2005 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

2009: ONE INCIDENT SEVERAL MONTHS TO A YEAR AGO IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN THAT MY CAR ACCELERATED. IT FELT LIKE MY CAR HAD INCREASED BY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT IN MPH. I THOUGHT I PRESSED THE GAS. I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATED A BIT BUT THE CAR APPEARED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. I BELIEVE I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE AT SOME POINT BUT IT DID NOT CHANGE THE ACCELERATION. I CAN'T SAY IF I PUT ON BRAKES FIRST TO SLOW MYSELF DOWN OR ACCELERATED. HOWEVER, I DO KNOW NEITHER ONE AFFECTED THE CAR FROM THE ACCELERATION. THE ACCELERATION STOPPED ON ITS OWN. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY OTHER INCIDENT BUT I AM ACUTELY CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING BECAUSE THAT INCIDENT DID SEEM UNUSUAL AND WORRISOME AT THE TIME. I DID NOT REPORT B/C I PLACED IT AS ISOLATED. I , HOWEVER, WANT TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OTHERS AND MY FAMILY. I AM SURE OF THIS EXPERIENCE AS AN OCCURRENCE THAT SHOULD BE REPORTED. *TR

THE FRONT DOOR WAS CONSTANTLY STARTING TO HAVE A CLICKING ISSUE UPON FULL EXTENT OF DOOR FOR QUITE SOME TIME. FRONT DOOR HINGE CLICKING. REQUESTED FIX AS PER RECALL. I LEFT THE CAR SO THE DOOR COULD BE FIXED. I PICKED IT UP AFTER BEING REPAIRED AND ON THE SAME DAY WHEN THE DOOR WAS NORMALLY PLACED INTO A FULL EXTENSION I HEARD THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WAS MUCH QUIETER THAN THE PREVIOUS CLICKING. I REQUESTED A RECHECK THAT WEEK. I RETURNED FOR REPAIR. THEY EXPLAINED WERE ABLE TO REPLACE I BELIEVE PART OF THE DOOR ALONG WITH HINGE THAT WAS BROKEN. THE DOOR HAD SOME REPAINTING TO MATCH THE CAR. THERE HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEMS SINCE THE DOOR WAS CHANGED. I WAS HAPPY WITH THE FINAL RESULT. *TR

SLOWING AS I APPROACHED A FOUR-WAY STOP, MY BRAKES FAILED TO STOP. I HEARD A LOUD NOISE (MY HUSBAND, A MECHANICAL ENGINEER SAYS IT IS THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES) AND THE BRAKES DON'T WORK. ON THE FOURTH BRAKING ATTEMPT THEY WORKED. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. EACH TIME WAS AT A SLOW SPEED, AFTER A RAIN, BUT NOT RAINING. *TR

ON JAN. 25,2010, MY SON OPENED THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR OF MY 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA AS USUAL. HOWEVER, WHEN HE WENT TO PRESS THE BUTTON TO CLOSE IT. IT WOULD NOT CLOSE. UPON OBSERVATION, I NOTICED THE CABLES WHICH OPERATED THE DOOR WERE HANGING OUT. WHEN I TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR USING ANOTHER DOOR CONTROL, IT DID NOT WORK EITHER. I ALSO TRIED TO MANUALLY CLOSE THE DOOR AND THIS WOULD NOT WORK EITHER. IT APPEARED THAT THE BACK CABLE WOULD NOT RETRACT, SO THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. I CONTACTED THE TOYOTA SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY COULDN'T PROVIDE ME ANY DIRECTIONS UNTIL I BROUGHT THE CAR IN. AFTER SEEING THE PROBLEM, I WAS GIVEN AN ESTIMATED RANGE OF $1300-$2000. UPON DOING AN INTERNET SEARCH, I HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE A PROBLEM AS FAR BACK AS 1999 AND YET IS STILL AN ONGOING PROBLEM TODAY. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT WHEN ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE FROM TOYOTA TO MAKE A REPAIR THAT WILL INEVITABLY HAPPEN, THEY HAVE REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE FROM 50% TO 15%. IT IS DISAPPOINTING AND EXPENSIVE TO HAVE A FAILURE OCCUR, EVEN WHEN YOU FOLLOW PROPER OPERATING PROCEDURE, I.E. PRESSING THE BUTTON TO OPEN THE DOOR. *TR

FROZEN DOORS DO NOT CLOSE ON 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE LIMITED. ONCE THE CAR HEATS UP, THE DOORS WILL CLOSE, BUT IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH CHILDREN IN THE PASSENGER SEATS. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM, AS IT SEEMS THERE ARE MULTIPLE PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. (GOOGLE IT!) *TW

LAST YEAR I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA, AND A LINE OF DUCKS WALKED OUT IN FRONT OF MY CAR. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES BUT THE CAR JUST KEPT GOING, RUNNING OVER A DUCK AND STOPPING ABOUT 30 FT LATER. I THOUGHT MAYBE I WAS TOO SLOW TO BRAKE. THEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER A MAN WALKED OUT FROM BEHIND A TRAILER AND I TRIED TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES (I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 20 MPH). THE MAN SAW ME AND HAD TIME TO GET OUT OF THE WAY THANKFULLY SINCE THE CAR DIDN'T STOP UNTIL 10 FT AFTERWARDS. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO MY DEALER AND THEY SAID 'THE MASTER CYLINDER IS BYPASSING' AND REPLACED IT. I DON'T HAVE THE OLD PART. HOWEVER, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW ABOUT IT, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT OBVIOUS DURING NORMAL DRIVING, ONLY WHEN I HAD TO STOP QUICKLY. AND SOMEONE COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN KILLED. *TR

OUR 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA LE, WITH APPROX 59, 000, HAS A MALFUNCTIONING POWER SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR ON THE RIGHT SIDE THAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD IS "WORN OUT" DESPITE IT'S AGE AND AVERAGE USAGE (2 KIDS, AGES 12 AND 14). WE BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW AND HAVE MAINTAINED IT REGULARLY THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP. SINCE EARLY DEC. OF 09 THIS DOOR HAS EITHER NOT CLOSED COMPLETELY, SUDDENLY OPENING INSTEAD OF LATCHING AS EXPECTED, OR WHEN OPENED WILL CLOSE ON IT'S ON WITHOUT GUARDING, POTENTIALLY INJURING THE PERSON ENTERING THE CAR. WE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO USE THE DOOR MANUALLY FOR SAFETY REASONS AND, AS IT'S NOW OUT OF ALIGNMENT, THIS IS DIFFICULT TO DO. TOYOTA HAS GIVEN US AN ESTIMATE OF UP TO $3000 FOR REPAIR. THE DOOR MALFUNCTIONS EVERY TIME WE USE IT. CURRENTLY WE ARE NOT USING IT AND ARE WAITING TO SEE IF A RECALL WILL BE ISSUED AS WE SEE A NUMBER OF CONCERNS WITH SIENNA DOORS BASED ON A WEB SEARCH. *TR

WE OWN A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE MINIVAN AND AT 75,000 MILES THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR HINGES/ROLLERS AND LATCHING MECHANISM HAVE FAILED AND THE MOTOR AND CABLE FOR THE POWER DOOR OPENING SYSTEM ALSO NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE DEFECTIVE HINGES/ROLLERS AND LATCHES PUT TO MUCH STRAIN ON THE MECHANISM. TOYOTA WANTS OVER $2,000 TO SERVICE THIS DOOR AND THE OTHER DOOR (PREVENTABLE MAINTENANCE). BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR IS UNUSABLE WHICH NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY RISK. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT THIS DOOR MECHANISM HAS FAILED AFTER LESS THAN 5 YEARS OF NORMAL USE. *TR

WITH MY 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE FWD 1. THE POWER SLIDING DOORS IN BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE WON'T CLOSE FULLY. 2. FROM SOME 6 MONTH AGO, ONCE IN A WHILE(ROUGHLY MONTHLY) THE DOORS WON'T CLOSE FULLY AND NOW THE CABLE OF ONE DOOR SNAPPED AND THE DOOR IS NOT OPENING. 3. WHEN THE DOOR IS NOT CLOSING FULLY, I HAD TO HELP THE DOOR CLOSE FULLY. BUT NOW PASSENGER SIDE DOOR IS NOT OPENING SO THAT I LOCKED THAT DOOR WITHOUT USING IT. AND I HAVE TO OPEN THE OTHER SIDE DOOR FOR MY KIDS TO GET IN AND OUT TO THE ROAD SIDE AND IT MAKES ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE SOMETIMES. *TR

GENERAL WARE LEAD TO THE DRIVERS SIDE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR ON MY 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA IS FAILING TO OPEN OR CLOSE WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. I AM CONCERNED IT WILL BIND OR BREAK PREVENTING ME FROM CLOSING THE DOOR. I AM NOT THE FIRST HAVE THIS ISSUE AND FEEL IT REQUIRES SOME ATTENTION. *TR