The cable for opening the passenger-side sliding door failed. This creates a dangerous situation in that the door may not be secure or may open while the car is in motion
2007 Toyota Sienna body complaints
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I currently have a 2007 toyota sienna with 130k miles. My car is good condition and has been very reliable over the last several years. Recently both the drivers and passenger sliding doors stopped working and the wire that is part of the door mechanism popped and is now hanging from the back windows. I am at this time unable to open either door and there is no way to manually open the doors. I have children and they are having to climb from the front to the read. There was no indicator that this was becoming an issue. It as if toyota was aware of this problem, however they are not addressing it without charging outrageous prices. The dealer claimed wear and term, however my door may be opened and closed 1 to 2 times per day, if that. The response was very nonchalant as if was not a big deal. I am very disappointed in the issue and more disappointed in the response from my dealer, whom I have been dealing with since 1997. Toyota really needs to address this issue. This is not only a mechanical malfunction, it is a safety issue.
The tailgate became very hard to open and then the handle melted. Now I can hardly open the tailgate.
Side impact collision by chevy pickup on a city street. Vehicle was moving straight after stopping at a stop sign. Driver side completely damaged, but no airbag deployed, not even a single one.
Driving on the highway 70 MPH, my side rear window blew out .
Rubber coating on handle on rear door lift melted approximately 5 years ago...was actually oozing down. Leaves fingers with black gunk on them that is very difficult to wash off whenever opening this hatch. Notified dealer but was left with "tough luck" (in my words). Fl vehicle (hot almost year round).
Passenger power sliding door failing to close properly. Causing door to slide and scrape own exterior painy whilw in motion of closing anf opening door.
2007 toyota sienna. Consumer writes in regards to local dealerships failure or unable to remedy vehicle defect even after three recall notifications. *m the dealer and toyota refused to replace the spare tire. However, the dealer did replace the cable.
Handle melted and became sticky on rear liftgate door of toyota sienna le, happened three years ago.
Handle melted and became sticky on rear liftgate door of toyota sienna ce.
Rear lift gate fails after opening and closes on your head. No safety sensor and continues to crush you if you get stuck under it.
Power sliding door on driver side failed when I tried to open the door while the vehicle was parked. Dealer charged $1100 to repair. Toyota has issued a warrant extension to cover this repair; however, the extension has an arbitrarily imposed mileage limitation. This is a design or material defect that can effect the safety of passengers. There should be a safety recall.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota sienna. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 10v160000 (structure); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. ...updated 07/30/15 *bf the vehicle was repaired. Updated 9/24/15
Premature failure of struts for automatic back hatch of 07 toyota sienna limited awd minivan. All of a sudden, in the last week, the rear hatch cannot open fully and sometimes just closes suddenly when it has gone just halfway up. Other times, it makes it up, but doesn't stay up and just slams back down right after reaching the apex. Vehicle is 8 years old.
On 4/10/15, I took the vehicle to motor imports service center for prearranged warranty service work on the vehicle. Motor imports declined to perform the warranty work, alleging that the vehicle was "too dirty" to perform, even though at least two of the recalls would involve no area of the interior. With respect to the interior, the shift assembly was allegedly "blocked" by a newspaper on the console, as well as pens in the ashtray and cd's in the console, and for this, they claimed they could not perform the work. In addition to the above recalls, they were to inspect the dashboard for a fourth recall involving premature degradation of the assembly, which they declined to perform as well.
Passenger side automatic sliding door actuator failed. Power door buttons would not work to open door. Door could only be opened manually.
Recall over a year ago to have cable holding spare tire replaced. Called dealer over three times,called toyota and ntsb,no one seems to care,but spare tire is not installed back in its proper place after a year.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the dashboard had cracks causing a glare from the sun that impaired the contact's vision. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the dashboard needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 71,000.
In approximately the summer of 2012 (I do not recall the exact date),toyota recalled the spare tire suspension cable, but did not have a repair at the time. I was inconvenienced for months with the spare tire in the back of my van. The repair was eventually completed, however, a recall for the repair was issued in the summer of 2014. The spare tire was removed and again placed in the back of my van. Toyota is now stating that there will be no repair available until the summer of 2015. This is completely unacceptable and not understandable. It is simply an attachment for the spare tire. An official complaint has been filed with toyota, as well. I need the space where the spare tire currently has to be, however, I do not feel safe without it in my vehicle.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the subframe and the spare tire carrier assembly was rusted and corroded. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who stated that the part was not available to repair the vehicle under the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v273000 (tires: temporary/emergency spare tire). The manufacturer was notified of the failure and could not provide an estimated date for when the contact's vehicle would receive the recall repairs. The failure mileage was unknown.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota sienna. The contact received a recall notification for the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v273000 (structure); however, the parts needed to repair the recall were not available. After contacting the dealer and the manufacturer on multiple occasions, the contact was informed that the parts needed to repair the vehicle were still not available and no estimated time to receiving the parts could be provided. The contact had not experienced a failure. The VIN was not available.
I noticed cracks on dashboard at driver side. It crossed about 1/3 of the entire dashboard. It looks like someone has sliced them up with a knife.
I was parallel parking, backing into a parking space on a long bridge in a downtown/busy area. When I tapped the accelerator lightly to back up, my van suddenly lurched back (in reverse), accelerating so quickly I felt like I was in a rocket ship being lifted into the air. My wheel was turned in preparation for backing into the space. At a breakneck speed, my van accelerated in reverse, lurching up a large concrete step (all 4 tires), squealing erratically. Then it continued across a wide sidewalk/pedestrian area, the bumper hitting the bridge, immediately knocking about 20 feet of a concrete railing from the bridge into the river below. Luckily, my wheels basically bounced off the bottom portion of the bridge, which was secured by a large concrete block at the base of the bridge. This all happened in about 1 second... It didn't take long. The first thing I tried when this happened was hit the brakes. They didn't move. It was like they were locked. As my van bounced forward after it bounced off the concrete block, I was able to get it into park. I am lucky there were no pedestrians on the bridge, as they would have been crushed immediately by the concrete, and thrown into the river below. I'm also incredibly fortunate my van didn't continue in reverse, plunging itself, and me, into the river. It was a harrowing experience and two weeks later, I am still not quite past it. I am a safe driver and this is my first "real" accident in 25+ years of driving. My van is totaled.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota sienna. The contact noticed that the manufacturer issued a customer support program regarding the sliding door connector being replaced due to power failure. The dealer stated that it was not a safety defect and the cable could not be replaced for free unless it was actually fractured. Afterwards, when the contact attempted to open the sliding door, the cable suddenly disconnected, snapped backwards, and injured the contact's child's face. The contact notified the dealer and was informed that they would repair the cable assembly for free, but would not be able to repair the other door because it had not fractured. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was unavailable. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the rear hatch handle was covered with a defective rubber that melted and fractured. The contact also stated that the driver side door made a loud popping noise when opened and closed. The dealer stated that the door handle needed to be replaced and the noise created by the driver side door was possibly due to defective welding. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 107,000. Updated 10/22/14
Toyota sienna 2007 back door handle melted.
Melting dash board.
The dashboard seems to be breaking down, melting and/or sticky to a degree it is now shiny and reflects lights back into the driver/passenger compartment on sunny days. This creates a glare making it difficult to see out when operating this van. At times, it becomes hard to see cars, stop lights and pedestrians. A local channel here in houston ran a story on this particular problem concerning dash boards that are breaking down and causing safety issues. Thanks,
My spare tire fell off my vehicle while I was driving on i91 in vermont between exits 5 and 6 . The vehicle following me, which was being driven by my husband, struck the tire. It became lodged under his car damaging the air conditioning system. At the time of the incident we did not realize that it was the tire from my car. We pulled over to the shoulder we were able to dislodge the tire and continued on.after discussing what happened and inspecting the car did we realize that it was my spare. There was a recall for this completed by toyota in 2011. This is a very dangerous situation with these cars and were very fortunate that something worse did not occur. We reported it to toyota and are very disappointed in their response so far.
Toyota sienna 2007 back door handle melted.
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