# 2016 Toyota Sienna - starts and stops

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-toyota-sienna-starts-and-stops/142924>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** toyota\
**Created:** [June 24, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-toyota-sienna-starts-and-stops/142924 "2019-06-24T22:22:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Herman48](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/46a35a/32.png) [@Herman48](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Herman48)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-toyota-sienna-starts-and-stops/142924/1 "2019-06-24T22:22:51Z")

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My car starts for a second and then stops. there is a lot of white smoke coming from the exhaust pipe. The screen says check power steering.

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-toyota-sienna-starts-and-stops/142924/2 "2019-06-24T22:30:09Z")

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Not a good sign.

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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-toyota-sienna-starts-and-stops/142924/3 "2019-06-24T23:27:58Z")

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Did someone put diesel fuel in the gas tank?

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**Author:** ![yisroel.gradmann\_153738](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b782af/32.png) [@yisroel.gradmann\_153738](https://community.cartalk.com/u/yisroel.gradmann_153738)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-toyota-sienna-starts-and-stops/142924/4 "2019-06-25T16:21:03Z")

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my wife isn’t sure, but I think the station she used doesn’t sell diesel