Received a "warranty enhancement" ltr from toyota in may 2015 stating that they would replace cracked dashboards over the next "several months". our dealer said they may not have the dashboards until end of 2016. was there a deadline agreed upon to replace?
Cable on power rear sliding door of 2004 toyota sienna snapped rendering door useless
While i was trying to open my 2004 toyota sienna passenger powered sliding door the cord ripped. it is too costly for us to repair this item and i can not use the door with children as it is to hard to open for a minor.
Dash is falling apart due to a manufacturing defect. started out as a sticky and shiny dash that was impossible to clean. cracks began to appear at about 6 years old and now the dash is falling aparts as more and more cracks appear and pieces start falling off! this car is and has been stored under cover all its life! there are cracks all over the dash, top, bottom, left and right!
Both rear sliding doors refuse to open, intermittently and randomly. this issue happens when weather is somewhat cold and wet for the manual sliding door. for the "automatic" door, it happens continuously. we've had the motor replaced in the automatic door and it fixed the problem for 2 years...but now it has happened again. kids have had to get into and out of the car via the back hatch. major safety concern.
In january of 2010 the cable for the spare tire carrier froze up and would not operate. as a result, i purchased and replaced the spare tire carrier in january of 2010. i received the recall for the spare tire carrier (nhtsa 10v160000) notice from toyota in august of 2010. i submitted my part receipt and information for reimbursement, but was denied.
2004 toyota sienna. the passenger side automatic sliding door will not open automatically or from within. children sitting in the back that could not open from the inside and had to crawl out over car seats to the other doors. myself included when i shut the door to clean the interior. the passenger side seat belt (second row cabin chair) won't retract and was checked and found that the seat belt was not twisted to cause the malfunction, but with the device itself. *cn
Dashboards that get sticky, cracked, shiny and melt in heat and humidity.
The dashboard is cracking and splitting and may affect the deployment of the airbags. *tr
Toyota sienna 2004 rear hatch fell on me...shocks just didn't work and now will fall without proper support. *tr
We own a toyota sienna xle 2004. back in november 2008, the driver sliding door cable snapped, making the door jam and unusable in "power" mode. cable dangling out of its socket, we drove to our dealership to have it serviced. the repair came to over $1800!!! after researching this issue on the internet, i'm finding that many people are experiencing the same problem!! i'm thinking that it doesn't necessarily have to do with mileage but perhaps more with age of vehicle ie: 4-5ish years old. the cable, which drives the sliding door, is completely exposed to elements. (you'll find it within the groove located under the rear side windows) this cable is made of some kind of metal (steel? who knows.) then coated with a black plastic/acrylic/rubber casing (such as an electrical wire). with time, the casing begins to dry and be brittle, causing it to crack and fall off the wire, leaving the wires completely vulnerable to getting wet, rust, freeze, etc, also rubbing extensively unprotected against the gears. within a few months or even weeks, the metal cable wires snap thus getting caught in the mechanism. one thing leads to another and the whole cable snaps, making the door jam altogether. per my own experience at the dealership, and subsequently reading and researching many blog sites, the only way to fix this issue is as follows: remove the entire door, remove and change the entire mechanism. extremely costly, there's just no way around this. asked if there was a way to simply change the cable, i was informed that the cable is part of the motor and that it is not a part that can be purchased or repaired separately. now, we are faced with the problem of the second side which has snapped just a few day ago (only 3 months after the last one). we don't feel we should have to pay another 1800$ to have this fixed. we feel there are enough complaints about this that toyota should issue a fix. *tr
My toyota sienna xle sliding door broke. it stop working all of a sudden, bring it back to dealer but it will cost me about 1800 dollars to fix it. *tr
Spare tire fell from under vehicle, causing blowout on r/r tire. metal threaded rope had sheared off. unable to locate spare after incident. when buying replacement part at dealer, stated this happens all the time. posibility of injury or death very high in similar incidents.
Both sliding doors on the minivan began rubbing against the body about 4 months ago. the problem continues to get worsen. on the driver side, the door has rubbed down to the metal at three points on the body where the back of the door closes into to the door housing. additionally, the door is sagging enough on the hinges that the paint is being rubbed off along the track of the door as well. the passenger side door has also begun to sag on it's hinges and has rubbed the paint off the body in one spot. the issue is clearly related to the door sagging on it's hinges - whether the issues is design flaw, or parts that can not handle the weight i do not know. the dealer said that they would replace the hinges and fight for 100% coverage from toyota (the care has 51000 miles and am past warranty). *tr
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 toyota sienna. the dashboard on the vehicle is cracked. the cracks originated from the air vents near both front doors to the windshield. the dealer was unable to determine the cause of the cracks, but they were willing to pay for half of the charges. the contact believes that the cracks were due to a manufacturer defect based on the amount of complaints that were found in other sienna's. the failure mileage was 32,000 and current mileage was 42,000. updated 10/16/08.*lj updated 10/17/08. *jb
I own a 2004 toyota sienna with sliding door problems. the cable has frayed so badly on the driver side the door is inoperable and has been so for several years. the cable on the passenger side door is also frayed and i fear will become inoperable soon. car was out of warranty and toyota wants $1400 to fix the door. *tr
Electric door open and closing cable snap. on year of 2014 the alloy wheel comes with the xle model, chrome comes off become corrosive on year of 2007
When negotiating moving into traffic at slow speeds, when a small amount of accelerator movement is made the vehicle rapidly accelerates making it necessary to quickly apply the brakes to avoid collision. the vehicle was purchased used from a dealer and there was a recall bulletin (tech service bulletin issued 11/7/2003 for 04-05 sienna bulletin no tc007-03 out on the engine control module. when pointed out to the dealer they simply stated that that recall was only available to the original purchaser and then only if reported within the first three months after purchase. was told by two dealers that the recall did not apply to our vehicle and later that a recall was not issued for that problem. ( i have a copy of the origional recall notice stating the above problem)
1) driving on highway at 65 mph and took a rock that punctured my ac condenser on my 2004 toyota sienna resulting in ac failure. 2) took to dealer and told it was not covered under my warranty. they would happily fix it for $862. *jb 3) dealer told me i should have had a front bra or screen covering my grill because the condenser was exposed. i told them if they made me aware of this design problem when i bought the vehicle i would have. replacement condenser for $495, labor will cost over $350. not something you would expect for a fairly new car under warranty. *jb
The electric door (passenger side) intermittently worked for years, sometimes it worked, sometimes it did not. finally it quit working. the rear fan goes on and off at will. there is an electrical short. my rear tail light on driver's side is always out, even after replacing it multiple times. the trunk door lost all its hydraulic lift and actually hit me in the head. it has no hydraulics left now and is very hard to lift. the lighted buttons by the front windshield where you operate the garage door, electric door - burnt out at probably 37,000 miles and were ridiculous to replace. the door locks are all screwed up. hard to unlock the driver's door manually with a key, have to unlock from passenger side. the door clicker does not work. batteries have been replaced multiple times and the clicker quit working shortly after, again an electrical short of some sort??? so no clicker, no electric door, no trunk lift, no dome lighting, no tail light, not to mention all the recalls that van had (extra tire, seatbelts, door issues). i had to replace my radiator?? cause it was leaking. van currently has 126,000 miles on it. it is by far the worst quality vehicle i have ever owned. i have owned an 80s toyota corolla which was fine, saturn, acura integra, ford explorer, also mazdas, 2001 chrysler 300m (horrible also), there is no doubt that after reading all the posts on the edmunds site about this 2004 sienna van, it should be recalled for electric door problems and all door problems. *tr
I have a 2004 toyota sienna all wheel drive vehicle. in june of 2005 my tires had to be replaced. i had approx. 20,000 miles on the car. the tires were run flats. it would have cost me over $1,100.00. then i go ahead and buy regular tires and find out that there is no where to mount a spare tire on the car. so now i am driving around with no spare tire in my car. toyota claims this is an isolated incident but now i am finding out that is not true. *nm
Item 1-- this is an awd model with run flats and no space for a spare tire. the low pressure warning for the tires is revolution based, and therefore doesn't activate due to the stiff wall run flat tires. i have had numerous occasions where the tires were very low with no warning, and two occasions where the tires had zero air and were ruined with no warning, and the first indication was a roar and sudden very bumpy ride. these 2 events happened at city speeds, but i fear this event at interstate speeds. the later models were equipped with pressure sensing devices (not revolution sensing). the vehicle has only 38k miles, perfect condition, and i just renewed my extended warranty for 6 more years, so would like a recall retrofit to pressure sensing for safety and peace of mind. i had thought toyota would develop a fix, but to no avail. i have this documented on toyota service invoices and the factory rep has reported there is nothing toyota can do. item 2--- when pulling out from behind a vehicle to pass and flooring the accelerator, there is a full second of hesitation before the down shifting/acceleration begins. this has caused two near misses. this is documented with toyota, but all i've been told is that it is caused by "drive-by-wire" (?), which i assume is an electrical signal as opposed to a mechanical throttle cable, but again, toyota says there is nothing they can do.
I bought a 2004 toyota sienna ce in ottawa, ontario, canada, from a dealer, new, off the lot in august 2004. by the first winter, both back sliding doors would freeze shut, especially the passenger side, and would not open until the vehicle got really hot inside. the dealer had no solution, offered no solution. in addition, by the second year we had three radiators installed, and had both front doors repaired for rusting under a general recall. also, the rear fan has been going on and off, even with the switch in the "off" position. we have taken this issue to the dealer many times, but they do not have an answer, nor a strategy to figure out why it does this. finally, this vehicle has rattled inside from day one and is unpleasant to drive. i find the toyota dealers not interested in you once you buy the car, but after three years to the day the called me wanting to know if i'd buy a new one. i will not buy another toyota. *tr
Rear power lift gate on 2004 xle ltd sienna upon opening does not stay open and comes down on person standing under lift gate. waiting for toyota to order parts for fix . could be very dangorus if a child is standing under the gate as it does not stop and could crush someone.
The doors of my toyota sienna 2004 freeze shut and have done so since i purchased it new in 2003!! it is a huge safety concern as if there is ever an emergency, my kids cannot get out and emergency personal cannot get in! i am finally writing about this now as my kids' grandfather is absolutely wild that this has been a problem since i purchased the vehicle new in late fall 2003. i have received so many recalls on this vehicle over the years ( at least 10 recalls) but none have been for the frozen doors. we live in a toyota sienna town with many families owning one, and we all have the exact same complaint about frozen sliding doors!!! why toyota 2004 siennas have had so many recalls for, i cannot fathom why the frozen door issue has not been addressed.!!! every november and december i am reminded of the problem when i drop my kids off at school and they have to crawl over the front seats in order to get out of the car. *js
See complaint number 10120930 and 10112448. i do have had this problem on my 2004 sienna le awd. . my problem is identically to complaint number 10120930. i have contacted my toyota dealership and they gave me this "oh you have to rotate your tires and tires wear more on minivans" crap. my tires should not be wearing at 6-12,000 miles. they replace both front ends and now they are wearing out again. i sincerely hope that you take this matter seriously and have toyota look at the suspension and drive train issues and do a recall.
When the window of the rear passenger door was rolled down, the door would not latch. this would not allow the door to latch. the door slammed shut when a passenger gets in and out of vehicle. toyota stated this was a new safety feature. *ak *sc *jb