# 2013 Toyota Sienna - whining starter

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-toyota-sienna-whining-starter/151754>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** sienna, toyota\
**Created:** [October 29, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-toyota-sienna-whining-starter/151754 "2019-10-29T23:23:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Dennis12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dennis12](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dennis12)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-toyota-sienna-whining-starter/151754/1 "2019-10-29T23:23:14Z")

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When I turn the key the starter whines like it is not engaging the flywheel, New battery and new starter. same thing, has a 129,000 miles

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-toyota-sienna-whining-starter/151754/2 "2019-10-30T01:08:38Z")

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> [@Dennis12](#):
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> starter whines like it is not engaging the flywheel

Then it probably isn’t

Are you trying to tell us this happens with the new starter? Did it also happen with the old one? Is that why you replaced it?