With the car in park and attempting to open the driver side sliding door, it refuses to open and stops abruptly during the slide only opening a few inches (not enough to render the opening usable) because the fuel door is not sufficiently closed to depress the push button that tells the van's system that the fuel door is fully shut. thus the sliding door stops abruptly (as programmed) to avoid a collision with an open fuel door. however, that is not the case here. upon further inspection it is noticed that the spring on the push button has such a severe stiffness that the fuel door's hinge system was not designed durable enough to compensate for the outward load exerted by the push button when the fuel door is closed and locked. for this reason, the fuel door hinge, over time, experiences a fatigue failure at the top of the hinge only. that is to say, the lower half of the hinge remains connected and operable while the top half of the hinge shears in twain. now sheared, the fuel door is pushed freely away by the push button and the top forward most corner of the fuel ...
Cable on driver side sliding power door is defective. door no longer functions properly.
Sliding door issues - this is a follow up to previous complaints regarding issues i was having with getting the sliding doors on my 2014 toyota sienna fixed. the original recall did not solve the problem, the two warranty enhancements did not solve the problem, and it was finally determined that the sliding door hinges were the problem. i reached out to toyota motor corporation after having no luck dealing with the local dealership and the gentlemen i worked with on my complaint was extremely helpful. we were able to get the hinges replaced on both sliding doors for $140 vs $758 and they are now working as they should.
While stationary, the sliding door cable snapped while it was automatically opening and has impeded the sliding door to even open manually which leads to safety concerns as the door will not open up as the cable impedes in its way.
All of the sudden, after a long drive on highway, i parked and fuel my car and my car would not change gears properly or very sudden burst then stuck in gear, then after little while i stop on the side and now it won't drive or reverse or sometimes won't go park.
For about 3 weeks my spouse noticed a musty smell inside the van and then noticed that the entire cabin carpet was soaking wet. on 09/14/18, i took the van to team toyota in glen mills, pa and had the ac lines drained. the carpet was still getting wet after having this service done. on 10/09/18, i took our van back to team toyota to have a company called the "water doctor" to diagnose the water leak problem. team toyota advised that the "water doctor" discovered the leak was coming from below the front windshield cowl. the "water doctor" applied a sealant to the effected area. team toyota replaced the padding and deodorized the cabin area. my bill to have this repaired was $551.20.
Recently, at approximately 80,000 miles, the upper hinge of the fuel filler door (the door covering the gas tank access) failed. this appears to have been caused by pressure exerted on the door by the safety switch governing the driver side sliding passenger door. this is a known issue, documented here: http://www.siennachat.com/forum/67-problems-maintenance-repair-gen-3/19274-fuel-filler-door-hinge-broke-anyone-else-have-happen.html#. i brought my van to my local dealer repair facility, novato toyota, at approximately 81,000 miles and was told that the cost to repair would be around $380. i was told that neither toyota nor the company providing my extended warranty would cover it. in addition to being caused by a mechanical design defect that could not have been foreseen, it causes a safety issue, as it will prevent opening of the rear passenger door when the switch is activated. photo attached is not my vehicle, but a photo found online of the same issue.
Cable on electric side door broke - door can slide and pin child.
My sienna is 3.5 years old and only has 33,178 miles on it, which means it is out of warranty for years, and it needs a new radiator due to engine coolant leak. oil changes and maintenance has been normally done at our local dealership. seems odd for a radiator to go to soon so money is out of pocket to fix.
Takata recall
At right around 50,000 miles, the cable on one of my power sliding doors snapped. this i have already filed a complaint for. but then at around 52,000 miles, the cable on the other power sliding door snapped. now both doors have to be used manually, which would be fine except for the doors are so incredibly heavy that if the car is on any sort of hill, my children can barely get the doors open because they are so heavy. on top of that, they don't always lock open when being used manually. a child would easily be crushed by these doors if they lost control of them or if another child let go of the door. this is an incredibly dangerous hazard that toyota should fix.
The cable for one of my power sliding doors snapped. the door is then difficult to use, and does not lock in the open position. those doors are too dangerous to not lock in when in the open position. this is a vehicle designed for children who would be severely injured if the door slid shut on them. the vehicle was parked and one of my daughters was opening the door when the cable snapped. the vehicle only has 50,000 miles on it. this is a car designed for children! so for the door to be suddenly unsafe when the car only has 50,000 miles on it seems unacceptable to me.
I have a recall listed for my 2014 toyota sienna (nhtsa recall number:16v858, manufacturer recall number: g04. i requested the repair during a vehicle servicing on 7/24/17, and was advised they didn't have the part and needed to order it and would contact me to install the part. cavender toyota (877) 676-9734
My car was stopped at red light in uphill and tried to take my foot off brake to go on green light, my car started rolling backward badly in drive mode. it was about 20 degree incline. i believe that all automatic transmission should not roll backward. i brouht it up to one of the toyota service advisor when i took my car there for service, he said that is normal when car is in drive mode. i believe this is a critical safety issue. it was rolled back about 1 foot before i hit the gas pedal. i almost got an accident. please investigate this. thanks.
I've been having issues for over a year now with the drivers side rear sliding door not closing all the way. it would close all but the last 6 inches or so and then re-open. i took it to the dealership 3 times and they said they found no issues, but greased the door. 2 weeks ago the door would not open or close at all (even manaullly - thus the reason for my complaint). i turned the automatic feature off and could not get the door to open at all!!! major safety issue! i looked and noticed that the cable had snapped. i took it to the dealership again and they replaced the cable and said that was the problem with the door not closing properly too. that cost me $320. the next day the same issue returned of the door not closing all the way. i took it back in and they diagnosed it again in less than a minute as the roller on the hinge. they agreed to replace it at no charge to me, but did not let me see the claimed bad part. my major concern is that this door would not open at all ...