general problems of the 2004 Toyota Sienna - part 1

The contact owns a 2004 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that while the liftgate door was opened, the door had erroneously closed and failed to remain opened. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who diagnosed that the rear hatch door struts were faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was informed that the VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 08v244000 (structure); but parts were on back order. The contact stated that the vehicle had experienced the failure listed in the recall. The failure mileage was 150,000.

2004 Toyota Sienna. Consumer writes in regards to replacement parts not available to repair cracked/sticky/melting dashboard recall.

2004 Toyota Sienna. Consumer writes in regards to replacement parts not available to complete spare tire cable recall notice.

The contact owns a 2004 Toyota Sienna. The contact received a recall notification for NHTSA campaign number: 10v160000 (structure) and stated that the part needed was unavailable to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

2004 Toyota Sienna. Consumer writes in regards to excessive corrosion of the spare tire carrier assembly recall. The consumer stated when he looked under the vehicle, he discovered the assembly was badly corroded. This occurred despite the fact, he had taken the vehicle to the dealer on multiple occasions, since 2010, and they usually recommended $2000 to $4000 worth of un-needed repairs, while ignoring a clearly visible safety issue.

The contact owns a 2004 Toyota Sienna. The contact received a notification for NHTSA campaign number: 14v273000 (tires) and stated that the part needed was unavailable to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Updated 5/12/cn.

The driver side door started making a popping noise whenever opening and closing. It creaks as if it is a 50 year old car all of a sudden. Now when opening the door it swings open without control. I did some research and found out that this is a common issue with the Toyota Sienna 2004 and I even found a letter in my vehicle (that I had forgot receiving) informing me that this was an issue with this van and that Toyota would fix it if we had a problem. It said if we did not have the problem to file it in our owners manual which I did. Now we have the problem but Toyota refuses to fix it since it is now outside the warranty window . This is corrupt to acknowledge an issue but not fix it immediately and now when the problem arises declare that it is too late.

Dashboard has multiple hairline cracks. A lot of 2004 Toyota Sienna have the same issues when I made an online research about the problem.

Both sliding door motor cables have broken on my 2004 Toyota Sienna. One door was stuck in an open position, and the other one could only be opened six inches. I have now paid Toyota dealerships over $4,000 to fix the motor cables for both doors. With one stuck open, I couldn't transport my children. I live over 30 minutes to the nearest mechanic, so it was very fun driving the car to a dealership. I think that it is a safety issue especially if the doors stick open. The dealership stated that they have never seen this before, but I am now seeing several complaints about this, and that Toyota has a TSB on this problem.

Description: front door check popping noise cause: spot weld in door check failed controls door when opening and closing safely. Toyota has TSB nv003-07, but has limited warentee. Expired for me.

Rear sliding door power cable on 2004 Toyota Sienna broke. Causing door to be stuck in open position. Toyota has known of defect and issued a TSB (el004-04) in April of 2004, but did not repair previously manufactured minivans.

The contact owns a 2004 Toyota Sienna. While the vehicle was parked he noticed that the drivers side door check mount panel was no longer welded in some areas. He stated the door made a lot of noise when opened or closed. The contact noticed the failure a month ago. He called the dealer and was advised that they were aware of the failure and it would be costly to repair to repair the vehicle. He called the manufacturer and filed a complaint. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 106,000 and the current mileage was 107,000.

We have a 2004 Toyota Sienna with a right side power sliding door and the door that pulls the door broke yesterday,I see that the cable got rotten and it did not have a plastic cover on it. . I contacted Toyota offices yesterday and the say to me that I should bring the car to a dealer and pay for inspection ant then they will inform Toyota how and why it got broke. . . And Toyota rep told me after that we will investigate if is an isolated case or many people have this problem. . Now this whole repair will cost $1800. 00 just for a cable that got rotten because no palstic cover. . I hope you can take of this . . Please we need your help. . Thanks a lot.

The contact owns a 2004 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that the dashboard was fractured near the air bag and the contact was concerned that the failure would result in the air bag not deploying in the event of a crash. The dealer advised the contact to replace the entire dashboard. The manufacturer had not been notified of the failure. No repairs were performed. The current mileage was 90,400 and the failure mileage was 80,000.

We recently had an issue with the pass. Side vent window on our 2004 Sienna. While driving the window was opened the glue failed and the window swung down the side of the van only being held on by the motorized arm. It appears as if the track that the window is attached to has been painted prior to the glue being applied. So instead of glass, glue, metal it was glass, glue, paint, metal. This seems to be a growing issue based on a quick search online. If the glass had broken free of the arm, it would have gone flying into traffic. The dealer and Toyota were contacted and both dismissed the issue.

The rear passenger power sliding door failed. The cable that opens and closes the door snapped and then bound up jamming the door open about 3 inches. My children could not exit the vehicle on that side if there was an accident and I had to dissasemble the door just to close it.

2004 Toyota Sienna's automatic sliding door mechanism jammed preventing door closure. The door could not be closed automatically or manually. Circumstances forced passengers, including 4 small children, to travel several highway miles with that door open. In April 2004 Toyota modified that door mechanism for new product and issued technical service bulletin el004-04 "power sliding door inoperative" to correct existing product. Sienna's early 2004 sliding door is a defective product. The Sienna product is a minivan marketed to families and children. As such it is designed to be a closed vehicle. The defective door should be considered a child restraint failure because closed doors are, in fact, the primary protective restraint in a family vehicle. Corrective action we elected is to cut the automatic door's tractor cable. That frees the door to close and permanently disengages the defective door mechanism.

2004 Sienna le passenger side power sliding door. Cable which pulls door open has snap. Door is no longer operable. It cannot be opened either electronically or manually. Poses hazard as occupants cannot exit out onto curbside.

Driver's door (front) hinge/weld on 2004 Toyota Sienna began with loud creaking noise every time door is open and closed. Then creaking turned into clicking sound every time door is open and closed, and that progressed into a loud popping/snapping sound. Our repair shop (not Toyota) rewelded the hinge (summer 2010 - van had 60,000 miles) but they advised this was not a permanent fix for the problem. On 2/20/11 (van now has 64,000 miles) hinge is now completely not functioning and door is jammed shut. Front driver's door will not open more than 1/2 inch forcing the driver of the vehicle to enter/exit through the passenger side.

Spot weld on drivers door is failing. Once this weld completely fails the door will swing freely and could slam on me or my children. Contacted the dealer and Toyota and there is an extended warranty for 5 yrs or 100,000 miles. My van is 6 years old and not covered. This problem started after the warranty was over. Toyota will charge $900 to correct this problem. This should be a recall there are hundreds of thousands of Siennas with this issue and it is a known manufacturers defect.

2004 Toyota Sienna. The drain system plugged in my moonroof with debris after a heavy rain. Flooded the headliner and went into the dash and screwed up the electrical system. Windows stopped working, alarm was going off in the middle of the night. On the highway, the driverside sliding door started opening on it's own where my one year old child's sits at 65 mph. It is a flawed design with no screen protection of any kind to keep debris out. It plugs off and fills the vehicle with water shorting out the electrical system.

The automatic sliding doors on our 2004 Toyota Sienna will not open or close. This locks my children in the back without safe access to exit.

On my 2004 Toyota Sienna minivan the rear hatchback gas struts have failed. This is a dangerous situation that could easily get a small child killed. I almost had this happen when my 5 year old was helping to get groceries out while I was holding the gate open it slipped and came crashing down. Luckily he had just moved and it missed him. These gas struts are a recall item on the power operated lift gates, why aren't they on the manual ones. And the cost of replacements is terrible, $180/ea. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

Passenger sliding door cable corroded and snapped.

Power sliding door on driver's side is stuck open. No way to close it manually. Unsafe to drive.

We purchased a 2004 Toyota Sienna van. The driver's door hinge has failed causing the entire door to have to be replaced to the tune of about 3k. In searching the internet, 600,000 vehicles had the same defect tracing back to an indiana factory welding issue. Toyota has not issued a recall and the dealership is telling us it is out of warranty. . Read more...

The passenger side sliding door on 2004 toyta Sienna is not closing. Out in cold and rain with kids for 45 mins.

Plastic sheathing on passenger power door, the only power door, dried out and cracked causing the cable wires to be exposed to the elements. As a result, the wires of the cable began to rust and fray and tangled in the door so that it was half opened and would neither open nor close even with the power off. We had to cut the cable off to get the tangled cable free of the door so we could close it. It is poor quality to have the plastic on the cable dry out and crack off so that the power door is unable to be used as a power door which is an option you have to pay extra for. We also had small children buckled into carseats at the time and had we not cut the cable off, we could not drive it as I said the door was stuck half open/half closed.

I have 2004 Toyota Sienna. Recently my sliding door cable completely snapped in half when the door was opening. Thankfully, I was home and was able to get the door to shut.

2004 Toyota Mini van sliding doors freeze shut. I owed two other Mini vans without this problem. They have frozen shut every winter.

Driver side automatic sliding door cable broke. The door has to be opened and closed manually. Sienna is no longer under the secret warranty and Toyota wants to charge me $3000 for the repair. Also door would freeze easily during winter time and becomes very hard to open.

2004 Toyota Sienna passenger side sliding door mechanism failed and automatically shut without warning, hitting a passenger who was reaching into the back seat. It did not spring back. The door wouldn't open again. We took it to the rudy luther dealership in golden valley, mn and were told that it would cost $2,000 to fix. Rather than pay this, we elected to pay $112 to have the cables cut and the switch unplugged. We are extremely disappointed in this failure and in the dealerships response. The car only had 51,641 miles on it when this occurred.

When it is cold outside the sliding doors on the 2004 Toyota Sienna seem to "freeze" shut. They do not open from the inside or outside. This happens to both the power and non-power door.

During normal operations of this 2004 Toyota Sienna xle van. Right side powered door seized. Door failed to open completely, and then it was difficult to shut and lock. I took the Sienna to the local Toyota dealership (heartland Toyota, bremerton, washington) on 13jan10, and they diagnosed the problem as a failed motor, control cable, and computer (ecu). They also informed me it would cost $3,050 to repair. I was in shock. I checked online and there seems to be a chronic failure with the 'automatic' doors of Toyota vans. Toyota corporate instructed me to work with the local Toyota dealer to arbitrate repairs since the door is not covered under warranty, or recall. I urge the NHTSA to investigate these doors. They should not fail and seize after 5 years of normal wear. Updated 03/10/10 updated 10/05/10.

2004 Toyota Sienna minivan, sliding doors freeze shut all winter, my three kids cannot rely on what door to exit, especially in an emergency. One sliding door has now stopped working, cable snapped and bolts sheared, likely due to the extra force needed to work the frequently frozen doors. Perhaps these vans should not be allowed in climates under 32 degrees. I have already needed to have front doors and rear door mechanism repaired(recalls). This seems to be a common problem.