| Issue ID | 1095892 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10619263 |
| Manufacurer | Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Brand | TOYOTA |
| Model | SIENNA |
| Model Year | 2006 |
| File date | 04/08/14 |
| Component | SUSPENSION |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | On monday august 4th, 2014 after a funeral, i drove into the parking lot of the church where i was going to gather with my fellow friends and family that lost their family member that day.. I drove into the driveway and attempted to reverse my minivan, i had my hand on the shift change to shift my car, upon attempting to change shifts my car accelerated and i lost control of the vehicle, causing my car to go hit the side of the building of the church damaging the gas tank, and causing the gas to leak. At the time of the scene and accident my 6 year old was in his carseat behind me and was scared at what had just happened, he panicked and took off his seat belt, opened the door, and went running out of the vehicle.. At that moment trying to regroup myself to see why my car had accelerated with force forward, i parked my vehicle and went looking for help.. I cannot explain how my car gained so much force to end up over 2 feet in the air over a small wall... I did notice my car hit the gas tank and heard gas leaking and went to cry for help.. I am not aware of any recalls on my van except for the undercarriage tire, which at this time the recall is not complete because they have not finalized a schedule for me to have it checked... Also i am upset that the minivan upon the impact of hitting the wall did not diploit the airbag... I googled safety recall on toyota sienna and came upon a recall on more than 615k sienna models over a rollaway risk.. The years listed were 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 toyota sienna,and a recall affecting a possible rollaway upon shift gears.. According to the article the shift lever cold be moved out of position depressing the the brake pedal, and because of this fault, the affected siennas could roll away without causing warning, increasing the risk for crash.. Well i was in a crash. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 95000 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | NEW BRITAIN, CT |
| VIN pattern | STDZA23C065XXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | Y |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | N |
| Was part original equipment? | |
| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 0 |
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