FaultScore

Worst years for a Toyota Sienna

Owners have filed 10,828 complaints about the Toyota Sienna with NHTSA across model years 1996 to 2020. More of them are about the body & structure than anything else.

Avoid

2011 Toyota Sienna

814 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly airbags.

Cleanest on record

2020 Toyota Sienna

48 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Toyota Sienna year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2020 B 48 0 3 8,100 Transmission & Drivetrain
2019 C 58 3 0 12,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2018 B 86 5 0 16,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2017 D 201 23 8 20,997 Transmission & Drivetrain
2016 C 98 10 3 18,000 Body & Structure
2015 D 293 22 8 30,000 Body & Structure
2014 B 210 8 3 50,400 Body & Structure
2013 B 227 9 1 49,900 Body & Structure
2012 C 333 18 10 58,000 Airbags
2011 D 814 49 10 56,000 Airbags
2010 C 227 16 2 69,500 Body & Structure
2009 C 270 35 5 80,000 Body & Structure
2008 C 570 49 6 79,000 Body & Structure
2007 C 450 38 7 70,000 Body & Structure
2006 D 1,284 56 2 72,000 Airbags
2005 D 1,418 47 13 70,000 Body & Structure
2004 D 2,588 56 12 77,000 Body & Structure
2003 C 124 14 2 51,329 Doors, Latches & Locks
2002 C 225 16 7 71,815 Body & Structure
2001 C 238 15 0 60,000 Body & Structure
2000 C 459 28 7 83,650 Engine & Cooling
1999 C 250 17 4 91,000 Engine & Cooling
1998 C 352 23 4 97,687 Brakes
1997 2 1 0 Airbags
1996 3 0 0 Airbags

What breaks on a Toyota Sienna

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Body & Structure 2,801 25.9%

Worst in 2004

Airbags 886 8.2%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2004

Brakes 590 5.4%

Worst in 2004

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Engine & Cooling 553 5.1%

Worst in 2000

Tires 550 5.1%

Worst in 2004

Steering 524 4.8%

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2004

Seat Belts 350 3.2%

Worst in 2004

Wheels 243 2.2%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2004

Exactly what failed on a Toyota Sienna

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 1,123 38.3%
Door 883 30.1%
Latch 199 6.8%
Automatic Transmission 167 5.7%
Hatchback/Liftgate 128 4.4%
Support Device/Strut 111 3.8%
Tread/Belt 85 2.9%
Engine 81 2.8%
Hinge AND Attachments 79 2.7%
Gasoline 74 2.5%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Toyota Sienna, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Apr 1998 peak 248 Aug 2026

Toyota Sienna problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Toyota Sienna

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.