Owners/service Manual problems of the 2010 Toyota Sienna

Both back sliding door cables snapped. Have been advised the motors siezed causing the cables to snap. Neither door works. Driver's side door can only open 6 inches. This is a safety hazard in event of emergency. My children can not get out of the car and can not operate the one door able to manually open. Fix has been estimated at $1900 per door. Toyota knows this is an issue. They issued a customer warrantee enhancement for it but it has expired. They refuse to reopen it. There has been a recall for this on the 2004-2009 model year and currently a recall for this for 2011-2018 models but not the 2010. There are hundreds of Toyota Sienna's on the road with this issue and it is completely unsafe and totally unacceptable that Toyota refuses to take responsibility for the 2010's and cover the costs to fix the problem.

Power sliding doors jammed in the closed (or partially open position) as the door cable got hung up in the sliding mechanism. Both doors of our vehicle are now affected. Driver side sliding door failed to open fully in Jan 2017 - it opened about 4 inches and would stop. Passenger side sliding door failed to open at all in may 2017, it would move a fraction of an inch when trying to open and then get jammed. The van has seen moderate use, and the doors were opened with the automatic mechanism (used the button) over 99% of the time. The wear on the door opening mechanism was not caused by inappropriate manual opening. After the problem, in both cases the only way to be able to open the doors was to physically break the guide cables - which was done from outside of the vehicle. It is unlikely to be done from inside the vehicle due to how the person would need to stand and the strength they could generate, especially during an emergency event. Fix for the problem is over $1000 for each door. Remedy for me is that I cut the broken cables and we open the doors manually now. I believe there is a recall that covers this problem for 2004-2007 Siennas, but has not been extended to cover the same model for years 2008-2010. Snippet of this certain 2004 to 2007 model year Sienna vehicles extension of warranty coverage for power sliding door cable assembly this concerns the cable assembly, not the latch assembly.

Very simple. Hit the button to close the rear passage side sliding door, door started to close and cable snapped. Brought to Toyota and they said it was not under warranty and would cost $1,500. 00 to fix. Told them to get to open in manual and leave it at that as we don't have $1,500. 00. From what I see on your site this is an on going problem with Toyota and I hope you can get something done.

Both dual automatic sliding doors on our 2010 Toyota Sienna have failed within 3 months of each other. The mechanism on the driver's side failed in September 2014 and the passenger side door failed in December 2014. On the left side it seems the cable broke. We can use the doors in manual mode but only from the outside. The greater concern is the safety issue with my kids not being able to open the doors from the inside. The interior door handles don¿t function at all - not even in manual mode. There should be a redundant function where if the automatic doors fail kids don't become trapped. This is especially true in an emergency situation.

I have a 2010 Toyota Sienna with power doors. The cable to the driver's side rear sliding door snapped when I opened it using the interior open/ close button. I am unable to open the door manually more than 1 foot. Toyota issued a warranty policy bulletin (pol 12-02) concerning power sliding door cables for 2004 - 2007 Sienna vehicles. Under the same bulletin, they included rear sliding door latch assemblies on certain 2004 - 2010 Sienna vehicles. My vehicle is specifically listed in the VIN range for 2010, but Toyota says the cable is not covered. Toyota extended the warranty for 9 years or 120,000 miles. Seems to me there is some issue recognized by Toyota concerning the door cables and doors. I have no way of using that door as an egress point.

2012 first, my driver side rear power door stopped working due to a broken cable. It was very difficult to shut the door manually even with the power switch shut off. I had to call my husband to come and assist me in closing the door so I could safely drive with my three children. This repair was not included in sb-0280-10 which Toyota extended the warranty on certain issues. Though, the repair was covered by Toyota as a one time "good will" per representatives. I continued to have ongoing issues with rear power sliding doors sticking or not closing completely. Often the beeping once the vehicle in gear indicating that the door in fact was still open. Each time, it required me to switch to manual to close door. 2014 the passenger side rear power door cable broke. Again, I brought the vehicle to Toyota. This time they said that the repair would cost $1200. After some discussion they agreed to pay for parts only as a "good will repair" leaving me to pay over $500 for labor. I contacted Toyota csp, who confirmed that this repair was not part of the service bulletin listed above. Therefore, I will not be having the repair. We will be using the doors in manual mode. This is a huge safety concern for families with young children sitting in the safety of the back of a minivan. I had trouble even manually closing the door at one point. Fortunately, the beeping indicating an open door prevented me from driving with a partially open door. But who's to say that will always function. I don't understand how some parts are included in service bulletin and others not in these doors.

The contact owns 2010 Toyota Sienna. The contact stated that the vehicle did not have a spare tire, even though the owner's manual stated that the vehicle did have a spare. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was told that the vehicle did not come with a spare tire despite what was stated in the manual. The contact beleived it to be a safety issue because the vehicle was sold under the impression that a spare tire was available and could become stranded because of a tire failure. The VIN was unavailable. The failure and current mileage was 20,600.

My Sienna has a problem with the rear sliding door- an issue that Toyota is aware of already from its other customers who own a Sienna as far back as 2004. When I received an alert notice from Toyota concerning this issue and also the alert for the corrosion of the spare tire carrier cable back in August 2012, I took my Sienna into my Toyota dealer, on Aug. 24, 2012, to have both issues fixed . However, I was told that my Toyota extended warranty, which I purchased for any electrical issues that I may encounter, did not cover the sliding door sensor, which I consider is an electrical problem by the manufacturer, and there was no official product recall for the sliding door problem which obligated them to repair it. My problem with the sliding door is very random, and has no pattern of when (no weather connection) or why it occurs. The sliding doors on my Sienna have intermmitently closed on both my husband and me on various occasions, since our purchase in August 2009 (first occurance was around April 2010), also while trying to buckle my children into their seats or just opening the door with the remote control or manually, and as a result, have experience minor bruises to our shoulders. The door is not suppose to open when there is a physical body in the door's path, but my doors do randomly, again a major safety hazard with kids moving in and out of the car.