2005 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

2005 TOYOTA SIENNA AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT OPEN (THIS IS THE SECOND TIME). *TR

TOYOTA SAFETY RECALL FOR LIFTGATE SUPPORT REPLACEMENT COMPLETED. SINCE THEN, LIFTGATE DOES NOT WORK CONSISTENTLY. WORKS BETTER DURING COOLER WEATHER. TAILGATE WILL START TO CLOSE, GO HALFWAY, THEN REOPEN FULLY. AFTER 2 OR 3 ATTEMPTS TAILGATE FLIES OPEN QUICKLY AND COULD INJURE SOMEONE IF THEY WERE IN THE ARC OF THE TAILGATE SWING. TAKEN TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES TO REPAIR THIS- LAST TIME, DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE TAILGATE MOTOR, AND TOLD ME IF THIS CONTINUED THE LIFTGATE MOTOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR ABOUT $1000. HAD NO (0) PROBLEMS WITH THE LIFTGATE PRIOR TO THE SAFETY RECALL, AND DEALER IS TRYING TO TELL ME THE LIFTGATE MOTOR IS GOING BAD (AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH REPLACING THE LIFTGATE STRUTS.) I THINK TOYOTA NEEDS TO REPLACE THE LIFTGATE MOTORS, AS THEY ARE UNABLE TO OVERCOME THE LIFTGATE STRUT PRESSURES. *TT

CABLE ON THE AUTOMATIC DOOR SNAPPED AND THE DOOR IS INOPERABLE AND UNSAFE. IT WILL COST $1500 TO FIX. THE VAN IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD. *TT

SLIDING DOOR FAILURE, PASSANGER AND DRIVER SIDE, FORCE PASSANGERS TO CLIMB OVER FRONT SEAT TO EXIT VEHICLE. AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR AND HINGE FAILURE. *TT

2005 SIENNA POWER SLIDING DOORS - ONE FROZEN SHUT, THE OTHER SOMETIMES CLOSES, SOMETIMES SHUTS PARTWAY AND LOCKS IN SEMI-OPEN POSITION. *TT

THE LH SLIDE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN OR CLOSE PROPERLY. THE LOCK/UNLOCK MECHANISM THAT HOLDS THE DOOR OPEN AND CLOSED DOES NOT WORK AUTOMATICALLY. IT DOES WORK WHEN MANUALLY OPENING THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE OF DOOR. THE AUTOMATIC SLIDE DOES WORK IF THE LOCKING LATCH IS DISENGAGED FIRST. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AUTOMATIC DOORS BUT THEY WOULD NOT OPEN. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS NOT AN OPTION TO OPEN THE DOORS MANUALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS, WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THE DOORS WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED AND THEY COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT NO DAMAGES WOULD BE CAUSED DURING THE PROCESS. THE TECHNICIANS ALSO STATED THAT THE PULLEY CABLE CONNECTED TO THE POWER DOORS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

MY 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE SLIDING DOOR CABLE SNAPPED 07-25-2011. I ONLY HAVE 63,500 K ON THE MINIVAN. IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY. CALLED LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND THEY GAVE ME A QUOTE OF $1,092 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS IS NOT AFFORDABLE FOR US. I WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO CUT AND REMOVE THE CABLES AND OPEN AND CLOSE THE DOOR BY HAND AND HOPE THIS MODIFICATION DOES NOT CAUSE A SAFETY ISSUE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE TOYOTA SIENNA. RESULT OF THE BROKEN CABLE IS THE DOOR IS INOPERABLE TO THE POINT YOU COULD NOT EXIT THAT SIDE OF THE VAN.

SLIDING DOOR CABLE SNAPPED. FILED A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA AFTER DISCOVERING THAT THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SLIDING DOORS ON THE SIENNA VANS. THERE IS AS OF YET NO RECALL, WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE. I WILL CONTACT SALES MANAGER AT LOCAL DEALERSHIP TOMORROW BUT WITH 100K MILES, I HIGHLY DOUBT THEY WILL BE VERY HELPFUL. UPON INSPECTION, IT IS CLEAR THE CABLE ON THE OTHER DOOR WILL SOON BE WEARING OUT AS WELL. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS THE DOORS ARE INOPERABLE EVEN MANUALLY WITHOUT THE CABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC SHOP AND A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS RAN. THE CODE SHOWED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS TO THE AIR BAGS FAILED AND THE WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVER THE MILEAGE RANGE WHERE THEY WOULD PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE AND THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVER THE WARRANTY AND THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.