2004 Toyota Sienna exterior lighting problems

“ELECTRICAL FIRE INSIDE PARKED VAN OCCURRED OVERNIGHT AND BURNED DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT SEATS, DASH, AND ALL AIR VENTS AND ALL PLASTIC COMPONENT LOCATED NEAR ALL VENTS. VAN WAS PARKED ON STREET IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.”

“THE HEADLIGHT BULB COMPARTMENT ALLOWS WATER TO LEAK INTO IT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE CAUSING THE BULB TO BLOW. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE, THE REPAIR COST WAS $500. WE DROVE THE CAR FOR ONE WEEK AND THE BULB BLEW AGAIN BECAUSE WATER LEAKED INTO THE COMPARTMENT. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AND IS HAZARDOUS WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING AT NIGHT OR GOD FORBID IF IT'S RAINING AND DARK. WE ALSO WERE PULLED OVER AND GIVEN A WARNING FROM A STATE TROOPER ABOUT THE BULB BEING OUT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND COSTLY SITUATION. WE ARE STILL WAITING TO GET THE BULB REPAIRED A SECOND TIME. IN THE MEANTIME WE ARE WITHOUT A VAN FOR OUR FAMILY. PLEASE DEMAND THAT TOYOTA RECALLS THIS HAZARDOUS DEFECTIVE PART. THE BULB WENT OUT WHILE WE WERE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THIS IS A PROBLEM AND A HAZARD!”

“STEERING DO NOT STAY STRAIGHT WHILE I AM DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. SINCE I PURCHASED, I WENT TO TOYOTA IN THE BEGINNING THEY FIX IT BUT ISSUE WAS NOT RESOLVE AND AS OF TODAY SAME PROBLEM AND I REPLACED NEW TIRES STILL ALIGNMENT IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM. LIGHTING IS NOT STRONG TO SEE DEER ON THE ROAD.”

“TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I PURCHASED A SET OF AFTERMARKET REPLACEMENT HEADLIGHTS FOR MY 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA THAT WERE ADVERTISED AS DOT/SAE APPROVED. HTTP://WWW.AM-AUTOPARTS.COM/2004/TOYOTA/SIENNA/HEADLIGHT-ASSEMBLIES/AM-19245220/350742.HTML BASED ON HOW FAR FROM THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT HEADLIGHTS THESE AFTERMARKET LIGHTS PERFORMED (PLUS THE FACT THEY LEAKED) I WENT AHEAD AND RETURNED THEM. FROM MY RESEARCH IT SHOWS THAT THE MAJORITY OF AFTERMARKET LIGHTS DO NOT MEET TITLE 49, PART 571-FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS, STANDARD NUMBER 108 (FMVSS 108) AND I AM WONDERING WHY THE DOT AND NHTSA IS ALLOWING THEM TO BE SOLD. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS STUDY BY A LOBBYING GROUP FOR THESE COMPANIES, WHOSE OWN TEST RESULTS SHOW THEY DON'T MEET THE OEM STANDARDS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO MEET FMVSS 108. HTTP://WWW.CAPACERTIFIED.ORG/WP-CONTENT/UPLOADS/2015/01/CAPALIGHTING3.PDF RESPECTFUL [XXX] *BF *TR”

“RIGHT PASSENGER HEADLIGHT HAS SOME SORT OF WATER LEAKING INTO THE HEADLIGHT. A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MOISTURE ACCUMULATES AND CAN CAUSE ELECTRICAL ISSUES. *TR”

“THIS IS A RECURRING INCIDENT. ON COLD DAYS, THE SLIDING DOORS WILL FREEZE SHUT. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, AND SOME FOLKS ON WEB FORUMS HAVE RECOMMENDED FILING A COMPLAINT TO HOPEFULLY GET TOYOTA TO ISSUE A RECALL AND RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE FREEZING DOOR PROBLEM IS EXACERBATED BY THE ELECTRICAL DOOR LOCK MECHANISM AND OPEN/CLOSE SENSOR ON THE SLIDER. IN MANY CASES, THE FAILED ATTEMPT TO OPEN THE FROZEN DOOR IS ENOUGH TO TRIGGER THE DOOR "OPEN" SENSOR AND CAUSE THE INTERIOR LIGHTS TO COME ON. *TR”