I have a 2005 toyota sienna ,the drivers side door started making popping sound a few months ago and as the time as gone by it is getting worse and worse. The noise is coming from the door check welds that were welded improperly and the main structure of the door is affected by it. Researched the issue and it is a common problem on my type of car, toyota has recognized this problem which affected 600,000 sienna's and issued a warranty enhancement program in 2007 but it ended a few years ago. Took it to toyota dealership, they refused to fix the problem because my VIN # is not affected by the warranty enhancement and even if my VIN # was affected, its too late to take advantage of any help from toyota. I have called toyota corporate, they know all about the issue and will not help me either. Everyone from techs, service advisors and mangers they all knows the problem exist but will not fix it because they want the consumer to pay for it. The only reason my VIN is not affected is because not enough people have reported this common problem. This same vehicle is also affected by dash crack problem, for years I have complained about it now finally toyota will fix this issue for free.
2005 Toyota Sienna body complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. The contact stated that during cold temperatures, the rear liftgate failed to remain open without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the rear struts needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000.
I received my 1st recall notice (10v‑160) in 2010 and the current recall eos (e1s 14v273) arrived in may/2014. It is now march/2015 and still toyota is working on a solution. This is a joke and clearly malfeasance on their part. Five years of allowing a very potentially serious problem to go uncorrected seems almost criminal to me. Cannot the authorities apply some pressure on toyota or will it take deaths and lawsuits to move a fix along.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the passenger sliding door cable fractured preventing the door from opening. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 149,000.
Driver side door check strap weld failing, causing door to droop/pop and loosen from frame of body. 100's of other sienna owners are reporting this problem(check carcomplaints.com), and affects the door integrity, therefore causing huge concerns during a potential accident. This may increase the chances of driver door from remaining intact during a collision, or worse a fatality. I have never seen such a weld failure in any new or old vehicles that I have owned, and seems to be a design/assembly error. Toyota issued a warranty extension for 5 years from purchase but most welds fail after 6 or more years of operation. Structural repairs of this caliber should be done by the factory not at the local repair shop, and must meet crash test tolerances. There are over 100k sienna's on the road, and this should be investigated. Toyota was notified of this concern, and could not provide service since warranty has lapsed. It makes you wonder how strong the other hinge welds are....
I have struggled with how to handle the failure of both power doors on my 2005 toyota sienna van. The doors fail to open and do not close with power without pushing them closed. The problem is that when you push the door past the catch point it will not return if your hand is in the way. When it was originally designed it would go back if your hand was in the door. Now if it goes beyond that catch point it lunges and will catch your hand and will not release. The doors have bad hinges and cables which toyota refuses to admit are faulty. They offer and extended warranty for you knowing that the 120,000 mile limit puts most out of coverage. This is just another game to put off the safety of the consumer. I have a 17 year old downs child. She gets out of the van every day and has to push the door shut. She has to use two hands and it is not safe. If she slips her hand will be in the way of the door and it will not reopen. I have tried to talk to toyota and they just say we are out of their coverage time limits. I reported the door way back in early 2012. This would have been in the scope of their liability. At that time they said it would cost two to three thousand dollars to repair the faulty equipment. I ask the obvious? When does this stop? Do a search on google for sliding door problems for sienna vans and you will be overwhelmed at the blogs and sights dedicated to this one issue. This is a massive problem and should have been addressed by toyota. The other issue is when the cable for the door breaks you can't get out of the van. When you can't get out of the van there is a major mechanical problem. Toyota needs to replace the parts causing this issue at no cost to the consumer. The parts are the lock actuator, the sliding hinge and cables which fail and causes door to hang, the cable which when broken renders the door useless. Please help!!!
I received a recall notice from toyota regarding cable corrosion for the spare tire assembly. I brought the car to the toyota dealer and they removed the cable and spare tire from under the car. I agreed to have this work completed based on an estimate from the dealer that the new parts to have the spare tire reinstalled would be made available within 4 wks. Now about 7 wks have passed and there is still no word from toyota about when this spare tire solution will be made available. For 7 wks I have had to drive around with the spare tire the well of my toyota while it bangs around and takes up a lot of space. My storage in the car has been compromised and I have to put delicate things and groceries at other places in the car. It is imperative that toyota issue a permanent solution to this spare tire problem!
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the automatic rear door failed to open. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or independent mechanic. The manufacturer was not notified of this issue. The approximate failure mileage was 98,000.
Rear lift gate opened with remote while I started to pack my van leaving on a trip, the lift gate started to close on me. I had this happen several times in the cold weather. I contacted toyota telling them I thought it was a safety issue, asked if there was a recall or something out there to get this resolved was told there was no recall. It happened to me again on nov 14 2024. And again today nov 16th 2024. I think this is a safety issue what if a child was standing by their parent and accidentally got clipped by this liftgate. Hopefully you can press toyota to fix this dangerous issue.
Hello, it looks like the check door hinge that connects to the actual door frame literally fell right off causing the door to move around freely. Toyota has already put out an extended customer care program to fix this issue but the prior owner didn't appear that he needed it fixed. The problem now is that it moves around freely and can be a major issue. For example if my 3 yr old son is next to my door and I have it opened it could close on him by just simply the window blowing the door closed. The mechanism that the check door handles is not in place to avoid this. It's a bit frightening. Here's documentation regarding this customer care program extension. It really should be a recall. Http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/24/toyota-fixing-600-000-sienna-doors-but-its-not-a-recall-mind-y/.
The power sliding door does not open. The dealer and toyota corporate have said tough luck get it fixed for ~$1,500. There are enough complaints on this issue that this should be a recall by now. It's a safety concern of the greatest degree. The door will not open. Example below of typical complaint: 'to date, toyota has not issued a recall for the sienna, although some owners have reported that the automaker has issued technical service bulletins (tsb) for the automatic sliding doors. A tsb is effectively a hidden recall, meaning that toyota is attempting to handle the problem in-house. Contact your toyota dealer for assistance. Check the federal safety agency website for current recall information. Please force them to fix this problem.
The passenger sliding door on our car sticks and we cannot open it. I am very worried that in the event of an emergency or accident, I will not be able to safely get my children out of the vehicle.
This past winter, our right side power sliding door began to act up- it would not open or close via the key fob or button over the rearview mirror. If you pulled the door handle, it would open or close. After a few days, it began working fine again. Then in april, it began acting up again, doing the same things as before, but this time, it also would sometimes not fully close (it would be closing on its own, but before it was fully closed, it would go back open again). We didn't want to spend money on it because we had just bought a house for the first time and were focused on that. But then when we were out in june, we had closed the door, or thought we had, and came out of the store we were in later to find the door wide open. That is a problem! Our van could have been stolen or things out of it. Thankfully, god watched over our vehicle. So we finally explored into getting it fixed and were told about this extended warranty/recall for the first time. The problem was by the time we inquired, we were just over 120,000 miles, but are still within the 9 years (but it is whichever occurs first), so now we are being told it cannot be fixed under the extended warranty/recall and will cost us $1,900 to get it fixed. We don't have this kind of money and are very upset! We were never notified by toyota of this extended recall, or we would have taken the van in right away when the door began to act up. We also were told (falsely) by the toyota dealer that it is 7 years or 120,000 miles and that either way, we don't qualify. I think toyota needs to take care of this problem because it is a safety issue to our vehicle and personal safety (especially with kids- we could think the door is closing, but then it doesn't).
Sliding side doors freeze shut...will not open automatically or manually in cold weather conditions. Nor do they open properly in warm weather conditions.
Power sliding door cable on passenger side snapped during opening under power. Broken cable was frayed. Now hanging from rear window area. Dealer won't help. Too expensive to repair.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the key fob failed to unlock or lock the doors and failed to activate the sliding doors. The contact mentioned that the batteries were changed from the key fob but the failure persisted. The failure occurred on multiple occasions. The contact was advised from the dealer that all five door actuators needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 112,000.
This is really an ongoing issue that started in winter of 2012 and carried over into 2013. Our sienna has/had issues with the power sliding driver and passenger doors. We were told by lithia toyota in grand forks, nd that it would cost $1700 to replace a latch and cable in order for the power sliding door to work. There is no way I was even going to consider paying that for the driver or passenger side, let alone both. After reading about all the issues toyota sienna's have, my wife and I looked for other options. We took our sienna to corwin toyota in fargo, nd where they removed the power capability so we could simply have a manual sliding door on the driver side. That option worked well for a while, but eventually it didn't work between the snow/ice and (full disclosure...we live on a gravel road) dust, our doors continuously stick no matter what time of the year it is, regardless of temperature. We often go for months at a time with only one operational manual sliding door (we did have lake toyota in devils lake, nd make the passenger side door manual like the drivers side). When both doors get stuck, we have one repaired (have done that a couple times). This is a safety issue that toyota is refusing to do anything about. Why can't we have a manual operating door? Why do we have to keep going to a dealer to have this situation taken care of? I have tried to contact toyota customer care and was told that their warranty expired at 120k mile point (we currently have 194k miles on the van, bought it with 125k). I just want toyota to repair my sliding doors so they work manually. I do not care about power doors. Perhaps you can explain this to toyota in a way which I have failed to do.
My mini van toyota sienna sliding door on passenger side cannot open from the inside, after open from the out side and checked child lock is in unlock position, remote control and button inside is not working at all. *tr I took my van to southbay toyota to inspect they charged $192.00 but not fix the problem, I believed toyota was recall to repair this problem, but until now my car has not been fix yet, dealer said the charge can be over $500.00. I had no money to pay for it, I 'd like to report this is safety issue. Please help.
The dash in my toyota sienna is literally shiny and melting! It is sticky! I have never used a product on the dash only damp cloth to clean.
The front passenger door starting popping. The front door check mounting panel spot welds failed. Toyota has acknowledged there was a problem and issued an extended warranty, but I'm right outside the warranty period. Toyota refuses to fix the issue.
Dashboard is melting.
Loud popping noise heard from driver's side door when opening and closing the door. Toyota refused to fix this problem because its outside of their enhanced warranty time frame. I guess they will be concerned if the door pop opens while I am driving and leads to an accident or death.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. The contact stated she was unable to open and close the passenger side automatic sliding door. The contact mentioned she would have to manually force the passenger automatic sliding door open and closed. The contact stated that currently the passenger automatic sliding door failed to open. Additionally the contact mentioned the passenger automatic sliding doors froze in the winter. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 66,000.
2005 toyota sienna. Consumer writes in regards to recall inquiry on sliding doors. *smd the consumer stated the right side sliding door, would stop functioning at times.
Power sliding passenger door failed in the open position. Auto-door turned off and finally with much effort closed the door manually. Door will now not open without the major effort of a full grown adult. Failure was sudden and unannounced. In case of an accident or emergency, there is no way any mid or rear seat children or small adults could open this door enough to egress the vehicle. Several people with the same failure report having to drive with the door jammed open to get to repair shops. Failure of this drive cable (and sometimes the associated motor) is well documented on-line, even in much younger vehicles. Toyota even added it to the extended service plan.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the driver's side door made a loud popping noise when it was opened. The contact also stated that the drivers door swung open and hit her legs. A local mechanic inspected the vehicle and noticed that the driver's door hinge was fractured. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 117,000. The approximate current mileage was 118,000. Updated 11/12/14*lj updated 01/26/15
After the rear hatch struts were replaced for the recall, the rear hatch when opened manually flies open so fast it has hit me the head. Toyota said the new struts have more pressure to hold the door up so it will open faster, but this is dangerous. The door never opened this fast with the old struts. Toyota needs to resolved this issue.
Vehicle had got cracks spreading across the dashboard and this could cause the air bad on the passenger side of the vehicle to inflate.
First dashboard has numerous cracks, then rear camera stopped working, then navigation system stopped working, now radio works intermittently - I believe the problem is electrical because of continuous humming sound radio emits. *tr I am concerned about the airbags and also being without rear camera frightens me. Toyota has refused to fix problem 0 states out of warranty.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. The contact stated that whenever the weather was cold, the rear sliding doors failed to open. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 55,000.
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