2004 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

TOYOTA SIENNA (2004) RUN FLAT TIRES. REPLACED IN APRIL 2006 UNDER THE CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT. WORN AGAIN PREMATURELY. LAST TIRE ROTATION THE FRONT TIRES WERE WORN BAD, THE BACK ONES WERE FINE. NOW, ONE MONTH LATER, THE FRONT TIRES (WHICH USED TO BE ON THE BACK LAST MONTH) ARE NOW WORN. WHEN THE TIRES WERE REPLACED, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE RE-ENGINEERED AND THERE IS TO BE NO WORRY. I HAVE CHECKED THE AIR PRESSURE MORE THAN THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT OF EVERY OTHER GAS FILL UP AND THEY HAVE HELD THE AIR. IS IT THE TIRES OR THE CAR? TOYOTA SAYS THEY WILL NOT REPLACE AGAIN. IT WAS ONLY 15,500 MILES NOW ALL 4 WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM IF THEY ARE HOLDING THE PRESSURE AND THAT IS WHAT THE DEALER AND TOYOTA TELL ME IS THAT I MUST KEEP THE PRESSURE AT 35, IT IS! *TR

I HAVE A TOYOTA SIENNA 2004 XLE. IN LATE DECEMBER 2006, WE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER REAR DOOR CLOSING ONCE OPENED. I JUST RESEARCHED AND LEARNED OF CASE EA06020 OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO THIS PROBLEM. THE DOOR IS COMPLETELY NON-FUNCTIONING, SOMETIMES CLOSING SLOWLY AND SOMETIMES SLAMMING WITH SUCH FORCE WE WERE AFRAID IT WOULD TAKE OFF AN ARM OR LEG. THE DOOR CAME SLAMMING DOWN ON OUR SON'S LEG WHO LUCKILY HAD A SKI BOOT ON WHICH PROTECTED HIM FROM HIS FOOT BEING SEVERELY DAMAGED. TOYOTA SAYS IT NEEDS NEW STRUTS AND WILL NOT PAY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. AFTER MY RESEARCH IT SEEMS THAT EVEN THE NEW STRUTS THEY ARE INSTALLING DO NOT WORK. WE HAVE NOT HAD THE STRUTS REPLACED - WE JUST DON'T USE THE DOOR UNLESS WE HAVE AN ADULT TO PHYSICALLY HOLD IT OPEN. WE DID SEE FLUID LEAK FROM THE STRUTS WHEN THE PROBLEM STARTED IN DECEMBER 2006. WE ARE HOPING TOYOTA WILL HAVE TO RECALL THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM AND FIX IT CORRECTLY. *JB

FAILURE OF THE LIFTGATE STRUTS ON MY 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. TODAY I WAS OPENING MY REAR DOOR TO REMOVE AN ITEM, I CONTINUED TO FULLY OPEN THE REAR DOOR AND RELEASED THE DOOR WHEN IT SUDDENLY BEGAN TO CLOSE RAPIDLY AT FULL FORCE. I PUSHED MY TWO CHILDREN, 1 AND 4, OUT OF THE WAY OF THE FALLING DOOR TO PREVENT IT FROM FALLING ON THEIR HEADS. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THERE WAS NO WARNING. I WILL CONTACT TOYOTA TO FIX THE PROBLEM IF NOT I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT MYSELF. IT IS SOMETHING THAT I USE DAILY AND IT MUST BE FIXED. *TR

RIGHT NOW OUR MIDDLE ROW SEATBELT IS NOT RETRACTING. I SEE THE RECALL NOTICE AND AM TAKING IT IN. OUR OTHER ISSUE IS THIS. ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WHEN THE CAR WAS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD BUT OVER 36,000 MILE WARRANTY, OUR AUTOMATIC SLIDING SIDE DOORS BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION. THE ONE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE HAS TO BE MANUALLY CLOSED AND THE ONE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IS SLUGGISH TO RESPOND. WE THOUGHT IT WAS A BATTERY OR ALTERNATOR PROBLEM. BOTH WERE REPLACED. THE PROBLEM REMAINED SO WE TOOK THE SIENNA IN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER REPORTED THAT BOTH DOOR MOTORS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $6,000. *TR

REAR LIFTGATE ON 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA FAILED. IT WAS IN UP POSITION AND SUDDENLY CAME DOWN AND I WAS UNABLE TO GET IT UP WHILE I WAS UNDER IT LOADING GROCERIES. THE WEIGHT OF THE DOOR HIT MY SHOULDER FIRST AND KNOCKED ME INTO THE BACK OF THE VAN. I WAS THEN ABLE TO PUSH IT BACK UP AFTER I DROPPED THE GROCERY BAGS. THE DOOR CAME DOWN VERY FAST AND FORCEFUL,LY. I WAS SORE BUT VERY THANKFUL THAT MY 4 YEAR OLD WASN'T UNDER THE LIFT GATE WITH ME.*AK

2004 SIENNA, HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE PADS TWICE. BROUGHT VEHICLE IN FOR 30,000 MILE CHECK, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE AGAIN 75% WORN OUT AND NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME. ALSO, HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES AT 18,000 MILES. *AK

THE REAR POWER REAR LIFTGATE DID NOT STAY OPEN. IT SLAMMED CLOSE EVERY TIME IT WAS OPENED. THIS HAS TWICE CAUSED UNSUSPECTING VEHICLE OPERATORS TO BE STRUCK, ONCE IN THE HEAD AND ONCE IN THE BACK. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE REAR LIFTGATE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE STRUTS HAD FAILED. AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE, THE LIFTGATE BECAME VERY HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO OPEN. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT HE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH DOOR STRUTS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 72,000.

DRIVING ABOUT 15 MPH THROUGH PARKING LOT...AN ALARM SOUNDED FOLLOWED BY A "LOUD NOISE" FROM THE REAR. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE CAR BRAKING AND PULLING TO THE RIGHT. ENGINE DID NOT STOP. THE CAR WOULD ONLY CRAWL WHEN ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO DRIVE IT. ANY FASTER THAN 2-5 MPH CAUSED REPEAT OF THE EVENT. NO INFORMATION LIGHTS WERE ACTIVATED ON THE DASHBOARD. CAR WAS TAKEN BY FLATBED TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. ACCESS TO THE ONBOARD COMPUTER BY THE SERVICE PEOPLE AT DEALER DID NOT REVEAL ANY FAULTS. AN ATTEMPTED SOLUTION WAS TO REPROGRAM THE ABS MODULE. THIS DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. AT THIS TIME, THE CAR REMAINS AT THE DEALERSHIP. REPORT FILED WITH TOYOTA REGIONAL BY BOTH DEALER AND MYSELF. *TR

MY 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA REAR LIFTGATE FAILED NUMEROUS TIMES - INCLUDING FALLING WITHOUT WARNING ON MY 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER - SHE WAS NOT HURT THANKFULLY. NO WARNING - THE GATE WOULD JUST START TO FALL. IT DID NOT MATTER IF IT WAS IN "POWER LIFT MODE" OR MANUAL. I TOOK THE VAN TO TOYOTA, HOPING THEY WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID SINCE I HAVE 60K MILES IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. I TOOK THE VAN TO MY MECHANIC AND HE REPLACED THE STRUTS WITH OTHERS, THAT DO NOT ALLOW ME TO USE THE POWER OPTION. *TR