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Toyota recalling 200K Siennas over misprint

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Filed under: Minivan/Van , Recalls , Safety , Toyota According to a report from Automotive News , Toyota is recalling more than 200,000 Sienna minivans from the 2011 and 2012 model years. But before you start worrying about reading the words ‘Toyota’ and ‘recall’ in the same sentence, know that this is for a very, very minor issue. The problem? The tire and load information placard has been misprinted, and can cause a situation where owners over-inflate the tires

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Report: Dodge, Toyota duking it out for minivan sales title

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Filed under: Minivan/Van , Chrysler , Dodge , Toyota We know minivans aren’t all that exciting, but automakers take the sliding door segment very seriously. Chrysler takes special pride in its minivans, which makes sense because Team Pentastar all but invented the segment. Toyota takes just as much pride in the Sienna , which continues to sell well in the face of months of parts shortages due to the Japanese earthquake. Right now, the two minivans are duking it out for sales supremacy, and Dodge is winning by a nose

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Cars.com performs ultimate minivan shootout. Guess who won…

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Filed under: Minivan/Van , Chrysler , Dodge , Honda , Nissan , Toyota , Volkswagen Cars.com rounded up the year’s crop of new minivans for a comparison, the rare thrill being that minivans from every major maker are completely fresh for 2011. The entrants were the Nissan Quest (pictured), Toyota Sienna , Honda Odyssey , Chrysler Town & Country , Volkswagen Routan and Dodge Grand Caravan . The testing format was also novel, in that Cars.com paired its own editors with reviewers from USA Today and the MotorWeek television show, plus the Weatherby family, an ‘average’ family of five – husband, wife and three kids. After three days of testing and the tallying of numerous criteria, there was, of course, one 7-seater to rule them all

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Toyota recalling 94,000 2011 Sienna minivans over brake light bracket issue

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Filed under: Minivan/Van , Recalls , Toyota 2011 Toyota Sienna – Click above for high-res image gallery Toyota has issued a voluntary recall for approximately 94,000 2011 Sienna minivans produced before the beginning of November 2010. The recall is a result of a Stop Lamp Switch Bracket placed near the parking brake. When the parking brake is fully applied it may deform the switch bracket. This could result in the brake lights remaining lit or even partial engagement of the brakes resulting in a reduction of brake effectiveness over time

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Toyota leads the way in 2010 Motorist Choice Awards

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Filed under: Car Buying , Etc. , Lexus , Toyota , By the Numbers 2011 Toyota Sienna – Click above for high-res image gallery If you thought consumer sentiment for Toyota and Lexus might be wavering, think again. Toyota is top of the class based on results from the 2010 Motorist Choice Awards, a consumer-driven study developed by Intellichoice and AutoPacific. Offerings from Toyota and Lexus were named winners in nine out of the 30 available award categories.

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Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 8.27.10

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Review: 2011 Toyota Sienna Limited There’s no better test of a minivan’s mettle than a summer vacation with the family. Top Gear producer on Stig book: “He’s ours” Who is the Stig? That question is one of Google’s top queries, proving the world wants to know the identity of Top Gear’s masked racing driver. But..

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Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 8.27.10