2004 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

1. NO EVENTS LEAD TO THE FAILURE. 2. THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SLIDING DOOR CABLE AND MOTOR OF A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE LIMITED QUIT WORKING, BROKEN CABLE. NOW WE ARE UNABLE TO OPEN / CLOSE SLIDING DOOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE. 3. HAVING CABLE/MOTOR REPLACED EST COST $1000. *TR

2004 TOYOTA SIENNA: PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING. I LIVE IN MA AND DURING THE WINTER THE POWER STEERING WILL INTERMITTENTLY WORK. THERE IS NOT POWER STEERING FROM BETWEEN 10 AND 2 O'CLOCK AND THEN IT WILL KICK IN. ALSO IT WILL NOT RETURN TO ZERO ON ITS OWN. TRYING TO MAKE A TURN YOU HAVE TO PULL HARD AND THEN IT WILL KICK IN AND YOU ALMOST RUN INTO THE GUARDRAIL. AFTER PULLING BACK THE OTHER WAY IT IS HARD AND THEN ONCE IT KICKS IN I ALMOST DRIVE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAVE READ OTHER READERS COMPLAINTS ON "ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM" AND THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE INTERMEDIATE POWER STEERING SHAFT HAVE CORROSION ISSUES IN HIGH SALT AREA. TOYOTA HAS CHANGED THIS ON LATER MODELS SO THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM. I FEEL THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE THAT WILL LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA LE IN 2003. THE DATE THAT I WAS TO PICK UP THE BRAND NEW VAN I WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL. WHEN I PICK UP THE VAN I WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL CONCERNING THE GAS TANK WAS MADE. NOW, THE GAS TANK IS LINKING, WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW. *TR

2004 SIENNA XLE POWER SLIDING DOOR FELL OFF. THE POWER SLIDING FUNCTION HAS BEEN A TROUBLESOME ISSUE WITH THIS DOOR FOR OVER 2 YEARS BUT SINCE IT DID NOT START TO FAIL UNTIL JUST AFTER THE WARRANTY PERIOD ENDED TOYOTA INSISTS THAT THERE IS NO ISSUE FOR THEM TO ADDRESS. WE HAVING BEEN USING THIS DOOR IN MANUAL OPENING MODE WITH POWER ASSISTED CLOSING FOR 2 YEARS. LAST WEEK THE CABLE BECAME SNAGGED IN THE MECHANISM BUT THE DOOR STILL WORKED IN FULL MANUAL MODE. 3 DAYS AGO MY WIFE PLACED OUR DAUGHTER IN THE VEHICLE AND WENT TO CLOSE THE DOOR. WHEN THE DOOR WAS NEARLY CLOSED THE TOP AND CENTER ROLLERS CAME OUT OF THEIR TRACKS AND THE DOOR FELL OFF THE VEHICLE IN HER HAND. THE SHARP BOTTOM EDGE OF THE DOOR NEARLY HIT HER TOES AND COULD EASILY HAVE SEVERED THE END OF HER FOOT. THE BOTTOM HINGE BRACKET IS NOW BENT AND THE BACK CORNER OF THE DOOR IS DAMAGED FROM STRIKING THE GROUND. DEALER QUOTE FOR THE REPAIRS IS OVER $4000. FROM READING VARIOUS POSTS ON THE INTERNET THIS WOULD APPEAR TO BE A COMMON DEFECT WITH THIS VEHICLE WHICH I CONSIDER TO BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I COUNT US FORTUNATE THAT NEITHER MY WIFE NOR MY DAUGHTER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED BY THIS OCCURRENCE. HAD SHE NOT CAUGHT THE DOOR BEFORE IT STRUCK THE VEHICLE BESIDE HER OR SWUNG INWARDS TOWARD MY DAUGHTER WHO WAS SITTING RIGHT BESIDE IT, THE SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. *TR

2004 TOYOTA SIENNA AUTOMATIC PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR STOPPED WORKING AND WOULDN'T SHUT. THIS DOOR ALSO CAME OPEN WITHOUT WARNING, PRESENTING A SAFETY HAZARD TO CHILDREN RIDING IN CAR. *TR

MY 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA MINIVAN SLIDING DOOR FREEZE SHUT OR PARTIALLY OPEN. SOMETIMES I CAN NOT GET THE DOORS OPEN TO GET MY KIDS IN OR OUT IN FREEZING WEATHER. ALSO, THEY FREEZE PARTIALLY OPEN AND WON'T SAFELY LOCK!! *TR

OUR 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE, POWER SLIDING DOORS WILL NOT OPEN, OR LATCH CLOSED ALL THE WAY. IT OCCURRED DURING A COLD SPELL IN OUR AREA, AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT YET. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD, AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET MY INFANT AND MY OTHER CHILDREN IN AND OUT OF THE VAN WHEN BOTH DOORS WON'T OPEN. NEITHER WILL OPEN WITH THE POWER BUTTONS IN THE CAR, THE BUTTONS ON OUR KEYS, OR MANUALLY. THERE HAS BEEN NO WAY TO GET THEM OPEN, AND SINCE THEY AREN'T LATCHED CLOSED, THE VAN CAN'T BE LOCKED, AND WHEN I DRIVE IT CONTINUOUSLY BEEPS, ALERTING ME TO THE "OPEN" DOORS WHILE I AM DRIVING. ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE HOW UNSAFE THIS IS, AS IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY, THERE WOULD BE NO QUICK WAY THAT I, OR ANY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL COULD GET ANY PASSENGERS OUT OF THE BACK SEATS QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY. APPARENTLY IT COSTS MORE THAN $1200 PER DOOR FOR THE DEALER TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA MINIVAN. IT HAS TWO POWER SLIDING REAR DOORS THAT USE A CABLE TO OPEN AND SHUT. OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS THERE HAS BEEN A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM BOTH DOORS AND RECENTLY, ONE OF THE CABLES FINALLY SNAPPED, RESULTING IN THE DOOR TO BE UNUSABLE. I AM BEING TOLD BY TOYOTA THIS IS A $1200 REPAIR AS THE WHOLE DOOR MECHANISM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, DESPITE THE FACT THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THE SNAPPED CABLE. THIS REPAIR IS ONLY FOR ONE OF THE DOORS. THE OTHER CABLE LOOKS AS IF IT COULD SNAP SOON, AT WHICH POINT IT WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL $1200 TO REPAIR. MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUE IS THAT THE CABLE HAD A PLASTIC COATING THAT DETERIORATES OVER TIME. THE COATING BECOMES DRY AND BRITTLE OVER TIME, CAUSING IT TO CRACK AND FALL OFF THE WIRE, LEAVING THE WIRES COMPLETELY VULNERABLE TO GETTING WET, RUST, FREEZE, ETC, ALSO RUBBING EXTENSIVELY UNPROTECTED AGAINST THE GEARS. AS THE BARE CABLE IS EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS, IT WEAKENS AND THE WHOLE CABLE SNAPS, MAKING THE DOOR JAM ALTOGETHER. AFTER READING SOME INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET, IT SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MANY TOYOTA SIENNA VANS AND THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL. *TR

2004 SIENNA DRIVER'S DOOR BEGAN TO CREAK AND THEN HAD DIFFICULTY OPENING AND CLOSING. INSPECTION SHOWED THE WELD BROKE. IT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL TWO WEEKS AFTER THE WARRANTY WAS OUT, AND THE TOYOTA EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULDN'T COVER IT. THEY QUOTED 2,000 TO 2,500 TO FIX IT. THEY SAID THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING, BUT ONLY ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. WHEN YOU HEAR THE CRACKING SOUND, TAKE IT IN RIGHT AWAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SLIDING DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN AT ALL. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD BE BILLED IF THEY PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 42,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,000.