Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the passenger side sliding door would not open in the vehicle. There is a button in the vehicle that automatically opens the sliding doors, but it is no longer working. The warranty already expired when the failure occurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they stated that the motor and clutch assemblies failed. The vehicle was repaired, but the contact was unable to explain exactly what was done to the vehicle. The vehicle is no longer experiencing the failure, but she believes that this should have been covered as a manufacturer defect. The current and failure mileages were 35,523. Updated 2/9/09 *cn updated 02/13/09.
2005 Toyota Sienna body complaints
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2005 sienna. Passenger sliding door is not opening or closing electronically. It will open and close manually with no apparent obstruction. When attempting to use the key fob or buttons inside the van, we hear the motor make a straining noise and a click, yet the door doesn't move. This has happened before twice, yet seemed to correct itself before I took it to the shop. Now we are 6 months out of warranty and I'm annoyed that it is happening again. Right now, my 6 kids get in and out of the car on the driver's side, which is very inconvenient as it is on the street side as opposed to the curb side of the car. Being a manual door requires me to exit the car also to assist with the door opening/closing.
We have had several door problems with our 2005 sienna xle limited (less than 30,000 miles). Sliding doors routinely freeze shut. Have to climb through front doors. Sliders have also frozen open slightly--forcing us to drive with doors unlocked & ajar with our children in the car. Now the automatic passenger sliding door no longer functions. This is a common known issue--cable snaps. Cost is estimated at $1800. Our children now use the driver side sliding door which is typically street side & extremely unsafe. Or they climb in through front. Can't climb in through back because rear liftgate closes at will. Rear liftgate was replaced prior to recall & now needs repair again. Slams down without warning--usually hitting us in the head or back.
My 2005 toyota sienna's rear door liftgate strut was failed and it's not open the rear gate fully and door close unexpectedly. This cause some minor injuries for my family members including my 3yrs old son I went to dealer to report this problem but the dealer has no idea about any recall or tsb information for this. The dealer just suggested me over $500 to replace the strut.
On both occasions preceding these events the weather was a contributing factor. Whether conditions were rain/ice/snow and freezing temps. On 2 separate incidents both sliding doors have become frozen shut. I was unable to open either door . On one occasion I had to drive the vehicle for about 45 min with the heat on high before I could open the doors. Also the doors were not completely closed causing the interior lights to go on and off and the warning chime to sound continually. We have four young children and will not put them in vehicle through the rear hatch. Not being able to open the doors is an unacceptable safety hazard.
The power sliding door motor broke, leaving frayed parts of the cables hanging from the car. Dealer estimates a cost of close to 2,000. I only have 30k miles on the car and have not mistreated the door in anyway.
I own a toyota sena 2005 the driver side door has a slide bar with rollers to keep the door from swinging wide open. Inside the door the weld for the holer has broken loose. This is a structural damage and very costly to fix. It should be covered by warranty or recall.
Every winter if the outside temp is below 32 degrees (almost every day in wi) both rear sliding doors (one powered, one manual) in our van freeze shut. This is a serious safety issue as I cannot get my 2 small children out of the van without crawling through the front seat to unbuckle them, unacceptable in an emergency. The doors will not open either from the outside or the inside. This does not appear to be an isolated incident; several other sienna owners have the same problem on various model years. Also concerned because attempting to open the doors leads to the latch coming undone and unable to be relatched; thus I am left to drive with unlatched doors that could open on their own at any time (if they thaw) with my children in the backseat. This has occurred twice this year and numerous times last year since we bought the vehicle used in 2007.
Our 2005 toyota sienna minivan's sliding doors will not open every winter when the temperature is approximately 40 degrees or under. It occurs every day and the only way for my young kids to enter the vehicle is through the front, as they are just small enough to squeeze through the front passenger seat if moved all the way forward. It is not acceptable! The doors are also unable to be opened manually. My husband has brain cancer and uses a cane and sometimes a wheelchair. Each time the kids need to get out of the car he also has to get out of the vehicle. The whole situation is dangerous. Toyota has done nothing as several people have had the same issue.
Sliding doors on 2005 toyota sienna get stuck ' cannot open or fully shut. (both manual door and)power door got stuck and would not open but tried to open so it got stuck in a semi open state where it appeared to be closed, however, when I started driving the open door light came on and lights where flickering inside the car because it was not completely shut. There was no way to either open it or completely shut it. Very scary! It was about 38 f and was raining the whole day prior to my driving it. This happened at night. After a short drive and 2 tries the door seemed to go back to normal. This situation has happened several times before (over the years in which we had the car) with the manual door when it is too cold outside - usually below 32f. The door gets stuck and will not open. Usually after the car warms up the door gets unstuck. However, in this instance I have still not been able to open the manual door (this is the driver side sliding door) and this is about 24 hours later I can visually see nothing wrong with it but cannot open it. (or close it when it gets into that appears to be closed but it just a tiny drop open mode) I am the original owner of this car so I know it has been very well taken care of.
Sliding passenger rear door in minivan periodically will not open - either electronically or manually. I was told replacement part could cost $1200 not including labor. As I have two children in the back of my van, I consider it a safety issue as well as a nuisance to not have both doors in working condition. I also fear that eventually both doors will experience this problem.
Our sienna has worked perfectly until our driver side door started making a popping noise. This only occurs on the drivers side. I have never had this occur on any car I have owned. We thought it may be a lubricating issue but after completing some research, it appears to be a common and costly problem for all sienna owners. Money is tight right now and I am scared to have it checked by the dealership since it appears that they have not issued a recall yet and it could require that the entire door be replaced for $3,000? I am very confused as to why this would not be covered since it is a structural problem. My car is 3 years old and I have 58,000. Please advise as to how I should proceed.
Rear lift gate failure on 2005 toyota sienna xle. Hatch began closing immediately as it reached the full open position september 14th, 2008. Currently investigating recall postings, dealer and manufacturer remedies.
2005 toyota sienna xle awd passenger side power sliding door failure the door was stuck open because the door cable was frayed and prevented the door from safely closing. The cable required cutting to allow the door to close and latch even when the over ride was enabled. Thank you
Sliding door, driver side will not open, safety, for emergency purposes it should open. I asked that dealer repair and they did not.
2005 toyota sienna, 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 two local dealerships and they stated that my VIN number was not included in the notice. We are fortunate that this did not result in any injuries.
The power sliding doors on my sienna van "freeze up" under certain cold moist winter conditions making it almost impossible to open them (you have to climb in from the front door) and then once you manage to get them open, they will then not close properly. I have had to drive miles with the door alarm sounding and the heat full blast before I was able to stop and get them to finally close. This is dangerous, because although the door looks "closed" it is not hooked in as signaled by the alarm. I doubt if I was hit if the air bags would function properly either. This occured the first winter I had the car and then a few times each winter thereafter, but since ouir winters have been mild, and certain conditions are needed for it to occur plus lack of time, I have not pursued it. When I happened to mention it to my dealer, they didn't understand how this problem could occur and it was then dropped. Other sienna owners however, have told me they also experience this problem.
I have a 2005 toyota sienna. The passenger sliding door quit working due to the motor ate through the cables. Motor still works but I am forced to buy a new motor and cables. This is a common problem and toyota will not own up to it. There was no warning of this happening.
Passenger automatic door failed the same day that I purchased a 2005 toyota sienna. The cable could be seen hanging out of the car. Very concerned that door will fail and harm my small children, by not allowing us out of the car in an emergency.
(#1) we purchased a 2005 toyota sienna xle. Within one week of owning the car, the driver's side sliding door was not working. Automatic opener did not work. I'm not sure what the fix was. About six months ago the driver's side sliding door, again, started to sound like crumpling aluminum and with a few more uses would not open any more. My daughter and son could have been trapped if that was the only side to get out. Toyota wanted $1,800 to replace the cable that moves the door automatically back and forth. This was at approximately 46,000 miles. (#2) after a few years of owning the car, the driver's door started "clicking". It was determined to be a faulty weld. It was fixed and about a year later now it is "clicking" again. (#3) about three months ago they had to replace the rear door lifting mechanism. It failed and the door was like a big weight waiting to crash down. Another recall. Had I know that in the 30,000 to 45,000 mile range that we would have four times door problems, I would not have purchased this car. I feel that it is poorly made and engineered and requires a serious investigation. Is this a nhsta or dca issue?
Both of my sliding side doors are stuck shut. After washing my car today I went to the mall with my 2 year old. I was unable to open either door and instead had to crawl in back, then carry him out through the front passenger door. After shopping the doors continued to remained stuck. I locked and unlocked doors both manually and with my keyless entry. Door appears unlocked but will not open. Had to place my child in front seat, climb in back, then lift him to the back in order to secure him in his car seat. This has occurred at least a dozen times in the past, most often in cold weather. Have had mechanism on driver side sliding door replaced once, continues to work sporadically. I have three other children and don't know how I am supposed to get all of them in and out with this continuing problem.
I am a 42 year old partially disabled mother of 3 children under 5 years old. I went grocery shopping on this sunday as I do every weekend. I had 2 shopping carts full of food, and as every grocery shopping trip I have one of the store employees help me with my cart to the handicap parking spot and hand me the bags from the shopping cart to me to the trunk. This particular sunday I opened the hatch and as soon as it was to the top I grabbed the bag from the 16 year old summer worker of shoprite of branchburg nj. As I was putting the bag in the trunk the hatch was closing me in the trunk. If it wasn't for the fast response of the shoprite employee I would have been crushed, hurt even more than I was or even killed! She grabbed the hatch that had me wedged in the back of the trunk, it was on my back and my belly was on the bumper part of the trunk. She held the hatch door and even pulled it up a little bit so I could fall to my knees to get out of the trunk. I have 4 ruptured/herniated discs in my lower back and one in my neck. When this happened I contorted myself to drop to my knees and twist my head to get out, I fell to the ground. I had bruises on my back as well as scratch marks! Thank god for that employee! I would be dead! This happened out of the blue, never happened before. My god why did you not recall this problem with the 2005 toyota???? What if someone was not with me! What if my daughter (s) were with me? I am still in more pain from the hatch closing in on me! I have not used my trunk since this incident and have a vehicle full of my children's things since I can not use my trunk - I have not been able to look into repairs as I have no one to watch my children while I bring to toyota to get repaired! Shame on you for not informing toyota owners !
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the driver's and passenger side sliding doors will not open. She has been complaining about the sliding doors working intermittently since september of 2006. When she took the vehicle to the dealer, the doors would open. When the contact made another attempt to open the doors before leaving the dealer, they would not open again. She was informed that the vehicle was out of warranty; however, the contact believes that when she first began taking her vehicle in for this failure, it was still under warranty. The current mileage was 60,734 and the failure mileage was unknown.
The hatch strut on my 2005 toyota sienna failed and the hatch will no longer stay open. This could have caused serious injury to myself or any of my family should it have just dropped on us. No one was injured, but in researching this its seems it is very common and should therefore be a recall. My car is 3years 4 months old and this failure should not have occurred this early.
Automatic sliding side doors stopped working.
2005 toyota sienna. Liftgate will not stay open or closed using the remote. Struts have been replaced (twice) by the dealer. The problem still exists. They did extend the warranty to deal with this kind of problem, but will only fix it if the strut was causing the problem. They "think" it may be the motor, but really don't know.
I recently purchased a 2005 toyota sienna (used) and after a few days of owning the mini van the manual rear hatch door did not remain elevated as it had previously done and was designed to do. The door, which is heavy, simply fell down and bumped me. I determined that the failure was the struts (rear liftgate struts) and I proceeded to get part quotes from various local toyota parts departments ranging from $200-$700 (seemed a high range...and I was never informed of a service bulletin that was issued). I next did some searches on the internet and found that this defect was a recurring issue with the toyota sienna and that toyota had issued a bulletin and extended the warranty to cover this item. Upon receiving resistance from local toyota dealerships to cover this work under warranty, I called toyota headquarters to make a complaint. I then made an appointment at kings toyota in cincinnati, oh and made them aware of the specific issue, warranty, etc and brought the car in about 4 days later for my scheduled appointment. After dropping off the vehicle, I received a call back that they did not have the parts in-stock (even though I had made the appointment specifically for this warranty item, and also informed them when I dropped off the car of exactly what parts and work was needed). I wanted to make the federal safety agency aware of the seeming resistance / delays of toyota to fix this issue with my vehicle. Fortunately, I caught the rear door before it hit me very hard, but if a child or smaller person would have been underneath, it could cause serious injury due to the large weight of the door. Thanks very much for your time.
This winter I noticed a hissing sound coming from one of the struts that lifts the hatch to my 2005 toyota sienna. Then, several days later, the hatch opened and then slammed down on my head and continued to drop. From then on, the hatch opens when the button is pushed but does not stay open on its own, but instead drops on the head of anyone in the way. Very dangerous. The hatch is crushingly heavy. Van is less than 3 years old, but out of warranty because it's past mileage cut off. Is a hatch even affected by mileage?! Toyota repair costs about $600!! This is a safety issue and has happened to many toyota siennas. Toyota should step up and recall!
1) we had been on vacation for a week and a half, during which time our minivan sat in our garage. The first day after returning, I took the kids to a grocery store and used the power sliding door button to open and close the doors. When trying to lock the doors, I noticed that one power sliding door would not lock - it slid back but would not latch. I tried pushing it in but it was not working. Nothing was jammed in it either. This had never happened before. 2) suddenly and without warning, the power sliding door on the driver's side was not latching. I had to get myself and the kids home from the grocery store, but the dashboard display showed me that a door was unlocked and there was nothing I could do to lock it. I started driving slowly but upon the slowest of turns in the parking lot, the door would start sliding open. My 7 year old daughter was trying to reach over to keep it shut! In order to drive to get it repaired, I had to tie the door to an inside handle and drive slowly in order to keep the door from opening. The consequences of this failure: safety issue!!! This failed without any warning. This is on a minivan, where children are sitting. Even though my children always have their seat belts on, it was still scary for them and I'm very concerned about the passenger side sliding door, which did not fail and thus was not repaired. How can this happen on such an important part, on a relatively new car? 3) I called our toyota dealer to schedule a service appt. The cause was found to be "actuators binding internally" in the door. The dealership replaced the sliding door lock assembly. This is a 2005 model year car with 39k miles on it, therefore just past the warranty period. I see this as a major safety issue - what if this lock failed without warning on the highway and the door flew open?
The rear trunk struts do not hold the door open. Door closes itself without any warning. May hurt someone while accessing the trunk.
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