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As far as the settings, I don't have the auto feature. Just plain set temperature to extreme cold setting, dial in the front centre vents and turn the fan to a medium or high setting.
Barry
After seeing the dealer I took a closer look under the rear sliding doors and noticed a rust colour on the rubber molding as well. It is much more difficult to see inside the rear door but I expect I've got the same problem with my rear doors as well.
When I got to the body shop (different location -but same dealer)the estimator didn't even want to see the van. He said "you have rust on all 4 doors, right?"...I said yes on the front for sure but not sure about the back. He came and had a look...told me this was a known problem and the fix was to repaint and put a mylar coating on top of the paint. It will take 3 days in the shop...free rental car included. I'm booked in for next week.
P.S. I was very disappointed to learn that the vehicle is not made from galvanized steel.
Before this vehicle, I had a '98 Camry - I hope this Sienna proves to be as reliable and durable. Never had a problem with my Camry.
Putting wider tires on the factory 6.5" wheels might lend itself to the "wobbly", instable, feeling.
The salesman checked with his service department and they will wire the outlets hot if requested, but Toyota doesn't recommend it. He said the warranty on the battery would probably not be honored if it was damaged by leaving something turned on and the battery gets drained.
In our case this is not a problem because our plug-in cooler will shut itself off if the battery voltage drops too much.
Barry
Matt
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I will report this to Edmunds and let them figure it out.
Barry
I recommend that you file a report of this with NHTSA. It’s easy to do, just go to their web site for details.
With the recent implementation of the drive-by-wire systems, a new crop of unintentional acceleration reports is beginning to show up. I’m not leaping to any conclusions as to whether there is a defect, but it would be good to log your experience and help make NHTSA aware of the actual number of occurrences. It’s possible that not all of the bugs have been worked out of the drive-by-wire systems yet.
ODI ID Number 10040049:
"When cruise control is engaged while driving uphill, the vehicle runs out of control. Brake pedal needs to be depressed to stop the vehicle."
There are 3 more reports that may be related, but seem to deal more with erratic throttle response than with sustained unintended acceleration.
After you mentioned the gas pedal may have gotten caught in a wrinkle, it made me wonder so I went and checked. There aren't any wrinkles and when I moved the floormat back so the gas pedal would catch it, it lifted the floormat off the floor and would not have kept accelerating.
Grapevinetx,
Thanks for looking that up for me. I drove the hill again yesterday and wasn't able to recreate the problem. The hill is different than I first described. It goes up sharply for about 0.15 miles, levels off and goes downhill slightly for 0.15 miles, and then goes uphill again for 0.1 miles when it levels off again. It was on the second leveling off portion that the van stopped accelerating. I will file a report at the NHTSA.
Thanks again to both of you.
Matt
Heck, drag racers (and test drivers) do this all the time: put their foot on the brake, rev it up to launch RPM, and let off the brake to take off.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is this the way it's supposed to work? I've noticed it when driving conditions are constant - maintaining a steady speed on flat road, not adjusting any of the A/C controls, etc.
Have had my XLE LTD w/ NAV for about a week now.
love it. every part of it.
has anyone experienced any episodes where the NAV/Radio/info screen blacks out ?
Mine does this unannounced. When it goes black, none of the controls will work on it at all. No tilt, no open, nothing. It seems like it just loses power altogether.
But then it comes right back on, and resumes wherever it was when it went out.
Has happened on my wife, and on me this morning while driving to work.
anyone have this same issue ?
Check if the dealer used C-best to set the system in economy mode.
On the other hand you may simply have air bubbles, vapor lock, in your engine coolant system.
The Toyota/Lexus system has a liquid refrigerant reservoir and once it is filled the compressor will shut off until the reservoir is (almost) empty. If the compressor were to run continuously it would be a sign of low refrigerant or an exceedingly hot day in death valley.
But do remember that if the engine water jacket begins to overheat, too much idling with A/C on and a hot day, the A/C compressor will be disabled until the water jacket temperature declines back into the normal range.
No one else has reported the kind of variation you are asking about in air temperature out of the vents with the A/C on. It does not sound normal to me, and the lack of "that's the way it is on mine" responses tells me it isn't normal for the Sienna either.
It could be something as simple as a stuck external air vent letting too much outside air into the mix. Or maybe it is a bad sensor or low coolant level (as was mentioned). In any case and IMHO, it is worth complaining about and asking the service department to fix.