Body problems of the 2006 Toyota Sienna - part 2

Rear left passenger sliding door will not open. The cables have snapped and it won't work manually. Passenger can become trapped in this seat. The right hand door is working, but if these cables snap, there will be no way to enter or exit the rear seat. Toyota is aware and has a "courtesy" recall, but my vehicle is "too old".

Toyota Sienna le 2006. Sliding door can not be completely closed. This is a manual sliding door. The driver side sliding door can not be completely closed. This problem happened several times in the past year or so. Previously it would close after several tries. But this time it would not work no matter what you try. It seems that one of the door locking parts does not operate properly. This is a serious safety problem because I have to drive the car with the door "half-open".

Both sliding doors will not open from the inside, the child safety lock is off and still they will not open.

Attempted to open passenger side sliding door to let children out and would not open. Was told it is a problem with the door latch but would not be able to fix it because it is outside of the warranty. It is now stuck in the closed position.

Tl-the contact owns a 2006 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated all doors on the vehicle failed to open when exiting the vehicle. The failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle has been taken to a dealer. The mechanic stated the doors needed to be replaced. The vehicle has not been repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage 177,000. Kw.

Tl- the contact owns a 2006 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that the when opening the driver's side door, the door would exhibit an abnormal cracking sound. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer for a diagnostic test. The dealer stated that the entire driver's side door needed to be replaced. The contact did not have the door replaced. The failure mileage was 52,800. Kmj.

Toyota Siennas are prone to door popping when opening and closing due to broken door welds. They are calling it a "warranty enhancement" rather than a "recall. ".

Tl - the contact owns a 2006 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that the front interior driver's side door weld fractured which caused a loud clicking noise whenever the door was accessed. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic who informed the contact that the front driver's side door would need to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 110,000. Mah.

Lift gate closes automatically. Struts supporting lift gate where replaced in 2008 recall but four years after, the same issue is happening again but Toyota wants 470. 00 to replace the struts. I do not consider four years adequate for such a failure and feel Toyota has a poor design that has not be fixed. I do not recall any issues with any car in my family where the lift gate, trunk or hatch back struts every failed. I have seen numerous complaints on line about this in 2012 for 2006 Sienna owners.

Passenger side sliding door failed to lock. The "door open" light on the dashboard remained lit. This is a potential safety issue since the door could open while driving. I took it to Toyota dealership service department which identified faulty rear latch and gave me an estimate of repair cost of $526. This is an expensive repair cost which the consumer should not have to pay since the faulty latch mechanism is not a result of usage of the vehicle, rather it is probably due to a faulty design. Toyota should have issued a recall of this faulty latch mechanism.

Right side sliding door opened while driving. When I pulled over and stopped it slamed shut with enough force to sever a limb. Lucky no one was there . Dealer wants $1300 to repair it. I say it shoulnt be even possible to have happened and a repair with the same parts wont prevent it. Its now closed with a ratchat tie down. Useless but safe.

I have had problems with my 2006 Toyota Sienna with most recently the power passenger sliding door that is broken and does not open or close. The dealer ft. Myers Toyota said the parts were on national back order and may take months to get the parts to fix. They did say they would cover under warranty. Secondly, my steering assembly needed replacement at 80,000 miles because of leaking fluid and I had to pay the labor to fix. Lastly, all 4 of the tire rims on the car have peeling, bubbling and chipping paint that is exposing the metal rim. It may cause further corrosion to the rims and cause a safety problem to the wheels. Germain Toyota in naples, fla where I bought the car would not help with the rims. Ft. Myers Toyota where I get the car serviced told me about the national back order problem and also charged me for the defective steering assembly which I thought should have been covered under their lifetime power train warranty. They said it did not.

Front door pops when opening / closing. Door weldings are loose, apparently a very common problem with Toyota Sienna's. Dealer is no help, want to replace the entire door at my expense.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that the sensors for the sliding doors malfunctioned, causing the passenger's side sliding door to close while a child was standing in the door's path. The child sustained bruising and a cut above her eye. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact that a complaint was being escalated to the legal department. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 78,000.

My sliding rear doors are sticking or not closing/opening at all. The rear right sliding door when opened with the door handle needs to be tugged in order to open.

The contact owns 2006 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated both the driver and passenger side sliding door handles broke. As a result, both doors were unable to be open. The remote key would not open the doors on occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was not included on any recalls. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 122,438.

The third row power seats are defective. They will not lock into place and are unuseable.

While opening front, left, drivers door noticed loud popping noise and the door did not open smoothly. Upon closer inspection found that the bottom weld of the door check had separated, due to poor quality weld. Please refer to Toyota technical service bulletin nv003-07. Brought this problem to Toyota service department attention and they informed me they would not fix and there was nothing else they could do.

Toyota announced a customer support program (csp) which will extend the warranty coverage rear sliding door latch assemblies - for certain 2004-2010my Sienna vehicles the warranty coverage for the rear sliding door latch assemblies will be extended to 9 years from the date-of-first-use or 120,000 miles (whichever occurs first). Took the van to eddy's Toyota, wichita KS on tues. 6th Nov. 2012 for correction of the problem as outlined in the letter. The service department want to charge $476 to fix the problem. Since it is only a sporadic problem it was declined. My wife & I do not understand the refusal of eddy's Toyota to honor the warranty. Our family has 4 Toyota vehicles so we are very disappointed in eddy's Toyota treatment. My wife & I were with 2 salesmen, [xxx] and like us, were at a loss to understand this requested charge. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that the struts failed. The vehicle was repaired under NHTSA campaign id number: (structure: body: hatchback/lift gate) on September 17, 2008. The contact spoke with the manufacturer and was told that the repair would not be covered again. The contact wanted to state that the recall repair failed within three years. The failure mileage was unavailable.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated the front interior driver's side door weld fractured which caused a loud clicking noise whenever accessing the door. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who informed the front driver's side door would need to be replaced. The technician stated the malfunction was related to manufacturers design defect. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 78,000.

We were stopped when we tried to open the passenger sliding electrical door. It opened about 8 inches and then it would not open or close. No matter how hard we tried we could not get the door to open or close. Even the manual override would not work. We were out of town and my husband had to sit by the door as we drove home 40 miles. The Toyota service was not open and we had no way to get our family 0f 7 home or anywhere. It was a very dangerous situation.

Tl- the contact owns a 2006 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that the automatic sliding door failed. The contact tried to open the door from the inside but had complications. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they stated that the motor needed to be replaced or to sever the cables. The dealer severed the cables and advised the contact that the door could be used manually. The failure recurred after the cables were severed. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 94,723. Kmj.

On February 25, 2012, the passenger side power sliding door on my 2006 Toyota Sienna would not close unless I applied force. For months this issue did not resolve and became worse to the point where we could no longer use the door. This became a safety issue as my three young children could only exit through the driver side door into the street side. This put my children and me in danger of being hit by passing motorists. Furthermore, in the event of an emergency, this exit point would not be available to us. After receiving the warranty enhancement notice we took the vehicle in for repair in July 2012, but were informed the part needing replacement, identified as "r/sliding door rear support latch and cable assy" was not covered even though the warranty enhancement notice clearly stated "rear sliding door latch assemblies" and "power sliding door cable assembly" were covered. I was told the part numbers did not match. In July 2013, I opened a case with Toyota customer service. They again informed me the parts would not be covered under the enhancement warranty. I expressed my complete disappointment for the lack of regard for my family's safety. Shortly after, I received a surprising call from the dealership explaining that the part in question was actually covered. Their error was upsetting. I had to take my vehicle in twice to finally have the door repaired and had to pay for an additional part, a hinge that caused the door to sag and drag against the body of the vehicle which contributed to the safety issue and also caused visible damage to the exterior. I'm thankful the door is finally repaired, but worry that this issue has great potential for recurrence. I hope the NHTSA investigates the doors as I see many others have voiced similar complaints. Although the warranty enhancement has been Toyota's solution, it does not seem to be fixing the problem.

I'm owners Toyota Sienna 2006 until now I have a problem right side sliding door it do not work the door can't open or close so I would like to know do we have to recall services or not thank you andy le.

Bumped my head severely because recalled and replaced rear-hatch struts failed for a second time and wouldn't open the hatch completely. Toyota won't cover it again. Repair is excessively expensive.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that the dashboard fractured from the steering wheel area to the passenger side air bag. The dealer stated that the failure was not covered under warranty. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 50,000.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that both the front driver side door and the driver side sliding doors were faulty. The sliding door was unable to be fully closed and when the contact attempted to reopen the door, it remained stuck. The dealer advised the contact that the door latch was inoperable and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was no longer under warranty. No repairs were performed. The current and the failure mileages were 47,000. The VIN was unavailable.

The automatic sliding door has never worked properly after multiple visits to multiple dealers. Now it has failed entirely and the dealer charged $100 simply to close the door, which is currently completely inoperable, including manually.

My Toyota Sienna 2006 started to have noise when opening and closing the driver side front door. It appears the weld door frame is broken. The noisy sound becomes louder and louder after two months the issue started initially. I am afraid this will be a safety problem when my kids are near the door during closing or opening the door.

The passenger side door (automatic) does not close. It will attempt to close itself but will stop just before closing. The door will pause for 1-2 seconds and then re-open and stay in the open position. Multiple attempts have the same effect. Disconnecting the battery does not resolve the problem.

The power sliding door on the passenger side will not open (electronically or manually), and there is a broken steel cable extending from the back of that door toward the back of the rear passenger window. The dealer can't even open it. This a huge safety issue for us, and we may be forced to pay >$3,000 just to be able to open our door. Suppose there was an accident and the car was on the other side. . . We'd have a very tough time getting the kids out. This should be recalled.

Sliding door won't close on Toyota Sienna minivan. The dealer claims that this is not covered under the platinum extended warranty, but also states that if it is not fixed, "the door will eventually fall off. ".

The cable supporting the automatic right side passenger door on my 2006 Toyota siena snapped while trying to open door using the automatic button over the driver seating area, nearly striking my child as he waited to get in from the outside, at this time, the door is permanently shut and cannot be opened automatically or manually. This can be a serious issue if someone sitting in the right side of the automobile needs to exit quickly for an emergency. The cost to fix this serious issue is beyond what I can afford.

Automatic sliding door does not fully latch closed and often pops open. Door does not operate with any buttons, only a manual pull part way. Door does not always latch open and starts to close on child when they are half way in.