2004 TOYOTA SIENNA Complaints

NORMAL USE OF THE AUTOMATIC PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR OF THE 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA RESULTED IN CABLE BREAKING AT 82,000 MILES. HAVE NOT REPAIRED DUE TO HIGH COST $1,700. KNOWN PROBLEM AT TIME OF MY VEHICLE'S MANUFACTURE, TSB ISSUED (EL004-04), BUT FAILED OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY. DOOR IS NO LONGER OPERATIONAL WHICH IS THE SAFETY ISSUE. CHILDREN MUST NOW EXIT THE VEHICLE ON THE STREET SIDE, INSTEAD OF THE CURB SIDE. *TR

PROBLEM WITH CONDENSATION IN THE HEADLIGHTS OF A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. PROBLEM FIRST STARTED WITH CONDENSATION ONLY IN PASSENGER SIDE. EVENTUALLY THE LIGHT STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. SEVERAL DEALERS ATTEMPTED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING BULB, ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. NOW, CONDENSATION HAS APPEARED IN THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT AND IT TOO HAS STOPPED WORKING. RESEARCH ONLINE INDICATES THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND DEALER WANTING TO REPLACE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY AT A COST OF OVER $1000 PER LIGHT. JUDGING BY THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS, THIS IS TRULY A DEFECT AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE. I ALSO SEE COMPLAINTS OF SOMETHING SIMILAR WITH TOYOTA PRIUS. *TR

WHILE PARKING OUR 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA MINI VAN, TAKING MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND STEPPING ON THE BRAKE PAD, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE RAPIDLY. THE ACCELERATION WAS SO RAPID THAT THE TIRES SQUEALED AS IF THEY WERE BURNING RUBBER. THE VEHICLE STOPPED WHEN IT HIT A PARKED CAR IN FRONT OF ME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT OPENED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR AND THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL POPPING SOUND. HE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE DOOR WAS SWINGING VERY LOOSELY FROM THE HINGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE WELDING OF THE DOOR CHECK LEVER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

MY 2004 SIENNA PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR CABLES ON BOTH SIDES HAVE BROKEN MAKING THE DOORS INOPERABLE. THE DOORS OPEN SLIGHTLY MANUALLY MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE CAR. THE TOYOTA DEALER TOLD US IT WOULD COST $3,500 TO FIX BOTH DOORS. THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD LAST FOR THE LIFE OF THE CAR. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THE FAULTY DOORS MIGHT BE A SAFETY HAZARD FOR MY KIDS WITH THE DOORS GETTING JAMMED IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT OR JUST CLOSING ON THEM MANUALLY IF PARKED ON A HILL. READING THE BLOGS ON THE INTERNET THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MANY 2004 TOYOTA MINIVANS. THIS OBVIOUSLY SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM FIXED BY TOYOTA AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE. MY CAR HAS ALSO BEEN RECALLED FOR CABLE EROSION OF THE SPARE TIRE. THE DEALER HAS TEMPORARILY RELOCATED THE SPARE TIRE TO THE TRUNK. I HAVE LOST SPACE IN THE TRUNK AND CANNOT FOLD DOWN MY SEATS AS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO. A TIMELINE FOR A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN. *TR

REAR HATCH HYDRAULIC LIFTERS FAIL CATASTROPHICALLY ON 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA, RESULTING IN HEAVY LIFTGATE FALLING ON OCCUPANT IN 2008. LIFTERS WERE REPLACED AND AGAIN FAILED 8/2010. *TR

2004 TOYOTA SIENNA'S AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR MECHANISM JAMMED PREVENTING DOOR CLOSURE. THE DOOR COULD NOT BE CLOSED AUTOMATICALLY OR MANUALLY. CIRCUMSTANCES FORCED PASSENGERS, INCLUDING 4 SMALL CHILDREN, TO TRAVEL SEVERAL HIGHWAY MILES WITH THAT DOOR OPEN. IN APRIL 2004 TOYOTA MODIFIED THAT DOOR MECHANISM FOR NEW PRODUCT AND ISSUED TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN EL004-04 "POWER SLIDING DOOR INOPERATIVE" TO CORRECT EXISTING PRODUCT. SIENNA'S EARLY 2004 SLIDING DOOR IS A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. THE SIENNA PRODUCT IS A MINIVAN MARKETED TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. AS SUCH IT IS DESIGNED TO BE A CLOSED VEHICLE. THE DEFECTIVE DOOR SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A CHILD RESTRAINT FAILURE BECAUSE CLOSED DOORS ARE, IN FACT, THE PRIMARY PROTECTIVE RESTRAINT IN A FAMILY VEHICLE. CORRECTIVE ACTION WE ELECTED IS TO CUT THE AUTOMATIC DOOR'S TRACTOR CABLE. THAT FREES THE DOOR TO CLOSE AND PERMANENTLY DISENGAGES THE DEFECTIVE DOOR MECHANISM. *TR

THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN MANUALLY, ON MY SLIDING DOOR IN MY 04' SIENNA. THE ONLY WAY IT WOULD OPEN WAS TO USE THE ONE POWER DOOR- I CALLLED TOYOTA EXPLAINING I HAVE 2 SIDE DOORS THAT THE LOCKING MECHANISM WAS BROKEN AND THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE- THEY DID NOT FEEL IT WAS AN ISSUE, A MONTH APART BOTH SLIDING DOORS STOPPED OPENING!! TODAY I PUSHED THE BUTTON TO OPEN THE MOTOR DOOR, A CABLE WENT FLYING SIDEWAYS AND ALMOST CUT THE PRINCIPAL AT OUR SCHOOL WHEN I WAS LETTING MY DAUGHTER OUT FOR SCHOOL. THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN OR CLOSE IT WAS JUST STUCK! I CALLED TOYOTA AS I HAVE SEEEN THOUSANDS OF 04 SIENNA'S WITH THE DOORS DOING THIS- THE CABLE GETS A RUST SPOT AND JUST SNAPS!!! I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT TOYOTA DOES NOT THINK IT IS A PROBLEM TO HAVE CHILDREN IN A CAR WHERE THE DOOR WILL NOT EITHER OPEN OR CLOSE- THATS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE! LET SOMETHING HAPPEN TO ONE OF MY KIDS AND I WILL OWN TOYOTA!! REPAIRS FOR THIS DOORARE $1800.00!!! WITH LAYOFFS AND JOBS- WHO HAS $1800.00 TO JUST FIX SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE, NORMALLY YOU COULD NOT HAVE TO REPLACE THE MOTOR YOU COULD USE THE MANUAL DOOR- BUT, IT SEEMS WITH ALL THE METAL IN THE LOCKING MECHANISM,AND IF THAT LITTLE .29 CENT PIECE BREAKS, YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE $600 MECHANISM. COME ON PEOPLE- SERIOUSLY! WELL I HAVE CONTACTED THEM, THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE FAR MORE PRECEEDING A TIRE CABLE. THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS- TOYOTA-DOESNT SEEM TO THINK ITS AN ISSUE AT ALL, MAYBE IT WILL HAPPEN TO ONE OF THEM AND THEIR KID HAS A DOOR OPEN WHILE DRIVING OR A WRECK, AND NO WAY TO GET THEM OUT. *TR

2004 TOYOTA SIENNA. POWER SLIDING DOOR CABLE SNAPS. LEAVING DOOR UNABLE TO OPEN FULLY. TOYOTA DEALER SAYS PART IS $1200 DOLLARS AND 4.3 HOURS LABOR TO INSTALL. $1800 TO FIX. *TR

I WAS DRIVING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT APPROX 10 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHILE I WAS PARKING IT. THANK GOD A TREE WAS IN FRONT OF THE SPACE OR I WOULD HAVE HIT A PERSON OR VEHICLE. IT HAPPENED ON 9/27/2005 AND I WAS TOLD I MUST HAVE HIT THE GAS. SINCE MY HUSBAND WORKS FOR A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP I LET IT GO. I NOW REALIZE I SHOULD REPORT IT TO YOU AS MY HUSBAND KNOWS OF OTHER ACCIDENTS SINCE THEN. THE VEHICLE WAS A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *TR