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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2003 Toyota Sienna Recalls

The 2003 Toyota Sienna has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on April 20, 2010.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Toyota Sienna. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
1

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
105

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
12

2 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2003 Toyota Sienna, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

1 recall on the 2003 Toyota Sienna

Structure

Campaign
10V160000
Reported
April 20, 2010
Vehicles affected
up to 600,000
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2000–2002, 2004–2010 Sienna

10V160000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2003 Toyota Sienna complaints by year

NHTSA has received 105 owner complaints about the 2003 Toyota Sienna, the newest on June 1, 2021. Of these, 12 describe a crash (11%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.

In complaints about the 2003 Toyota Sienna, the component group named most often is the latches/locks/linkages (20%), followed by the structure (17%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (11%).

The 2003 Toyota Sienna's only recall also concerns the structure.

Where 2003 Toyota Sienna owners gave the mileage (77 complaints), the median was 54,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Latches/Locks/Linkages21
  • Structure18
  • Service Brakes, Hydraulic12
  • Vehicle Speed Control11
  • Power Train10
  • Tires7

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2003 Toyota Sienna received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20021
200317
200410
20057
20069
20076
20088
20097
201022
20116
20125
20132
20141
20151
20161
20181
20211

Complaints about the 2003 Toyota Sienna peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 22. 42% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Toyota Sienna drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Toyota Sienna year in the same window: 18th highest of the 21 ranked years.

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NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 5/5
  • Side: 4/5

The 105 complaints about the 2003 Toyota Sienna are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Toyota Sienna by model year

Other 2003 Toyota models

Newest record on this page: June 1, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted