The power liftgate opens then closes automatically. As it closes it does not retract upon like pressure and can cause injury by closing in on the person accessing the trunk. This occurs when the temperature drops below 40f. My wife was hit by the closing lift gate and hurt her arm.
2010 Toyota Sienna body complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the driver's side automatic sliding doors would not open from the interior or exterior of the vehicle. The contact mentioned that the passenger side door failed prior to the recent failure and was repaired. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the cable assembly was fractured and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 42,000 and the current mileage was 67,000.
The passenger side automatic sliding door failed to open, and the passenger was not able to open the door manually. A cable that operates the door had broken, and jammed the door. This could have been a very dangerous situation had the passenger had to exit the vehicle in an emergency. We had to take the van to a dealership, where they cut the cable in order to open the door.
My sienna has a problem with the rear sliding door- an issue that toyota is aware of already from its other customers who own a sienna as far back as 2004. When I received an alert notice from toyota concerning this issue and also the alert for the corrosion of the spare tire carrier cable back in august 2012, I took my sienna into my toyota dealer, on aug. 24, 2012, to have both issues fixed . However, I was told that my toyota extended warranty, which I purchased for any electrical issues that I may encounter, did not cover the sliding door sensor, which I consider is an electrical problem by the manufacturer, and there was no official product recall for the sliding door problem which obligated them to repair it. My problem with the sliding door is very random, and has no pattern of when (no weather connection) or why it occurs. The sliding doors on my sienna have intermittently closed on both my husband and me on various occasions, since our purchase in august 2009 (first occurrence was around april 2010), also while trying to buckle my children into their seats or just opening the door with the remote control or manually, and as a result, have experience minor bruises to our shoulders. The door is not suppose to open when there is a physical body in the door's path, but my doors do randomly, again a major safety hazard with kids moving in and out of the car.
Sliding door is not working correctly, it appears center hinge bearing has failed. Van is not used that often. 2010 with only about 12k miles. It is disturbing to see so many other people on the internet also having many issues with sliding doors on toyota van. I use to be a mechanic for college. It seems parts used are either under spec'd or cost saving quality to fail so soon like this.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the front passenger side door would not open from the interior or exterior of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The technician advised the contact that the clips that held the panel in place were fractured and would have to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 55,000.
My van has water leaking and has an awful mold smell that is causing illness and asthma attacks for my kids. Toyota wants me to pay to repair their faulty window seals. Poor quality and even poorer service.
The door suddenly stops working and then start working again. Now it stops working again. Can not open either by the remote control nor by manually pull the door handle or inside button.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota sienna. The contact stated that on occasion the rear hatchback door would not close with the electronic remote or manually. The vehicle was taken to the dealer several times for the failure, however, the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The dealer replaced the sensor strip and re-initialized the remote, but the failure was not corrected and the rear hatchback door would still intermittently not close. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and they advised that they could not replace any additional parts. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 30,000 and the current mileage was 34,000.
2010 toyota sienna. Consumer states severe corrosion of a spare tire cable *tgw the consumer stated he received a recall notice in the mail regarding severe corrosion of the spare tire cable. An inspection of the spare tire cable revealed corrosion. The consumer stated to suggest storing a spare tire contaminated with road dirt, salt and other possible contaminants inside the vehicle is unprofessional and dangerous. The consumer is requesting a new spare tire cable as soon as possible.
Tl*the contact owns 2010 toyota sienna. During a routine oil change the dealer noticed that both rear tires were worn to the metal wire and that they could fall apart at anytime. The dealer informed her that the rear member bar was too long and was for a different vehicle which caused the tires to be out of line. The dealer agree to replace the rear member bar but could not confirm if that would correct the failure. The vehicle was in the dealers possession when the complaint was filed. The contact will notify the manufacturer and inform them of the failure. The failure and current mileages were 36,000.
My 17 month old's head got jammed between the right rear wheel and the right rear door panel while the electric door slid open. Even though my wife pulled on the door handle the door kept sliding open. My baby's head was crushed between the tire and door panel. This is a very unsafe design as my wife tried to stop the door from sliding back and the door kept moving. I need someone to call me to further discuss this matter. My car is a 2011 model.
1. I bought a new toyota sienna 2010 in november 2009 and found the rails of the passenger side seat corroded in less than two months 2. The spare tire mechanism of the same car was found stuck and had to be replaced in the same time period. The dealer has replaced the spare tire mechanism but failed to address the issue of corrosion. I am concerned as this affects the resale value of my car and also if the corrosion exists in other parts of the vehicle which are not conspicuous.
While loading my kids at a parking lot, we opened the rear hatch with the remote control, it opened completely and when one of the kids was putting his stuff in the back the hatch started to close to the point in which it wouldn't stop. My wife and I had to hold the hatch to not let it continue closing with my kid in the way. The hatch continued to push down and pressing my kid. After a few seconds of pulling the hatch up, finally it came back and opened again, just to then close again by itself with no apparent reason. There were no injuries, just a good amount of stress for the 10-15 seconds of the incident.
I own a 2010 toyota sienna purchased back in sept. 2009. Power liftgate closes itself everytime when open using the keyfob or the button inside the cabin. This was happening like couple of months after I got the car. There were several incidents that me and family members were hit our heads and shoulders by self closing liftgate when didn't know what the cause was. After researching about this problem, toyota had recalled sienna in the past about this same problem for older models for faulty strut used for power liftgates. I had not taken the car to the dealer yet because of time. I use the liftgate in manual mode to prevent the problem for possible injury until I fix the problem. I will be taking the car to the dealer soon.
2010 toyota sienna rear liftgate automatically closes on occasion without pushing the key fob or the interior button. It has occurred 5 times in the last 2 weeks. No one has been hit by the door yet because we are aware of it happening. I will be contacting the dealer tomorrow. No other action has been taken.
Tl*the contact owns a 2010 toyota sienna. The contact stated the rear electronic door intermittently failed to remain open. The dealer stated that the strut needed to be replaced since they became faulty. The dealer also advised her that the parts were on national back order. The failure mileage was 4,000. Updated 02/1710 *bf updated 02/19/10
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