2004 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

YET ANOTHER OF THE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE PASSENGER SIDE AUTOMATIC DOOR ON THE 2004 SIENNA. OURS GOT STUCK ABOUT HALF WAY OPEN. COULD OPEN THE REST OF THE WAY, BUT WOULD NOT CLOSE. ENDED UP COSTING $3000 TO FIX. *TR

OUR 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA EXPERIENCED A MALFUNCTION RELATED TO THE ABS VSC COMPUTER CONTROL. THE CAR WOULD GET UP TO ABOUT 6 MILES AN HOUR AND THEN THE VSC LIGHT AND WARNING BELL WOULD COME ON. YOU COULD FEEL THE BRAKES TRYING TO LOCK UP THE VEHICLE AND BRING IT TO A STOP. MY WIFE WAS FIXING TO GET ONTO THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS OCCURRED. I FOUND THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN # 10011806 RELATED TO THIS EVENT, THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND I AM WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR IS JAMMED SHUT. TOYOTA IS OFFERING TO FIX WITH A NEW REDESIGNED MOTOR FOR $3,000. IF TOYOTA REDESIGNED THE MOTOR THEY KNEW THERE WAS AN ISSUE AND THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. TOYOTA NEW ABOUT THIS ISSUE AS THEY ISSUED A TSB ON THIS EXACT PROBLEM WHICH ONLY COVERED VEHICLES WITHIN 3 YEARS OR 36,000 MILES. THE TOYOTA TSB NUMBER IS EL004-04. I'M ADDING MY VIN HERE SINCE I'M UNABLE TO ENTER IT LATER ON. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE. THE PASSENGER RIGHT POWER SLIDER DOOR HAS STOPPED WORKING ABRUPTLY ON 1/1/2010 WHILE DRIVING. THE DAUGHTER WAS SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO THE DOOR. DEALER QUOTE IS 1400 DOLLARS TO FIX IT. *TR

CRACK DEVELOPED ON DASH IN AN AREA BETWEEN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND RADIO. THIS IS AN AREA NOT EXPOSED TO ELEMENTS (SUN, HEAT, ETC.). VEHICLE IS GARAGED AND MAINTAINED AND WOULD NOT BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO A CRACK. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE, AUTOMATIC DOOR STOPPED WORKING. CAN NOT CLOSE THE DOOR COMPLETELY CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD. WENT TO DEALER ... DEALER MENTIONED THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE BUT THEY WILL FIX IT ONLY IF THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 36K MILES ... PROBLEM WAS CAUSED DUE TO THE SLIDING DOOR MOTOR, CABLE ASSEMBLY AND HITCH WHICH HOLDS THE DOOR. DEALER'S ESTIMATE TO FIX THE PROBLEM $2000. *TR

I EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTY (STIFFNESS, LACK OF RESPONSIVENESS) IN THE POWER STEERING OF MY 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION BY MY DEALERSHIP REVEALED THAT BOTH THE STEERING RACK AND PINION AND THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MINIVAN HAS ONLY 51,000 MILES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE AWD, 109,000, WITH BRIDGESTONE RFT SNOW TIRES. AT 15-20 MPH ON DRY PAVEMENT, I TRIED TO STOP QUICKLY FOR A DOG STROLLING IN FRONT OF US. THE VAN SLIGHTLY SLOWED, THE DOG WADDLED OUT OF THE WAY AND WE CAME TO A ROLLING, GRADUAL STOP WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED FULLY TO THE FLOOR. I HADN'T TIME TO PUMP BRAKES AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD HAVE MATTERED. THE TOYOTA DEALER COULDN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM AND SAID PADS, ETC; WERE GOOD. HAS HAPPENED TO ME THIS ONE TIME ONLY, BUT GOOGLE SEARCH SUGGESTS OTHERS MAY HAVE HAD THIS EXPERIENCE. THANKS

I HAVE A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM MANY OTHER SIENNA OWNERS HAVE, THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR SLIDING POWER DOOR DOES NOT OPEN, NOT BY POWER OR MANUALLY. THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR AS NOTED ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND NOT CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE BY TOYOTA. HAVING 2 YOUNG CHILDREN RIDING IN THE BACK SEAT EVERY DAY, I DO CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY ISSUE, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE ENTRAPMENT, BUT BECAUSE THEY MUST NOW DISCHARGE ON THE TRAFFIC SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, NOT THE STREET SIDE. ADDITIONALLY, THIS VAN HAS FAULTY WELDS IN THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT DOOR, ANOTHER ISSUE FREQUENTLY DOCUMENTED ONLINE AND FOR WHICH THERE WAS A TSB. BECAUSE MY VAN IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY, THE DEALER WILL NOT COVER THIS REPAIR EVEN THOUGH IT WAS PURCHASED AFTER THE TSB WAS ISSUED FOR THIS DEFECT. I THINK A DOOR FALLING OFF THE CAR IS ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER FURTHER AND HAVE IT CORRECTED. THANK YOU. *TW

I SUSPECT THE CRUISE CONTROL OF MY 2004 MINIVAN TOYOTA SIENNA CE HAS SIMILAR ISSUE FOUND IN RECENT PRIUS REPORTS. 1. WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS USED ON UPHILL ROAD CONDITIONS 2. THE SPEED CAN BE ACCELERATED TO OVER 5 MILES/HR MORE THAN THE CRUISE CONTROL SETTING. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I SET THE SPEED TO 70 MILES/HR, AT A LITTLE LONGER UPHILL ROAD, THE SPEED WILL DROP FIRST (LIKE 67MILES/HR) AND THEN ACCELERATE IN ORDER TO GET BACK TO 70MILES/HR SPEED TARGET. BUT THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM CONTINUE ACCELERATING AFTER PASSING 70 MILES/HR AND COULD BE AS HIGH AS 75MILES/HR. 3. NOTHING HAD BEEN DONE, JUST BE CAUTIOUS BY MYSELF. AFTER READING SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON PRIUS OF TOYOTA, I FEEL THIS MAY BE THE SAME ISSUE. *TW