2004 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

2004 TOYOTA SIENNA DRIVERS SIDE DOOR BROKEN. INTERNAL DOOR ASYMBLY BROKE INSIDE DOOR. DOOR HINGES ALSO BROKE. DEALER SAID IT WOULD COST $2000 TO FIX. AUTO BODY SHOP REPAIRED FOR $300. THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND TOYOTA SHOULD RECALL.

2004 TOYOTA SIENNA RIGHT SIDE REAR POWER DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE. OPENS HALF WAY AND THEN MUST BE MANUALLY CLOSED. CABLE BROKEN. CAUSES SAFETY CONCERN FOR PASSENGERS IN REAR SEATS ABILITY TO EXIT CAR IN EMERGENCY. MY GRANDCHILDRENS LIVES ARE PRECIOUS TO ME!

DRIVER SIDE SECOND ROW PASSENGER POWER SLIDING DOOR SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. ONLY SLIGHTLY BUDGES MANUALLY AND ELECTRICALLY THEN HAS TO BE FORCED CLOSED. MECHANIC SUSPECTS BROKEN CABLE AND QUOTED ME $1,500 - $2,000 TO REPAIR. REALLY? AND IF THE OTHER DOOR STOPS WORKING LIKE THE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS I AM READING ON JUST ONE BLOG (REPAIRPAL)? I LOVE THIS VAN AND HAVE BABIED IT WITH ON-TIME MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS BUT THIS IS TOO MUCH! I CAN'T AFFORD THIS BUT SAFETY IS A MAJOR CONCERN TO ME AS THIS EXIT NO LONGER EXISTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VSC AND THE ABS WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SWERVE INTO OTHER LANES WHILE THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WENT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE STEERING SENSOR WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 264,888.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO RESPOND. IN ADDITION, WHENEVER SHIFTING INTO THE PARK POSITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD ROLL A SHORT DISTANCE. THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WHEN PARKED BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE DUE TO THE UNINTENDED ROLLING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V429000 (POWER TRAIN) HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CAUSED INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE VEHICLE'S AUTOMATIC DOORS, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE. WHILE TRYING TO CLOSE THE DOORS, THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. THE CONTACT TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A FRAYED CABLE ON THE TOP SIDE OF THE AUTOMATIC DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CABLE WAS CUT FOR THE CONTACT TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR MANUALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR BECAME INOPERABLE APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS LATER WITH THE CABLE BEING FRAYED AT THE TOP OF THE DOOR AND WOULD NOT CLOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CABLE WAS CUT AND THE DOOR WAS CLOSED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MECHANIC STOPPED ELECTRICITY FROM GOING TO THE DOOR SO THAT THE DOOR COULD BE OPENED AND CLOSED MANUALLY AS AN INTERIM REPAIR. SINCE THE DOORS WERE ORIGINALLY AUTOMATICALLY POWERED TO OPEN AND CLOSE, THEY BECAME VERY HARD TO OPERATE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000.

IT STARTED A YEAR OR SO AGO THE WHILE DRIVING ON DRY ROAD ABOVE 50MILES THE VSC LIGHT WOULD LIT WITH A ALARM SOUND, THE VAN WILL AUTOMATICALLY APPLY BRAKES AND SLOW THE SIENNA. SINCE THIS WAS EXTRA VAN AND WE WERE DRIVING MOSTLY SEDANS WE HAD AND DUE TO BUSINESS I COULD NOT SPEND ANY TIME ON IT.. NOW IT HAPPENS MORE FREQUENTLY AND IT RISK OUR LIFES ON HIGHWAY. UPON SEARCHING INTERNET VARIOUS FORUMS CAME WITH WITH PROBLEMS PERTAINING ONLY TO THIS YEAR AND MODEL, PLEASE SEARCH (SUDDEN VSC ACTIVATION) AND YOU WILL FIND MULTIPLE OWNER ONLY OF 2004 COMPLAINING FOR SAME ISSUE.. IN FACT THERE ARE TO TWO TSB ARTICLES TO POINT TO THIS PROBLEM ( TSB-BR001-04 AND TSB-BR004-03) . I WOULD KINDLY REQUEST TO INVESTIGATE THE SUDDEN VSC ACTIVATION IN MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY. I HAVE SPENT MONEY TO REPLACE TIRES, ALIGMENT BALANCING TO FIND THE ISSUE IS WIDESPREAD.

RECEIVED A "WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT" LTR FROM TOYOTA IN MAY 2015 STATING THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE CRACKED DASHBOARDS OVER THE NEXT "SEVERAL MONTHS". OUR DEALER SAID THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE DASHBOARDS UNTIL END OF 2016. WAS THERE A DEADLINE AGREED UPON TO REPLACE?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE TIRES, SIZE: 155/80/R17 (NA). THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V273000 (TIRES); HOWEVER, THE RECALL PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS OPENED, THE DOOR SWUNG WIDE OPEN AND THE HINGE FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR HINGE NEEDED TO BE WELDED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.