2004 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

BOTH SLIDING DOOR CABLES SNAPPED AND BROKE IN OUR 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE. BECAUSE OF THIS WE ARE UNABLE TO OPEN EITHER OF THE REAR DOORS AT ALL TO OUR MINI VAN THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS OUR CHILDREN HAVE TO CLIMB OVER THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT IN ORDER TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP STATES IT WILL COST $1,500 PER DOOR TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND ENABLE US TO USE OUR REAR DOORS....MONEY WE UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT HAVE TO FIX THIS! THEY QUOTED $500 PER DOOR TO DISCONNECT THE FAULTY UNITS AND MAKE OUR POWER DOORS MANUAL. I ALSO CONTACTED A NON-TOYOTA REPAIRMAN AND INQUIRE ABOUT THIS...HE CONTACTED MANY SOURCES AND WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY USED PARTS THAT CAN BE USED TO FIX THIS. SO HERE WE ARE WITH OUR TOYOTA AND BECAUSE OF AN OBVIOUS FAULTY SLIDING DOOR SET UP WE ARE UNABLE TO OPEN AND USE EITHER OF OUR REAR DOORS!!! WE SEE THIS AS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND CONCERN THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED! FOLLOWING THIS THREAD IT REALLY SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR DEFECT AND SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE 2004 TOYOTA SIENNAS HTTP://WWW.TUNDRASOLUTIONS.COM/FORUMS/SIENNA/103978-2004-SIENNA-POWER-SLIDING-DOOR-CABLE/. *TR

2004 TOYOTA SIENNA PASSENGER SIDE (POWER) DOOR REFUSES TO CLOSE; BROKEN DOOR CABLE. ALSO, THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR (MANUAL) HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR OVER 3 YRS; TOYOTA FIXED THIS 3 TIMES WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY BUT REFUSES TO FIX IT AGAIN DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT IS A DESIGN DEFECT SINCE IT KEEPS HAPPENING. *TR

2004 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE VAN DOOR CABLE/MOTOR BROKE. DOOR STUCK OPEN AND WERE NOT ABLE TO CLOSE MANUALLY. CAN'T DRIVE BECAUSE DOOR IS STUCK OPEN. ONLY WAY TO FIX IS CUT CABLE OR PAY $2000 TO TOYOTA TO FIX THE DOOR MOTOR. *TR

WE RECENTLY HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE PASS. SIDE VENT WINDOW ON OUR 2004 SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING THE WINDOW WAS OPENED THE GLUE FAILED AND THE WINDOW SWUNG DOWN THE SIDE OF THE VAN ONLY BEING HELD ON BY THE MOTORIZED ARM. IT APPEARS AS IF THE TRACK THAT THE WINDOW IS ATTACHED TO HAS BEEN PAINTED PRIOR TO THE GLUE BEING APPLIED. SO INSTEAD OF GLASS, GLUE, METAL IT WAS GLASS, GLUE, PAINT, METAL. THIS SEEMS TO BE A GROWING ISSUE BASED ON A QUICK SEARCH ONLINE. IF THE GLASS HAD BROKEN FREE OF THE ARM, IT WOULD HAVE GONE FLYING INTO TRAFFIC. THE DEALER AND TOYOTA WERE CONTACTED AND BOTH DISMISSED THE ISSUE. *TR

2004 TOYOTA SIENNA STEERING GETS STUCK AND BINDS UP. LOOKING AT OTHER PEOPLES SAME COMPLAINTS, TOYOTA SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A RECALL. THIS IS A SERIOUS AND ALSO, EXPENSIVE PROBLEM. TOYOTA SEEMS TO WANT TO IGNORE THIS PROBLEM, BUT THOUSANDS OF SIENNA CUSTOMERS HAVE COMPLAINED. *TR

WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE THE SLIDING DOORS ON THE 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA SEEM TO "FREEZE" SHUT. THEY DO NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. THIS HAPPENS TO BOTH THE POWER AND NON-POWER DOOR. *TR

2004 TOYOTA SIENNA, HYDROPLANED AND SPUN AROUND TRAVELED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK THE CONCRETE WALL. THE VEHICLE THEN TRAVELED BACK ACROSS THE ROADWAY AND CAME TO REST ON THE NORTH BERM. BF ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THE FRONT TIRES WERE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, BUT THE REAR TIRES HAD VERY LOW TREAD. (OHIO TRAFFIC REPORT # 10-0588-90) *JB

TRAVELING BETWEEN 35-45 MPH ON DRY, STRAIGHT ROADS, THE VSC (VEHICLE SKID CONTROL) ENGAGED WITHOUT CAUSE. ALARM SOUNDED, VEHICLE SKID LIGHT TURNED ON, VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY APPLIED BRAKES TO THE POINT THAT THEY MADE SOME SQUEALING NOISE, THROTTLE WAS UNRESPONSIVE, AND VEHICLE STEERING PULLED TO THE LEFT. WE PULLED OVER AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE, IN HOPES THAT IT WOULD CLEAR THE PROBLEM. WE STARTED UP AGAIN ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER. THIS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES ON THE WAY HOME. WOULD HATE TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHILE PULLING OUR POPUP CAMPER.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS FAILED FIRST AND THE DOOR STOPPED WORKING ALTOGETHER. THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ALSO WAS NON-FUNCTIONED.; IT WOULD OPEN MANUALLY ONLY FROM THE INSIDE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR EPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 71,000.

I HAVE A 2004 SIENNA. IT BEGAN MAKING A STRANGE NOISE WHEN I OPENED THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SLIDING POWER DOOR. THAT NIGHT, THE VAN WAS PARKED ON A DOWNWARD SLOPING HILL. AS MY DAUGHTER'S FRIEND WAS GETTING OUT, SUDDENLY THE DOOR SLAMMED SHUT. I PUT UP MY ARM TO STOP THE DOOR AND LUCKILY SHE JUMPED BACK IN TIME, BUT SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY HURT HAD SHE BEEN IN THE DOORWAY. I HAD A BRUISE ON MY ARM THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A BROKEN BONE ON THE CHILD. LOOKING CLOSER, I REALIZED THAT THE CABLE CONNECTED TO THE DOOR HAD SNAPPED AND WAS HANGING OUTSIDE THE VAN. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE, AND AM SURPRISED GIVEN THAT THE VAN IS ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD AND HAS LOW MILEAGE. *TR