2004 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

WENT TO OPEN THE DRIVERS SIDE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR ON MY 2004 SIENNA XLE, THE DOOR OPENED ABOUT 6 INCHES AND STOPPED. I GOT OUT TO OPEN IT MANUALLY AND IT WOULD NOT OPEN. I WAS ABLE TO CLOSE IT AND THAT IS WHEN I SAW A CABLE HANGING DOWN THE SIDE OF THE VAN, THAT'S WHEN I FIGURED OUT THE CABLE THAT OPENS THE DOOR HAD BROKE. I AM NOW UNABLE TO USE THE DOOR AS IT WILL ONLY OPEN ABOUT SIX INCHES. IT WILL NOW COST ME $1200 TO GET IT FIXED AS IT IS ABOUT SIX MONTHS PAST THE 9 YR. 120000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY TOYOTA HAD PUT ON THIS PART. I AM OBVIOUSLY NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM AND AM HOPING THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT GO THROUGH THE SAME ISSUE COSTING ME ANOTHER $1200. *TR

THE FRONT SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT. I JUST BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED NEW YEARS EVE AND THE FIRST TIME USED THE SEAT BELTS JAMMED. I JUST LOOKED ON LINE TO SEE IF THERE IS A FIX AND THERE ARE NONE LISTED, BUT HUNDREDS OF SIENNAS WITH THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM BECAUSE I STILL HAVE TO USE THE VAN, BUT THE FRONT SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT TO TIGHTEN AROUND PASSENGERS. *TR

THE FRONT SEAT BELTS (BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE) ARE EASILY JAMMED AND GETTING FOLDED OVER SO THAT THE SEAT BELT NEITHER RETRACTS OR PULLS OUT. IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO UNJAM THE BELT, AND OFTEN NECESSITATES DRIVING WITHOUT THE SAFETY OF AN EFFECTIVE SEAT BELT. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN ANY OTHER MAKE/MODEL CAR I'VE DRIVEN - TOYOTA NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS SAFETY ISSUE PROMPTLY. *TR

NUMEROUS TIMES THE SEAT BELT FOLDS AS IT IS PULLED OUT AND THEN JAMS. PRIOR TO TODAY I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET IT UNFOLDED. TODAY I AM NOT ABLE TO AND NOW CANNOT DRIVE MY CAR SAFELY. IF I CAN'T FIX IT MYSELF I WILL HAVE TO DRIVE IT TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WITHOUT WEARING THE SEATBELT. *TR

TOYOTA IS NOT RELIABLE ANYMORE LIKE IT USED TO. ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER NOT COVERED BY WARRANTIES AND TOO EXPENSIVE TO FIX. THERE SHOULD BE STRICT LAWS TO FORCE TOYOTA TO FIX LOADS OF DESIGN ISSUES FOR FREE INDEPENDENT OF WARRANTIES. BIG COMPANIES LIKE TOYOTA ALWAYS FIND WORK AROUND AND PLAY WITH WORDS IN ORDER TO ESCAPE. MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED MAKING SCREECHING SOUND EVERYTIME I TURN. THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEVEL IS FINE. ITS HARD TO TURN THE STEERING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT ON THE ROAD OR HIGHWAY. THESE TYPES OF MINIVANS ARE OCCUPIED BY FAMILIES AND TODDLERS WHERE MULTIPLE DEATHS CAN OCCUR IF A PARENT IS NOT ABLE TO TURN THE STEERING FREELY TO ESCAPE AN ACCIDENT. THERE SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL AND HAVE TOYOTA FIX THIS FOR FREE WITHOUT ANY DEADLINES AND INDEPENDENT OF WARRANTIES WHERE THEY SAY THIS PART IS COVERED AND THIS PART IS NOT. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA IN JULY OF 2007 IMMEDIATELY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BACK HATCH HYDRAULICS. TOYOTA FIXED THE HATCH BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THE SLIDING PASSENGER DOORS WOULD BE DELAYED BUT WOULD WORK. I DISCUSSED IT WITH SERVICE BUT THE DOOR WAS WORKING SO IT WAS NOT DOCUMENTED IN MY FILE. TOYOTA THEN SENT A NOTICE ABOUT THE SPARE TIRE RACK. I HAD THAT REPLACED. THE SLIDING DOOR CABLE SNAPPED. TOYOTA ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR SIENNAS WITH LESS THAN 120,000 MILES OR 9 YEARS. I MET THE NINE YEAR CRITERIA BUT HAD TOO MANY MILES ON THE CAR. TOYOTA KNOWS MILES ON THE CARE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CABLE MALFUNCTION. IT IS A MATERIAL AND DESIGN PROBLEM BUT THEY REFUSE TO OWN UP TO THE PROBLEM. I WANT TO TOYOTA TO REPAIR THE DOORS ON THE VAN. THE DOOR WILL JUST COME OPEN. THEN THE BATTERY DIES BECAUSE THE LIGHT WILL DRAIN THE CAR. WE ARE LEFT STRANDED IN THE COLD OF WINTER. THE COST FOR TOYOTA TO REPAIR THE DOOR IS $2,300.00. THIS IS ABSURD!! THE PROBLEM IS MATERIALS AND DESIGN. TOYOTA SHOULD NOT BE ALLOW TO MAKE ITS CUSTOMERS PAY FOR THEIR ERRORS NOR SHOULD THEY BE ALLOWED TO ENDANGER THE SAFETY AND LIVES OF ITS CUSTOMERS. *TR

TOYOTA ISSUED A WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT NOTIFICATION FOR 2004-2007 MODEL YEAR SIENNAS FOR FRONT DOOR CHECK MOUNTING PANEL FAILURES. THIS WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED AND MY FRONT DOOR IS FAILING DUE TO FAULTY SPOT WELDS. IF THE DOOR CHECK COMPLETELY FAILS, THE DOOR WINDOW CAN BREAK INJURING THE DRIVER. THIS PROBLEM IS PERVASIVE IN THESE MODEL YEARS AND TOYOTA NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

RIGHT HEADLAMP KEEPS FILLING WITH WATER CAUSING SEVERE FOGGING AND PUTTING MY BULB OUT. THIS PROBLEM GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS AND RUINED THE LENS. I COULDN'T PROPERLY SEE ON RIGHT SIDE WHILE DRIVING. KEPT GOING BACK TO DEALER ABOUT IT BUT ALL THEY WOULD TELL ME WAS TURN MY HEADLAMPS ON LONGER OR FOR LONG PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL IT DRIED OUT, THEN LAUGHED. THEY FINALLY WORE ME OUT AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS OF COMPLAINING. I HAD ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT MY TIRES MAKING A LOUD THUMPING NOISE AFTER ABOUT 16,000 MILES AND THEY HAD TOLD ME TO TURN MY RADIO UP LOUDER, THEN LAUGHED AGAIN. ALSO HAD A RECALL DONE THERE, AND DISCOVERED MY WHEEL WELL COVERING TORN. THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T DO IT BUT, IT WAS THE SAME SIDE AS THE RECALL REPAIR WAS ON. THEY REFUSED TO REPAIR IT UNLESS I PAY FOR IT. THEY=DEALER= LIBERTY TOYOTA, BURLINGTON,NJ. *TR

THE FRONT SEAT BELTS ON THIS VEHICLE JAM ALL THE TIME. THEY FOLD AND JAM WITH THE SEATBELTS UNABLE TO RETRACT AND HOLD THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER IN A SAFE MANNER. THIS IS THE ONLY VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED WITH THIS CONTINUOUS PROBLEM. *TR

2004 TOYOTA SIENNA LE MINIVAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE REAR ELECTRICAL SLIDING DOOR. *SMD