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| I have new purchased Sienna XLE on 7/2007, 14,000miles on it, my wife drives it as house wife car. At last week regular service at Toyota dealer, it was found that needs to change front and rear brake pad and rotor, front 3mm and rear 1mm left. This is my fourth new Toyota cars, and I never hear such thing before. My questions are how often this early brake problems happen to Sienna? Should I seek second opinion? Should dealer cover this problem although brake is not included in warranty? The repair work they quoted for me is over $1150,00. Thanks. | |
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Replying to: leon23 (Nov 06, 2009 10:40 am)
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Replying to: 1978transam (Nov 06, 2009 11:37 am)
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Replying to: leon23 (Nov 06, 2009 10:40 am) I'm very gentle on the brakes, though, coasting to red lights to save gas for instance. This also helps my mileage. Your case does seem very unusual, but warranty doesn't cover wear and tear items like brakes, clutch, etc. Your van is a bit heavier, but I agree with the poster above who asks about her driving style. |
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Replying to: leon23 (Nov 07, 2009 7:41 pm) |
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Thank you guys out there, those message really help me a lot. Today we went to dealer for driving test since the Toyota rep likes to see our driving habit to make sure we do not drive with foot on brake at the same time ( I never heard of this kind of driving). After that, the tech did show us the wearing of the pads, I just can not believe my eyes, 3mm in fronts and 1mm in rear. the rear rotors have been unevenly wearing and needs to be changed as well. The dealer gave me a deal, Toyota will pay the front pad and rotor repair, I will pay rear pads and rotor replacement, which cost $580. I even do not know whether this problems could happen again or not, because nobody knows the reason except Toyota. I guess that I either pay for it to get it done, or may fight for lemon car?( In MA, under 150k, if there are serious problems, but I do not know this brake early wearing belongs to this category).
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Replying to: leon23 (Nov 10, 2009 10:12 am) Is it possible you wife has been driving with the parking brake on? The parking brake only applies to the rear wheels and driving around with tha on would wear the rear bakes very quickly. If you wife insists she doesn't drive with the parking brake on the does she see the VSC light very often? The VSC system applies the brakes at individual wheels when it senses a loss of traction or control. If the rear calipers are good and the system isn't over pressuring the rear, then the VSC is the only other system I can think of that could be causing so much wear on the rear. Also, what is your fuel economy like on the van? My 2008 LE runs around 19-20 MPG in town and 25 on the highway. If your brakes are applying constantly then you should see a hit in fuel economy.
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Replying to: ateixeira (May 26, 2009 10:38 am) CS PS: There is a lot of good info at: http://www.carsurvey.org/reviews/toyota/sienna/r52713/comments/page-3/
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Replying to: csmith6789 (Nov 13, 2009 5:58 am) As vehicles age the coil springs weaken and sometimes break. To replace the coil springs the struts must be removed to access the coil springs. If you are replacing the struts have the shop check the ride height and also the coil springs for cracks and corrosion. |
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Replying to: yatesjo (Nov 10, 2009 11:15 am) I do have very similar MPG as yours, that is why I believed what the tech told me. I do learn a lot from you and really appreciate it. |
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