Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. The contact stated that when taking his vehicle in for an inspection they informed him that the spare tire has corroded, could possibly detach from the vehicle and impact with another vehicle. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign id number: 10v160000 (structure). The contact also wanted to mention that the recall only involves 20 states and believed that it should be expanded. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 58,000. Updated 02/03/11
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2005 toyota sienna: during cool/cold weather, the automatic lift gate closes immediately and without as soon as it fully opens - both when using the key fob and when opened manually. The problem began in 2009, abated during the summer of 2010 and has begun again in nov. 2010 now that the cool weather is upon us.
The paint/coating on my rims is bubbling and flaking off. It has been getting steadily worse since I purchased the vehicle used in 2009. I have not tried to contact a dealer about it as it is beyond the 36 month warranty period and any special adjustment from toyota likely would be a huge up-hill battle and would probably just end up wasting my time.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. While the vehicle was parked, the contact noticed that the driver side door was extremely difficult to open and once opened, it would exhibit a loud popping sound. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and he was advised that the spot welding was fractured. The vehicle was no longer under warranty. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 76,000 and the current mileage was 78,500.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the passenger side sliding door cable fractured and the door was no longer operational. The vehicle was not inspected or repaired. The contact called the manufacturer who offered no assistance as the vehicle was no longer under warranty. The current and failure mileage was approximately 76,000.
Tl*the contact owns 2005 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the driver side door makes a loud noise when it was opened. The vehicle was inspected by the dealer who offered no assistance. The manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance only an extended warranty. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000. The current mileage was approximately 65,000.
2005 toyota sienna right power sliding door inoperative after battery changed.
Cable to the automatic sliding door of our 2005 toyota sienna suddenly snapped, and could easily have been a dangerous situation with kids getting out of the van if I had not blocked the sliding door from hitting them. It appears this is a very common problem for the sienna, see also: http://www.aboutautomobile.com/complaint/2004/toyota/sienna/door http://www.tundrasolutions.com/forums/sienna/103978-2004-sienna-power-sliding-door-cable/ http://www.bing-int.com/search?q=wire+snapped+the+sliding+door+sienna&go=&form=qbre&qs=n&sk=.
Toyota sienna front door weld failure occurs spontaneously. Michelle at toyota corporate says "not maint. Nor operation fault" & "no different owner action to prevent". Letter sent by toyota 11/02/07 stated in effect"if no noise...no action necessary" which serves to delay owner action until out of warranty. Toyota successfully shifted $2000.00 responsibility from themselves to me.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the driver side door was loose and it would swing out. Because of the door, the window would not function properly. The vehicle was inspected at a repair shop and the contact was informed that the welds in a panel were the cause of the failure as there was nothing to catch the door. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The contact called the manufacturer who offered no assistance. The current mileage was approximately 82,000. The failure mileage was approximately 75,000.
I have 2005 toyota sienna which its driver side door started making a popping noise from sept-7-2010. I searched the forums about this issue and found this door welding came off and the door may fall off any time. I talked to toyota and they said I am out of warranty by few days. My sienna has 31k mileage. I found from forums the only solution is to change the entire door. I talked to toyota again they agreed to weld it for 50% of cost. Rest of the 50% I need to pay. I did not receive any recall notice regarding this door latching/popping issue from toyota.
The cable related to the automatic sliding passenger door on my 2005 toyota sienna snapped. I took it to the dealer and he said it rusted through. The wire for the sliding door mechanism is on the outside of the vehicle. I has thin layer of black protective coating. It will cost $1800 to repair as the cable and motor are one unit. It is beyond comprehension why an oem would design an automobile with the cable system exposed to the elements. The extreme weather in minnesota we experience is quite taxing to an automobile, regardless of electrical design. But to have the electrical components exposed to salt and other corrosive materials is just really bad product design and should be corrected.
Driver's side automatic door sticks and will not close automatically. We have to manually help it along the way. I was told by the dealership that they wouldn't repair it because they said because it was a hinge problem, which is not covered in the warranty. The door only opens and closes now when I manually help it along the way.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. The contact observed when the front driver side door was opened the hinge would make a popping noise. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection. The technician informed that the door would need to be replaced to correct the problem. The repair cost was $1,600. The manufactured issued a voluntary recall related to the defect; however, the recall expired. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The failure mileage was 83,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. While the vehicle was parked, the contact opened the front driver side door, and there was a popping noise. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where they inspected the vehicle and informed the contact that the door stop had broken. The door would need to be replaced to correct the problem. The technician advised when accessing the door potentially it would open fully wide without resistance. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 100,000.
2005 sienna van - purchased new; the driver's side door started popping when it would be opened and closed. The welds had broken and the entire closing mechanism had to be re-welded. The van has not been misused and this should not have happened.
My son was opening the rear hatchback of my 2005 toyota sienna, he opened it fully and without warning it closed almost injuring my 3 year old who was climbing in the trunk and hitting my older son who was opening it on the back. Now the hatchback closes without being propped up. It is very difficult to load groceries and you need two adults to do this one to prop up the door and one to load the groceries. My main concern is having one of my five children get hurt or killed. The door is heavy enough to seriously injured or killed.
Locking mechanism on passenger sliding door failed. Door would not open.
At about 107,000 miles, our 2005 toyota sienna driver's side door began making a loud popping. No incident LED to the initiation of this noise. Investigation revealed broken welds at the door stop connection. Further investigation revealed a significant number of other complaints including a service bulletin (nv003-07). Toyota was contacted and after about 2 weeks of follow-up, it was determined that they would not assist us in any way citing a lack of "service history" with the dealership. We were over our extended warranty mileage by about 7000 miles and the time by about 3.5 months. We are the second owners of the van, but the original owners were my wife's parents. Nothing has been done so far to repair the door. A proper fix would include installing a new door. We are a middle class family working on a budget though so that is out of the question. We will have to find an alternative. Options include 1)removing the door stop allowing the door to freely swing...definite safety concern. 2)drilling out the spot welds and mig welding them back...nobody is having any luck with this from what I am reading. 3) drilling out the spot welds and attaching with a bolt...only temporary from what I am reading...cracks form in the welded materials. The temptation is to temporarily fix the problem and then sell the vehicle. We are honest faithful people so I would not be able to stick another family with this issue. Some might argue that this is not a safety problem. Since the stop is still partially attached, my wife has been entering and exiting through the passenger side door to prevent any further damage. Complete failure would result in extreme difficulty fixing it and pose a serious threat to one of my three unsuspecting children when they open it up. I have already read of children being hurt by a free swinging sienna door. This is a manufacturing problem. Welds aren't supposed to break. The materials between the weld should break first. It was a bad weld from day 1.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the rear lift gate no longer stays up on it owns. The contact had the rear lift gate repaired for this same problem in july 2007 and now the gate needs to be repaired again. The dealer stated that this normal and they have to be replaced ever few years. The failure mileage was 40,000 and the current mileage was 70,000.
Automatic rear doors will not lock or unlock or open or shut with remote. Are extremely difficult to open manually. I was told they could be repaired at a cost of over $1200 per door. I also had a problem with the rear automatic hatch which was repaired under warranty. I see a pattern here.
Cable for driver's side power sliding door broke, rendering the door completely inoperable. This door is now completely unusable; it will not open or close manually or with the power operation. This would be a significant safety issue in an accident or other emergency situation.
2005 toyota sienna toyota knew about these issues and they don't put out a recall or fix the problem. The motor to pull the sliding door on the passenger side broke on my van and the actuator to release the lock also went out at the same time. I search on the internet and they have more than 100 pages from other consumer about this problem. This prevent the door from closing, or if the door is close then it remain lock at all time and we can't even open the door. In case of accident we can't open the door how are we going to get out. I have three children in the car and these are very important safety issues. I had to pay almost $2000 to repair these issues. Please help me and other owner to make toyota pay for these repair. They should learn their lesson, because they have too many issues with their vehicle. My family is a loyal toyota customer. Please help us to get reimbursement for this repair, and help our family and other family in the us and the world about this issue.
2005 toyota sienna sliding door failure - won't open or close.
Power sliding door on sienna 2005 not working. Seems like cable snap. Van has 50,000 miles.
The cable on the driver-side sliding door of my 2005 toyota sienna minivan snapped making the door hazardous to operate.
2005 toyota sienna power doors are failing. Today I could not get my kids out as both doors failed to open. The drivers side door opens about 4-6 inches and it make a loud noise and closes again. The passenger door has failed about a year after we bought the vehicle and the dealer replaced the electric motor. Also seat belts get stuck and you are not able to retract them, dealer said it was normal for seatbelt to get stuck when it folds in incorrectly. Very unsafe situations as we have our kids in the vehicle most of the time.
1 - no events (accidents or the like) leading to failure. 2 - failure is power sliding door (passenger side) - 2 parts - one is power sliding door does not open when buttons are pressed (though it attempts to, but fails to open), second part is that the door does not open manually either (whether using interior or exterior handles for exiting vehicle) 3 - have attempted to reset system as online tsb and blogs state to do for all sienna sliding door errors (no end to the number of complaints in chat rooms or blogs); now have service appointment safety concern - since door will not open at all, and children ride in the rear of vehicle, in the event of accident, children cannot be extracted thru door without breaking windows unless they can make it to another working door.
The driver's side door is falling off of my 2005 toyota sienna minivan. Toyota issued a service bulletin recall for this defect in 2005. The problem 1st appeared in my car in march 2007. The folsom lake toyota dealer repaired my vehicle by sending it out to a welding company to be repaired. I was provided with a rental car at no charge by toyota. The description of the defect, as stated on the repair slip is as follows: "...found door deformed and weld broken inside door , 23 replaced drivers door check, sublet to body shop for repair of door." I have a copy of this original repair form. The 2nd time this defect re-appeared was on july 8, 2010. I immediately reported the problem to toyota corporate, was assigned case # 1007081422 and was advised by the toyota corporate representative that the toyota of richmond, indiana dealer would be calling me within 3 days to make an appointment to bring my car in and receive a free rental until my car's deformities were fixed. The dealer failed to respond within 3 days, and I called corporate again on 7-14-10 and spoke with catherine. She sent another request to toyota of richmond and said that I would hear from the dealer within 24 hrs. Again, toyota of richmond failed to contact me. I called toyota corporate moments ago (7-16-10), and jessie said they have no control over their dealers fixing toyota defects and that I should try to contact them myself. Toyota has a legal and ethical responsibility to fix their known defective problems. After all of these failed attempts to get richmond toyota to contact me to initiate the repair process, toyota should be fined and/or toyota should be prohibited from selling in the us marketplace. The driver side door is clearly falling off and will cause injuries when this happens.
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