general problems of the 2004 Toyota Sienna

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.

Steering do not stay straight while I am driving this vehicle. Since I purchased, I went to Toyota in the beginning they fix it but issue was not resolve and as of today same problem and I replaced new tires still alignment is the biggest problem. Lighting is not strong to see deer on the road.

The contact owns a 2004 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that the passenger side sliding door cable fractured and caused the door to remain ajar. The contact stated that the failure also caused the battery to be drained because the dome light remained illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 106,000.

This is a recurring incident. On cold days, the sliding doors will freeze shut. This is a common problem from my understanding, and some folks on web forums have recommended filing a complaint to hopefully get Toyota to issue a recall and resolve the issue. The freezing door problem is exacerbated by the electrical door lock mechanism and open/close sensor on the slider. In many cases, the failed attempt to open the frozen door is enough to trigger the door "open" sensor and cause the interior lights to come on.

Headlamp on 2004 Toyota Sienna failed intermittently, and then seemed to work. Eventually it stopped working altogether. Diagnosis was moisture in the assembly, causing it to short out. Price to repair? $1700, of course not covered by Toyota. Apparently this is a design flaw, based on the number of other complaints, and it's definitely a safety concern.

Right headlamp keeps filling with water causing severe fogging and putting my bulb out. This problem got progressively worse over a period of years and ruined the lens. I couldn't properly see on right side while driving. Kept going back to dealer about it but all they would tell me was turn my headlamps on longer or for long period of time until it dried out, then laughed. They finally wore me out after a couple of years of complaining. I had also complained about my tires making a loud thumping noise after about 16,000 miles and they had told me to turn my radio up louder, then laughed again. Also had a recall done there, and discovered my wheel well covering torn. They said they didn't do it but, it was the same side as the recall repair was on. They refused to repair it unless I pay for it. They=dealer= liberty Toyota, burlington,NJ.