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 Toyota Sienna locks complaints
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The cable of the right side passenger sliding door broke. The dealer crystal toyota at green brook, nj said they can't just replace the cable. Instead, they have to replace the motor and cable unit altogether. The cost will be $2600. I checked online and found that many people are experiencing the same problem. Also, a lot of people said the other side will have the same problem within weeks. That is, it will cost $5200 just to fix the 2 pieces of cable. Since this defect is related to the doors which is basic safety issue, I think toyota should definitely issue recall on it and not ripping off people's money.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The sliding doors on my 2004 toyota sienna freeze up in the winter. This concerns me because I can not open the doors. Therefore my children need to climb into the front of the van to get out or climb in the back and exit the vehicle through the hatchback. They must also enter the van through the front driver's door or the front passenger door. In the event of an emergency, my children will be at risk because they are not able to exit the vehicle properly.
2004 toyota sienna minivan - automatic door cable become jammed causing the door to not close (and as a result making the car undrivable - safety issue). In order to close the door the cable had to be cut. A simple search will find dozens of similar complaints about these cables snapping or becoming jammed resulting in repair bills of between $1500 and $2000. This defect needs to be addressed by the manufacturer.
2004 toyota sienna van. Automatic door opener got hung up in the cable that it uses to open and close itself. Door will not close manually or automatically. Cable has become ensnarled and tangled in the mechanism although the cable is still intact.
Left rear manual sliding door on 2004 toyota sienna minivan will not open from inside or out. 1st occurrence was approximately august 2007. Was repaired and broke again approximately may 2008.
Power side door cable snapped making it difficult to open driver side sliding door and extract child from childseat.
Sliding door issues. I took the vehicle in because the driver's side door wasn't functioning at all automatically and the passenger side door was freezing and not working automatically all the time. The dealership replaced the cable and motor on the drivers side and told me that there was an obstruction causing my problems with the passenger side door (a pokeman card). The was in the spring of 2008. Now in the fall of 2008 I went to the dealer because the passenger door isn't working at all. They have told me it will be $2400.00 for the repair.
Bought 2004 toyota sienna in sept. 06. Van has 40k miles and has an out of alignment right passenger motorized door failure. Door rubs against body and makes grinding noise as it closes. Also driver door has collapsed glass. Dealer wants 100-300 just to inspect and report problem to extended platinum care warranty I purchased. I called extra care (platinum care 7 year or 100k) who mentioned that problem might possibly be covered. Toyota needs to recall the passenger sliding door too many problems posted on internet blogs.
2004 toyota sienna - passenger side sliding door won't open. At first, it wouldn't open from the outside, but using the power button inside would let it open. Now even that doesn't work and the door is useless. Dealer said the part to fix this (actuator) is $700, plus labor. I see many people reporting this problem on various forums, so it seems to be a widespread defect.
2004 toyota sienna - passenger-side automatic sliding door cable snapped. Door will not open or close. Repair shop removed door, found motor and cable assembly broken and latches and cables sprung. Service advisor said we had to replace motor and cable assembly and both front and rear latch and cable assemblies. Parts are $2671, labor estimate $446. Parts were prepaid. Repair is schedule for 8/28/08.
Right side passenger door will not open. It is an automatic sliding door, but the door failed to open 6 months ago and will not open manually. This is an extreme danger and have been told it will cost 1800 dollars to fix. It should at least open manually, but will not. Now I would have to spend 1,800 dollars I do not have.
The passenger side sliding door cable cam loose and snapped.
My 2004 sienna sliding doors have failed numerous times by not opening. This happened off and on for a year. In spring of 2008 the driver side sliding door opened and would not slide back. The cable was broken and it cost us over $1100 to have it fixed and that was with a $500 goodwill credit from the dealership. Now the passenger side door has the exact same problem. After reading some other complaints and looking it up on the internet I have to ask how toyota can ignore such a serious and dangerous issue with a car that is only 4 years old. I have a toyota service bulletin from april 19, 2004 that states there was a production change made on the doors, but my car was produced before this. Why wouldn't toyota be responsible enough to fix the cars prior to the change?
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 toyota sienna. The contact stated that both the driver and passenger rear sliding door locks were defective. Previously, one of the doors came off track and caused the glass to shatter. The dealer repaired the door and glass. On july 1, 2008, the contact's children were trapped in the vehicle because he could not unlock the doors. The children had to be removed from the vehicle through the front driver and passenger side windows. The dealer reprogrammed the computer. The manufacturer was notified, but they did not take a report. The current and failure mileages were 60,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 toyota sienna. The contact stated that while parking the vehicle the passenger sliding door disengaged which caused damaged to the body of the vehicle. The contact felt that rusted cables caused the failure. The current and failure mileages were 103,000. Updated 07/08/08.
I started having trouble completely closing the driver's side sliding door on my 2004 toyota sienna. It has a broken latch mechanism (the door is manual, not power). The latch is held in place in the door with three bolts. Two of them have sheared out of the metal of the door.
It would appear that the mount for the left rear door's lock on my 2004 sienna 8le is broken. The door on the backside has mounts for the female receptable to the u-shaped bolt on the car body. The screws on that mount have torn through the sheet metal and now the door wont close all the way. I think the u-bolt from the body is not sitting completely into that receiver on the door as a result of a small misalignment. The toyota dealer informed me that he's seen this before and suggested that I take the car to a body shop to hammer and weld the thing back into place. Otherwise, he'd have to replace the entire door.
The toyota, sienna minivan has a "safety" feature on it so that when a window is open the side doors will not lock shut when they are opened. This is not a safety feature and results in mishaps and possibly injury, especially if the car is parked on a decline. For example, if the windows are open and you want to help your infant, toddlers or other children out of the car, the side car door will not lock shut and comes slamming into the people. It makes no sense for the car to be designed this way and every summer one of my kids gets hit in the head, arm or I get hit by this door slamming into us. Please check into this. Thank you.
The automatic rear hatch of my 2004 sienna will not stay open.. The safety feature is not working and it continues to close even if you are standing underneath it.. It will not stay open.. Dangerous for me and the kids!
2004 toyota sienna xle limited awd. Power liftgate does not fully open up when I try to open the liftgate with the switch at the driver's console. Manually open the liftgate does the same. This problem started happening sometime in october, 2007 and now the liftgate opening is getting lower than first experienced. I hit my head on the liftgate few times.
I have a 2004 toyota sienna minivan which the tail gate door will not stay open and has fallen down on me, I was not injured, but my grandchildren ride in this car and sometimes leaves things in and should they go in this car without my knowing. *tr they could possible get killed by it coming dowm automatically on them, and you can't stop it from closing.if you open it manually it will not stay up you have to hold it open with one hand and grab what you need with the other and then it slams down hard and fast. This is a possible life threating door,it could crush and kill someone instanly, or sever a limb.it needs to be recalled.!!!!!!
I own a 2004 toyota sienna xle minivan. The rear hatch on my van unexpectedly close by itself when it was in the "open" position. The door came down on my shoulder as I was unloading the van and promptly went back up.
The powered liftgate of my 2004 sienna doesn't stay up when open. It closes regardless of someone being under. I personally got hurt when the door closed one time and my son almost got pinned down as well. I am seeing on the internet a lot of people having the same problem and yet I am surprised that toyota has not issued a recall for such a serious issue. I am taking my car to the dealer to get this fixed since I cannot open the liftgate anymore due to this issue. I believe this is a problem with the gas struts that are defective. After talking to my dealer, this one doesn't seem to think this is a serious issue and that they should take care of it at no charge. Fyi I already replaced these gas struts once (yes this will be the 3rd set in 4 years!).
My wife and I own a 2004 toyota sienna xle with a power rear door. This morning the rear door opened normally; however, as soon as the door opened completely it closed immediately hitting me in the back of the head. I attempted to open the door using the interior button as well as the remote; the door closed immediately regardless of which method I used. I also tried pushing up on the door as it closed which worked but took a great deal of effort. If my five year old was under the door he would not be able to hold the door back and may be seriously injured. I opened the door about five times before the door stayed open.
In the past 5 months, I have been having problems with the automatic sliding doors on both sides of the van. After activating the close button on the side or with the remote, the doors close and then re-open by them selves repeatedly. On several occasions we had closed the door and driven off and the door would open by it self. This is dangerous, someone or something could have fallen out. When the doors will not stay closed, you have to physically using your body to push and hold the door in the close position to make it stay closed. I took it to the dealer and they charged me 2 hrs labor to look at it and they could not replicate the problem. They said if it keeps happening he suggested changing all the lock buttons and a new ecu for about $900 as I am out of warranty as of this past march. This is crazy and dangerous.
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