NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Toyota Sienna Recalls
The 2012 Toyota Sienna has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 17, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Toyota Sienna. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 247
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Toyota Sienna, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2012 Toyota Sienna
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V741000
- Reported
- October 17, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 928,220
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013 Sienna, 11 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 19V553000
- Reported
- July 25, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 303
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2018 Sienna
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V005000
- Reported
- January 9, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,299,448
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013–2014 Sienna, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V006000
- Reported
- January 9, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 577,875
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 8 other models
Structure: body: door
- Campaign
- 16V858000
- Reported
- November 29, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 744,437
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013–2016 Sienna
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 13V123000
- Reported
- April 9, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,525
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Sienna, 16 other models
Air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive
- Campaign
- 13V014000
- Reported
- January 16, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,235
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013 Sienna, 15 other models
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 12V120000
- Reported
- March 23, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 363
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 11V560000
- Reported
- November 30, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 210,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Sienna
2012 Toyota Sienna complaints by year
NHTSA has received 247 owner complaints about the 2012 Toyota Sienna, the newest on July 14, 2026. Of these, 10 describe a crash (4%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Toyota Sienna, the component group named most often is the air bags (34%), followed by the structure (29%) and the electrical system (11%).
4 of the 2012 Toyota Sienna's 9 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2012 Toyota Sienna owners gave the mileage (119 complaints), the median was 58,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags84
- Structure72
- Unknown Or Other28
- Electrical System27
- Power Train17
- Steering15
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 18 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 119 | |
| 2018 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 17 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2012 Toyota Sienna peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 119. 19% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Toyota Sienna drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Toyota Sienna year in the same window: 16th highest of the 21 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 247 complaints about the 2012 Toyota Sienna are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Sienna by model year
Other 2012 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: July 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted