2004 Toyota Sienna seats problems

Filed Jul 4, 2018 · Electrical, Lights · 179,339 miles · LA · fire

Electrical fire inside parked van occurred overnight and burned driver and passenger front seats, dash, and all air vents and all plastic component located near all vents. Van was parked on street in front of my house.

Filed Jul 2, 2014 · Seats · IL

The drivers and front passenger door makes a loud popping noise when opening and closing due to broken welds. Doors apparently cannot be welded but must be replaced. Toyota should be responsible for replacing doors at no cost to the consumer. Welds should not break . Incident date is approximate.

Filed Jan 31, 2014 · Seats · 120 miles · AZ · 12 injuries

My children were trying to get to the third row seat and pulled on the latch of the seat on the second row and the seat rapidly snapped down and out crushing my little one. Since that incident my children were very careful about using the handle to bring the seat down. I have had other people ride in my car that do not know how fast and dangerous these seats snap down and out that have been hit by the seats on my occasions. We call it the "jaws of death" but this is not a laughing matter. I did write to toyota about this but never even received a response. The other problem we've had has been with the sliding doors. They keep breaking and not closing properly.

Filed Feb 28, 2011 · Electrical, Seats · 50,000 miles · VA · fire · 1 injury

In early january 2011, the heater for the passenger car seat in my toyota sienna burned through the leather, through my 12 year old daughter's dress and superficially burned her leg. I believe the seat is defective as a fuse or other safety feature should have prevented such an injury/event.

Filed Feb 24, 2011 · Seats · WV

2004 toyota sienna heated seats. Drivers sided heated seat failed right after expiration of our warranty toyota quoted 800 for repair without any offer of assistance. Passenger side heated seat quit working approximately a year later.

Filed May 23, 2010 · Electrical, Engine · 60,000 miles · KS

I have 2 different complaints. Driver side seat heater burned legs of 3 different drivers before complete failure. Heat was not adjustable. Driver and passenger heaters stopped working at same time. Took to dealer, recommended new heating element ($1000+). Opted not to fix. 2nd complaint, check engine, vsc, and trac off lights illuminated. The van has been sent to the dealer on at least 3 occasions. Gas cap has been replaced several times, spark plugs changed. Will go off for brief periods, but always to return. This has been going on for at least 30,000 miles. I could live with the check engine light on, but if the other lights are illuminated, that indicates these components are not working-kind of important-skid control & traction control!! There are many complaints out there on blogs, doesn't look like anyone has filed any reports with your office regarding this same problem, which is too bad because it's obviously a problem not with just sienna but several other models as well. Extremely frustrating when even the dealer can't determine what the problem really is!! We purchased this vehicle because of the safety features. Not so sure about it if their safety features malfunction!

Filed May 1, 2010 · Electrical, Seats · 95,000 miles · IL · fire

Toyota (2004 sienna) seat heater burned a hole through the leather on drivers seat. Toyota (judy faul) interviewed me/my case and submitted to terrence chu (regulatory affairs). He wrote me a letter 3 months later and said toyota was not at fault because I had a towel (8"x8" baby burp cloth) adjacent to my leg (left outer thigh) and the owners manual states "not to use an insulating object" with the seat heater operating. He never contacted me for clarification on the incident. I have been denied access to anyone at toyota. The dealer (peoria, il) said they will repair for $1337, but will not support me to repair the damage the faulty heater created. I can see their logic if sitting on a stack of towles, but not a rag, of which the consistency is less than the ski pants worn (with the heater operating) or my wife sweater dresses in the same manner. Personal friends (torry olsen) had the same year van and the same problem. Toyota repaired theirs as it was under warranty. The heater element is still hooked up (and dangerous) and toyota will not service unless we pay.

Filed Nov 15, 2009 · Seats · 32,000 miles · WV

Front driver seat heater quit working.

Filed Feb 2, 2009 · Seats · 50,000 miles · MA

Both seat heaters failed after 50k miles and 3.5 years old.

Filed Nov 14, 2008 · Locks, Seats · 83,600 miles · FL

Left side sliding door is not closing or opening automatically every time when button is pushed it won't open or close sometimes but only if I pull on the handle and pull it open part of the way and then it goes the rest of the way closed seat heater hasn't worked for at least a year I'm guessing even after having it "repaired"also the door won't lock or unlock with the automatic button anymore.