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Unfortunately NO. Still have the same issue, but I've incorporated removing tires from wheels and putting them on the opposite side making sure that the inside tread becomes the outside tread. If you think about how tires are rotated (never removing tires from the wheels, the inside tread is always the inside tread no matter which corner of the car the tread is on. By removing and replacing the tire on the wheel, I hope to double my tire life as I am now spreading the wear pattern to both sides of the tire.

Thanks for getting back to me, look up bogleheads.org, toyota sienna with abnormal tire wear forum, scroll down to the 4th post. Let me know what you think.

@@roes2238 Interesting website. My tire store did suggest that the alignment on the rear of the vehicle was "up against the wall on one of the alignments on the back" and said they could install a shim on each side to give some greater adjustment capability, but they said it was barely in alignment spec at that time, so they recommended leaving it be to see if the problem persists. To be honest, I haven't kept good enough track of where my tires end up after several alignments, to be reasonably confident that I know which corners of the car are causing the abnormal wear pattern. With the first set of tires (shown in the video), I wasn't very consistent with rotating the tires and probably only did so once or twice during their 18k lifetime. I noticed the wear on the tires that were on the front at 17k miles and assumed it was a front alignment issue. In the ten years I've own the van, I've only put 52k miles on the vehicle, so figuring this issue out takes a long time. I'm thinking that when I have to replace the tires again, I may just buy the cheapest tires I can find and run them without rotating them at all so I can definitely know which corners are the culprits and concentrate my solutions there.

Haven't seen that error - sorry

I"m sorry you are having trouble with your thermostat. I sold my home a couple years ago now. Other than the issue I described previously, I had no other issues with them. The person that bought my house replaced all the thermostats and HVAC unit about a year after they bought the house.

Thanks for the tip. To be honest, I just tried what I had on hand and was happy with the result. I didn't have a ton of rust marks, and didn't even use up the unfinished bottle. Will try your suggestion next time.

@@5150Lane Do be careful with the fumes, work with the breeze and just be mindful.You could use a chemical mask but skin needs protection as well if you make a fog. This is were naval jelly is a plus.

@@claudiodominguez. Thanks for the additional safety tips Claudio.

I'm sorry Jack, I'll be keeping my jig.

To be honest, even with all its' abilities functioning, I generally used mine just like the old timey ones where I set the temp I wanted and the thermostat just held it there. The feature I liked best is that I was able to control the thermostat with my cell phone.

Having the same issue now…Fan will not shut off…I switched out with same model from another zone and fan cuts off then. But switch back to the other one fan stays on. And update on fix?

@@keltis1844 i got my entire HVAC updated which came with new thermostats. 🤷🏾‍♂️

I can see now how my description in the video could be confusing. My Sienna wears the inner edge of the tire, not the outer edge.

Thank you for your information and advice Alessio. It all seems reasonable to me. The issue I have, is that all my alignment specs are within the range that Toyota specifies. Although I haven't tried yet, I anticipate that alignment shops will not be enthusiastic to set my camber outside of the Toyota spec range.

Good catch. I did notice that before I posted the video, but hoped viewers would be able to see what I was talking about and not be confused. At the time, I had near zero editing skills and didn't want to redo the whole video.

@@5150Lane My 2008 Sienna was also wearing tires on the inside. Just had $1,500. worth of work done which included.... Driver's side (the side with most inside wear) front strut coil was broken so replaced both strut/coil assemblies. Inner tie rod and outer rod ends but ball joints were fine. Hope issue goes away re the new winter tires I put on. haha!

@@bottomrung5777 I hope that resolves your issue. Please keep us updated on your results. On my Sienna, the wear on the inside edge of the inside tread (closest to the center of the vehicle) was even on the tires. Also, mine wore those tires out starting at just under 50,000 miles which is when I bought the vehicle.

@@5150Lane Will do! Spring time most likely.....I hope nothing apparent before. haha!

Thank you for the compliment. I'll bet your speech and annunciation is flawless.

I forget whether the wood post is a 4X4, or 6X6, covered with a pvc sleeve used for building fences. Sleeve was bought at Home Depot or Lowes. It was hilarious watching the squirrels trying to figure out how to get up to the feeders. They eventually gave up, and don't come around anymore.

@@5150Lane okay thank you so much. I have been battling squirrels for a while it’s just when they are no pecans and walnuts available from the trees thats when they come to my feeders. It is hilarious to watch them but they are smart and don’t give up easily. But for me there is no way too stop them completely I just want to slow them down. I have a small yard and no other place to put my feeders where I can see them so they can jump from my house or a tree. I don’t mind if they eat some just not all the seed little buggers. Nice little set up you have and I want to live in Florida someday. Do you like it? Is it hot all the time?

@@MunchkinMoD Yes, I like living in Florida. No, it is not hot all the time, but when it is, we just turn the air-conditioning on. We may have a longer summer than those up North, but I don't believe it gets any hotter. Winters are definitely milder, so I think it is easier to get acclimated to the summers.

@@5150Lane wow that sounds perfect. I’m only worried about hurricanes.

@@MunchkinMoD "canes are definitely an issue, but my family has been living in Central Florida (not on the coast) since 1967 and none of them have had severe damage to their property. Of course that could all change with the next 'cane.

Dude, rotate tires every 6 months, just like people change winter and summer tires. You won't have any problem. Why take so much headache on something that you can solve it by doing rotation. There is nothing to adjust the rear axle , it is the characteristics of the car with slightly negative camber for stability like Lexus IS

@@rondhole Tires were rotated routinely, but if you follow Toyota's recommended rotation - front to back, back to front, the wear is still on the inside of the tire on both sides of the car. Even if you used a cris-cross pattern, the wear would still be a problem.

@@5150Lane You are right, cris-cross pattern should be fine in summer and all seasons USA tires. Only for winter or directional tires, you cannot do cris-cross pattern. U di criss-cross pattern in my Sienna 2004 AWD and never have issue with it. Criss-cross patter reduces the feathering problems, keep the tires less noisy.

My 09 has been doing this for a while now. I even had the rear springs, shocks, and the bushings replaced! Mine seems to only be the right rear. Have you found anything yet? I’m thinking it could be the rear bearing?

@@kevingarofalo6475 Hi Kevin. Thank you for adding to the discussion. I asked the same question of the alignment shops, and they told me the bearings were checked and found to be fine. I'm going to no longer rotate back to front, but instead rotate side to side. I'll have to have the tires removed from the wheels and remounted in the opposite direction to keep the tires rolling the same direction, but I believe this will double the miles until the tires wear out, which I may be able to get 40,000 miles on them.

Wow! Sorry to hear you only made it 3 months! Fortunately, my Sienna isn't my daily driver, so I don't have to replace tires often, but when I do replace, they have low miles. My current tires are showing signs of uneven wear though. I'm keeping the tire pressure higher to match Toyota's recommendation on the sticker on driver's door post. The pressure is just slightly higher than what is recommended on the tires.

Never thought about this.. that’s clever

or just lay out a tarp

Sounds logical, but doesn't explain why the entire tire doesn't wear more evenly. I only replaced my tires because the inside tread was gone. I feel confident that the rest of the tire tread had at least 20-30,000 miles left in it.

Hey Mark. Sorry you had to do that. The Michelins that I installed on the vehicle aren't doing any better than the Sumitomo tires they replaced. I'm now removing the tires from the wheels and putting them on the other side of the vehicle so that what used to be the inside side of the tire, now becomes the outside of the tire. I didn't want to reverse the rotation of the tire, so had to take the tires off the wheels and slide them across to the other side of the vehicle and mount them with the tire still rolling the same direction. I know, it sounds weird, but I hope that doing this will allow me to get 30,000 miles out of the expensive Michelins. I'm going to try to find a hole-in-wall tire shop that would be willing to adjust the alignment based on the tire wear instead of what Toyota says the alignment should be.

I was new to editing videos and posting them, so was still learning what works and what doesn't. Also, don't like the sound of my own voice, so was trying to keep my talking to a minimum and thought music would help with that.

Mine says same thing what’s the fix . Thermostat is only three months old

Mine is same...1 month old!

@@kennethmartabano6613 I wonder if there was a software update that messed it up

Mine just started two days ago, shows outside temp every once in a while, other wise just get the replace thermostat message

I've found that the best way to make the tires last, is to don't drive the Sienna. lol Seriously though, all the tire shops insist on inflating the tires to the number shown on the tire, which is usually around 32psi. The sticker on the driver's side door post says to inflate to 35psi. It may be wishful thinking on my part, but the tires seem to be doing better since I began inflating them to the higher Toyota recommended pressure. The van doesn't get much use (2,000 miles in 2020), so it's hard to gage the wear.

Happy that it worked for you. This past year, my pineapple plants exploded, and I had more pineapples than I could use. Will be thinning the crop this year.

I tried higher tire pressure on the tires that eventually wore out - the ones in the video. It didn't seem to make any difference. On this set of Michelins, I'm going to dismount the tires from the wheels and install them on the opposite of the vehicle so the inside of the left front wheel will become the outside of the right front wheel. I may do this a couple of times to evenly wear the tires. Remounting the tires a couple of times will cost some money, but should be able to double the tire life this way.

I always ran the max the vehicle manufacturer suggested, then when I noticed the wear, I bumped that up a few pounds thinking I'd transfer the wear to the middle of the tire instead of the side. It didn't seem to make much difference.

I'm beginning to think you are correct. While this may be wishful thinking on my part, since I inflated the tires to Toyota's recommended pressure of 35psi instead of the 32psi shown on the tire, the wear pattern seems to be more even. I only put 2,000 miles or so a year on the van, so it's hard to tell if the tires are wearing better.

That’s the mount from one of his acurite 5-in-1 units that died.

The grey bracket is a bracket from one of my many Accurite 5in1 weatherstations. Those things only last about a year for me, and I get new brackets every time I buy a new one. You might try Accurite's website to see if they sell the brackets by themselves.

Sorry for the late response. I inherited the vice from my dad, but looked on Harbor Freight and Amazon for "drill press vice", and saw many options - some that looked exactly like mine.

lmfaoooooo

Sorry I haven't answered earlier. The Toe on both front tires is at 0.03. Desired range is -0.07 to +0.13

I used a plumbing drain hose, used to connect a sink drain. (Example: tinyurl.com/vzk7a8w) I got mine from a local hardware store. I had to use a hole cutter to ream out one of the friction rings to fit over the vacuum connector on the 5d jig and had to assemble the fitting on the vacuum connector BEFORE connecting the vacuum connector to the jig due to the lip on the 5d adapter. Still had a mess but much less than using duct tape to bridge the shop vac to the jig. Since this hose bends and keeps its shape, I was able to bend it at 90 degrees (down) to the shop vac hose thus the shop vac hose wasn't in the way as much.

Yes Brandon - they replaced all the old ones. They used to just put a new blade/bit in the handle, but my screwdrivers are so old that they didn't have that style anymore, so they just replaced the entire screwdriver.

@@5150Lane cool. I have the same ones . The old black square handle ones. The new ones are great !!

@@brandonmurphy4657 I think with the new ones, it's easier to get more torque on them because of the shape of the handle.