Ody vs Sienna

jnamommy · Feb 14, 2012

My parents are looking at minivans. I know I have read it on here before, but can't find the thread now where it mentioned which year of Odys and Siennas had useable 8th seats. So can someone direct me to which years of each have an 8th seat that are actually big enough to be used for carseats/people?

ETA - I have no idea how I double posted this....can one of the mods please delete one of my duplicate posts? thanks

EmmaGrace'sMom · Feb 14, 2012

The 2011' and newer Ody and the 2004-2010' Sienna...the older Ody and newer Sienna have the tiny 8th seat.

jnamommy · Feb 14, 2012

Thanks! And maybe this is a dmb question, but is it all versions of the 2004-2010 Sienna? Or do you have to have an EX or LX or whatever their versions are?

EmmaGrace'sMom · Feb 14, 2012

jnamommy said:
Thanks! And maybe this is a dmb question, but is it all versions of the 2004-2010 Sienna? Or do you have to have an EX or LX or whatever their versions are?

That I'm not sure of. I think the Ody has to be an EX, EX-L, EX-L RES, or EX-L Touring...I'm not sure on the trim level of the Sienna.

This thread might help... http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?p=2057393

Guest · Feb 14, 2012

On the Sienna, it was the lower trim level. The Limited only came in the 7 seat version. The AWD version (no matter which trim) also only came in 7 seat. I know it is available with the LE, but I'm not sure if you could get it with the XLE or the CE.

Pixels · Feb 14, 2012

Sienna has to be LE or CE, the bottom two trim levels.

jnamommy · Feb 14, 2012

And with the bottom trim levels, can you still get the power doors (sides and rear hatch)?

Guest · Feb 14, 2012

My mom's LE has one power door. The other one and the rear hatch are not power. CE prolly has no power doors or rear hatch cuz it's the base model.

jjordan · Feb 14, 2012

With the 04-10 Siennas, you have to be sure that it has an 8th seat, because not all LE's (for example) did. It's kind of confusing. If you see a picture of the vehicle, you can usually tell. But otherwise, you'll have to ask the seller. I have found that, in looking at used Siennas in my area, there are probably 15 7 seat Siennas for every 1 Sienna that has the 8th seat.

For the Odysseys, some trims came standard with the 8th seat. So, for example, any 2006 Odyssey EX has the 8th seat. While it is not as big as the 04-10 Sienna 8th seat, you can still get a lot of 3 across combinations (here is a thread here with a bunch of things that work).

Twins+One · Mar 2, 2012

We have an '09 Sienna with 8 seats, but it was an option back then and was somewhat hard to find. It's easy to tell the difference looking at the '09 Siennas, though. The 7-passenger versions had captain's chairs in the second row. In the 8-passenger version the second row looks more like a bench seat even though the seats were in pieces. This configuration was great for us because it allowed us to remove a 2nd-row seat. We fit two Britax Advocates FF or RF in the remaining second row and still had a huge open aisle to the 3rd row where we have a Frontier. We use the aisle for diaper changes -- way bigger than a bathroom changing table. We've had a great experience with our Sienna. Good luck finding one!

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