I have a 2004 sienna with power sliding doors. The driver side door got stuck and wouldn't close while my wife and 2 children were out running errands. My wife had to drive home with the door open because it was late at night and I was out of town and couldn't pick her up. This was obviously a hazard to my family including the fact that they were freezing from the wind blowing in throughout the car. I talked to the service center at michael's toyota in bellevue, and they said it would probably cost at least $1500 (probably more) since my car is out of warranty. Obviously, I think this is ridiculous since the car is less than 5 years old and only has ~66k miles.
2004 Toyota Sienna body complaints
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2004 toyota sienna xle awd van. Power passenger slider will no lock in open position and will close on own as passengers are in door way, if parked on slope.
Automatic sliding side door (2004 toyota sienna,malfunctions when parked on incline. Door opens and shuts erratically and does not "stop" (automatic stop seems to have disappeared also) causing children to become pinned in door.
1. No unusual events to vehicle. Usual school drop off of passenger. Powered sliding door was activated for opening on nov. 5th 2008. Door is well lubricated and no other symptoms of failure were noticed before failure. 2. Powered, rear, sliding, passenger side door (rh) will not open fully. Door cannot be opened in manual over-ride. Door only opens 4 inches, then jams. Difficult to close after jam. 3. Root cause of failure is shedding cable jacket jamming door center hinge pulleys. Door will require a new motor, cable assembly, center bracket no 1, and center hinge.
My 2004 toyota sienna xle had the power slider door cables snap within 3 weeks of one another, one at 39,000 miles, the other at 40,000 miles. This is an extremely unsafe van for my kids now. There are no handles to close these doors, and my kids have a lot of trouble with them. I have read that this has happened to numerous sienna owners, yet toyota does not recognize this as a recall item. I used to love my toyota's, but after this, I will have to rethink my position. I think toyota should make this a recall and protect their reputation.
2004 toyota sienna - manual sliding door latch has bolts that have ripped through the sheet metal of the door causing the door to not close properly. Toyota states this is beyond warranty but I argue that it's a safety issue and a defect which should not be limited to the warranty. They disagree.
Passenger side door has automatic open/close feature. The door broke within weeks of our purchase of sienna from dealer. Something snapped. Others have complained of this exact failure.
"clunking" noise noted on steering the 2004 toyota sienna just a few months after it was bought. It had gone through 3 recalls already when first the fuel tank, then the door sills, then the middle row seatbelt bezel, and finally recently, the rear hatch struts were all replaced. Vehicle was test driven, but no mention of "clunking" documented. However, all this time, the clunking had become more noticeable, and vehicle had gone through 2 alignments already, with only about 42,000 miles on it. Last serviced for alignment, dealer did note clunking and recommended replacement of intermediate steering shaft. It is now becoming more difficult to steer the vehicle, especially at low speeds, and "k-turns" now require more maneuvers, and the steering radius has increased potentially causing collisions with objects or pedestrians if compensatory action is not initiated. (steering output has sometimes been unpredictable). Second component is lack of TPMS sensors when tires were changed at a facility, and I had the facility document the lack of sensors.
Have an 04 toyota sienna with power sliding doors. Both sliding door cable snapped or jammed and stopped working. One cable was hanging on the outside. It was frayed and rusty. The door now is not functional by manual or electric. When I took the vehicle to the toyota dealership, I was told that the repair cost was $3,000.00 and that the motor, mounting brackets and other various parts would need to be replaced. I have a hard time swallowing the thought of this cost considering the cable is rusted and broke in half with no fault of my own. Although I am out of warranty period, I would think this problem should be considered a defect and a recall issued because this is a very common complaint with sienna?s. Neither the dealer nor toyota was accommodating, toyota never ever responded to my letter. I have owned toyotas for many years, so when I paid a premium price for my toyota sienna, I thought I was getting a quality mini van. I will never buy another toyota! This problem should be classified as a recall.
No event or warning of pending failure. Passenger side sliding power door. Cable snapped. Motor/cable assembly failure. Estimate of $1800.00 to replace repair.
The passenger side automatic sliding door stopped working one day without warning. The door than jammed in the open position. With 3 children in the car there was no way to safely drive the car without closing door. Thankfully we were able to free the frayed cable, unjam the door, and close it. Because the car was no longer covered by the warranty toyota wants $2000+ to fix the door.
Sliding side door cable snapped. I have had it in for repairs several times (the cable was replaced as well as many other parts costing $1,500). I am not at the point for the third time that the door will not open and toyota believes it is yet another part related to the door.
The driver side rear passenger sliding door motor burned up and destroyed the cable and the door hinges broke and went off track. We were told it was not under warranty and would be $1700 to fix.
The cable on the passenger side sliding rear door snapped, making it impossible to close the door. I had to drive my 5 year old home with the door stuck open, which is extremely unsafe, but there was no apparent alternative. After much wrestling with the door, we finally succeeded in getting it closed again, so at least we're now driving with it closed, but it's unusable even manually. Did some research and found that a tsb (el004-04) was issued in april of 2004 and production fixes were made, but the drivers of vehicles manufactured prior to the production fixes weren't even notified, and the tsb authorized repairs only to vehicles showing problems prior to 3 years/36,000 miles, despite the known design problem. Of course it's well out of warranty now and toyota customer service refuses to help in any way with a repair estimated around $2000. This is absurd for a known design problem that poses a substantial safety hazard.
Cable broke off the motor that controls the right side sliding door. Vehicle was less than 4 years old when breakage occurred. Since owning the vehicle the door would on occasion not open properly. Brought the vehicle back to dealership on several occasions while still under warranty and they stated they could not duplicate the problem. When brought to the dealer for repair of the cable I was told the repair would cost $1600.00.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 toyota sienna. When the contact attempted to open the rear passenger side door, he noticed that the power door would not function. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they stated that the door needed to be replaced. Prior to the failure, the contact noticed that the door would not operate properly. The current and failure mileages were 114,000. Updated 10-30-08 *bf updated 10/31/08.
2004 toyota sienna automatic sliding door jammed. Unable to close door and needed to shift to manual mode. Cable snapped and could have caused injury if someone was by the door.
2004 sienna back door left struts broken... Will close the door when all open ..almost hit me..no warranty and need to pay $ca 800 to fix.
Power side door (passenger side) stuck in the open position. Cable frayed and prevents door opening or closing.
Cable used to open/close the passenger sliding door snapped and caused door to close without warning and almost pinched fingers.
Passenger sliding door on my '04 le, 36,000 mi. Minivan just failed. There is a snapped and broken cable/wire hanging out the back. I cannot get the door more than a few inches open by wrestling with it.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the cable that runs through the door was rusted. After use, the cable snapped in half and was hanging outside the vehicle. The contact cut the cable because she did not want the vehicle to be scratched. The dealer stated that the entire door needed to be repaired at the contact's expense. The failure and current mileages were 67,000.
The automatic sliding door for our 2004 toyota sienna minivan failed and then fell off, the door weighs over one hundred pounds, and is inoperable in case of an accident, and amy have hurt someone when it fell off.
'04 toyota sienna xle driver side, passenger sliding door failure without warning or incident. Cable broken and hanging from rear end of door. Door only opens a few inches with brute strength. Diagnosis by toyota service not complete. Ernie palmer toyota of jacksonville says not under warranty and that they have never heard of this type incident. I see many complaints for this model online. Is this a mfgr. Defect that toyota should cover?
Toyota sienna sliding doors do not work properly and cost over $1,600.00 to fix each door. I just had the driver side replaced. No one explained what was wrong. Now the right side does not work properly. It keeps clicking and clacking. I have to manually open it part way for it to catch on. I have to also manually close it part way to catch on. I'm afraid something bad is going to happen. I'm trying to save up $2,000.00 to get it fixed. I will not buy another sienna again.
After opening and closing the fuel cap door on the 2004 sienna causes the driver side sliding door to intermittently jam and not open. This has happened several times in the past 2 years. To fix, one must squeeze hand into door crack and push down the lever that is stopping the door from sliding. Sometimes this jam causes the door to not close.
My 2004 toyota sienna xle has the driver's side automatic sliding door (for passengers in the back) that occasionally will not open, other times will not close, and sometimes after opening it will close uncommanded. In my opinion this is definitely a safety issue that toyota is unwilling to recognize. This problem is widely reported by several toyota sienna owners. Evidently the automatic door has a mechanism that will prevent the door from opening, or close it automatically is already open if it "thinks" the fuel cap is open. Luckily my kids were not injured, but had they been standing neat the door they would have been trapped by it. Also, should a rapid escape from the car be necessary, it would be impossible to use the passenger sliding door as an emergency exit.
I have an 04 toyota sienna with power sliding doors. The left sliding door cable snapped and stopped opening automatically. The cable was hanging on the outside. It was frayed and rusty. The door now is not functional by manual or electric. When I took the vehicle to the toyota dealership, I was told that the repair cost was $2498.00 and that the motor, mounting brackets and other various parts would need to be replaced. I have a hard time swallowing the thought of this cost considering the cable is rusted and broke in half with no fault of my own. Although I am out of warranty period, I would think this problem, would need to be consider or looked into as a recall for this vehicle considering it is a very common complaint with 04 sienna's. You would like that with the cost of the vehicle, something like a rusty cable cord would not need to be worry. Nor would having to pay an additional $2500 out of pocket to correct a vehicle defect. I have had 4 toyota vehicles not including this one. I currently have an 04 xle limited sienna and paid a large amount of money for this vehicle not thinking that a toyota nor the model would need an extended warranty. Any consideration in this matter would be greatly appreciated. I have a spouse who is serving 15 months in iraq to try and make a difference in our society and it is a shame that I can not get any assistance or help with an issue that seems to be a manufacturer defect.
I have a 2004 toyota sienna xle limited edition mini van. It has been into the dealer before because the power sliding doors would freeze up in the winter and you could not get it open. Now it is summer time and the wiring that allows the power slide door to slide just snapped! My 5 year old son opened the door by pushing the button and snap! Then the door was partially open and didn't want to close all the way yet wouldn't slide open either. Upon inspection of the wiring it appears weathered. Meaning rusted. When I called the dealership I was told it would be $1200 for the part. When I complained about the price I was told the option was to not use the door. Well of course that is an option but not a very good one. What is the point of having power sliding doors if you can't use them. And if this is the case for the power sliding door on the left then how long before the power sliding door on the right does the same?
The power passenger side sliding door on my 2004 toyota sienna le with just over 50,000 became jammed in the open position due to a cable rusting and breaking. This resulted in having to drive with children in the vehicle with the door open. Once a second fraying cable was cut, the door is now in stuck in the locked position and occupants have to enter the vehicle from the drivers door which faces traffic. Working on getting this problem fixed, but toyota is aware of the problem since their is a tsb el004-04, but is not helping in getting it done. Initial estimates are over $2000. This problem should be classified as a recall.
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