WAS BREAKING AAND BEFORE WE KNEW IT THE CABLE WAS WHIPPING AROUND LIKE A WILD SNAKE. IT WAS CRAZY! I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALERSHIP AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THE DOORS DO NOT OPEN ALL THE WAY. I WAS INFORMED THERE WAS NO RECALL AND THEIR WERE NO OTHER COMPLAINTS LOGGED. I SEE NOW I WAS MISINFORMED. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE WORK WAS NOT COMPLETED BECAUSE OF THE PRICE TO COMPLETE THE WORK BEING TOO EXPENSIVE. I AM NOW LEFT WITH A VAN/VEHICLE WHICH WILL NOT BE WORTH ANYTHING IF I WANTED TO SELL IT OR TRADE IT IN FOR ANOTHER MODEL. ALSO, I TRIED CALLING THE MANUFACTURER MYSELF AND THEY COMMUNICATED TO ME THEY HAD DONE ONE RECALL ON ANOTHER VEHICLE I OWNED AND WILL NOT HELP ME ON ANOTHER ONE. THIS SEEMS TO BE POOR BUSINESS PRACTICE.