#How to install overhead dvd player in toyota sienna plus#
Plus that third row seat is actually pretty narrow, so forget about stretching out. The second-row captain seats just don't seem to hold you in the seat, and they really wear on you over a couple of hours. The Sienna seats feel a bit cheap, and I find myself shifting position A LOT on long trips. > Uncomfortable second and third-row seats. It's not SUV-bumpy, but the ride is not as comfy as I would prefer on long trips. It seems to be a bit underpowered and struggles with quick acceleration. The engine has a straining sound when accelerating. The overall reviews on this forum are glowing, but truth we told (and getting past the initial euphoria we had of owning a cool new vehicle), there are a few issues that have really gotten on our nerves over time:
We take lots of long trips, so the security of AWD was appealing. What finally closed the deal for us on the Sienna was the AWD drive option. That provided the motivation to really only consider another Toyota for a family vehicle. However it is quiet inside, and I have a '97 camry I bought new that currently has $178k miles with only $330 in repairs over the last 10 yrs (besides regular maintenance) and it drives as good as the day I picked it up. Also I'm a little concerned with what I would deem excessive stone chips on the hood, compared to my prior 9 yr old plymouth van. Pitfalls are poor radio sound quality (though DVD sounds good thru it) and the ride seems a bit stiff, but I'm hoping new higher quality tires will smooth out the ride.
I have avg 22 mpg city/hwy driving and 25mpg on a 4k mile trip this summer. The van has served our family of 5 very well. I had Circuit City install a 12" Jensen overhead dvd player hardwired into audio system which makes a nice addition. I've had no problems, except the tailgait shock which dealer replaced. This was a purchase I had planned on keeping as long as it kept running now I am just hopeful it keeps running long enough to get rid of it!īought my LE w/rt power door new in 2006 and now I have just over 36k miles on it. Now we owe more then the van is worth and can not off load it. We should have listened to the Honda dealer that warned us about the fuel requirements instead of thinking they were just using a bunch of sales hype to get us to buy a Honda. There answer for that, premium fuel, we tried that and it does seem to stop the problem but when gas is already 4.00 a gallon who wants a car that requires premium fuel. The van still has a hard shift and feels as though the transmission is slipping. Only when confronted with those did they agree to fix the problems. Finally after two years of back and forth we found Toyota's own Tech bulletins on line addressing the radio issues and the pinging noises. Then we started having issues with a hard shift and a pinging noise coming from the engine, again issues that they could not duplicate. With in a few months the radio started to malfunction the dealer "could not duplicate problem". We were so excited to make this purchase, we had done extensive research and test drove other vans. Radio is average.Īll of that being said, we have over 108K miles, and will probably keep it for several more years, probably run it up to 200K before we get another vehicle. This makes the car beep like a dump truck until you get a hair dryer in there to dry out the ice. The electric back hatch is starting to struggle in the winter, the electric side doors can get ice in them in the winter, and then the door won't close.
I am trying to fix that with magic oil from Lucas oil company. There have been recalls on the radiator, (I didn't get that one fixed on time and it cost $1000).
I did replace them with regular tires, and purchased a spare tire kit from Toyota for $500. If you are on vacation, you are really in a world of hurt, because run flat tires of this size are always a special order, even at Toyota dealerships. They are very expensive, ($1000 a set), only last about 25K miles, and if you do get a hole in one, you have to replace all four, because most of the time, they can't be fixed. Things not so good about this van Run flat tires are a really bad idea. I get about 15 in the winter, 19 in the summer and about 22 on long trips. Good things about this van Pretty quiet, comfortable seats, ok mileage for an AWD van. I just didn't want my wife to be stranded somewhere, and we had gotten our moneys worth out of it. Previous van was a 1992 AWD Toyota Previa, which we drove to 165K miles. I purchased 2004 XLE AWD new in the fall of 2003.
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