2005 Toyota Sienna Latches/Locks

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SIDE SLIDING DOORS COULD NOT BE OPENED WITH THE AUTOMATIC KEY-LESS REMOTE AND COULD ONLY BE OPENED MANUALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE A FAILURE WITH THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 376,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

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

ONE DAY I WENT TO GET GAS AND AFTER GETTING GAS, THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN. WE CANNOT MANUALLY OPEN THE DRIVERS SIDE. THERE IS SOMETHING WITH THE GAS LID THING. I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN AND WE BOUGHT OUT 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA XLW LIMITED AWD FOR SAFETY REASONS. IF I AM EVER IN AN ACCIDENT, NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR TO GET IN OR OUT TO HELP. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND RECTIFIED IMMEDIATELY! AS FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN WITH THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING. WE HAVE TO MANUALLY OPEN AND CLOSE THE DOORS. AGAIN, WE PAID FOR THE HIGH END OF THIS VEHICLE FOR SAFETY AND COMFORT REASONS. THESE DOOR ISSUES NEED TO BE RECALLED AND FIXED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN. I DO NOT WANT TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT AND STUCK BEFORE TOYOTA DECIDES TO GET THIS FIXED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA LE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS FAILED AND THE DOORS COULD NOT BE UNLOCKED WITH THE ELECTRONICALLY OR MANUALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

2005 SIENNA POWER SLIDING DOORS - ONE FROZEN SHUT, THE OTHER SOMETIMES CLOSES, SOMETIMES SHUTS PARTWAY AND LOCKS IN SEMI-OPEN POSITION. *TT

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.

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

2005 TOYOTA SIENNA MINI VAN. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH SLIDING DOORS. *TGW THE DOOR WOULD FREEZE SHUT EVERY TIME IT SNOWED, RAINED OR THE TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW FREEZING. IN ADDITION, THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR WOULD NOT UNLOCK. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER IT WOULD COST $800.00 TO FIX AS THEY WOULD HAVE TO BREAK THE DOOR PANEL TO GET THE DOOR OPEN. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR IS BEGINNING TO EXHIBIT THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB

2005 TOYOTA SIENNA REAR PASSENGER AUTOMATIC DOOR WILL NOT OPEN AUTOMATICALLY...MUST MANUALLY OPEN AND CLOSE DOOR. MOTOR WILL MAKE A SOUND BUT DOOR WILL NOT MOVE AS IF LOCKED IN PLACE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR IT WOULD NOT LATCH IN PLACE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE ENTIRE DOOR LATCH SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 31,360.

I HAVE A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA AND THE VAN HAS ELECTRONIC DOORS AND THAT I HAVE READ IN THE WEB THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM BUT TOYOTA IS IGNORING IT. ITS A SAFETY ISSUE AND TOYOTA CORP. DOES NOT CARE. THE SLIDING DOOR ALMOST SMASHED MY DAUGHTER. I TOOK IT TO ANTIOCH TOYOTA AND THEY JUST GREASED THE DOORS TRYING TO AVOID THE REPAIRS. THEY ARE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET BADLY INJURED BEFORE THEY FIX ANYTHING. YOU CAN GOOGLE IT AND YOU WILL FIND SAME COMPLAIN FROM HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TOYOTA DON'T CARE. ITS UNSAFE I EVEN HAVE A EXTENDED WARRANTY AND STILL WONT FIX IT! THE GOVERNMENT CAN'T JUST SIT AND LET TOYOTA GET AWAY WITH THIS AND HAVE MORE PEOPLE BE INJURED AND NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT! PLS HELP! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 20 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A BEEPING SOUND INDICATING THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WAS OPENED. THE DOOR INDEPENDENTLY OPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE LATCH HAD BROKEN. THE DEALER ADVISED REPLACING THE LATCH. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE SLIDING DOOR. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 103,000.

TOYOTA SIENNA MINI VAN REAR PASSENGER DOORS LOCK AND WILL NOT OPEN I OWN TWO TO DIFFERENT YEARS SAME PROBLEM DANGEROUS SITUATION IF IN AN EMERGENCY YOU CANNOT GET OUT OF VAN DOORS STILL NOT OPEN TOYOTA DOES NOT CARE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THE POWER SLIDING DOORS ON BOTH SIDES ARE MALFUNCTIONING. CONTACT STATED THE RELEASE BUTTON DOES NOT UNLATCH THE DOOR AS ITS CLOSING CAUSING THE DOOR TO STAY OPEN. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANUALLY CLOSE THE DOOR. THIS IS A SAFETY FUNCTION OFFERED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT STOPS CHILDREN FROM BEING INJURED BY THE DOOR. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER TO REPLACE THE LATCH BUT THAT HAD NOT REMEDIED THE ISSUE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO USE THE DOORS MANUALLY. THE CONTACT FEELS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE CHILDREN CAN GET INJURED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

REAR PASSENGER AND DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LOCK AND JAM RANDOMLY, CANNOT BE OPENED MANUALLY RESULTING IN PEOPLE BEING LOCKED IN THE VAN AND STUCK. *TR

FROZEN DOORS DO NOT CLOSE ON 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE LIMITED. ONCE THE CAR HEATS UP, THE DOORS WILL CLOSE, BUT IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH CHILDREN IN THE PASSENGER SEATS. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM, AS IT SEEMS THERE ARE MULTIPLE PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. (GOOGLE IT!) *TW

2005 TOYOTA SIENNA PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HAD TO BE HELD CLOSED BY MY SEVEN YEAR OLD,( BECAUSE OF A LATCH PROBLEM)FROM HIS SCHOOL WHERE MY WIFE PICKED HIM UP, TO OUR HOUSE WHERE WE WERE UNABLE TO SECURE THE DOOR. AFTER A 600.00 BILL BY TOYOTA I SPOKE TO SEVERAL OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE AS WELL AS READ A BUNCH OF BLOGS WHERE IT APPEARS THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE. HAS THERE EVER BEEN AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS PROBLEM? *TR

REAR POWER HATCH, WHEN OPENED EITHER WITH REMOTE, BY HAND OR CABIN SWITCH, IT SLOWLY GOES TO IT'S FULL OPEN POSITION, THEN VIOLENTLY CLOSES ON YOU. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED IT HIT ME ON THE HEAD, MADE ME DIZZY FOR A MINUTE. THE SECOND TIME IT CAUGHT MY WIFE ON HER THIGH, SHE WAS PINNED AGAINST THE BUMPER CAUSING SOME DISCOLOURATION ON HER LEGS. *TR

2005 TOYOTA SIENNA DRIVER'S DOOR AND SIDE SLIDER FAIL. DEALER ADVISED THAT THE DRIVERS DOOR WELDS HAVE FAILED. "SAYS" TOYOTA KNOWS ABOUT THE DEFECT AND WILL FIX. WHY WASN'T I ADVISED OF THESE DANGERS OF MY DOOR FAILING BEFORE THIS? SHOULD I HAVE FALLEN OUT OF MY CAR FIRST? *TR

SLIDING DOORS OF TOYOTA SIENNA 2005 XLE AWD DO NOT OPEN AT ALL WHEN OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES BELOW 33 F. WHEN STARTING CAR ALARM GOES ON UNTIL THE DOORS CAN SLIDE AGAIN. *TR

I TRIED TO OPEN THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR WITH MY REMOTE IN THE MORNING AND IT WOULD NOT OPEN. THE MOTOR TRIES TO RUN, BUT THE DOOR DOES NOT MOVE. I HAVE TO FORCE THE DOOR OPEN AND FORCE THE DOOR CLOSED. THIS IS WORSE THEN MANUAL DOORS, BECAUSE I HAVE TO STRUGGLE WITH THE DOOR. SOMETIMES I CAN NOT GET THE DOOR TO CLOSE AND MY CHILDREN ARE IN THE BACK AND WE ARE NOT AT HOME. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE AT THIS POINT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR LOCK SYSTEM FAILED. AS A CONSEQUENCE THE DOORS COULD NOT BE OPENED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, AND THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE LOCK ASSEMBLY AT AN EXPENSE OF $800.00. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 70,000.

ELECTRIC DOOR CLOSER FAILED IN PARKING LOT AND WE WERE UNABLE TO GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE WE COULDN'T CLOSE DOOR. *TR

2005 TOYOTA SIENNA SIDE LOADING DOOR WITH POWER SLIDE WILL NOT OPEN. CANNOT OPEN DOOR WITH ANY MANUAL MEANS. HUGE SAFETY ISSUE FOR CHILDREN. *TR