Front Seat Heater/cooler Problems of Toyota Sienna

Sliding doors open while vehicle is in motion. Hatch back doesn't open up by electrically. Heating system stays on even when turned off. Stereo turns of when the heater heats up to long. My son was in side were the door opened up while we were driving on a main rd. My daughter was sitting on opposite side and sliding door popped open while on a main rd. Side door started closing while getting groceries out causing brusing to my girlfriend. Hatch doesn't work. Electrical problems.

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The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Sienna. While operating the vehicle, the front passenger heated seat became extremely hot to the touch within minutes of activating the seat heater. The contact later discovered a burn hole in the left leg section of the front driver seat. There were no injuries. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 110,000.

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I turned on the seat heater, and the seat started smoking. The seat started smoking more and I turned my car off and poured water to stop the fire. I took pictures of the aftermath of the incident.

In early January 2011, the heater for the passenger car seat in my Toyota Sienna burned through the leather, through my 12 year old daughter's dress and superficially burned her leg. I believe the seat is defective as a fuse or other safety feature should have prevented such an injury/event.

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I have 2 different complaints. Driver side seat heater burned legs of 3 different drivers before complete failure. Heat was not adjustable. Driver and passenger heaters stopped working at same time. Took to dealer, recommended new heating element ($1000+). Opted not to fix. 2nd complaint, check engine, vsc, and trac off lights illuminated. The van has been sent to the dealer on at least 3 occasions. Gas cap has been replaced several times, spark plugs changed. Will go off for brief periods, but always to return. This has been going on for at least 30,000 miles. I could live with the check engine light on, but if the other lights are illuminated, that indicates these components are not working-kind of important-skid control & traction control!! there are many complaints out there on blogs, doesn't look like anyone has filed any reports with your office regarding this same problem, which is too bad because it's obviously a problem not with just Sienna but several other models as well. Extremely frustrating when even the dealer can't determine what the problem really is!! we purchased this vehicle because of the safety features. Not so sure about it if their safety features malfunction!.

Toyota (2004 Sienna) seat heater burned a hole through the leather on drivers seat. Toyota (judy faul) interviewed me/my case and submitted to terrence chu (regulatory affairs). He wrote me a letter 3 months later and said Toyota was not at fault because I had a towel (8"x8" baby burp cloth) adjacent to my leg (left outer thigh) and the owners manual states "not to use an insulating object" with the seat heater operating. He never contacted me for clarification on the incident. I have been denied access to anyone at Toyota. The dealer (peoria, IL) said they will repair for $1337, but will not support me to repair the damage the faulty heater created. I can see their logic if sitting on a stack of towles, but not a rag, of which the consistency is less than the ski pants worn (with the heater operating) or my wife sweater dresses in the same manner. Personal friends (torry olsen) had the same year van and the same problem. Toyota repaired theirs as it was under warranty. The heater element is still hooked up (and dangerous) and Toyota will not service unless we pay.

Left side sliding door is not closing or opening automatically every time when button is pushed it won't open or close sometimes but only if I pull on the handle and pull it open part of the way and then it goes the rest of the way closed seat heater hasn't worked for at least a year I'm guessing even after having it "repaired"also the door won't lock or unlock with the automatic button anymore.

Left sliding door on 2004 Sienna xle limited is failing to work properly and front seat heater driver side stopped working- had it "repaired" and it still doesn't work.

Both seat heaters failed after 50k miles and 3. 5 years old.

Front driver seat heater quit working.