0.7

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
258,000 miles

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problem #1

Feb 142014

Sienna 6-cyl

  • 258,000 miles
The spare tire mechanism broke on my 2001 Toyota Sienna minivan. Thankfully I was trying to remove the spare when it happened and the spare tire did not go flying into traffic. The cable broke at the end where the cable goes through the metal holder/bracket that actually clamps to the wheel. If this had broken off when the van was moving, either the van would have been damaged by the spare getting caught between the road and the van or the spare may have hit another car. This is maybe the second time that we have had the spare off in the 258K miles we have owned the car so it is not something that we inspect regularly. There are a lot of these vans out there and I really don't want to be behind one when the spare lets go. The dealership claimed that my van did not have a recall on this item.

- Hamilton, OH, USA

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