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2004 Toyota Sienna Door Problems

354
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 354 stored complaint records:

  • 0 indicate a crash
  • 14 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

What owners report

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
60–100k mi130
100–150k mi86
30–60k mi51
1–30k mi15
150–400k mi12

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • July 14, 2010 · 105,000 miles

    Door

    Tl* the contact owns a 2004 toyota sienna. While the vehicle was parked, the contact activated the opening of the passenger side automatic sliding door and heard a crackling noise coming from the door area. The door failed to close when engaging the automatic door mechanism. The door was closed manually. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the technician informed that the automatic door motor would…

    ODI 10343598

  • July 10, 2010 · 107,000 miles

    Door

    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…

    ODI 10358938

  • July 2, 2010 · 101,216 miles

    Door

    Driver side power passenger sliding door will not open. Able to partially force open the door approximately 6 inches. Door appears to be snagging on internal mechanism. Infant child car seat is positioned in rear driver's side passenger seat. If there had been an emergency that required the removal of child, it would have been impossible to get the child out through that door. No signs of impending failure. Took to…

    ODI 10341104

  • July 1, 2010 · 65,000 miles

    Door

    1. Since last year, the left side of sliding door will close by itself. 2. The right side of sliding door will not able to close unless pull from outside. *tr

    ODI 10435285

  • June 28, 2010 · 120,000 miles

    Door · Latches/Locks/Linkages

    2004 toyota sienna automatic sliding door cable broke and door can not open anymore. *tr

    ODI 10340541

  • June 23, 2010 · 90,000 miles

    Door · Latches/Locks/Linkages

    Driver's door detent weld failure. I have an '04 toyota sienna that on the driver's side door uses a detent strap to hold the door open at certain points. Where the strap is held at, on the door, there are two spot welds that attach the bracket to the door. The strap is bolted to the bracket. The problem seems to be that two spot welds are not strong enough to hold this bracket. After i found out there was a problem…

    ODI 10340137

  • June 20, 2010 · 97,000 miles

    Door · Latches/Locks/Linkages

    The driver door makes a load clicking noise when you open or close the door. The door does not open or close properly. I have not repaired it yet but have been told it is a spot weld that has failed. I also read online that this is a very common problem on the 2004 toyota sienna. *tr

    ODI 10372044

  • June 15, 2010 · 87,239 miles

    Door

    Tl*the contact owns a 2004 toyota sienna. The vehicle was stationary when the contact observed that when accessing the opening and closing of the front driver side door a loud popping noise would occur. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they informed that the door strap spot weld completely fractured and recommended the part be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 87,239. The…

    ODI 10367178

  • June 9, 2010 · 118,297 miles

    Door · Latches/Locks/Linkages

    My 04 sienna minivan right power sliding door failed open. The cable in the track below the rear window separated and jammed the mechanism in the rear hinge. This is a significant safety problem. The design of the power sliding door is flawed. The cable appears to have inadequate protection from the environment. After the metal core of the cable is compromised, it can fail in a way to jam the door open which is what…

    ODI 10335826

  • June 7, 2010 · 79,185 miles

    Door · Latches/Locks/Linkages

    2004 toyota sienna xle awd limited with second left passenger sliding door failure. Problem first occurred in sep 2008 with door sticking with open/close. Referred by toyota to auto body shop in nov 2008 for repair - motor/hinge replaced. Failed again after repair and repaired 3/18/2009 by replacing door assembly. Now door is frozen again and will not open automatically or manually. *tr

    ODI 10335597

  • June 6, 2010 · 115,000 miles

    Door · Latches/Locks/Linkages

    2004 toyota sienna. The lock on the power sliding door has failed and we are unable to unlock or open the door. It can not be used to exit the vehicle in the case of an emergency as the door is basically non-functional. *tr

    ODI 10340690

  • June 3, 2010 · 100,000 miles

    Door · Latches/Locks/Linkages

    SLIDING DOORS OPEN WHEN DRIVING. *TR

    ODI 10395679

  • May 15, 2010 · 100,000 miles

    Door · Latches/Locks/Linkages

    Our 2004 toyota sienna has recently been having severe issues with the power sliding door. It would shut and then immediately open again. Could not open the door manually. Now the sliding door on the driver's side will not open either. A definite safety hazard for two rear doors that we can not operate. *tr

    ODI 10339089

  • May 14, 2010 · 60,000 miles

    Door

    For the past 2 months, we have been having problems with out 2004 toyota sienna automatic right sliding door in our minivan. The door now cannot be opened from the inside. The door must be opened from the outside, which is a safety issue. The toyota dealership will replace the entire door motor and mechanism for about $1500. The door is apparently not covered by the extended warranty this is unacceptable. This car…

    ODI 10330437

  • May 12, 2010 · 80,000 miles

    Door · Latches/Locks/Linkages

    This is for a toyota sienna xle limited 2004. The cables have snapped on both side sliding doors making them inoperable as automatic doors and hazardous when used as manual sliders. *tr

    ODI 10330208

  • May 6, 2010 · 70,000 miles

    Door · Latches/Locks/Linkages

    Hello, our 2004 toyota sienna xle driver side sliding door wire snapped day before yesterday. I took it to the near by toyota dealer and they told me that since i am out of warranty it cost me around $2340. I didn't expect this from a well rated auto company and i am not at all happy. I even went through some websites where they wrote about the same issue. I am very frustrated about this and would like to file a…

    ODI 10329403

  • May 4, 2010 · 85,000 miles

    Door

    2004 toyota sienna. Approx. 85,000 miles. Cable which controls the right-side sliding door rusted and broke. Dealer wanted $1,700 to fix it. I was forced to have the dealer remove the entire assembly, and the door is now operated manually. *tr

    ODI 10346053

  • May 4, 2010 · 104,000 miles

    Door

    Rear sliding door (passenger side) would not close. There is a cable hanging from the back (3rd window) area. I cannot even open the door more than maybe 6 inches. The motor sounds like it is trying to open/close the door, but it does not move! Again, i cannot even use the door at this point!!! *tr

    ODI 10332149

  • April 27, 2010 · 108,000 miles

    Door

    Both rear sliding door cables of our 2004 toyota sienna have snapped, causing the automatic doors not to work. Drivers side rear sliding door came off of the rear track after cable snapped. *tr

    ODI 10327877

  • April 27, 2010 · 61,000 miles

    Door

    Drivers side passenger sliding door will not open. This occurred on april 27th 2010. I was trying to open the door to let my children out of the van, and it wouldn't budge. I checked to make sure that the doors were unlocked. They were but door still would not open. *tr

    ODI 10327825

  • April 25, 2010 · 108,000 miles

    Door · Electrical System

    No prior problems. The automatic door and it's safety feature of not closing when something is in the way stopped working. The door will not open completely and when closing it closes on anything in it's way. Sometimes it will not close or open at all. If the button is engaged to turn the automatic door off the door will not budge. It will not work in manual mode. Nothing has been done to correct the failure as of…

    ODI 10327886

  • April 24, 2010 · 52,195 miles

    Door · Latches/Locks/Linkages

    Sienna 2004 le attempting to open the passenger side rear power sliding door the mechanism made a clicking sound and the cable snapped. The motor still appears to be functioning but one of the 2 cables operating the door (braided metal cable) snapped and now the door only slides part way open in the 'manual' mode. I have only 83,000 kms on this 2004 sienna le and was shocked to see this failure. However, i feel…

    ODI 10327347

  • April 23, 2010

    Door

    I have a toyota sienna 2004. I have around 85k miles on the van and the power sliding door got stuck in the open position. I was able to jam it closed with quite a bit of force. The next day the other door froze open and i could not close. I brought it to the dealer with the door open and they can't close either and tell me it needs a motor and cable assembly for $1,700. They haven't told me what the first door…

    ODI 10327936

  • April 22, 2010 · 46 miles

    Door

    The power side door cable on my 2004 sienna is cracking. The cable hasn't snapped, yet, but if we keep using the door, it would, creating a very hazardous situation. The door is unusable now. *tr

    ODI 10327499

  • April 22, 2010 · 102,405 miles

    Door

    I was shutting door when power sliding door stuck had to manual override to shut. Cable broke. Brought to dealer they cut the cable to allow door to open. Then other door had same thing happen 6 hours later. Both doors, different incidents, same day. *tr

    ODI 10327111