1. Toyota Sienna
  2. Problems
  3. 2004
  4. Seats

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

BandRecords
30–60k mi3
60–100k mi3
1–30k mi1
150–400k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • July 1, 2018 · 179,339 miles

    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

  • March 7, 2013

    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

  • January 10, 2011 · 50,000 miles

    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

  • January 3, 2010 · 95,000 miles

    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

  • November 10, 2008 · 83,600 miles

    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

  • November 10, 2008 · 83,600 miles

    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

  • July 16, 2008 · 47,000 miles

    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

  • October 1, 2007 · 50,000 miles

    Seats

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

    ODI 10257214

  • June 4, 2004 · 120 miles

    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