I own a 2004 toyota sienna xle model. The sliding door cables plastic/rubber shield began to peel off and now the door won't close in automatic mode because it always sense resistance. I tried to disable the automatic mode and put the doors on manual mode, but it's nearly impossible to move this door as something seems to be stuck. Did a search on the web and it seems like almost everyone is having this problem now that this model is getting to be 4-5 years old. Some says to cut the cable in order to get the door to operate smoothly in manual mode. But I don't want to take the chance. Toyota really should have a recall on this major design flaw and safety hazard. Thank you.
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The doors on my 2004 toyota minivan have been freezing every winter season since 2006. Canada toyota has made this a recall item, but the united states will not? I find this to be absurd - especially when children have to climb up through the front seats to get out of vehicles. This could be fatal in an accident if the doors can not be opened. I have contacted toyota dealer and they claim to use wrench grease to lube the doors to help and prevent from sticking. I live in new england and the doors have already starting freezing shut this year (oct 2009). This is extremely frustrating, this isn't a cheap vehicle and it was purchased for family use. Toyota has really failed the american public with their minivans. I would have used this avenue to complain years ago - I have been wasting my time trying to work with the toyota company. Please help
We have a 2004 toyota sienna. We have discovered that the cable on driver side of the sliding door has rusted/rotted and snapped off. We have called toyota about this issue and they informed us that the doors are not covered. We feel that this is a safety issue as the doors only open part way. We have found that there was no recall on this issue. Please look into this asap. Just picture your children trapped in the van during an accident- these doors are too heavy for them in manual mode. This is happening to many toyota vehicles, to the point where this needs to be aired on national television for toyota to step up and stand behind their vehicles. This is about safety and our children - not just a bonus feature. Help us to keep our children safe in these family built vehicles! Please!!!
The power sliding door on an '04 toyota sienna would not stay open when the vehicle was on a slight incline. Other times, it would not close properly. On a number of occasions, after the door was opened it began to close by itself hitting the person who was reaching into the vehicle, while the door was continuing to try to close. It took a lot of force to stop the door from closing. On one occasion the force of the door closing bruised my wife's right arm. This is a definite safety issue. Someone could be seriously injured, including being crushed between the door and pillar. This problem was reported to the dealer on three different visits over a six month period. On each visit the technician reported "no problem found" or "working per design and intent at this time." on the last visit, after the technician found nothing again, I went out with the service advisor and was able to demonstrate the problem. Afterward the shop foreman found that the rear hinge bushings were worn. After the bushings were replaced, the door worked as it should. Toyota claims this would have been covered under the original 36 mo. / 36,000 mile warranty, but not under their extended warranty.
My 2004 toyota sienna van's passenger side power sliding door cable snapped. Making it only open 1/4 of the way, I had to cut the rest of the cable on both sides and push the manual override button to use the door manually. I have read in edmunds.com forums there have been many others with the same problems and the cost of fixing it ranges from $1200 - $2000 for they have to replace the whole motor. I think this can be a safety issue if your in a accident and need to open the door, and the cable snaps, then it will not open.
Power sliding door on 2004 toyota sienna xle awd fails to operate. The door is actuated by a cable and the cable has broken. The replacement is extraordinarily expensive at approx $1500 or more. As a result, the door must be opened or closed by hand, which is a difficult proposition, and if the vehicle is parked on an incline, nearly impossible. Further, the door doesn't stay open when on an incline posing a danger to exiting passengers.
Broken cable in side sliding doors (automatic). Would not open manually. Children stuck inside had to exit through front doors. Manual override not functioning. Dealer wants $2,000.00 per door to repair. Van only 4 1/2 years old when cables broke.
2004 sienna - power sliding door cable snapped.
The power function of the automatic rear sliding passenger door has failed. The cable that attaches to the motor for this device snapped and was exposed causing a safety hazard. Approximately 1 foot of cable was exposed and hanging from the middle rear of door. Additionally other parts of the system failed/broke when the cable broke and became lodged in the system causing the door to remain open. When some of these parts associated with the snapped wire / door motor broke they were ejected into the car hitting the nearest right side car safety seat where one of our children sits. The cost of replacing the door parts is prohibitive. Per toyota dealership, cost is approximately $1700 per door to replace the snapped wire. The door will not be repaired and remain non-functional. 2006 reference tsb el004-04 2009 reference tsb-0085-09agency number:10029190 for similar cases.
I have a toyota sienna 2004 le 8 passengers. My complaint is that the dash of the sienna is cracking like someone has sliced it with a blade. Please investigate this defect. I know that I`m not alone with this complaint. Thank you, jesus
Auto sliding door cable rusted through and broke, leaving door inoperable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 toyota sienna. She stated that the cable for the sliding doors snapped, which almost caused the door to separate from the vehicle. The dealer was contacted. Upon contact a technician advised her that because the warranty had expired, she would have to pay $2000.00 for repairs. No repairs were made. The failure and current mileages were 65000.
The power doors of our 2004 sienna froze each winter since purchase and would not operate until vehicle warmed - 2 children had to climb in and out through front doors. This winter, probably february one cable snapped on passenger side, other cable frayed and refused to operate - dealer estimated approximately $600 per door for repairs. My husband told him we would wait until the recall was issued as this was a safety concern. My husband disconnected the doors so they would operate manually - which in not something the toyota design allowed for. Since my husband disconnected the door, we have experienced some other electrical problems, not certain if they are related. Also have had problems maintain air pressure in tires although not all wheel drive model. Dealer was supposed to contact us to schedule additional recall work on the vehicle, but has not done so, I believe because we continue to refuse optional maintenance work and the associated expense. I work extremely close to home for the last 4 years and our vehicle had approximately 48,000 when the doors broke. I now have approximately 52,000 miles.
Family loaded in van to leave, pushed button on rear passenger automatic door to close it and made a weird noise then failed to close. Some how the automatic door cable caught in track of sliding door preventing door closure past half way. All efforts to close door failed. Luckily we were leaving home not returning home. Van had to be driven to shop with door wide open! Toyota dealer charged $450 to cut cable off and free door to close manually, or over $1600 to replace cable and motor that are apparently all one piece. There was absolutely no warning to this failure. It seems that if an automatic door part is going to fail, it should be designed to at least function in a manual state. Children cannot be driven around in a minivan with the door wide open. Toyota refused to acknowledge that this could be a problem.
I own a 2004 toyota sienna (79k mileage) and the cable in my passenger side sliding door jammed, leaving the door open. I had to drive the van with the door open (kids in car seats, with rain falling) to a mechanic to help close it. Now I notice how common this problem is for sienna owners. Toyota will not fix the problem with replacing the entire engine for $1500+ labor. This widespread issue is a health and safety concern, as it would limit someone's ability to get out of the car in case of accident or emergency. Very large problem that toyota is choosing to ignore.
We are pleased with our sienna with the exception of the sliding doors which freezes the last 2 winters. I have 2 small children under the ages of 3 and very concerned about the safety issues. Whenever the temp is below freezing, the door will not open until the temperature rises. I know that I am not alone with this issue. Should an emergency arise, I fear the safety of my children - however I do not have the money to fix this issue. Others have been quoted fixing it in the price of upwards of $1000. Please make toyota do the right thing and recall these vehicles to fix them.
I own a 2004 toyota sienna. The cable on both sliding doors broke and the doors do not open automatically we have to open and close them manually which is very difficult for my small kids. Sometimes the doors jam and do not close properly. I am worried about the safety of my kids. My van has only 65k miles on it. I have contacted toyota and my local toyota dealer. They told my it will cost me about $3400 dollars to fix both doors. I can not pay this kind of money especially on a problem that seems to be common with all 2004-2006 sienna vans. I think toyota should issue a recall and fix their defective products.
Power sliding door is inoperative, intermittently inoperative, does not close properly and returns to the open position while being closed using the power switch or remote control.
Cable snapped on rear power sliding doors. It appears that the outer plastic coating dried and broke off of the cable. Cable is hanging outside of the car as I drive down the road. The door is very heavy and my children are unable to open the door themselves.
The rear power sliding door on the toyota has a safety defect where the power sliding door closes completely but then pops open slightly at the rear of the door. The result is that the door is not fully closed or latched. However, the "open door" indicator in the vehicle does not light indicating that the door is not in a fully closed position. The "pop open" scenario was occurring over the course of several weeks, before going over a bumpy road the vibrations must have been sufficient enough to warrant the "open door" indicator to light. Upon bringing to toyota for repair they informed me the motor was damaged along with the latching mechanism for the door.
We have a toyota sienna whose sliding doors are inoperable. Six months ago are driver side sliding door would not close. We were at a store and had to drive to our mechanic with the door stuck open - not very safe at all with children in the car - to disable the motor and unjam the door. It now only operates in a manual mode.now our passenger side door had the same thing happen! Once again, the door would not close and we had to force it shut - and cannot use that door until it is fixed. We do not feel safe having children use the doors because now they are difficult to open and close. If they needed to exit quickly - children cannot open the heavy doors on their own. Also there is no longer the safety feature of having the door not close if something or someone is in its path.
I have 2004 toyota sienna with 1 powerdoor. The motor and cable assembly is now broken, and toyota will not make it manual. I now have to pay $1,600.00 for a new assembly.
My driver side sliding door is inoperable. The passenger side sliding door motor and cable failed a few years ago now the driver side cable broke. It happened has one of my children was opening the door from the inside and it only opened about a foot wide. Now the door only opens about a foot and my 3 children have to get out of the passenger side.
I am the 2nd owner of a 2004 toyota sienna. Recently, the passenger side power sliding door would start to close before fully opening. Then it quit opening at all. When manually opened, there is a cable that sticks out under the rear window. I took it to the local toyota dealer and they said it would be $1800 to repair! They said the part alone is over $1000 and the repair isn't covered under my extended warranty. After researching the problem on the internet, I decided to file a complaint as this seems to be a very prevalent problem that toyota would rather ignore. Please help!
Both left and right sliding door cables broke on van. Right door will not open at all two months later left broke and opens about 12in.that four kids have to get in and out. Will cost$1500 each to fix.
Toyota sienna 2004 lxe limited ,power door problem. The cable broke and doors are shut and cannot be opened from inside or outside. Also in the winter doors freeze up and will not open as well. Drives side door return arm .. The weld broke and causes the door to not close properly. There are a verity of cosmetic things but I am most concerned about the doors not being able to open. There seems to be alot of talk about this problem, I guess people will have to die in some kind of accident before toyota does anything...lord forbid that should happen. Thank for listening. Ps
Toyota sienna electric sliding door does not open with button. Can only be opened by pulling hard on outside handle. Dealer suggested replacing door motor.
My 2004 toyota sienna door continues to open while I am driving down the road. I do not feel it is safe to have passengers anymore. It is a power door.
Initial note: this is a dangerous defect. Toyota should be ordered to recall this vehicle to fix this problem. We have a 2004 sienna le, with about 70,000 miles on it. A few weeks ago, we noticed some difficulty with the passenger side power door. The problems began with the door not opening when we used the remote control or the button in the front of the car. The door seemed to function normally when pulling the handle, so we thought the problem was limited to the remote controls. When we were away at a camping trip from july 24 - 26, I noticed the problem had started to affect the handle as well. The door would hesitate, but would open normally if I pulled it a second time. When we returned home, after my family exited the vehicle, I tried to open the door to unload the car. It did not open, so I pulled the handle a second time. The door began to open. I then heard a "pop" as the rear side window, next to the third row of seats, shattered. There was a plastic strip lying on the driveway along with shattered glass. Shattered glass covered the interior as well. The door was hanging down slightly. The internal "wheels" for the door had come off their track; the internal cables were frayed. I could not close the door completely. We found numerous complaints about this door malfunctioning on 2004 siennas. We reported our problem to toyota, referring to the other complaints, but toyota has done nothing. We are thankful that our children were not in the car when this happened, as they could have been severely injured! We are also thankful that this did not happen while we were away on our camping trip, as we were at a remote location with no mechanics for many, many miles!
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 toyota sienna. The contact has not been able to use the door locks in her vehicle for several months. The dealer was unable to diagnose the cause of the failure. Recently, while attempting to stop the vehicle, the rear passenger side door opened. In addition, the battery failed and was replaced twice by the dealer. The failure was not corrected and the dealer stated that they could not determine the cause of the failure. The contact replaced the battery herself with a heavy duty battery. She took the vehicle back to the dealer and they stated that the door motor failed, and that the door was an inch off the door track. The estimated cost of repair was $1,800. The failure mileage was 62,000 and current mileage was 64,000.
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