Toyta sienna van door will not operate with the motor. Door handle broke off due to trying to open the door.
2000 Toyota Sienna body complaints
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Gave a vehicle a boost one day previous. Closed hood on 2000 sienna, but apparently not completely. I believe only safety latch securing hood rather than full hood latch. Driving on busy freeway to work fine but returning home on freeway, the safety latch on hood failed causing the hood to flip up and smash into windshield, denting hood and roof of van also. Pulled over to side of freeway safely. Called tow truck to haul car home. Safety latch and full hood latch now seem fine, but will be replacing shortly. Currently only replaced windshield and secured hood as good as possible. Getting quotes from bodyshops for repairs and have contacted toyota as I feel this is a safety issue. After 6 days, yet to have toyota call me back. This could have been a catastrophic crash, but thankfully wasn't.
The federal safety agency recall 10v160000 resulted in my spare tire assembly being placed in the rear area of my van, my dealer told me it was a temporary fix until remedy parts were available, a week or so. That was august 17, 2010 and they still claim that the parts are not available (october 18). I am concerned that the wheel assembly could fly forward in an emergency stop from highway speed and cause injury to the car occupants. No such incident has happened yet but my concern is increasing. Neither the dealer or toyota seem concerned.
2000 toyota sienna -- passenger side automatic sliding door failed. The problem was intermittent when the car was new and the door finally stopped working completely 5 years ago. The vehicle now has approx. 60,000 miles. The dealer thinks that all components (motor, controller, etc) need to be replaced and would cost over $2,200. After reading online forums and other people having the sliding door problems and the fact that it was still not working after spending thousands of dollars, I decided against spending the money. I believe this sliding door problem has always been a defect with this model. At first door would automatically open as one was driving, a dangerous situation. My wife disabled the door from the console switch. Online forums have lot of people complaining of the same problem. I have at least two other friends. We bought the minivan at the same time and we all had the exact same problems (sliding door and the tire pressure sensors). Toyota has again tried to avoid any recalls and fixed the problems only when people complained a lot. Unfortunately the manual override and resetting the operation does not work either.
The power sliding passenger door on my 2000 toyota sienna will open but will not close. It took me several minutes of very firm pressure to overcome the doors automatic mechanism to force the door closed. As I use this to drop my child off at daycare, I can no longer let her out on the curb side of the van.
Sliding door gets stuck. Very difficult to open from outside and unable to open from inside. Tried wd40 lubrication but this did not help.
Power sliding door will not close.
2000 toyota sienna 2 items: 1. Seat belt light always on (research reveals deign flaw) 2. Automatic sliding door has never worked correctly.
The drivers side sliding door was sticking and very hard to open. After yanking on it for weeks-totally broke off the outside handle. The entire mechanism was replaced. Two weeks later-it's beginning to stick again. I think it may be due to the seal around the door. Now the passenger side automatic door has quit working and we have great difficulty manually opening the door.
Regular usage of our van has caused the doors on both sides to break. On one side, the handle completely broke off and the other will only partially open.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 toyota sienna. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the hood unexpectedly released, flipped upward, and damaged the windshield. The dealer and manufacturer have not been notified. The current and failure mileages were approximately 140,000.
Handle to the power sliding door of my toyota sienna 2000 has broken off. It has been broken for over 4 months. The door will also not close for no reason and opens easily from just a brush on the remote on the key chain.
2000 toyota sienna xle passenger power sliding door failure. Seems to be a very common problem after researching on the web. Cost to repair is in excess of $1500 which can be on the very low side. Toyota should be required to recall all vehicles with these doors.
2000 toyota sienna sliding power passenger door acts like something is in the way will not totally close with power, shuts then immediately opens. Light in dash is on, for second time, mechanics found nothing just reset it. Toyota mechanics.
Handle broke off the side door, now must close from inside. Back handle sheared off had to repair.
The handle lever for the back hatch broke from normal use and the hatch cannot be opened. Also, the passenger side sliding door handle broke due to normal use and it can only be opened from the inside. Both these problem can be a potential hazard in case of an accident where the doors/hatch will not permit quick opening during an emergency. Toyota should fix these door/hatch problems at no cost to the consumer......immediately!
Engine light went on , checked water and oil, both levels were fine, engine just quit, van was towed to repair shop, I the owner was told that due to sludge in the engine the oil could not pass through so engine seized up, it was a 2000 sienna van, the oil was changed every 3000-4000 miles faithfully, the engine only had 107,000. Original miles on it, a new engine would be 6,200.00 plus labor and a used engine would be 4,200.00 plus labor, so now my van had to be junked.
Since we purchased the toyota sienna xle about 3 years ago we have had nothing but trouble. Our biggest problems have occurred only recently. The automatic door was not working and the mechanic had to take off the automatic part so it had to be opened manually. Well after about a week of manually opening and pulling out my shoulder every time, the door knob came off. We have also had in the past a very loud squealing noise every time we started the car. We had the belts tightened and even had the battery changed and then suddenly it stopped. One of our captains chairs will not go back into the upright position. And lastly the bar that holds open the hood has come off and does not go back into place.
Dt: contact states the sliding doors will not open from inside of the vehicle. The consumer has checked to see if the child safety lock was engaged, but it was not. The consumer stated her six year old child broke the handle from the outside of the passenger's side sliding door. The consumer has not had the vehicle to a service dealer yet.
My van had 66,000 miles on it and one day I opened the back hatch, which is rarely used, and the hatch handle broke-off in my hand. I have never had a back hatch handle break on any of my vans. I took and to dealer and it quite a while for them to repair it because of how the handle is position in rear door.
Multiple problems with my 2000 toyota sienna xle, first the car had problems with battery drain and not starting, they replaced the radio amplifier twice before fixing it, the power window on the driver side broke at 35,000 miles. The back hatch sheetmetal is all dented just from closing it and pushing on the handle. The worst one is that the van has been blowing a lot of blue smoke and burning oil, 4 quarts in the last 750 miles. So far no help from the dealer.
Van: 2000 toyota sienna xle with power sliding door miles on vehicle: 30000 miles problem: power door opens; but does not close - need to be closed manually. Dealer diagnosed and replaced junction switch. I suggested repair should be covered under warranty since van has only 30,000 miles even though the actual warranty period of 3 years is over. Dealer did not agree.
While the vehicle was parked the manual sliding door closed on child's head while entering the vehicle. Child sustained no injuries to the head. Vehicle was taken to the dealer, and dealer was unable to duplicate the incident.
On our 2000 toyota sienna. The power door unit is sporadic in its operation. We have had this problem for 2 1/2 years. The service department kept telling us that the door needed to be reset. Until the warranty now the tell us the activator needs to be replaced at our cost.
When entering or exiting the vehicle sliding door would automatically close, trapping the consumer, and causing minor injuries. Dealer notified.
Consumer stated vehicle was not capable to tow a trailer with small boat of 23oo pounds. However, the instruction state that vehicle's capability is up to 5000 pounds. Manufacturer stated nothing they could do.
Fluid leak around the transmission pan gasket. Repaired 3 times by 2 different toyota dealers. Easy job but maybe it is a deeper problem? Transmission did not shift when cold for about 2 miles after the first and second time it was "fixed." after the third time trying to stop the oil leak, they adjusted the throttle cable and now it seems to shift more normally in cold mornings. Since new, the left sliding manual door was hard to open from the inside. After 2 trips for "adjustments" the door is opening correctly.
Vin [xxx]. Electrically operated sliding door opens and cannot be closed. Dealer and importer do not think they are responsible for this safety defect (out of warranty). My daughter's sienna, VIN [xxx], which is a year younger has the identical problem, so does one of her friend's sienna. I don't have that vehicle's VIN but I could get it. Toyota claims : no safety issue, defects are coincidental. Right!!! Their investigators should take probability 101 at their local community college. To top it all, the repair costs $750. What an insult! Before I forget; my sienna had two wheel mounting studs shear off. I torque the nuts myself with a torque wrench set at 85 lb/ft. I suppose this is not a safety defect either since there are five studs holding the wheel. Since the importer is not concerned, perhaps they will be when you add this information to your database. *nlm information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Consumer states water leaked into the vehicle causing mold. Please provide any additional information.
The power sliding door opens while vehicle is parked, is very hard to open. Vehicle has been inspected by dealer 3 times, cannot find a problem. Fourth visit to dealer it was determined the motor and sensor need to be replaced. Ts
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