2002 Toyota Sienna

BOUGHT A CERTIFIED USED 2002 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE FROM A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN JULY 2007. WHILE INSPECTING IT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR WAS ACTING UP. THEY TRIED TO FIX IT A COUPLE OF TIMES THEN VERBALLY ASKED ME TO BRING IT BACK WHEN THEY HAD THE RIGHT PARTS. 2 WEEKS LATER, I BROUGHT IT IN AT THEIR REQUEST AND THEY 'FIXED' IT. AFTER I LEFT THE SHOP I NOTICED IT WAS ACTING UP. I WAS MADE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS BY THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. THIS DOOR IS ACTING UP RIGHT NOW. *TR

OUR 2002 TOYOTA SIENNA AUTOMATIC LOCK SYSTEM STARTED SPONTANEOUSLY LOCKING AND UNLOCKING ITSELF. IT WILL DO THIS WHILE IT IS PARKED OR WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. IT MAY DO IT ONCE OR TWICE, OR REPEATEDLY LOCK AND UNLOCK 15 TIMES OR MORE, EVEN DURING A SHORT COMMUTE. IT OCCURS RANDOMLY, SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY, AND SOMETIMES NOT FOR SEVERAL DAYS. RARELY WILL THE VAN STAY LOCKED WHEN PARKED. IT IS VERY DISTRACTING AND A BIG SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE TRIED TO HAVE IT REPAIRED TWICE, AT 2 DIFFERENT TOYOTA DEALERSHIPS. I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT FIND THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM, AS IT DID NOT LOCK AND UNLOCK WHILE IT WAS IN THEIR CARE. OF COURSE, IT RECURRED BEFORE I RETURNED HOME. *TR

POWER DOOR FAILING TO OPEN AND CLOSE PROPERLY. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VAN IN 2004. THE DOORS WOULD SOME TIMES NOT OPEN UNDER POWER OR WOULD NOT CLOSE UNDER POWER. WE HAD TO MANUALLY CLOSE/OPEN THE DOOR. THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR NOW WILL NOT CLOSE UNDER POWER. WHEN THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT, WE TOOK THE VAN TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET THE REPAIR RUNS IN THE $1500-$1800 RANGE. *TR

IN 2003, ECU UNIT WAS REPLACED ON PASSENGER SIDE REAR POWER SLIDING DOOR AS DOOR WOULD INTERMITTENTLY NOT OPEN OR CLOSE. HAS CONTINUED WITH INTERMITTENT PROBLEM SINCE REPLACEMENT UNTIL IT FINALLY WOULD OPEN BY NOT CLOSE. GIVEN THE VERY HIGH VOLUME OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON ALL YEARS OF THE TOYOTA SIENNA, I WOULD LIKE FOR THE ODI TO OPEN AN INVESTIGATION. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GOOGLE "TOYOTA SIENNA POWER SLIDING DOOR PROBLEMS" AND YOU END UP WITH MULTIPLE THOUSANDS OF HITS, WITH MOST BEING CHAT SITES WITH MULTIPLE COMPLAINT THREADS. *TR

I HAVE A SIENNA XLE 2002 WITH THE ELECTRONIC SLIDING DOORS. FROM THE INSIDE OF THE VAN, THERE ARE THREE BUTTONS TO OPEN THE DOORS; ONE ON THE CONSOLE, ONE ON THE COLUMNS BETWEEN FRONT AND BACK SEATS AND ONE BUTTON IN THE HANDLE. PERIODICALLY THE SLIDING DOORS WILL NOT SHUT OR THEY WILL NOT OPEN. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS JULY 16, 2008 WHEN THE KIDS IN THE BACK DRIVER'S SIDE TRIED TO OPEN THE SLIDING DOOR AND COULD NOT. WE TRIED EVERYTHING AND IT WAS JAMMED SHUT. IT SEEMS LIKE THE BUTTON IN THE HANDLE WAS STUCK (WHICH HAS HAPPENED BEFORE). THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT OR ROLL OVER AND MY PASSENGERS COULD NOT GET OUT. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT AS I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. MY SIENNA IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY (7 YEARS), BUT TOYOTA WILL NOT WARRANTY THIS LOCK RELEASE BUTTON PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY SAY IT IS PART OF THE HANDLE AND THE HANDLE IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. I COUNTERED THAT THE HANDLE IS FINE, IT IS JUST THE BUTTON DESIGNED IN THE HANDLE THAT IS BROKEN. IF THE BUTTON WAS SITUATED ELSEWHERE IN THE DOOR, I AM SURE IT WOULD BE COVERED. TOYOTA WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT THEY BLATANTLY KNOW ABOUT. *TR

AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT CAUSE LOCK AND UNLOCK. SOMETIMES IT'S WHILE WE'RE DRIVING, SOMETIMES WHILE PARKED. SOMETIMES IT'S FRONT DOORS ONLY, SOMETIMES BACK ONLY, SOMETIMES ALL OF THEM. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN IT'S WET (SO FAR, SNOWING), THOUGH NOT ALWAYS. ONE CAN BE LOCKED INSIDE THE VEHICLE OR LEAVE IT LOCKED AND RETURN TO FIND IT UNLOCKED. DEALERS ALONG COLORADO FRONT RANGE HAVEN'T HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. AN INTERNET SITE SUGGESTED A SHIELDED SECURITY SYSTEM HARNESS HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR SOME OTHERS. VEHICLE IS NEARLY 6 YEARS OLD WITH 80K MILES. IT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE 2/14/08, AND IT'S HAPPENED 6-8 TIMES SINCE - THOUGH VERY INTERMITTENTLY. *TR