2011 TOYOTA SIENNA Exterior Lighting Problems

TAILGATE SENSOR AND LOCKING MECHANISM ALARM AND LIGHTING GOES ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY INDICATING TAILGATE LATCH INSECURE WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION DISTRACTING DRIVER. TAILGATE DOOR LATCH INSECURE PLACING DRIVER, PASSENGERS AND CONTENTS AT RISK IN THE EVENT OF MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS TO OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION.

THE VEHICLE ENGINE STALLS. THIS OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY ESPECIALLY WHEN MAKING TURNS. I HAD TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT COME OFF FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES WHEN THE ENGINE AND LIGHTS HAVE BEEN SWITCHED OFF. IT IS POSSIBLE TO START THE CAR WITH THE PUSH BUTTON WITHOUT PRESSING DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL SOMETIMES. *TR

MY CONCERN IS THE DEAD ZONE CREATED BY THE HEAD LIGHTS ON MY CAR. THE PROJECTION OF THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY CAR ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE DEAD ZONE IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED MULTIPLE TIMES AND THE DEALER RESPONSE IS" THAT IS JUST THE WAY THESE NEW HEADLIGHTS ARE". ON DARK ROADS IT IS HIGHLY PROBABLE THAT AN ACCIDENT MAY OCCUR BECAUSE YOU CANNOT SEE WHERE YOU ARE GOING AND IF THERE IS A SLIGHT CURVE TO THE ROAD IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL WHICH WAY THE ROAD IS GOING. ON MY LAST TRIP AT NIGHT WE HAD 3 OCCASIONS THAT IF WE HAD NOT FLASHED THE HIGH BEAMS WE MOST CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE A WRECK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VISIBILITY OF THE HEADLIGHTS WAS NOT PROJECTING FAR ENOUGH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE HEADLIGHTS BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

FAILURE OF DRIVER'S CABIN LAMP OVERRIDE SWITCH TO EXTINGUISH CABIN READING LIGHTS OBSCURED DRIVER'S VISION AT NIGHT DURING HIGH-SPEED MERGE MANEUVER: I WAS ATTEMPTING A HIGH-SPEED HIGHWAY MERGE, AT NIGHT, ENTERING ROUTE 29 FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, WHEN MY THREE-YEAR-OLD SON DISCOVERED THAT HE WAS NOW TALL ENOUGH TO OPERATE HIS OVERHEAD PERSONAL READING LIGHT. MY VISION OF MERGING TRAFFIC TO THE RIGHT WAS SUDDENLY OBSCURED BY THE UNEXPECTED OPERATION OF THE CABIN READING LAMP, AND THE SITUATION WAS COMPOUNDED BY MY INABILITY TO QUICKLY OVERRIDE THE LAMP FROM THE DRIVER'S POSITION, IN THE MANNER AS DIRECTED ON PAGE 526 OF THE OWNER'S MANUAL. THE READING LIGHT ABOVE MY SON'S HEAD STAYED ON. ACCORDING TO THE SIENNA 2011 OWNER'S MANUAL ON PAGE 526, THE DOOR LIGHT BUTTON, ABOVE THE DRIVER'S HEAD, ALSO SERVES AS AN OVERRIDE FOR ALL THE PERSONAL CABIN READING LIGHTS WHEN THE "DOOR" FUNCTION...

5 MONTH OLD TOYOTA SIENNA 2011 STALLED AFTER THE LIGHTS INSIDE THE DASHBOARD (CONTROL PANEL) STARTED BLINKING AND THEN WOULD NOT START AGAIN. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER ON 12/22/2010. DEALER INITIALLY (ON 12/27/2010) SAID IT IS DUE TO WATER DAMAGE AND ENGINE HAS TO BE REPLACED. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF SIENNA BEING SUBMERGED IN WATER (AS IT DID NOT GO INTO ANY BIG PUDDLE OR DEEP WATERS). I OPENED A CASE WITH TOYOTA ON 12/28/2010. I WAS IN TOUCH WITH TOYOTA DEALER BUT CASE MANAGER AT TOYOTA INFORMED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO REACH/SPEAK TO THE DEALER FOR 2 DAYS EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE BOTH IN CALIFORNIA. SHE INFORMED ME THAT THEIR POLICY IS TO CONCUR WITH DEALER WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE REPORT OR TALKING TO THEM AND THEY WOULD NEITHER INVESTIGATE NOR INSPECT. MY INSURANCE COMPANY (AAA) PERFORMED VISUAL INSPECTION AND...