2005 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

2005 TOYOTA SIENNA RH SLIDING DOOR COMPONENT HAS FAILED AND DOOR CAN NOT BE OPENED. THE LATCH AND LOCKING ASSEMBLY HAS A PLASTIC SLIDING BUTTON THAT PREVENTS THE DOOR FROM BEING OPENED WHILE LOCKED, BUT ALLOWS DOOR TO OPEN IF UNLOCKED. THIS TINY INEXPENSIVE PART HAS BROKEN. TOYOTA DOES NOT HAVE A REPLACEMENT PART. FOR THE MANUAL DOOR, YOU MUST PURCHASE THE ENTIRE DOOR MODULE FOR $400.00. TOTAL TO REPAIR $1000.00. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW. THE DOOR PART SHOULD NOT FAIL DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, AND IF SO IT SHOULD BE EASIER AND CHEAPER TO REPAIR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IMAGINE NOT BEING ABLE TO OPEN THE SIDE DOOR IN AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE A 3 CENT PLASTIC PART FAILS. I HAVE READ ONLINE ABOUT SEVERAL CASES OF THIS SAME PART FAILING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE VEHICLE HAS DUNLOP RUNFLAT TIRES, SIZE P225 60 R17 (NA). WHILE THE CONTACT WAS EXAMINING HER VEHICLE, SHE NOTICED A BUMP NEAR THE RIM OF THE TIRE. WHENEVER SHE WOULD DRIVE 40 MPH OR GREATER, THE VEHICLE WOULD BEGIN TO SHAKE. THE DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. THE VEHICLE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 12/07/09. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE TREAD WAS COMING APART ON THE TIRES. UPDATED 12/08/09

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH OF THE PASSENGER SIDE DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN OR LATCH ALL THE WAY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CONTROL UNIT NEEDED A NEW LATCH LOCK AND HINGE ASSEMBLY ON THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER SIDE DOORS. THE REPAIR WOULD COST $2,800. THE CONTACT IS OVER BY 1,500 MILES ON HER EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,400.

2005 TOYOTA SIENNA DRIVER SIDE DOOR MAKES LOUD NOISE WHEN OPENING -- CABLE COVERING IS CRACKED EXPOSING WIRE TO THE ELEMENTS. CABLE MAY EVENTUALLY BREAK PREVENTING DOOR FROM OPENING. *TR

CANNOT OPEN DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR. WILL ONLY OPEN 3 INCHES AND GETS LOCKED IN PLACE. *TR

TOYOTA SIENNA PASSENGER SLIDING POWER DOOR WAS OPENED BY PUSH-BUTTON AUTOMATION. WHEN THE DOOR WAS CLOSED USING THE SAME METHOD THE DOOR DID NOT CLOSE AND THE CABLE, USED TO PULL THE DOOR OPEN AND CLOSED, SNAPPED PRODUCING A LOUD POP. I WAS NOT STANDING NEXT TO THE DOOR SO THERE WAS NO INJURY SUSTAINED BUT A SAFETY HAZARD SEEMED POSSIBLE. THE MOTOR, CABLE AND PULLEY SYSTEM WAS COMPLETELY REPLACED AT MY SOLE COST EVEN THOUGH DAMAGE WAS NOT DONE BY ANY FAULT OF MY OWN AND THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD (2005) WITH APPROXIMATELY 50K MILES OF WEAR AND CONSISTENT MAINTENANCE. *TR

AUTOMATIC SLIDING PASSENGER SIDE DOOR NOT WORKING ON 2005 SIENNA MINVAN AT 50,000. SAFETY PROBLEM AS TOLD BY SERVICE TECH THAT DOOR HAS BEEN KNOWN TO FLY OPEN WHEN DRIVING, ALSO NOT EASILY SOLVED BY CONVERTING DOOR TO MANUAL DUE TO DESIGN IT IS CONNECTED TO ENGINE. AS SAFETY ISSUE, I THINK TOYOTA NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL AND CONVERT THESE DOORS TO MANUAL SLIDING DOORS OR AT LEAST CORRECT PROBLEM THAT THEY POTENTIALLY FLY OPEN WHEN DRIVING. *TR

TOYOTA SIENNA 2005 VAN: SLIDING DOORS DO NOT OPERATE CONSISTENTLY. THEY GET STUCK OPEN OR WILL NOT OPEN WHEN CLOSED. *TR

OUR PASSENGER-SIDE SLIDING REAR DOOR HAS FROZEN IN PLACE AND WILL NOT OPEN. IT IS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA C MODEL. WE HAVE HAD OTHER ISSUES AS WELL, SUCH AS THE REAR HATCHBACK SUPPORTS FAILED WITHIN 3 YEARS, OUR DRIVERS-SIDE FRONT DOOR MAKES A POPPING SOUND WHEN OPENED, WE HAVE REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKES THREE TIMES WITHIN 65,000 MILES, AND SEAT BELTS THAT CONSTANTLY STICK. *TR

TOYOTA SIENNA SLIDING DOOR PROBLEM I COULD NOT SOMETIMES CLOSE THE SLIDING DOOR. SO I VISITED THE DEALER NEAR MY HOUSE. I HEARD THAT THE HINGE WAS ALMOST BROKEN AND NEED TO BE CHANGED. *TR