2004 Toyota Sienna: won't start

Filed Feb 14, 2021 · Body · IL

Part # 69300-08011 rear left door latch with power sliding door malfunction causing a safety problem door remained opening and closing could cause passenger or items transporting to fall out of vehicle .it also caused battery to drain vehicle wouldn't start without being jumped even replaced battery with a new battery same thing happened . This part has become a problem in many of these 2004 toyota sienna mini vans . A safety recall need to be concidered .

Filed Feb 24, 2015 · Transmission · 57,000 miles · OH

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 toyota sienna. The contact received the federal safety agency campaign number: 13v429000 (power train). The contact stated the vehicle was seen by the dealer for repairs. The contact stated that when attempting to start the ignition, the vehicle would not start. The vehicle was eventually able to start and taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 57,000.

Filed Jun 24, 2011 · Electrical · 82,000 miles · CA

Most recently, passenger side automatic door stopped mid-way, I closed it manually, drove a couple of feet and turned off the car. Then the car would not start. Door is not working automatically only manually. Started easily with jumper cables but continues to not start on its own most of the time, usually when engine is cold it won't start on its won. This happened about 8 months ago and dealer said it needed a starter even though I showed printout from tow truck showing it wasn't the starter. This also happened some time before that and dealer said I needed a new battery and that seemed to fix the problem temporarily. This has been a problem since I first purchased the car and the dealer did not fix the problem.

Filed Jan 7, 2010 · Body · 112,000 miles · 00

2004 sienna xle power sliding door fell off. The power sliding function has been a troublesome issue with this door for over 2 years but since it did not start to fail until just after the warranty period ended toyota insists that there is no issue for them to address. We having been using this door in manual opening mode with power assisted closing for 2 years. Last week the cable became snagged in the mechanism but the door still worked in full manual mode. 3 days ago my wife placed our daughter in the vehicle and went to close the door. When the door was nearly closed the top and center rollers came out of their tracks and the door fell off the vehicle in her hand. The sharp bottom edge of the door nearly hit her toes and could easily have severed the end of her foot. The bottom hinge bracket is now bent and the back corner of the door is damaged from striking the ground. Dealer quote for the repairs is over $4000. From reading various posts on the internet this would appear to be a common defect with this vehicle which I consider to be a serious safety issue. I count us fortunate that neither my wife nor my daughter were seriously injured by this occurrence. Had she not caught the door before it struck the vehicle beside her or swung inwards toward my daughter who was sitting right beside it, the situation could have been much worse.

Filed Mar 10, 2008 · Electrical, Transmission · 2,134 miles · MI

On 5/29/2004 I purchased my toyota sienna. I started having "mysterious" lights coming on at all different times. On 7/15/2004, I went out to my car and it wouldn't start. This was the beginning of a nightmare. Since then my car has been in the shop at least 6 times for this problem. I have not had my car start at least once a month since I purchased it. I would usually just jump the battery but they could never tell me the reason why it kept on happening. There were times that I couldn't even leave my doors open for 5 minutes without it wearing the battery down. When the battery is checked it is always fine. When the battery is fully charged I have the interior lights turn on for no reason. They have put in a new battery and replaced the jbl audio switch because that had been shown to turn on intermittently and drain the battery/engine. Neither of these solutions have worked. They finally told me that my car had too many "bells and whistles" (which all are factory installed) and that I need to connect to a car charger when I come home or to go on long drives at least once a week.

Filed Apr 3, 2006 · Electrical · 8,189 miles · SC

Battery saver feature discussed in owner's manual for 2004 sienna does not work. Sliding door inadvertently left open for 3 hours while visiting country friends. Battery drained to point engine would not turn over. Had to connect battery charger in cold rain to crank. Owners camping out with this vehicle may find themselves stranded and could possibly result in loss of life.