2004 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

2004 TOYOTA SIENNA POWER DOOR IS INOPERABLE. THERE WAS A TSB EL004-04 ISSUED STATING A PROBLEM EXISTED, YET WE WERE NOT CONTACTED WHILE THE VAN WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

I HAVE 2004 AWD SIENNA. A WEEK AGO, WHEN I STARTED THE CAR IN A FREEZING MORNING AND DROVE IN SUBDIVISION ROAD, THE SLIPPERY LIGHT AND BEEP CAME ON AND THE BRAKE ACTED HERE AND THERE ON THE WHEELS. AT THE VERY BEGINNING, I THOUGHT THE ROAD WAS SLIPPERY. BUT IT WAS NOT THE CASE. THERE WAS NO WAY MY VAN WAS SKIDDING ALL THE TIME. I WAS ONLY DRIVING AT 10 MPH. THEN I REALIZED THE VSC WAS WRONGLY ACTIVATED. WHENEVER I GET TO MORE THAN 10MPH, VSC GOT ACTIVATED AND BROKE THE SPEED DOWN TO 5 MPH. I COULD ONLY DRIVE AT 5MPH WITHOUT GETTING VSC ACTIVATED. THEN I REALIZED I COULD NOT DRIVE THIS VAN ON THE ROAD. I PARKED IT BACK IN GARAGE. THE NEXT DAY, MY WIFE DROVE IT OUT OF THE GARAGE AND GOT THE SAME SYMPTOM. WE PUT THE VAN BACK TO GARAGE FOR ANOTHER 3 DAYS BEFORE I WAS ABOUT TO CALL A TOW TRUCK TO TOW IT TO A DEALER FOR EXAMINATION. I TRIED IT AGAIN. MIRACULOUSLY, THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND TALKED TO THE SERVICE ADVISER, HE SAID HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM (RECALL ETC.) AND ASKED ME TO BRING THE VAN BACK FOR SERVICE ONCE THE PROBLEM HAPPENS AGAIN. MY VAN APPEARS TO BE WORKING CORRECTLY NOW, BUT I DARE NOT DRIVE IT FAR AWAY FROM HOME. I KNOW THE PROBLEM IS NOT GONE. IT WILL COME BACK AT THE MOST INCONVENIENT TIME. I DO NOT WANT TO BE STRANDED IN A SNOW STORM AT -30 DEGREES F THAT I CAN ONLY DRIVE AT 5MPH (THAT IS WHAT THE WEATHER IS LIKE HERE IN CHICAGO AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR). I DO NOT WANT TO BE THOUSAND MILES AWAY FROM HOME WHEN THE PROBLEM HAPPENS AGAIN. IT WOULD BE NIGHTMARE IF VSC WRONGLY COMES ON AT HIGH WAY SPEED. *TR

2004 SIENNA POWER DOOR CABLE BREAKING CAUSING DOOR TO BE INOPERATIVE. CREATING UNSAFE CONDITIONS WITH CHILDREN AND BABY SEATS IN VEHICLE. TOYOTA STATES $1500 REPAIR. AFTER RESEARCH PROBLEM SEEMS WIDESPREAD NOT VEHICLE SPECIFIC. VEHICLE HAS 58,000 MILES. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE PASSENGER POWER DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE WHEN THE POWER MOTOR FAILS. WE WERE UNABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS WITH CHILDREN IN THE BACK SEAT. EVENTUALLY, WE WERE ABLE TO FORCE THE DOOR CLOSED, BUT WE CANNOT OPEN THE DOOR NOW. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR QUICKLY IN AN EMERGENCY. *TR

DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER AUTOMATIC DOOR CABLE WAS RUSTED AND BROKEN ON A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE. NEED TO REPLACE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY, EST. COST IS $1800-2000. *TR

2004 TOYOTA SIENNA POWER SLIDING DOOR DESIGN IS DEFECTIVE. CENTER HINGE BENDS CAUSING MOTOR AND CABLE TO FAIL. DOOR WILL NOT OPEN WHICH IS A SAFETY CONCERN IN THE EVENT ON AN EMERGENCY. *TR

MY TOYOTA SIENNA XLE SLIDING DOOR BROKE. IT STOP WORKING ALL OF A SUDDEN, BRING IT BACK TO DEALER BUT IT WILL COST ME ABOUT 1800 DOLLARS TO FIX IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. SHE NOTICED THAT IN COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS BOTH REAR DOORS FREEZE EVEN WITHOUT PRECIPITATION. AS A CONSEQUENCE SHE IS NOT ABLE TO OPEN THE DOORS OR CLOSE THEM ONCE THEY ARE AJAR. SHE NOTIFIED THE DEALER AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A ROOF RAIL WEATHER STRIP APPLIED TO HER VEHICLE. A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT SINCE THERE WAS NOT A RECALL THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 57,000. UPDATED 01/29/09. *LJ UPDATED 01/30/09. *JB

I BEGAN EXPERIENCING A STIFFNESS IN MY POWER STEERING ON 12-15-08. I CHECKED THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEVEL AND IT APPEARED TO BE LOW. I ADDED A FEW OUNCES. TWO DAYS OF DRIVING LATER AND THERE WAS NO CHANGE. I TOOK THE VAN TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP TODAY, 12-18-08, AND THEY IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS CORROSION TO THE FLEX JOINT OF THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT OF THE POWER STEERING RACK AND PINION. THEY DID TELL ME THAT THE SITUATION COULD DEGRADE TO THE POINT WHERE POWER STEERING COULD FAIL. COST OF REPAIR WAS QUOTED AS $500 PLUS $70 FOR RELATED/REQUIRED FRONT-END ALIGNMENT. THE ROOT CAUSE WAS SAID TO LIKELY BE WATER ENTERING THE SEAL OF THE JOINT, CAUSING RUST TO FORM ON/AROUND THE BEARINGS. OTHER REPORTS OF ROAD SALT BEING THE CAUSE, SEEM TO SUGGEST THAT UNDER-CARRIAGE CLEANING WOULD, IN FACT, PREVENT THE CORROSION. THIS DEALERS POSITION IS THAT THE HIGH-PRESSURE SPRAYING OF THE UNDER-CARRIAGE WAS, ITSELF, CAUSING THE CORROSION TO BEGIN. *TR

BOTH SLIDING DOORS ON MY 2004 LE VAN ARE FAULTY. BOTH DOORS FREEZE AND WILL NOT OPEN IN THE WINTER. THE SLIDING (NON POWER) DRIVERSIDE DOOR ALSO RATTLES CONTINUOUSLY IN THE SUMMER. THE NON POWER DOOR ALSO DOES NOT STAY IN THE LOCKED AND OPEN POSITION AND WILL SLAM SHUT IF THE WINDOW IS OPEN. I HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN AND THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY LUBRICATED BOTH DOORS AND SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THE DOOR STILL RATTLES IN THE SUMMER AND BOTH DOORS REGULARLY FREEZE IN THE WINTER. *TR