2005 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

A/C WENT OUT APRIL 2012. BLOWS HOT AIR. ACCORDING TO ONLINE FORUMS THIS HAPPENS A LOT IN SIENNA'S - 2004 TO 2006 MODELS. WE HAVE 5 CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE AND CANNOT TAKE THEM VERY FAR EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN OR THEY COULD POSSIBLY GET HEATSTROKE. THEY ARE SWEATED WET BY THE TIME WE GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B. WE OPEN ALL WINDOWS AND THE REAR ONES THAT ONLY OPEN 2 INCHES AS WELL. FORUM LINK WHERE I FOUND THIS INFO (SAME ISSUE AS OUR SIENNA) IS HTTP://WWW.TOYOTAFANS.NET/2004-SIENNA-AC-PROBLEMS-T2523-ST20.HTM -THE SEAT BELTS IN OUR SIENNA LOCK UP, FOUND THE RECALL ON THIS SITE SO WILL BE TAKING IT TO THE DEALER FOR THAT. NOT JUST THE MIDDLE ROW SEAT BELTS THOUGH. IT IS REAR SEATBELTS AS WELL AS FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS. -THE TAIL LIGHT WORKS WHEN IT DECIDES TO. SOMETIMES IT IS OFF SO WE GET PULLED OVER - UNTIL THE POLICE OFFICER TAPS IT, AND IT DECIDES TO COME BACK ON. ON A SIDE NOTE - THE LEFT SPEAKER SYSTEM DOES NOT FUNCTION EITHER UNLESS IT WANTS TO. SAME AS THE TAIL LIGHT. ONE MINUTE IT IS OFF (MOST OF THE TIME) AND THE NEXT MINUTE THE SOUND IS BLARING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING. THE RADIATOR CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL AND OVERHEAT DUE TO LOSS OF FLUID. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE RADIATOR WAS REPLACED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.

I ESTIMATED MILEAGE AND DATES BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT AFTER OUR FIRST WINTER WITH THE VEHICLE WE BEGAN TO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE DOORS IN COLD WEATHER. I LIVE IN NASHVILLE, TN SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE FEROCIOUS WINTERS. AT THAT POINT, MY KIDS WERE 3 AND 1 AND OBVIOUSLY STILL NEEDED TO BE IN CARSEATS. THERE WERE TIMES I HAD TO CLIMB THROUGH THE FRONT SEATS WITH EACH OF THEM BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET THE DOORS OPEN FOR ANYTHING. I KNOW THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AS I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING IT FOR YEARS. MANY HOME REMEDIES I WOULD SEE HAD RAISED CONCERNS WITH OTHERS BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL TO CORRODE THE GASKET. SO, WHAT I HAVE FOUND TO WORK, IS NOT GOOD FOR EVERYONE, BUT IT DOES WORK. WITH MY GLOVES ON AND MY HAND STRETCHED FLAT, I BANG THE CRAP OUT OF THE TOP OF THE DOOR AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. AT TIMES, IT HAS LEFT ME BRUISED AT THE HEEL OF MY HAND, BUT I AM ABLE TO GET THE DOOR OPEN AND ALLOW MY CHILDREN WHO ARE NOW 8 AND 5, TO ENTER AND EXIT THE VEHICLE PROPERLY. I WOULD THINK THE SCHOOL WOULD FROWN ON THEM CLIMBING OUT THE FRONT DOOR IN THE CAR RIDER LINE IN THE MORNINGS. :) *TR

MY TOYOTA SIENNA IS GARAGE-KEPT AND FREQUENTLY CLEANED AND WAXED INSIDE OUT. HOWEVER ALL THESE HARD WORK STILL COULD NOT PREVENT CRACKING BEING FOUND ON THE DASHBOARD ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAS SIMILAR ISSUE WITH THE DASHBOARD OF HIS 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN (ALSO GARAGE-KEPT AND WELL MAINTAINED). I AM SUSPECTING THAT THIS PREMATURE CRACKING IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WHICH SHOULD BE HANDLED AS A SERVICE RECALL BY TOYOTA. I JHAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANY CRACKING ON MY OTHER THREE TOYOTAS I BOUGHT BEFORE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE LARGE FRACTURES ALONG THE TOP OF THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,437 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

I LILVE IN COLORADO AND THE DOORS WILL NOT OPEN WHEN WEATHER DROPS BELOW FREEZING. MY KIDS COULD NOT OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE EITHER. I RECENTLY BROKE THE HANDLE WHILE TRYING TO JERK THE DOOR OPEN. IT ONLY HAPPENS IN WINTER, BUT HAVE NEVER HAD THIS ISSUE WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLE.

AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY. IT WILL NOT SHUT UNLESS DONE MANUALLY. OCCURRED SOON AFTER PASSING 50K MILES. DEALERSHIP "COULD NOT DIAGNOSE PROBLEM" AND WANTED ~$1200 TO REPLACE MOTOR IN DOOR. APPEARS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT TOYOTA WILL NOT ADDRESS.

CABLE ON DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR SNAPPED AND IS NOW HANGING DOWN ON OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE. CAN ONLY OPEN SIDE DOOR ABOUT A FOOT MANUALLY AND IT LOCKS AND CLOSES. CAN NOT GET KIDS IN AND OUT OF THAT SIDE AT ALL. DOOR CLOSES SHUT VERY QUICKLY AND STRONGLY WHICH IS A SAFETY HAZARD ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN SITTING IN THE BACK AND TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE SIDE DOORS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN OPENING OR CLOSING THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR, THE DOOR WOULD EXHIBIT A LOUD POP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A COLLISION CENTER FOR DIAGNOSTICS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE WELDING HAD COME UNDONE, CAUSING THE POPPING SOUND. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

DRIVER DOOR SPOT WELD FAILURE. DRIVER DOOR MAKES A LOUD POPPING SOUND. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT A YEAR SINCE THE PROBLEM BEGAN AND NOW IS DIFFICULT TO OPEN/CLOSE. A YEAR AGO, THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. YET WHEN I CHECKED ONLINE, I LEARNED THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE. TOYOTA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY RATHER THAN DO A RECALL, HOWEVER THE WARRANTY DID NOT EXTEND FAR ENOUGH TO COVER MOST OF THE PROBLEMS INCLUDING MINE. TOYOTA ALSO DID NOTHING TO NOTIFY ME OF THE PROBLEM AND THE DEALER TOLD ME HE DIDN'T KNOW OF THE PROBLEM LONG AFTER TOYOTA ACKNOWLEDGED THE DEFECT. THE PROBLEM IS SOLELY DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND TOYOTA SHOULD FIX THEIR DEFECT. *JS