2004 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

LOUD POPPING NOISE IN DRIVER'S DOOR. TOYOTA DEALER QUICKLY KNEW THE "DOOR CHECK" NEEDED TO BE REPLACED JUST BASED ON MY DESCRIPTION. COST ME $700 TO FIX, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE I HAD A 15% OFF COUPON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER CABLE HAD RUSTED AND THE SPARE TIRE WAS DANGLING UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V160000 (STRUCTURE) IN 2010. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE DEALER CUT THE CABLE AND RESET THE SPARE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PROPERLY AND THERE WOULD BE NO OTHER REPAIR. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 115,000. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A VERY LOUD SCREECH FROM THE MOTOR, ON AND OFF, THEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT, VERY HARD TO TURN STEERING WHEEL, LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO FORCE IT THE FEW MILES LEFT HOME. THEN I NOTICED THE A/C WAS NOT COLD, THIS WAS INTERMITTENT, NOW, NO A/C AT ALL. JUST HOT AIR. THIS STALLED OF FAILED WHILE IN TRAFFIC, I COULD HAVE HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS LIKE GETTING HIT BECAUSE I COULD NOT TURN THE VEHICLE READILY, OR EASILY. *TR

THE REAR SLIDING DOOR CABLE FRAYED AND SNAPPED. WHEN I OPENED DOOR IT JAMMED AND WOULD NOT CLOSE. I HAD TO DRIVE WITH DOOR HALF WAY OPEN TO GET WHERE I COULD GET IT FIXED. *TR

TOYOTA SIENNA FRACTURED DEFECTIVE LEFT FRONT DOOR CHECK POCKET POPPING NOISE DUE TO WELD FAILURES. HERE IS THE VIDEO FROM THE WEB IT SHOW MANY SIENNA OWNERS HAVE: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=5EOLQNSPIMU&NR=1&FEATURE=ENDSCREEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT MOISTURE ACCUMULATED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT, REDUCING THE CONTACT'S VISIBILITY OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

THE FIRST INCIDENT IS THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR STARTED TO RUB THE PAINT OFF THE BODY, SO WE DISABLED IT SINCE THE DEALER SAID IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WOULD COST US $1800. A COUPLE YEARS LATER THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR SEIZED AND WOULDN'T CLOSE. I HAD TO DRIVE TO WHERE MY WIFE AND KIDS WERE STRANDED AND CUT THE DOOR'S CABLES, SO SHE COULD DRIVE HOME. A COUPLE YEARS AFTER THAT I RECEIVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY LETTER FROM TOYOTA FOR THEIR SLIDING DOORS, HOWEVER, SINCE THERE IS A 120,000 MILE STIPULATION AND OURS HAD MORE MILES THAN THAT THEY SAID SORRY WE ARE OUT OF LUCK. TOYOTA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR SLIDING DOORS, BUT SET STIPULATIONS, LIKE MILEAGES, SO MANY PEOPLE COULD NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE!!! I ALSO HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVER'S DOOR HINGE WELD BREAKING, THE DEALER ONCE AGAIN TOLD ME THERE WAS NO RECALL AND IT WOULD COST ME A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS TO WELD IT BACK TOGETHER. AFTER LOOKING AT THE HINGE'S WELD I COULD TELL IT WAS AN ASSEMBLY MISSTAKE. SINCE I KNOW HOW TO WELD I REMOVED THE DOOR MYSELF AND RE-WELDED THE HINGE. SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER FIXING IT MYSELF I FOUND OUT THERE WAS A RECALL. *TR

WE WILL BE GOING ANYWHERE FROM 35 TO 55 MILES AND OUR VSC LIGHT COMES ON AND THE VAN SLOWS, OTHER TIMES THE SPEED WILL SLOW IT SELF AND THAN WILL SPEED UP ON IT'S OWN. WHEN THAT (VSC) LIGHT AND SOUND COMES ON THE VAN WILL ALSO SKID. THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH VSC SYSTEM. THIS VAN IS STILL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, WE SURE SWISH SOMEONE COULD TELL US WHAT THE PROBLEM IS THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY SERIOUS MATTER. READING ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS THIS IS NOT RANDOM AND TOYOTA SHOULD GIVE THIS MATTER SERIOUS CONSIDERATION. *TR

THE 2004 THROUGH 2010 TOYOTA SIENNA MODELS HAVE A KNOWN DEFECT IN THE CABLE ASSEMBLY OF THE POWER SLIDING DOORS. MY 2004 SIENNA HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS NUMEROUS OTHER VEHICLES WITH A LOUD GRINDING NOISE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR DUE TO A FRAYING CABLE THAT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO OPERATE THE DOOR OR EXIT THE VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY. TOYOTA HAS TAKEN THE STEP TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON SLIDING DOORS BUT ONLY TO 9 YEARS OR 120K MILES WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. THIS IS A KNOWN MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE DEALT WITH BY ISSUING A FULL RECALL RATHER THAN EXTENDING THE WARRANTY. QUOTED REPAIRS FROM MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER WERE AROUND $1500. THESE REPAIRS ARE COVERED ONLY FOR THOSE WHO THE EXTENDED WARRANTY IS IN EFFECT. PLEASE NHTSA ORDER TOYOTA TO ISSUE A FULL RECALL ON 2004-2010 TOYOTA SIENNA POWER SLIDING DOORS. *TR

THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT OFTEN GETS FOLDED AND JAMMED AND DOES NOT RETRACT. IT TAKES A LOT OF MESSING WITH TO GET IT TO RETRACT. TODAY, I COULD NOT GET IT TO RETRACT, SO IT IS EXTENDED ALL THE WAY SO NOONE CAN SAFELY SIT IN THE FRONT SEAT. *TR