2004 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

I OWN A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CABLE ON BOTH SLIDING DOORS BROKE AND THE DOORS DO NOT OPEN AUTOMATICALLY WE HAVE TO OPEN AND CLOSE THEM MANUALLY WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR MY SMALL KIDS. SOMETIMES THE DOORS JAM AND DO NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY KIDS. MY VAN HAS ONLY 65K MILES ON IT. I HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA AND MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER. THEY TOLD MY IT WILL COST ME ABOUT $3400 DOLLARS TO FIX BOTH DOORS. I CAN NOT PAY THIS KIND OF MONEY ESPECIALLY ON A PROBLEM THAT SEEMS TO BE COMMON WITH ALL 2004-2006 SIENNA VANS. I THINK TOYOTA SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL AND FIX THEIR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN 2004 SIENNA LE, CALLED DEALERSHIP FOR APPT, THE NEXT DAY, THE AIR CONDITIONING WENT OUT. I LIVE IN PHOENIX, AZ, WHERE IT IS ROUTINELY 115 IN THE SUMMER. TOOK CAR VAN TO DEALERSHIP WHERE PRICE TO FIX IS $4200. COMPRESSOR EXPLODED AND SENT SHARDS OF METAL THROUGHOUT ENTIRE A/C SYSTEM. TOYOTA IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, AS POSTED IN THEIR TSB AC003-05, BUT REFUSES TO COVER THEIR DEFECT UNDER A RECALL AS IT'S NOT LIFE-THREATENING. LET ME TELL YOU, RIDING IN A CAR FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME IN 115 DEGREE WEATHER IS LIFE-THREATENING. A/C IS NOT A LUXURY IN AZ; IT IS NECESSARY FOR SURVIVAL. UPON CONTACTING TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE, THEY DENY ANY CULPABILITY; HOWEVER, THERE ARE PLENTY OF FORUMS, INCLUDING TOYOTANATION.COM, IN WHICH PEOPLE HAVE ROUTINELY HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. WOULD LIKE TOYOTA TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THEIR DEFECT AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND TO DEEM IT NON-LIFE-THREATENING IS A MISTAKE. MOST PEOPLE WHO OWN MINI-VANS ARE TRANSPORTING CHILDREN AND IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH FOR CHILDREN TO OVERHEAT IN A NON-AIR CONDITIONED CAR, NOT TO MENTION THE MILD HEAT EXHAUSTION THAT COMES FROM BEING IN THE CAR FOR 15 MINUTES. CAR IS STILL NOT FIXED DUE TO EXORBITANT COST AND IT IS WELL OVER 100 HERE STILL IN SEPTEMBER. *TR

MY WIFE WAS PUTTING THE CHILDREN INTO OUR 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA MINIVAN AND WHEN SHE WENT TO OPEN THE PASSENGER SIDE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR THE DOOR CABLE BROKE. THANKFULLY SHE WAS ABLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR SAFELY. HOWEVER, SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO OPEN IT. WHEN SHE BROUGHT THE VAN TO ME, AS I WAS AT WORK, I COULD SEE THAT A PIECE OF THE DOOR CABLE/PULLEY SYSTEM WAS IN THE WAY OF THE DOOR SLIDING OPEN. I CUT OFF THAT PIECE AND THE DOOR NOW OPENS AND CLOSES MANUALLY. IF MY WIFE HAD GOTTEN INTO AN ACCIDENT ON HER WAY TO SEE ME, THAT DOOR WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE OPENED. THAT, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, IS A SERIOUS DEFECT IN DESIGN...THAT SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN THAT WOULD PREVENT THE DOOR FROM BEING OPENED. *TR

POWER SLIDING DOOR IS INOPERATIVE, INTERMITTENTLY INOPERATIVE, DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY AND RETURNS TO THE OPEN POSITION WHILE BEING CLOSED USING THE POWER SWITCH OR REMOTE CONTROL. *TR

CABLE SNAPPED ON REAR POWER SLIDING DOORS. IT APPEARS THAT THE OUTER PLASTIC COATING DRIED AND BROKE OFF OF THE CABLE. CABLE IS HANGING OUTSIDE OF THE CAR AS I DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD. THE DOOR IS VERY HEAVY AND MY CHILDREN ARE UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR THEMSELVES. *TR

2004 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE LIMITED (75,000 MILES), PURCHASED APRIL 2003. PASSENGER REAR SLIDING DOOR CABLE SNAPPED. IT LOOKS LIKE THE COVERING ON THE CABLE DETERIORATED OVER THE YEARS AND THE CABLE RUSTED AND SNAPPED. WE ARE NOT ABLE TO OPEN REAR SLIDING DOOR DUE TO BROKEN CABLE. *TR

THE REAR POWER SLIDING DOOR ON THE TOYOTA HAS A SAFETY DEFECT WHERE THE POWER SLIDING DOOR CLOSES COMPLETELY BUT THEN POPS OPEN SLIGHTLY AT THE REAR OF THE DOOR. THE RESULT IS THAT THE DOOR IS NOT FULLY CLOSED OR LATCHED. HOWEVER, THE "OPEN DOOR" INDICATOR IN THE VEHICLE DOES NOT LIGHT INDICATING THAT THE DOOR IS NOT IN A FULLY CLOSED POSITION. THE "POP OPEN" SCENARIO WAS OCCURRING OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL WEEKS, BEFORE GOING OVER A BUMPY ROAD THE VIBRATIONS MUST HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE "OPEN DOOR" INDICATOR TO LIGHT. UPON BRINGING TO TOYOTA FOR REPAIR THEY INFORMED ME THE MOTOR WAS DAMAGED ALONG WITH THE LATCHING MECHANISM FOR THE DOOR. *TR

WE HAVE A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THE CABLES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SLIDING DOORS HAVE SNAPPED OFF. WE HAVE CALLED TOYOTA ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEY INFORMED US THAT THE DOORS ARE NOT COVERED. WE FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE DOORS ONLY OPEN PART WAY. WE HAVE FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ASAP. *TR

WE HAVE A TOYOTA SIENNA WHOSE SLIDING DOORS ARE INOPERABLE. SIX MONTHS AGO ARE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. WE WERE AT A STORE AND HAD TO DRIVE TO OUR MECHANIC WITH THE DOOR STUCK OPEN - NOT VERY SAFE AT ALL WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR - TO DISABLE THE MOTOR AND UNJAM THE DOOR. IT NOW ONLY OPERATES IN A MANUAL MODE.NOW OUR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN! ONCE AGAIN, THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE AND WE HAD TO FORCE IT SHUT - AND CANNOT USE THAT DOOR UNTIL IT IS FIXED. WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE HAVING CHILDREN USE THE DOORS BECAUSE NOW THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO OPEN AND CLOSE. IF THEY NEEDED TO EXIT QUICKLY - CHILDREN CANNOT OPEN THE HEAVY DOORS ON THEIR OWN. ALSO THERE IS NO LONGER THE SAFETY FEATURE OF HAVING THE DOOR NOT CLOSE IF SOMETHING OR SOMEONE IS IN ITS PATH. *TR

I HAVE 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH 1 POWERDOOR. THE MOTOR AND CABLE ASSEMBLY IS NOW BROKEN, AND TOYOTA WILL NOT MAKE IT MANUAL. I NOW HAVE TO PAY $1,600.00 FOR A NEW ASSEMBLY. *TR