2004 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

THE STRUTS ON THE MANUAL LIFTGATE OF MY 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA FAILED AT AROUND 65,000 MILES. THE REPLACEMENT COST AT THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, WAS $391.07. THIS APPEARS TO BE A FREQUENT COMPLAINT AMONG SIENNA OWNERS. IT WOULD SEEM THAT TOYOTA SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *JB

REAR HATCH SUPPORT CYLINDER FAILED. I PURCHASED A NEW CYLINDER AND REPLACED IT MYSELF. AT A COST OF $150.00 FOR ONE. I STARTED TO NOTICE THE PROBLEM WHEN MY AUTOMATIC REAR HATCH WOULD ONLY RAISE THE HATCH HALF WAY AND THEN RE-CLOSE THE HATCH. 2004 SIENNA XLE LIMITED. 45K *JB UPDATED 10/03/07 *TR

2004 TOYOTA SIENNA PROBLEMS WITH THE TAILGATE FALLING DOWN. CUSTOMER STATES THE TAILGATE CAME DOWN FROM THE RAISED POSITION WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND HIT HER IN THE HEAD. *KB THE CONSUMER WAS NO INJURED, HOWEVER WHEN THE CONSUMER TRIED TO GET THE BACK DOOR TO GO UP VIA THE BACK DOOR SWITCH OR BY USING THE REMOTE, IT WOULD NOT GO UP AND IF SHE RAISED IT BY HAND IT WOULD NOT STAY UP. *JB

THE CAR HAS A POWER LIFTGATE. THE GAS STRUTS THAT HOLD UP THE REAR LIFTGATE INTERMITTENTLY FAIL AND THE LIFTGATE WILL NOT STAY UP. THIS WILL ALSO CAUSE THE POWER LIFTGATE TO ENGAGE AND IT WILL ATTEMPT TO SHUT THE LIFTGATE WHILE YOU ARE STANDING UNDER IT. THE DOOR HAS CLOSED ON ME SEVERAL TIMES, BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN INJURED. *JB

I HAVE A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA AND THE POWER LIFTGATE IS CLOSING UNEXPECTEDLY. MY WIFE'S ARM WAS SQUEEZED THE OTHER DAY BECAUSE OF THIS LIFTGATE CLOSING BY ITSELF WHILE SHE WAS GETTING GROCERIES OUT OF THE CAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE WHEN HE OPENED THE DRIVE SIDE DOOR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE DOOR HINGE CAUSED THE FAILURE AND THEY REPLACED THE HINGES. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER, THE NOISE RECURRED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE HINGE CAUSED THE FAILURE AGAIN. AS OF SEPTEMBER 14, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,879 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

I OWN A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH A TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE I PURCHASED THE NEW VEHICLE BACK IN MARCH 2003. THIS PROBLEM IS NOT JUST ON THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE AS I TEST DROVE SEVERAL OTHER NEW VEHICLES FROM THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THIS. THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION IS THAT IT DOESN'T KNOW WHEN TO DOWNSHIFT TO A LOWER GEAR, PARTICULARLY BETWEEN 0-15 MPH. WHEN IT CAN'T DECIDE TO DOWNSHIFT, YOU CAN'T ACCELERATE AT ALL. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN IN AN INTERSECTION WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. I MADE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS THROUGH THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP BACK IN 2003 AND 2004. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS COMMON WITH THIS TRANSMISSION AND THAT TOYOTA WAS GOING TO MAKE A SOFTWARE CHANGE TO FIX THIS. IT HAS NOT YET BEEN FIXED AND I SEE THAT THEY NOW HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE CAMRY. ARE THEY GOING TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE GETS KILLED BEFORE THEY DO SOMETHING? ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN BY TOYOTA TO FIX THIS ISSUE WITH THE CAMRY'S AND SIENNAS. *TR

THIS IS FOR A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR IS NOT CLOSING COMPLETELY. IT APPEARS THE WELDING FOR THE DOOR CHECK IS THE CULPRIT. THE DOOR DOES NOT FEEL SECURE WHEN CLOSED. I BROUGHT THE DOOR TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. YOU ARE SOL. I CALLED TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY TOLD ME TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP.

I HAVE A TOYOTA SIENNA 2004 CE. WHEN I TRY TO OPEN THE LIFEGATE, IT FAILED TO KEEP OPEN THE MORNING OF SEP 8 2007. AND IT HASN'T WORKED SINCE THEN. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER, I WAS INFORMED IT WILL COST ME ABOUT $640 TO FIX IT SINCE THE VAN IS OUT OF WARRANTY. I FOUND OUT THAT THE STRUTS THAT RAISE THE LIFTGATE HAS A DEFECT FROM INTERNET.*JB

I WAS UNLOADING MY 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA WHEN THE STRUTS HOLDING UP THE REAR HATCH FAILED. I WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE BUMPER/STUFF I WAS UNLOADING AND THE DOOR. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PUSH MYSELF UP WITH THE DOOR ON TOP OF ME AND ONLY HAD BRUISING ON MY LEFT ARM. HAD THE DOOR FALLEN ON MY PREGNANT WIFE MORE SERIOUS INJURIES COULD HAVE OCCURRED. ALSO I AM PRETTY SURE SHE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE STRENGTH TO PUSH HER SELF UP WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE DOOR AND THE ANGLE THAT I WAS IN. I HAVE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY SO THE STRUTS WILL BE REPLACED ALONG BUT I HAVE A $50 DEDUCTIBLE. IF I DID NOT HAVE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY I WOULD BE LOOKING AT $350.00 PLUS LABOR. *JB UPDATE 12/12/2007 *BF UPDATED 12/12/07