2004 Toyota Sienna Seats Problems
- 9
- 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 9 stored complaint records:
- 0 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 3 indicate fire
What owners report
- seat heater · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 3 |
| 60–100k mi | 3 |
| 1–30k mi | 1 |
| 150–400k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Seats
Electrical fire inside parked van occurred overnight and burned driver and passenger front seats, dash, and all air vents and all plastic component located near all vents. Van was parked on street in front of my house.
Fire reported
ODI 11109535
Seats
The drivers and front passenger door makes a loud popping noise when opening and closing due to broken welds. Doors apparently cannot be welded but must be replaced. Toyota should be responsible for replacing doors at no cost to the consumer. Welds should not break . Incident date is approximate. *tr
ODI 10607776
Electrical System · Seats
In early january 2011, the heater for the passenger car seat in my toyota sienna burned through the leather, through my 12 year old daughter's dress and superficially burned her leg. I believe the seat is defective as a fuse or other safety feature should have prevented such an injury/event. *tr
Fire reported · 1 injury
ODI 10384743
Electrical System · Seats
Toyota (2004 sienna) seat heater burned a hole through the leather on drivers seat. Toyota (judy faul) interviewed me/my case and submitted to terrence chu (regulatory affairs). He wrote me a letter 3 months later and said toyota was not at fault because i had a towel (8"x8" baby burp cloth) adjacent to my leg (left outer thigh) and the owners manual states "not to use an insulating object" with the seat heater…
Fire reported
ODI 10328346
Latches/Locks/Linkages · Seats
Left side sliding door is not closing or opening automatically every time when button is pushed it won't open or close sometimes but only if i pull on the handle and pull it open part of the way and then it goes the rest of the way closed seat heater hasn't worked for at least a year i'm guessing even after having it "repaired"also the door won't lock or unlock with the automatic button anymore. *tr
ODI 10248809
Seats · Structure
Left sliding door on 2004 sienna xle limited is failing to work properly and front seat heater driver side stopped working- had it "repaired" and it still doesn't work. *tr
ODI 10248804
Electrical System · Seats
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 toyota sienna. The contact stated that the air bag warning indicator flashes intermittently on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer approximately three times and they stated that the wiring in the seat back needed to be replaced. The current mileage was 52,622 and failure mileage was 47,000.
ODI 10243860
Seats
Both seat heaters failed after 50k miles and 3.5 years old. *tr
ODI 10257214
Seats
My children were trying to get to the third row seat and pulled on the latch of the seat on the second row and the seat rapidly snapped down and out crushing my little one. Since that incident my children were very careful about using the handle to bring the seat down. I have had other people ride in my car that do not know how fast and dangerous these seats snap down and out that have been hit by the seats on my…
12 injuries
ODI 10562340