The power rear door lifts normally and then immediately goes down suddenly, if some is putting something in the cargo area, the door will hit the person on the back or head. As resistance is applied to the door coming down, it will start lifting again and continue the same pattern.
2005 Toyota Sienna body complaints
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Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. Whenever the contact opens the rear liftgate, it will automatically close back. The liftgate will also close regardless if an object or the contact is attempting to keep it open. There have been no injuries due to the failure. Also, whenever snow falls from the roof rack onto the windshield, the windshield wipers were not strong enough to remove the snow from the windshield. The contact's vision is hindered. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. The current mileage was 42,000 and failure mileage was 41,000.
Manual liftgate on 2005 toyota sienna will not stay open. Door is heavy enough to crush child. The van is currently out of warranty and the dealer wants $600 to replace the liftgate pistons.
Rear back door of my toyota sienna closes on its own and had slammed on my back.
Rear trunk strut failure on toyota sienna.
My 2005 sienna minivan has a rear door that keeps falling down on its own. What's worse, because the sienna is equipped with a motor to pull the door back, the door keeps pulling back no matter what the resistance is. It hurt my 2 year old son so bad we had to take him to emergency room for the bruises.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. The windshield is falling apart, the weatherstrips are detaching, and the cover directly above the hood of the vehicle is sinking underneath. The contact has not taken the vehicle to the dealer and is not driving the vehicle. The current and failure mileages were 33,000.
I have a 2005 toyota sienna. I have approximately 50,000 miles on the van. The passenger side electric sliding door began to have trouble closing. You can close it manually, but the motor was not strong enough to close the door completely. I made arrangements to have the problem checked at my local toyota dealer. I was told the electric motor on the door was wore out and needed replaced. The service person told me this is a normal occurrence and would cost me $1,600.00 to replace since the vehicle is out of warranty. Why would a two year old high quality toyota van have an issue such as this. This is due to poor quality. I have not repaired the door as of yet due to I am currently on my way up the chain of command at toyota to get this corrected.
We drive a toyota sienna minivan that is handicapped equipped by braun corporation, as do other handicapped people around the nation. The frame of the vehicle broke without any incident because the welds by braun failed. I was told that we could have been killed. Braun acknowledged the "problem" and said there was going to be a "recall" but this needs to happen asap to avoid any injuries or death because there is no warning about these defective welds to the vehicle frame.
The power sliding door cables corroded ( rusted away all but two (2) strands) and snapped between the top two rollers that guides the open/close cables. This problem is a definite and serious safety hazard, as it may trap the rear seat occupants in a emergency.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. While placing packages in the rear of the vehicle, the liftgate fell on the contact's head without warning. The dealer replaced the struts. One month later, while holding her infant and retrieving packages form the rear, the liftgate automatically fell and struck the infant. The manufacturer stated that they were investigating the failure, but have not reached any conclusions. The failure and current mileages were 31,000.
2005 xle toyota sienna - back lift gate goes up and should stay but comes back down. Comes down and pushes on what or whoever is standing there, goes up, and comes back down again and again.
Mechanism holding lift gate in open position failed. Lift gate no longer stays open without support.
Liftgate on 2005 toyota sienna xle limited with the power liftgate option. Gradually stopped lifting and upon several occasions, would lift up completely and as I was loading cargo into the rear it came down pinning me between it and the bumper. The shocks were not strong enough to hold the weight of the liftgate and it had started to go down and the power closing feature took over.
Rear tailgate was opened to remove groceries and it suddenly came down on my son as he was removing a bag. He was hit in the back of the head and shoulder. The tailgate now comes down after either using the manual or automatic lift. Has not been repaired, have faulty part (appears to be one of the external lift struts).
The hydraulic pistons which assist in raising and stabilizing the rear liftgate in the open or lifted of my 2005 toyota sienna failed. The gate is difficult to raise and will not stay in the open or lifted position without falling. The vehicle was purchased in may of 2005 and has 46,000 miles.
Please reference existing the federal safety agency action number: ea06020 struts for the rear power liftgate failed suddenly. Initial behavior was rear liftgate opening more slowly than normal, and began to occur during colder weather temperatures. Then liftgate struts suddenly failed completely- after opening the liftgate, it fell down with full weight (almost zero resistance) onto driver who was under the liftgate.
I am having trouble with the side power sliding doors. Took it to the dealer twice and they said they could not duplicate the problem. Service bulletin was performed on a rattle. Dealer always tells me that they cannot duplicate the problem- but the problem is still there when I get home! The sliding back doors open but will not shut once pushing any button and I have to do it manually, meaning that I would have to hit the remote a couple of times to get it to open. Both sliding doors stuck closed. They would not work with the button are manually. At times I can't open it using either inside or outside door handle, nor has jiggling the door lock. There is a noise that the doors normally make. This does not happen every time I try to open and close the doors- only sometimes! So, yes it is hard to take it to the dealer and able to show him the broken part!! I fear that the doors are going to open and have the kids fall out or something! Lift gate unexpectedly closed while standing at the back of the van. At one time the rear door light on the dash stayed on when the door was closed. I pushed the button on the b-pillar and the remote inside the vehicle and the door did not open. I manually closed the rear door and the light was still on. Eventually the light when off the automatic control worked. One time the driver side sliding door starts to open when I try to open it using either button on b-pillar or remote. It starts moving but only moves may be about 2-3mm - that's rights, about 1/12 of an inch. I can hear the motor working fine, and no sound is different from the sound the passenger side door makes when opening or closing (passenger side sliding door works fine). Now, when I try to open driver side door using the door handle, nothing happens no motor activation, no nothing. The door has even closed on it own when my wife was getting out of it and I can operate the vehicle with the side door open.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna xle. The current mileage and approximate failure mileage was 46,000 miles. There was liftgate strut failure. The automatic door on the vehicle was slow when opening, and occasionally it did not open. Without warning, the liftgate closed on its own and almost caused injury with the contact. There was an open investigation on the vehicle for that component, ea06020. The date of purchase was unknown. Updated 01/29/08
The power liftgate started to randomly close. It closed on myself and my child while we were unloading the trunk area of the minivan. It caused some discomfort as it was quite heavy. One time it automatically reopened when it hit my body but 3 other times it did not and I had to jump out of the way. I have had to take the power control off and open it manually - even now it will shut on me but with the power disengaged I can hold it open. It is a heavy door and could easily cause some injury. I have tested it using the remote and it is still malfunctioning. I indicated injury below as I was hit with it and my son banged his head though it was all minor.
2005 toyota sienna: power rear door unexpectedly closes down thereby causing danger when removing cargo.
Rear door will not stay in the open position. Door has to be held open or it will descend on head and/or shoulders, causing injury/pain. Appears that rear door stays have failed.
Lift gate failed to open all the way quite often and then began to fail in october of 2007. I was loading and the gate fell unexpectedly and I could not get out from under it. Though I was not injured, it happened several times. I have replaced the whole door since then and the struts. The door and struts are not even two months old and I have the same problem. The door is unsafe and unreliable. How many people are putting up with this and getting lucky? Those gates are very heavy. It fell on my husband who is 215 pounds and he almost could not get out, either.
2005 toyota sienna liftgate cylinder failed and hatch did not stay open hitting me on the head.
Failure of rear door hatch to stay open. Defective struts (stays per toyota) in 2005 sienna.
The support device for the back liftgate failed to stay up. It looks like it leaked fluid where the piston meets the cylinder. It fails everytime the door is open.
Lift gate will not stay open any longer. When power lift is enabled, it will open the back hatch (slowly) and immediately begin closing -- in power mode! This has some pretty fierce force behind it and am glad that we do not allow our children anywhere near it until this is fixed. One or both of the gas lifters has obviously failed. It used to be that this was bad only in cold weather but now it happens regardless of temperature (70 degrees today).
We have a 2005 toyota sienna xle limited awd minivan with a power lift-gate. Earlier this week, after opening the lift-gate via the power remote, the door immediately slammed down. My wife was retrieving items from the trunk and was hit by the falling door. This is a very heavy door, and my wife hurt herself trying to hold it open, while getting out from under it. The lift-gate opens under power, but now will not stay open, and slams shut every time. We have since shut off the power feature, and only use the lift-gate when together. Someone holds it open, while the other loads or unloads the trunk. It is too heavy to handle alone.
My 2005 sienna power hatch door would not hold during cold weather. When it is around 40f, the power hatch door would not stay at the top and would come back down. The dealer replaced the rear hatch struts but the problem remains. The dealer told me it is like that when the weather is cold and there is not much they can do. Here in idaho, there are about 4 months in a year that the weather is that cold. That means I cannot used the power hatch rear door 4 months out of a year. I am just wondering why would a customer pays extra for something that they cannot use 4 months out of a year. One of the reason I purchased the limited version was because of the power hatch door. If toyota takes the position that the power hatch door would not work when it is cold, toyota should disclose this to all potential customers. So people can make an informed decision before they make the purchase.
The driver side door inner retention hinge on 2005 sienna le van, the spot welds broke and the local toyota body shop is charging me $ 261.00 dollars to fix it. The vehicle only has 46,000 miles on it and they said there were no recalls on the product.
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