2000 Toyota Sienna

INTERMITTENTLY THE RIGHT SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. MOST OF THE TIME, I COULD FIDDLE WITH THE DOOR AND GET IT TO WORK. I REPORTED THIS SEVERAL TIMES, AND ONE TIME IN THE SUMMER OF 2001 THE SERVICE PERSON HAD A TECHNICION LOOK AT IT BRIEFLY WHO GET IT TO WORK PART OF THE TIME. I WAS ADVISED TO SET AN APPT FOR A THOROUGH INSPECTION BEFORE MY WARRANTY WAS UP. THE SUMMER OF 2002 THE PROBLEMS BEGAN AGAIN. ON 06/03/02 THE DOOR FROZE OPEN COMPLETELY WITH THREE CHILDREN IN THE VAN. I HAD TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH THE CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND THE DOOR OPEN. BY THE TIME I GOT TO THE DEALERSHIP, I HAD BEEN ABLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. EVENTUALLY THEY SET APPT FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE ELECTRONIC SWITCH. THREE DAYS LATER THE DOOR FROZE OPEN AGAIN AND I WAS REQUIRED TO DRIVE VEH TO DEALERSHIP WITH DOOR OPEN, COMPROMISING THE SAFETY OF THE CHILD. THIS TIME THE DOOR FROZE COMPLETELY AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE THE PROBLEM. ON 07/22/02 THEY DETERMINED THE PROBLEM TO BE THE ECU, GAVE ME A RENTAL, KEPT THE VEH FOR 2 WEEKS, THEN DISABLED THE COMPUTER TO THE DOOR SO I COULD OPERATE IT MANUALLY, TOOK BACK THE RENTAL, AND ADVISED THE NEW PART WOULD BE IN APPROX 08/15/02. SINCE TOYOTA HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THIS COMPUTER NATIONWIDE (THERE ARE 162 ON BACKORDER) AND THE GUARANTEE ON THE NEW PART IS ONLY 12 MONTHS, I BELIEVE THIS PROBLEM COULD ARISE AGAIN AFTER THE NEW PART IS INSTALLED. I AMANXIOUS ABOUT THE SAFETY IMPLICATIONS OF THIS, AM TIRED OF THE INCONVIENCE THIS HAS CREATED. AM AFRAID TO TAKE TEH VEH OUT OF TOWN, AND ASSERT THAT TOYOTA HAS DONE THE LEAST IT COULD AND THE LATEST POSIBLE TIME. I HAVE ASKED FOR AN UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTEE ON THESE PARTS AND LABOR FOR THE FUTURE OR REPLACEMENT OF THE VEH (ALTHOUGH NOT WITH AN AUTOMATIC DOOR), BUT BELIEVE THIS WILL NOT BE SUCCESSFUL. I YOU CAN BE OF ANY ASSISTANCE, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.*AK

THE RIGHT SLIDING DOOR OF THE 2000 SIENNA HAS A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE LOCK. MOST OF THE TIME, THE INSIDE LOCK GETS STUCK FROM THE INSIDE AND THERE IS NO WAY THAT THE PASSENGER CAN GET OUT THAT DOOR. AND IT TAKES TIME BEFORE IT GETS FIXED -- MORE OFTEN THAN NOT I HAVE TO CONTEND MYSELF MOVING THE CAR WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR SLID CLOSED, BUT NOT LOCKED. THIS IS NOT SAFE, ESPECIALLY FOR A PARENT LIKE ME WITH PASSENGER KIDS. ALSO, THE SIENNA HAS BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH TO THE TOYOTA SERVICE CENTER FOR THE "UNUSUAL NOISE" BECOMING APPARENT ESP. WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATES FROM 0-30 MPH. I HAVE REPORTED THE NOISE WHEN I HAD MY BELTS CHANGED, TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHED, AND POWER STEERING BELT REPLACED -- BUT THE NOISE IS STILL THERE AFTER THE SERVICE AND AFTER IT COSTS ME $400.00! THEN I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE SHOP AND AFTER VISUALLY CHECKING IT, THE SERVICE GUY AT TOYOTA OF TEMECULA VALLEY SAID THAT MY TRANSMISSION IS THE PROBLEM AND IT HAS TO BE REPLACED FOR $3,500.00 + TAX!! I ASKED HOW COME - CONSIDERING THAT THE CAR OBSERVES THE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE RIGIDLY, NO ROUGH DRIVING, OILS/FILTERS CHANGED REGULARLY, FLUIDS FLUSHED-DRAINED-REFILLED PROPERLY, ETC. I EVEN HAVE A LIFETIME ALIGNMENT THAT IT GETS REGULARLY CHECKED AND BROUGHT BACK TO SPECS. THE SERVICE GUY SAID THAT "IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL SIENNAS" AND IT IS NO LONGER SURPRISING FOR THEM. I CHECKED ON THE REVIEWS AND FEEDBACKS AND TO MY SURPRISE, OTHER SIENNA OWNERS HAD THEIR TRANNYS REPLACED 2-3 TIMES ALREADY, THE VAN WILL EMIT THE SAME NOISE EVEN IF IT GETS FIXED, TRANNYS ACT OUT EVEN AT 15,000 MILES! MY CONTENTION IS THAT IS THE SERVICE SHOPS OF TOYOTA ARE ALREADY AWARE OF THAT PROBLEM, HOW COME IT DOESN'T GET RECALLED AND LET THEM FIX THE PROBLEM BEFOREHAND? I AM A SINGLE PARENT AND GETS NO CHILD SUPPORT FROM ANYBODY -- AND FOR A YOUNG CAR LIKE MINE IN YEARS AND VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND DEAL WITH A BIG TRANNY PROBLEM INSTANTLY REQUIRING BIG CASH, I FIND IT UNFAIR.*AK

TWO TIMES I ROTATED THE TIRES AND THE LUG NUTS CRACKED IN TWO. SOME FILL REAL SPOUNGY. I WENT TO TOYOTA DEALER BUT THE WOULD NOT REPLACE THEM, THE SAID THEY WERE TIGHTED TO MUCH. IN 25 YEARS WORKING ON CARS I NEVER SEEN LUG NUTS BREAK. SO I PURCHASE NEW ONE AND RIGHT AWAY I NEW THEY WERE BETTER. SO I SHOWED THEM TO THE SERVICE MANAGER, HE STILL SAID THERE IS NO PROBLEMS. I SAID THERE MUST BE, THE NEW ONES ARE BETTER (MORE THEADS, WT. MORE, & BETTER STEEL ) ALSO TWO LUG NUTS BROKE TAKING THEM OFF.*AK