2004 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

10/1/2008 CABLE ON THE POWER SLIDING DOOR OF OUR 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA BROKE. CAR HAS 50K MILES. DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. HAD TO TAKE TO DEAL, REPAIR WAS $1,635.00 12/4/2008 BOTH SLIDING DOORS COULD NOT BE OPENED THEY WERE FROZEN CLOSED, COULD NOT OPEN MANUALLY OR AUTOMATICALLY. BY MID-DAY DOORS WERE ABLE TO BE OPENED BUT PASSENGER CABLE SNAPPED. CANNOT OPEN THE DOOR ALL THE WAY. *TR

I HAVE 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOORS. THIS MORNING THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR BEGAN TO MAKE A GRINDING NOISE, AND WOULD MAKE THE SAME SOUND WHEN I CLOSE IT. - I LOOKED THE DOOR AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE PARTS OF THE CABLE COMING OFF- THE DOOR AT TIMES WILL OPEN HALF WAY AND THEN CLOSE. - TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE AND PROBLEM WITH THE DOORS. BUT TOYOTA HAS NOT DONE A RECALL ON THIS - ONLY HAS POSTED A TSB (TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN). *TR

I OWN A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA, WITH ABOUT 50,000 MILES ON IT. THE POWER DOOR ON THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP UNLESS IT HAS FORCE ON IT IF IS ACCIDENTALLY CLOSED WHILE SOMEONE IS ONE THE WAY, DOESN'T BOUNCE BACK LIKE A GARAGE DOOR DOES. MY POWER DOOR CABLE SNAP YESTERDAY AS I WAS TRYING TO OPEN IT AND CAME BACK ON ME. IT STOPPED AND THEN FINALLY CLOSED, AND WOULD NOT OPEN MORE THAN AN INCH. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CABLE BROKE AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE MOTOR TO THE TUNE OF 1100 JUST FOR THE PART AND THEN LABOR CHARGES. I PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH IS GOOD UNTIL NOV 2010 AND 75000 MILES. HOWEVER THEY SAY THIS IS NOT COVERED. TOYOTA HAS A PROBLEM WITH HINGES ON THERE DOORS FOR THIS MODEL YEAR. SOMETHING NEED TO BE DONE BEFORE THERE IS INJURY. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR POWER DOOR CABLE SNAPPED (RUSTED AND FRAYED). THIS IS CLEARLY A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE, AS I HAD TO CUT THE CABLE WITH WIRE CUTTERS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR. I CONTACTED BOTH THE DEALER AND TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE, WHO SAY IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, AND WILL COST $2000 TO FIX. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OTHER REPORTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM, AND IT SEEMS THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A RECALL ISSUE. *TR

2004 TOYOTA SIENNA LE PASSENGER VAN. PASSENGER POWER SIDE SLIDING DOOR DID NOT STAY OPEN AND AUTOMATICALLY CLOSED AND NEARLY CRUSHED MY WIFE WHILE ASSISTING CHILDREN TO DISEMBARK. IF IT WASN'T FOR THE SAFETY SENSOR THAT REVERSED THE DOOR MOTION WHEN IT FELT RESISTANCE MY WIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN CRUSHED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING WITH TWO OF MY BOYS IN BOOSTERS IN THE 3RD ROW SEAT. THE BOY ON THE PASSENGER SIDE PULLED THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT DOWN FROM THE CEILING AND WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK TWICE AND THEN PUT THE BUCKLE IN THE LAP CLASP. I WAS DRIVING AND HAD THE RADIO ON. LUCKILY MY 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER NOTICED HIM STRUGGLING AND BEGAN SCREAMING, "HE'S CHOKING, HE'S CHOKING"; SHE IMMEDIATELY JUMPED OVER THE SEAT AND TRIED TO FREE HIM WHILE I STOPPED THE CAR IN TRAFFIC. SHE FRANTICALLY TRIED TO UNDO THE BELT; HE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE ANY NOISE. ANYONE THAT HAS A SIENNA KNOWS THAT THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT ON THE THIRD SEAT CLIPS INTO A LAP BELT THAT YOU NEED A PEN OR KEY TO RELEASE. AS MY SON STRUGGLED, AND WIGGLED TO FREE HIMSELF THE BELT BECAME TIGHTER, LOCKED IN AND WAS BASICALLY HANGING HIM IN HIS BOOSTER SEAT. I STOPPED IN TRAFFIC, GOT IN BACK AND WAS ABLE TO LIFT THE BOOSTER UP IN THE AIR SO THAT IT WASN'T CHOKING HIM BUT COULDN'T RELEASE THE BELT. MY 15 YEAR OLD WAS IN THE FRONT SEAT AND I ASKED HER TO TAKE THE KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION, WHICH I USED TO RELEASE THE BUCKLE. MY SON IS FINE. LUCKILY MY DAUGHTER SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. *TR

I ALWAYS TOOK MY 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA IN FOR MAINTENANCE. THE MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED BY MIDAS OR TOYOTA. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR BRAKES AUGUST 2008 AND WAS TOLD A TIMING BELT WAS NEEDED ALONG WITH DRIVING BELT. I WAS NEVER VERBALLY TOLD OF A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK IN FOR SERVICE TO REPLACE THE TIMING BELT, DRIVING BELT, AND THERMOSTAT; STILL NO MENTION OF A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD AND SHOW ME THE DIRT FROM THE TRANSMISSION. NEVER PRIOR TO THE LAST VISIT DID THEY VERBALLY MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *TR

REAR SLIDING DOOR CABLE BROKE. VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR ($1600) NO HELP FROM DEALERSHIP. TOLD ME TO CALL MANUFACTURER. CAR HAD 50,000 MILES. SEEMS LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT FAIL AT ALL. *TR

I OWNED A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA LE WITH PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR. THE CABLE OF THE DOOR WAS SNAPPED ON 11/16/08 AND HANGED LOOSE TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE VAN. THE DOOR CAN NEITHER BE OPENED AND CLOSED AT THE TIME. I HAD TO FORCE CLOSED THE DOOR SO THAT THE VAN COULD BE ON THE ROAD AGAIN. WE HAVE STOPPED USING THIS DOOR SINCE THE INCIDENT HAPPENED. IN SHORT, THE DOOR IS INOPERATIVE. AFTER CALLED AND FILED A CASE WITH TOYOTA CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER, THEY CLAIMED NOTHING THEY COULD HELP ME IN RESOLVING THE ISSUE. *TR

I HAD TAKEN MY SIENNA TO THE DEALER TO FIX THE LAST RECALL FOR THE LIFTGATE. THEY MUST HAVE DONE AN INSPECTION AND TOLD ME I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE WARN CONTROL ARMS AT A COST OF $1,755.00 AND THE HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING HOSE AT A COST OF $699.00. I WAS THERE IN APRIL TO HAVE WORK DONE AND NONE OF THIS WAS MENTIONED. I HAVE 54,473 MILES AND ASKED AT WHAT MILEAGE DO THE CONTROL ARMS USUALLY BREAK DOWN AND I WAS TOLD SIMPLY AT ANY TIME. *TR