2004 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

DASH BOARD CRACKS LOOK LIKE DONE BY A VERY SHARP KNIFE EVERYWHERE ACROSS THE DASH BOARD. MAY INTERFERE WITH PROPER DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

ONE DAY WE NOTICED A SCRAPING NOISE THAT OUR PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING POWER DOOR WAS MAKING WHEN WE OPENED AND CLOSED IT. THE NEXT DAY WE PARKED IN A SHOPPING CENTER AND AFTER GETTING OUR TWO YEAR OLD TWIN GIRLS OUT OF THEIR CAR SEAT, WE PUSHED THE BUTTON TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND IT GOT STUCK HALF WAY. WE COULD NOT PUSH IT OPEN OR CLOSED. THE CABLE HAD FRAYED AND THE PROTECTIVE COVERING OVER THE CABLE HAD COME OFF. WE PANICKED BECAUSE WE DID NOT KNOW HOW WE WOULD GET HOME SINCE THE DOOR WOULD NOT SHUT TO SAFELY DRIVE OUR CHILDREN HOME. FORTUNATELY AFTER SOME TIME WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF CUTTING THE CABLEWITH WIRE CUTTERS SO WE COULD AT LEAST GET IT CLOSED. IT WORKED AND THE DOOR IS NOW MANUAL BUT THE DOOR MAY BE COMPROMISED FROM THIS CABLE FAILURE. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT MANY SIENNA OWNERS FEEL TOYOTA NEEDS TO ADDRESS DUE TO THE INADEQUATE MATERIALS USED TO OPERATE THE POWER SLIDING DOORS AND THE HEFTY EXPENSES TO HAVE IT REPLACED. *TR

THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING SIDE DOOR ON MY 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA QUIT WORKING. THE CABLE BROKE AND THE DOOR STILL WORKS MANUALLY. WITHOUT THE CABLE, THE HEAVY DOOR SLIDES CLOSED WITH GREAT FORCE. IF THE VAN WERE TO BE PARKED ON A DOWNWARD SLOPE, A PERSON COULD EASILY BE INJURED BY THE OUT OF CONTROL DOOR. IT APPEARS THE CABLE WAS THE SAFETY MECHANISM FOR THE DOOR. MY RESEARCH SHOWS THIS IS A LARGE PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. *TR

2004 DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR CABLE BROKE, CAUSING THE DOOR TO BE UNABLE TO CLOSE. DUE TO SEVERELY COLD WEATHER IN IOWA, THE DOOR WAS FORCED SHUT TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO BE OPERABLE. DOOR MOTOR REPLACEMENT COST ESTIMATES RANGE FROM $1300-1500. A FEW MONTHS LATER THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR STARTED EXHIBITING PROBLEMS OPENING AND CLOSING. TURNED OFF THE MOTORS FROM THE INSIDE COMPARTMENT. ONE TIME WHEN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WAS OPENED, A PIECE OF THE DOOR ASSEMBLY SHATTERED THE REAR 3/4 GLASS PANEL. *TR

BOTH THE POWER SLIDING DOOR AND THE MANUAL SLIDING DOORS DO NOT OPEN. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO OPEN THE MANUAL DOOR AND EVENTUALLY IT COULD NO LONGER BE OPENED. THE POWER DOOR, ONE DAY, WOULD NOT CLOSE WITH THE POWER. WE CLOSED IT MANUALLY AND IT KEPT REOPENING. WE TURNED OFF THE POWER TO THE DOOR AND FINALLY GOT THE DOOR CLOSED. IT NO LONGER OPENS EITHER WITH POWER OR MANUALLY. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM ONLINE, IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS TOYOTA SIENNAS THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SLIDING DOORS. ALSO FROM RESEARCHING, TOYOTA HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM OTHER THAN TO CHARGE HIGH PRICES TO FIX THE DOORS AND TO TELL PEOPLE THAT IT IS VERY RARE FOR THESE DOORS TO STOP OPENING. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT, NO ONE IN THE BACK COULD EASILY GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

STEERING WHEEL PRESENTS VIBRATION AND STRANGE NOISE WHEN FULLY TURNED TO ANY SIDE. COMPLAINED TO TOYOTA DURING THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND SERVICE WAS DENIED, STATING THAT IS WAS FUNCTIONAL AND NOT BROKEN. NOW (FEB 2012, EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED) IT IS REALLY GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. WOULD TOYOTA WAIT FOR THE PART TO FAIL AND SOMEONE TO BE KILLED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM? THERE IS A PREMATURE WEAR IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND STEERING SYSTEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS FRACTURED NEAR THE AIR BAG AND THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD RESULT IN THE AIR BAG NOT DEPLOYING IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,400 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, HE NOTICED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED ALONG WHERE THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WAS LOCATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE CRACK ON THE DASHBOARD MAY HAVE A NEGATIVE AFFECT ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG IF INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. UPDATED 02/13/12 *BF

THE CABLE IN THE POWER SLIDING DOOR (PASSENGER SIDE) HAS CAUGHT. THE DOOR IS STUCK PARTWAY OPEN. I CANNOT OPEN IT FURTHER NOR CLOSE IT. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AS EVIDENCED BY MANY OTHER CLAIMS. OF COURSE, TO OPERATE WITH THE DOOR PARTIALLY OPEN WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. HERE ARE TWO URL'S THAT INCLUDE SIMILAR ISSUES: HTTP://WWW.TUNDRASOLUTIONS.COM/FORUMS/SIENNA/103978-2004-SIENNA-POWER-SLIDING-DOOR-CABLE/ HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/PAGES/TOYOTA-SIENNA-FAULTY-POWER-SLIDING-DOORS/233250320033754?SK=WALL. *TR

THE PASSENGER POWER SLIDING DOOR HAS FAILED TO OPERATE DUE TO A FRAYED CABLE. THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN EVEN IN MANUAL MODE WITH THE CABLE IN PLACE. I SNIPPED THE CABLE TO FREE THE DOOR, AND IT WILL OPEN BUT WILL NOT LOCK IN THE OPEN POSITION (USEFUL WHEN OPENING THE DOOR AT A SLIGHT DECLINE). WHEN CLOSING THE DOOR MANUALLY, IT MAKES A LOUD "THUNK" AS THE DOOR EDGE AND FRAME OF THE CAR MAKE CONTACT. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE DOOR HAS SHIFTED ON ITS HINGES PREVENTING A PERFECT ALIGNMENT WITH THE LOCKING MECHANISM. *TR