Problems with 2004 Toyota Sienna 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.

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

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

I have 2 different complaints. driver side seat heater burned legs of 3 different drivers before complete failure. heat was not adjustable. driver and passenger heaters stopped working at same time. took to dealer, recommended new heating element ($1000+). opted not to fix. 2nd complaint, check engine, vsc, and trac off lights illuminated. the van has been sent to the dealer on at least 3 occasions. gas cap has been replaced several times, spark plugs changed. will go off for brief periods, but always to return. this has been going on for at least 30,000 miles. i could live with the check engine light on, but if the other lights are illuminated, that indicates these components are not working-kind of important-skid control & traction control!! there are many complaints out there on blogs, doesn't look like anyone has filed any reports with your office regarding this same problem, which is too bad because it's obviously a problem not with just sienna but several other models as well. extremely frustrating when even the dealer can't determine what the problem really is!! we purchased this vehicle because of the safety features. not so sure about it if their safety features malfunction! *tr

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 operating. he never contacted me for clarification on the incident. i have been denied access to anyone at toyota. the dealer (peoria, il) said they will repair for $1337, but will not support me to repair the damage the faulty heater created. i can see their logic if sitting on a stack of towles, but not a rag, of which the consistency is less than the ski pants worn (with the heater operating) or my wife sweater dresses in the same manner. personal friends (torry olsen) had the same year van and the same problem. toyota repaired theirs as it was under warranty. the heater element is still hooked up (and dangerous) and toyota will not service unless we pay. *tr

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

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

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.

Both seat heaters failed after 50k miles and 3.5 years old. *tr

2004 toyota sienna heated seats. drivers sided heated seat failed right after expiration of our warranty toyota quoted 800 for repair without any offer of assistance. passenger side heated seat quit working approximately a year later. *tr

I own a 2004 toyota sienna. since 7,000 i have been in numerous times to fix the middle passenger seatbelt. it becomes twisted and unable to retract properly. it has been replaced twice and un-tangled several times by the dealership. they have taken the seat out to repair it numerous times. it has had the recall done in the past. recently it was brought back for another seatbelt replacement due to it being tightly caught inside the seat. when the car was returned to me, the same seat no longer locked into place. it was brought back to the dealership and i have been told they will not fix it because it was caused by crumbs being in the track when the seat was put back in. i have never felt safe but a child in this seat because i never knew when the seatbelt would not retract properly. i have tried talking with the dealership about repairing the seat however they refuse. this seat is not safe. *jb

Front driver seat heater quit working. *tr

Right now our middle row seatbelt is not retracting. i see the recall notice and am taking it in. our other issue is this. about a year ago, when the car was only two years old but over 36,000 mile warranty, our automatic sliding side doors began to malfunction. the one on the driver's side has to be manually closed and the one on the passenger side is sluggish to respond. we thought it was a battery or alternator problem. both were replaced. the problem remained so we took the sienna in to the dealer. the dealer reported that both door motors would need to be replaced at a cost of over $6,000. *tr

Driver power seat mechanism punched a hole through the side of the seat's material.

While lifting up the driver's side or passenger's side second row seats the seat spring jumped back forcefully and hard. consumer drove vehicle to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that the vehicle operated as designed. *ak