Toyota Sienna 2010-2024 Owners Manual: If the vehicle becomes stuck
Carry out the following procedures if the tires spin or the vehicle becomes stuck in mud, dirt, or snow:
- Stop the engine. Set the parking brake and shift the shift lever to P.
- Remove the mud, snow, or sand from around the stuck tire.
- Place wood, stones or some other material under the tires to help provide traction.
- Restart the engine.
- Shift the shift lever to the D or R and release the parking brake.
Then, while exercising caution, depress the accelerator pedal.
When it is difficult to free the vehicle
Press 
to turn off TRAC.
| WARNING When attempting to free a stuck vehicle If you choose to push the vehicle back and forth to free it, make sure the surrounding area is clear to avoid striking other vehicles, objects or people. The vehicle may also lunge forward or lunge back suddenly as it becomes free. Use extreme caution. When shifting the shift lever Be careful not to shift the shift lever with the accelerator pedal depressed. This may lead to unexpected rapid acceleration of the vehicle that may cause an accident resulting in death or serious injury. |
| NOTICE To avoid damaging the transaxle and other components
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If your vehicle overheats
The following may indicate that your vehicle is overheating.
The needle of the engine coolant temperature gauge
enters the red zone or a loss of engine power is experienced. (For
example, the ...
Other materials:
Components
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For vehicles equipped with traction control (trac) system
When using a 2-wheel drum tester such as a
speedometer tester or chassis dynamometer, etc., or
jacking up the front wheels and driving the wheels,
always push in the TRAC cut ("TRAC OFF") switch and
turn the TRAC system OFF.
FOR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH TRACTION CONTROL (TRAC) SYS ...
Cooling fan relay
On-vehicle inspection
1. Cooling fan relay
(a) Remove the relay from engine room relay block No.
1.
(b) Measure the resistance of the relay.
Standard resistance
If the result is not as specified, replace the cooling
fan relay.
(c) Install the relay to engine room relay block No. ...
