Door problems of the 2008 Toyota Sienna

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that the automatic closed door operating cable experienced severe corrosion and fractured in the vehicle. The contact stated that the automatic opening feature did not work and would only operate if opened manually. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the power sliding door cable and motor were defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was made aware of NHTSA campaign number: 16v858000 (structure); however, the VIN was not included. The failure mileage was approximately 105,000.

Tl the contact owns a 2008 Toyota Sienna. The contact took the vehicle to capistrano Toyota (33395 camino capistrano, san juan capistrano, CA 92675, (949) 276-6886) to be repaired per NHTSA campaign number: 16v858000 (structure). The contact stated that the sliding door malfunctioned and could be opened while the vehicle was in motion. The vehicle was taken to the same dealer multiple times, but the failure continued. The dealer stated that the recent failures were not related to the original recall, but the contact disagreed. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact back to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 85,000.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Sienna. When the vehicle was started, the power sliding door on the passenger side failed and would not open. The contact stated that the door could be opened manually with force. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the power door cable needed to be replaced. The failure recurred with the driver side power sliding door also; however, the door could not be opened at all. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 103,000.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that the sliding doors cable fractured causing the automatic opening and closing of the door to fail. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 112,000.

Power door opened part ways and would not shut. Had to drive to mechanic with door partially open and he had to force it shut. Toyota mechanic said it was a know cable problem with the door motor, but Toyota has not issued a recall yet.

Automatic sliding door on passenger side failed. Stuck halfway open. Appears to be a cable problem. Research done on internet shows to be common problem with approx. $1800. 00 repair price.

Right rear power sliding door on 2005 Toyota Sienna lxe malfunctioned. Dealer quoted nearly $1000. 00 to fix. Ridiculous. Had dealer disconnect system (over $70. 00) and now can use door manually although door is cumbersome to move -- almost impossible for children to operate. Inexcusably poor design! same problem right rear window. Will not operate. Now disconnected by dealer (included in $70. 00 charge noted above). Window cannot be operated manually. Permanently shut. Bad! ventilation in rear and thus throughout vehicle adversely affected.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that a passenger was standing in the path of the rear passenger side sliding door. The door was engaged and closed on the passenger, crushing the passenger between the sliding door and the frame. The passenger was transported to a medical doctors for treatment of her injuries. The dealer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that there were no failures found with the sliding door. The manufacturer was also notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle needed to be taken to a dealer for diagnosis. The failure mileage was 14,000.

Power lift function of rear door malfunction. Upon engaging the power door, it immediately started going down once it reached the top and will not stop if someone is in between it. The struts or brackets are not able to keep the door open, making the mechanism automatically shut the door. Extremely dangerous.

We bought a new-to-us 2008 Toyota Sienna with a power operated passenger door. Within 2 weeks of purchase we parked in our church parking lot (not on an obvious incline) and pushed the internal button for the power door. I went to take my child out of her car seat and the door automatically closed on me. It took all my force to keep it open. I let it shut, then reopened it and it would not latch and kept forcibly shutting. I literally propped the door open against its will to close while my child exited. The dealer cannot duplicate the problem and doesn't believe it happened. We are very concerned about this especially because there is no way to manually disengage the motor and stop it from forcing itself closed.

Within the last couple months both of the rear sliding doors on my 2008 Toyota Sienna le have malfunctioned in a way that I believe could jeopardize the safety of the passengers. Yesterday, the left hand rear door got stuck midway between open and closed and only after exerting great force on the door and breaking the cable along which the door travels, was I able to close the door. The right hand rear door, for the last couple months, has been irregularly getting stuck midway through closing and reversing back to an open position. If one turns off the automatic door function and attempts to close the door manually, it can only be opened and closed if a great deal of force is exerted on it, much more than a child would be able to summon.

Sliding doors failed. Less than one year old at 34,9k miles, brought to dealer indicating both doors intermittently partially open or close during power operation. Dealer found both rear latches were not holding and were replaced. Two weeks later, at 35,2 miles problem has reoccurred and dealer cannot duplicate problem. Another 2 weeks later at 35,3k miles, late Sunday night 60 miles from home, the passenger door get stuck open in a rest area. We spend an hour fussing with the door and finally forced it shut, and drove the 60 mileshome with fingers crossed and 2 kids in the car, hoping that we have not caused a problem forcing it shut and it would not fly open on the rest of the trip. Another trip to the dealer, and they state they cannot duplicate the problem we then deferred to routine manual operation. The problem continues, and we have to open or close by forcing them. Usually, the passenger cannot let themself out, it must be opened by someone using the handle outside of the car. At 53,2k miles we can no longer manage with the malfunction. There are two weeks left on the warranty of the previous repair. Dealer states we will need to take the car to a body shop for a re-alignment at our own expense. Not having the funds to do so,we continue to deal with the problem. Finally we take it to a different dealer for a second opinion. Surprise-the latches need to be replaced. The one door is so bad the front & rear latches must be replaced at my cost of $800! we need at least one door to work so we'll do it. The other door needs it too at add'l $, as well as a visit to the body shop for 'realignment', but can't afford it. Meanwhile-the original dealer should have replaced this part at 53,2k miles when it was covered, but ithey sent us packing. No faith that this $800 repair will fix it. 3 sets of latches in 3 years? they need to identify the problem and do right by customers. This is our 6th and last Toyota. Maybe a death related incident will help.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that the passenger and driver side electronic sliding doors were inoperable. The dealer advised that the failure occurred due to dust in between the door panels. The door panels were cleaned yet the failure persisted. The manufacturer advised the contact that she was responsible for maintaining clean door panels. The failure mileage was 28,000 and the current mileage was 48,000.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Sienna. The vehicle does not come equipped with automatic sliding side doors. The doors must be manually opened. On most occasions when the sliding side doors are opened, they make a clicking sound. Oftentimes, the doors fail to remain open and slide shut. The contact is concerned that the doors may close while occupants are entering or exiting the vehicle, causing them to be injured. He called the dealer and was informed that the failure needed to occur in their presence because it was difficult to duplicate. The defect occurs on both rear passenger and driver side sliding doors. The failure mileage was 2,000 and current mileage was 7,200. Updated 11/6/08.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that there was a rattling noise in the passengers side sliding door. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who installed a rubber lining but that did not resolve the failure. The contact stated that the doors were not properly aligned. The throttle control has also malfunctioned. The contact stated that when the accelerator pedal was depressed the vehicle accelerated uncontrollably. The dealer stated that the vehicle was functioning normally. The contact stated that the vehicle also began pulling to the left, but that has not been diagnosed by the dealer at this time. The current mileage was 83,000.

2008 Sienna drivers door stuck open, started making a groaning sound, cable snapped. Now Toyota wants 1700 bucks to fix it. My van is 2 years old, mileage has it out of warranty. The cable snapped, you cannot purchase the cable you have to purchase the motor also. . .