2005 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC DOOR STICKS AND WILL NOT CLOSE AUTOMATICALLY. WE HAVE TO MANUALLY HELP IT ALONG THE WAY. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THEY WOULDN'T REPAIR IT BECAUSE THEY SAID BECAUSE IT WAS A HINGE PROBLEM, WHICH IS NOT COVERED IN THE WARRANTY. THE DOOR ONLY OPENS AND CLOSES NOW WHEN I MANUALLY HELP IT ALONG THE WAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT OBSERVED WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS OPENED THE HINGE WOULD MAKE A POPPING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THAT THE DOOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE REPAIR COST WAS $1,600. THE MANUFACTURED ISSUED A VOLUNTARY RECALL RELATED TO THE DEFECT; HOWEVER, THE RECALL EXPIRED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT OPENED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR, AND THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE DOOR STOP HAD BROKEN. THE DOOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED WHEN ACCESSING THE DOOR POTENTIALLY IT WOULD OPEN FULLY WIDE WITHOUT RESISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

2005 SIENNA VAN - PURCHASED NEW; THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR STARTED POPPING WHEN IT WOULD BE OPENED AND CLOSED. THE WELDS HAD BROKEN AND THE ENTIRE CLOSING MECHANISM HAD TO BE RE-WELDED. THE VAN HAS NOT BEEN MISUSED AND THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. *TR

MY SON WAS OPENING THE REAR HATCHBACK OF MY 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA, HE OPENED IT FULLY AND WITHOUT WARNING IT CLOSED ALMOST INJURING MY 3 YEAR OLD WHO WAS CLIMBING IN THE TRUNK AND HITTING MY OLDER SON WHO WAS OPENING IT ON THE BACK. NOW THE HATCHBACK CLOSES WITHOUT BEING PROPPED UP. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO LOAD GROCERIES AND YOU NEED TWO ADULTS TO DO THIS ONE TO PROP UP THE DOOR AND ONE TO LOAD THE GROCERIES. MY MAIN CONCERN IS HAVING ONE OF MY FIVE CHILDREN GET HURT OR KILLED. THE DOOR IS HEAVY ENOUGH TO SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

POWER STEERING HAS BECOME VERY STIFF/STICKY. THE STIFFNESS IS NOT STEADY THROUGHOUT A TURN, HOWEVER. THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THIS - IT JUST GOT STEADILY MORE AND MORE STIFF OVER TIME. ABOUT 2,000 MILES AGO, TOYOTA CHECKED IT ONCE, INJECTED SOMETHING INTO THE STEERING APPARATUS (I WAS TOLD) BUT NOW IT IS BACK AND, IN FACT, MORE STIFF THAN EVER. *TR

AT ABOUT 107,000 MILES, OUR 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR BEGAN MAKING A LOUD POPPING. NO INCIDENT LED TO THE INITIATION OF THIS NOISE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED BROKEN WELDS AT THE DOOR STOP CONNECTION. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF OTHER COMPLAINTS INCLUDING A SERVICE BULLETIN (NV003-07). TOYOTA WAS CONTACTED AND AFTER ABOUT 2 WEEKS OF FOLLOW-UP, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST US IN ANY WAY CITING A LACK OF "SERVICE HISTORY" WITH THE DEALERSHIP. WE WERE OVER OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY MILEAGE BY ABOUT 7000 MILES AND THE TIME BY ABOUT 3.5 MONTHS. WE ARE THE SECOND OWNERS OF THE VAN, BUT THE ORIGINAL OWNERS WERE MY WIFE'S PARENTS. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR TO REPAIR THE DOOR. A PROPER FIX WOULD INCLUDE INSTALLING A NEW DOOR. WE ARE A MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY WORKING ON A BUDGET THOUGH SO THAT IS OUT OF THE QUESTION. WE WILL HAVE TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE. OPTIONS INCLUDE 1)REMOVING THE DOOR STOP ALLOWING THE DOOR TO FREELY SWING...DEFINITE SAFETY CONCERN. 2)DRILLING OUT THE SPOT WELDS AND MIG WELDING THEM BACK...NOBODY IS HAVING ANY LUCK WITH THIS FROM WHAT I AM READING. 3) DRILLING OUT THE SPOT WELDS AND ATTACHING WITH A BOLT...ONLY TEMPORARY FROM WHAT I AM READING...CRACKS FORM IN THE WELDED MATERIALS. THE TEMPTATION IS TO TEMPORARILY FIX THE PROBLEM AND THEN SELL THE VEHICLE. WE ARE HONEST FAITHFUL PEOPLE SO I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STICK ANOTHER FAMILY WITH THIS ISSUE. SOME MIGHT ARGUE THAT THIS IS NOT A SAFETY PROBLEM. SINCE THE STOP IS STILL PARTIALLY ATTACHED, MY WIFE HAS BEEN ENTERING AND EXITING THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER DAMAGE. COMPLETE FAILURE WOULD RESULT IN EXTREME DIFFICULTY FIXING IT AND POSE A SERIOUS THREAT TO ONE OF MY THREE UNSUSPECTING CHILDREN WHEN THEY OPEN IT UP. I HAVE ALREADY READ OF CHILDREN BEING HURT BY A FREE SWINGING SIENNA DOOR. THIS IS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. WELDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BREAK. THE MATERIALS BETWEEN THE WELD SHOULD BREAK FIRST. IT WAS A BAD WELD FROM DAY 1. *TR

TOYOTA SIENNA 2005 WAS TAKEN INTO DEALERSHIP FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE SERVICE WHICH INCLUDED A CHECK OF THE BRAKES. WAS TOLD REAR BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT WAS PERFORMED. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT FRONT BRAKES WERE FINE. 1 MONTH LATER HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES STILL. TOOK IT TO PRIVATE MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I WOULD THINK THIS PROBLEMS WOULD HAVE BEEN DETECTED WHEN IT WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP. I AM LUCKY THAT MY BRAKES DID NOT FAIL AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. OTHER ISSUES WITH THIS 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA INCLUDE HAVING TO REPLACE THE A/C COMPRESSOR TWICE, RACK AND PINION REPLACED, AND NOW THE REAR STRUTS ON THE TAILGATE HAVE FAILED. THIS VEHICLE IS A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR LIFT GATE NO LONGER STAYS UP ON IT OWNS. THE CONTACT HAD THE REAR LIFT GATE REPAIRED FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM IN JULY 2007 AND NOW THE GATE NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED AGAIN. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS NORMAL AND THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED EVER FEW YEARS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA EQUIPPED WITH DUNLOP SP4000 TIRES. WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE INSPECTED AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION BECAUSE ALL FOUR TIRES WERE BALD. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER UNDER WARRANTY. SINCE HAVING THE TIRES REPLACED, SHE HAD EXPERIENCED FOUR BLOWOUTS ON THE FRONT AND REAR TIRES. SHE WAS INFORMED BY THE AUTHORIZED DEALER THAT THE FAILURE HAD MOST LIKELY OCCURRED BECAUSE THE TIRES WERE NOT BEING ROTATED ON SCHEDULE AND WERE UNDER-INFLATED. AFTER EACH BLOWOUT, THE FAILED TIRE WOULD BE REPLACED WITH A NEW DUNLOP SP4000 TIRE. THERE WERE NO FURTHER FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,000.