Selene Platt

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• May 27, 2008, on Toyota Sienna Review:

  I am having a similar transmission problem to those reported here. Below is my story (I have sent this letter to Toyota arbitration, to no avail). Can anyone recommend any other form of recourse other than to shell out $2500 to replace a transmission that Toyota is unwilling to stand behind?: I purchased my 1998 Toyota Sienna minivan from Sloane Toyota in Devon, PA, in the summer of 2003. I also purchased a 3-year extended warranty. Within the timeframe of the warranty, in the winter of 2004-2005, the transmission started making an odd noise and was replaced under warranty by Sloane in June 2005. Within the one-year warranty on that new transmission, my car started experiencing what I thought to be unusual behavior: on the very coldest of mornings, it would not automatically shift out of first gear into second gear for one to two miles, or about five to ten minutes, even if I pressed the accelerator down quite far. (I was driving slowly on neighborhood streets.) I immed...