Power sliding door on passenger side of 2005 toyota sienna xle minivan does not open.
2005 Toyota Sienna body complaints
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I own a 2005 toyota sienna le without automatic doors. 1. In the winter the doors freeze shut and will open on their own while driving once the temperature warms up. Anything under 38 degrees this happens. 2. The sliding rear doors do not open about 50% of the time, once the passenger side door did not open for 4 months and then started working again out of the blue. I find these glitches dangerous to my family. Especially, when the frozen doors open while driving or when the sliding doors will not open from the inside or outside. What if the car was on fire or submerged in water? We would die.
2005 toyota sienna passenger side automatic sliding door has ceased to function. It can no longer be opened either manually or automatically. This poses a serious situation should someone need to exit the vehicle in an emergency. Additionally the driver's side sliding door is reluctant to open without very sharply pulling on the handle to disengage the lock. This has slowly been deteriorating over the last couple of years. If this were to fail then there would be no form of egress for rear passengers.
My rear hatch on the 2005 toyota sienna minivan does not stay up when opened. The weight of the rear door (trunk) makes this very dangerous as I put things in and take them out because I have to hold it up with one hand. No accidents or anything else occurred, so I think it is just a wear issue. The dealership is charging an excessive amount to fix it. Also my sliding passenger side door will not work automatically when the button is pushed anymore. No accidents or other damage.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. While attempting to place items in the trunk of the vehicle, the rear tailgate failed and struck the contact on her head. The failure caused a deep gash. There were no prior warnings. The contact then proceeded to go to the hospital and had her wounds cleaned. She is currently on medication for the severe headaches caused by the liftgate failure. The contact is in the process of taking the vehicle to the dealer for further inspection. She will also notify the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 65,000.
2005 toyota sienna - the sliding door motor failed leaving the sliding door jammed in an open position. We have three small children that we had to get home with the door jammed in the open position. Now, the door can be manually opened and closed by an adult on a level on a level incline. On an unlevel incline, it is difficult for an adult and not possible for a child, making it a hazard if a child were to attempt to operate the door. The quoted cost to fix the motor was $1900 for parts and labor.
The sliding door on my 2005 toyota sienna minivan stuck open and would not close. I have to drive home with the door open until I was able to force it close. Now it only work manully.
2005 toyota sienna automatic sliding doors fail. I have had problems since there was less than 20k miles but each time I brought it in it always worked. They never documented the visits therefore showing no history of the problem other than my word. I had bought an non toyota extended warranty and the driver side door completely failed right before it was up. I told them the other door had the same problem and they said they couldn't do anything under warranty unless it acted up for them. Less than 4k miles later and outside of my warranty the other door completely failed. Toyota and the dealership is not helping. They even claim that this is not a common problem. I find that hard to believe after reading several webpostings describing the exact problem. This is a serious safety issue. If I were to be in an emergency I could only get my third child out from the hatch. This needs to be a recall. Please help!
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the automatic sliding door was not opening and closing on its own. She must open and close it manually. The contact will not take the vehicle to the dealer for inspection because it would cost over $1,200 to repair. The manufacturer will be notified. The failure mileage was 67,000.
Toyota sienna passenger sliding power door was opened by push-button automation. When the door was closed using the same method the door did not close and the cable, used to pull the door open and closed, snapped producing a loud pop. I was not standing next to the door so there was no injury sustained but a safety hazard seemed possible. The motor, cable and pulley system was completely replaced at my sole cost even though damage was not done by any fault of my own and the vehicle was only four years old (2005) with approximately 50k miles of wear and consistent maintenance.
Toyota sienna 2005 van: sliding doors do not operate consistently. They get stuck open or will not open when closed.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. When the contact lifted the liftgate on her vehicle, it dropped down on her head. The contact was not injured. The hinges failed and caused the failure. The dealer stated that the vehicle would be repaired for free since it was part of an extended warranty program. There was a recall for the power liftgates, but not for the manual liftgates. The contact found several complaints about this failure and feels that it is a major safety hazard. The vehicle is currently at the dealer being repaired. The VIN was unknown. The failure and current mileages were 43,000.
2005 toyota sienna, driver side automatic sliding door jammed. The drive cable for door jammed so my wife was unable able to manually or electrically open the door to get my toddlers out of the van. She had to drive with the door open and children in their carseats with the van door open to a autorepair shop. At the shop the mechanic was able to get the door to lock in the open position, but was unable to get it closed. She had to drive the vehicle home with the door wide open, fortunately she wasn't more the 10 miles from home.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the rear door rises when it is engaged. The two struts that support the door are known as the rear gauge strut assembly. The door closes on its own and could cause injuries. The contact went to the dealer to have the door repaired and was informed that the federal safety agency declared that the replacement struts were also defective. The failure mileage was 35,000 and current mileage was 80,000.
2005 toyota sienna ce, manual rear lift gate struts have failed, will no longer hold the lift gate open. Toyota sent out a notice for power lift gates with the same problem. I took this complaint to my local dealership and they stated that my VIN number was not included in the notice, I then proceeded to address the issue to toyota corporation and they have declined my request to replace a part that is defective according to the service manager at the dealership. I am really disappointed at the fact that you have to spend more money to buy a more expensive version of this vehicle to get taken care of. We are fortunate that this did not result in any injuries, as this door almost fell on my 3 year old child while I was holding it up and he was helping me remove some stuff from the back.
For 2005 toyota sienna facing problem with right side power sliding door. Went to dealer and was told that the cables which actuate door movement are binding and striking out of tracts. New motor/cable assembly is required to repair the door. The total cost for door replacement is around $1700 + labor. It seems this is a recurring problem with 2004/2005 toyota siennas and toyota has not acknowledged this to be an issue. A lot of sienna owners have contacted toyota in the past and the response from toyota has been different with each person. Can this issue be taken with toyota motor so that a recall is issued and toyota accepts responsibility for flawed design.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. In cold weather, the rear sliding doors become stuck and do not move. The contact had to exit her children via the front doors. She was concerned that she would not be able to exit her children from the vehicle quickly in the event of an emergency. The dealer stated that the cable snapped on the automatic door. The manufacturer has not been notified and the vehicle has not been repaired. The current mileage was 38,616 and failure mileage was approximately 26,000.
Passenger side automatic sliding door will no longer open or operate and is a safety issue.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the passenger side sliding door sticks and is extremely difficult to open. She has to use excessive force to open the door. The door also freezes in the winter. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer three or four times, but they could not duplicate the failure. The dealer stated that once the 36 month warranty expired, the repair would cost $1,800. In addition, the rear automatic hatchback closes prematurely and too quickly, which could injure the contact's children. The failure mileage was 20,000 and current mileage was 32,000.
The sliding door on my 2005 toyota sienna has a broken cable. The door will no longer close automatically. I had to drive home with the door open. The cost of the clutch motor assembly is $ 1500.
2005 toyota sienna automatic power sliding door damage. Motor assembly broken all of the sudden during usual opening (w/o any cause or warning). Door was not able to close. Had to be tied to keep from throwing open while driving to dealership. Could not tie shut - a 1 foot wide gap remained. Forums and discussion sites specify this as commonplace. The cost to repair is extremely high (over$1k). Definitely a candidate for a recall.
I have a toyota sienna 2005. The powered side door always stays shut when the outside temperature is below 35. Whenever this problem occurs, the door stays ajar. That means that I can't open nor fully close it, so while driving, the alarm keeps going off and I can't look the car either. This is a safety hazard.
I have a 2005 sienna that I purchased about 3 years ago. For about two years it has had the problem of not closing. At first it would only close every now and then, and now it won't open or close at all. When the weather is cold, neither of the sliding door will open unless you climb in the front and kick it open. I've taken it into the sandy, utah dealership about 5 different times to have them check it out and they said nothing was wrong with it. I'm about to take it in again because now it won't work at all, so I did a little research to find out if there was a recall or if others had the same problem. To my surprise there are numerous people having the same problem with their 2004-2006 sienna's. Why then is there no recall? Why are people getting the run around from dealerships, poor service and being charged a mint to repair the door? Why is this product and service such poor quality?
Manual sliding door is stuck. It opens a couple of inches, but seems to be locked. Also, the driver's front door has a popping sound when opening. The power passenger's side sliding door gets stuck sometimes. It either fails to open or close. My young children have often to climb through the front seats to get to the back seats as often we cannot open the sliding doors.
My 2005 toyota sienna liftgate struts failed on 2-27-2009 when the open door collapsed without being supported as it normally would by the struts. My wife still had her hands under the door and was able to catch it to prevent it from falling onto my son who was under the door. This is a manually operated door, not a power operated door, and the local toyota dealer service department says it is not covered by the previous recall for this problem. This should not happen on a four year old car, and is still a safety issue that toyota should repair. Why is this failure covered under a recall for a powered door but not for a manually operated one? This door can freefall all the way down, so is potentially more dangerous than the powered one due to the speed with which it can fall, in my opinion. As a result of the failure to include all struts in ths recall, I will now be forced to carry a 2x4 to prop open the liftgate while waiting for a new recall to be issued before I can get it fixed. This is a dangerous situation that should have been recalled along with the other faulty doors, and it appears that someone or some organization(s) decided that economics was more important that consumer safety. You need to correct this mistake.
Right side sliding door does not close and rubs against the body of the car.
The driver's side car door of my 2005 toyota sienna van makes a loud popping noise when it is opened. The middle hinge is pulling the car body frame out. I have read that this is a welding problem on the part of toyota. Toyota has refused to fix this problem or issue a recall as I am over their mileage by 9k but I never received any notification of this problem in the mail. The drivers side door hinge has become dangerously loose from the metal door frame.
My 2005 toyota sienna xle awd vehicle's automatic side doors become stuck and will not open. It happens in cold weather and is very upsetting because if I have attempted to open the door and then it will not open when I drive it I am afraid it might become "unstuck" and open on it's own. I called the dealer about the problem and they told my to bring it in and they would grease the doors but that is not the problem. Something inside the door mechanism is freezing due to the cold. After the car is used for a while the doors start working again. I am afraid my passengers will get locked in the back and that I will be unable to get them out of the car.
My 2005 toyota xle limited, driver's side sliding door stopped working. During this winter, it's frozen few times and went back to normal working condition and finally today it's stopped working properly. On open button the motor seems to work, however, I need to slide to few inches to make it work, and same to closing the door I need to slide few inches or more to make it work.
2005 toyota sienna side doors (sliding) constantly lock up in cold weather (less than 40 degrees) prohibiting me from using either door to get my children into my car. There is no way to correct this issue. Turning on your car and warming it up for even as long as one half hour has no effect. To compound matters, once someone has attempted to open either of the doors, the car alarm continues to beep (warning that a door is ajar). Also, I am unable to fully re-close the doors when this happens. Thus, I am forced to drive with my doors not fully closed (as they should be). This is more than an inconvenience. My safety and that of my children is being compromised, driving with the doors stuck in a slightly ajar position. Also, it is dangerous for my children to be climbing in and out of the car through the rear hatchback because the sliding doors will not open. I cannot solve nor prevent this problem. Placing the car in the garage has no effect. Same problem. I have complained numerous times to my car dealership to no avail. They simply tell me to graphite the door seals. This does not help. The door seals are inadequate.
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