Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. while driving at 35 mph, the passenger side sliding door became ajar without warning and would not close. the failure recurred several times. the vehicle was taken to the dealer. the technician diagnosed that the latching mechanism failed. the vehicle was repaired on six separate occasions, however the failure recurred. the vehicle was brought to the dealer and the dealer declined to perform the repair. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 113,000.
The driver rear power sliding door is stuck in closed position and does not open either in automatic power mode or manually. the door got stuck after the power cable was ripped, due to rust, and the door was manually shut. it is now stuck closed and can't be opened using either automatic or manual way. *jb
2005 toyota sienna. consumer writes in regards to toyota driver and sliding door defect *tgw the consumer stated there was a known factory defect with the door and toyota was not willing to provide full coverage, but only half coverage. toyota informed the consumer she was past the five year extended warranty. *jb
2005 toyota sienna rear auto hatch safety reverse mechanism does not stop the closing of the door when encountering an object, hand or body part or when attempts are made to stop the closing of the door. door continues to close under power that cannot be reversed/stopped. this defect/problem could conceivably be a serious and potentially fatal hazard if a child was exiting the rear cargo compartment and the door was in the process of closing. a hand or arm in the door gap would not be sufficient to stop the closing of the door i believe although it would be quite stupid to attempt this situation since strong resistance by hand cannot reverse the closing of the door. this problem just started in august 2011. *tr
I have a 2005 toyota sienna xle awd limited. the power sliding doors have motors in them that open and close the doors, via small steel cables. the steel cables attached to the motors/doors are the same steel cable type used in the toyota spare tire recall. these steel cables are trash. if/when they break, toyota is charging $1,600 to $1,800 per door to fix the problem, even if the motor attached to the steel cables is fine. i've been told that on newer model sienna vans you can just purchase the steel cables and not the whole motor. a google /yahoo search turns up hundreds if not thousands of complaints regarding these automatic sliding door issues and the extreme cost to repair them. additionally, i have been told by my toyota dealership that if the steel cable breaks, i can not open or close the door manually. this is a safety hazard! i have 2 children, if the door(s) won't open manually, how do i get my kids out if i have an accident? toyota needs to be held accountable for this problem. a recall needs to be conducted and toyota needs to foot the bill for these fixes. ...
2005 toyota sienna automatic sliding door does not open (this is the second time). *tr
2005 sienna power sliding doors - one frozen shut, the other sometimes closes, sometimes shuts partway and locks in semi-open position. *tt
2005 toyota sienna power sliding doors: 2nd failure of doors within the past 3 months. first failure was lock assembly mechanism. most recent failure is servo motor cable assembly that opens and shuts the door. door would not shut...could not drive car safely. left stranded. *tr
Cable for power sliding door (passenger side) snapped. when you manually open door you have to press on it to keep it open otherwise it will automatically shut and might crush you. *tr
The lock motor in each sliding doors has stopped. the doors open via manual door handles. keyfob, internal door buttons near the doors, and buttons near rear view mirror do not work to open or close the doors. *tr
on the driver side sliding door, two out of three bolts that hold the locking latch have fallen through the sheet metal. the result is that the door open indicator light goes on and off while we are driving and the door is technically open while we are driving, albeit locked. as per some quick internet research, this is not an uncommon problem but one that toyota will not fix. it is not the result of any user misuse and i therefore and disappointed by toyota's stance. *tr
2005 toyota sienna, driver's side automatic sliding door engaged in open position cannot be retracted to closed position. *tr
Passenger sliding door inoperable; faulty lock actuator & motor assembly unit. *tr
The lh slide door does not open or close properly. the lock/unlock mechanism that holds the door open and closed does not work automatically. it does work when manually opening the door from the outside of door. the automatic slide does work if the locking latch is disengaged first. *kb
The rear passenger sliding door will not open either manually or automatically. i took it to the dealership and was told that the automatic latch mechanism was broken and when that failed and you try to open the door manually with the handle it breaks the door latch as well so now door won't open either manually or automatically. this seems like a quite a design/engineering flaw. if the automatic opening mechanism fails and the only other way to open the door then causes the manual latch to break leaves you without the use of the door at all.