2002 Toyota Sienna

ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR STOPPED FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. IT WOULD NOT OPEN THE MAJORITY OF TIME. NOW, IT DOESN'T OPEN AT ALL. WHEN THE HANDLE IS PULLED FROM EITHER THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE, THE DOOR APPEARS TO LOCK AND WILL NOT OPEN. TOYOTA WANTED ABOUT $100 TO ATTEMPT TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. ABOUT A MONTH AGO, THE CABLE ON THE POWER SLIDING PASSENGER SIDE DOOR SNAPPED. THE DOOR STILL WORKS MANUALLY, THANKFULLY. TOYOTA WANTS OVER $1,000 DOLLARS TO FIX THIS. I READ IN FORUMS THAT THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM, YET TOYOTA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE A DEFECT. NOW IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE POWER DOOR JAMMED, WOULD NOT OPEN AFTER SLOW SPEED CRASH WHICH KNOCKED OFF THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE. TOYOTA OF SANTA BARBARA, CA TOOK A WEEK AND CHARGED $2500 TO FIX JUST THE POWER ELECTRICAL DOOR, NO BODY WORK (THAT WAS EXTRA). DOOR HAS NEVER WORKED PROPERLY EVER SINCE. MANY INCIDENCES OF DOOR NOT SHUTTING OR OPENING WHEN USING CONTROL BUTTONS INSIDE CAR. AFTER 19 MONTHS, POWER DOOR JAMMED WHILE OPEN AND COULD NOT CLOSE IT BY POWER OR MANUALLY, ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE TO SERVICE STATION WHILE IN THE JAMMED OPEN POSITION AND WHILE MOVING, THE DOOR SLAMMED CLOSED ON ITS OWN, POPPING THE WIRE CABLE, WHICH IS NOW DANGLING. DOOR NOW WORKS PART OF THE TIME MANUALLY, NOT AT ALL WITH POWER, NO MOTOR SOUND AT ALL. DOOR OPENING MECHANISM ON INSIDE OF DOOR FREQUENTLY JAMS IN THE PUSHED IN POSITION AND THEN DOOR IS COMPLETELY INOPERABLE. THIS IS SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE. CHILDREN IN BACK CANNOT EXIT ON THAT SIDE. TOYOTA SHOULD RECALL AND HAVE POWER DOORS CONVERTED TO A SAFE, RELIABLE, MANUAL OPENING MECHANISM. *TR

HAVE HAD THE SLIDING DOOR LOOKED OUT & "RE-SET" 4 TIMES. IF WE PULL THE DOOR A LITTLE, IT WILL CLOSE, BUT WILL NOT OPEN OR CLOSE WITH ANY BUTTON (FRONT PANEL, KEY FOB OR SIDE PANEL). TODAY IT STARTED TO CLOSE ON MY CHILD & SHE COULDN'T GET IT TO STOP, HER BACKPACK STRAP WAS CAUGHT ON THE SEAT. PRETTY SCARY. RIGHT NOW THE KIDS ARE CLIMBING IN THROUGH THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. ALSO, ABOUT 1/2 THE TIME EVEN WITH MANUALLY CLOSING THE DOOR, IT REMAINS OPEN & WILL BEEP WHEN I PUT IT IN GEAR, SO I HAVE TO JUMP OUT & GO PUSH IT CLOSED. **TT

CORROSION ON THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER AND CABLE. CAUSES: 1) BINDING OF CABLE PREVENTING LOWERING OF SPARE TIRE 2) SLIPPING OF CARRIER AND CABLE; POSSIBLY CAUSING SUDDEN DROP; 3) WEAKENING OF CARRIER AND CABLE, AND 4) STICKING OF CARRIER AND CABLE CAUSING JAMMING PREVENTING SPARE TIRE FROM BEING LOWERED OR LOWERED IN A JERKING AND UNSAFE MANNER. 2002 TOYOTA SIENNA FWD, WITH SPARE TIRE CARRIER. *TR

MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED A CERTIFIED USED 2002 TOYOTA SIENNA IN 2005. SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH OPENING AND CLOSING THE SLIDING DOORS AND ISSUE WITH THE TRUNK. IT FIRST STARTED WHEN THE TRUNK WOULD NOT OPEN ANY MORE. THE LITTLE PIECE TO CLICK IT OPEN BROKE OFF. NEXT, THE RIGHT PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE, BUT COULD BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE. EVENTUALLY, THE OUTSIDE HANDLE BROKE OFF (PROBABLY DUE THE INABILITY TO OPEN IT FROM THE INSIDE). NEXT THE LEFT PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR STARTED TO SHOW SIMILARITIES TO THE RIGHT SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR. EVENTUALLY, THIS HANDLE BROKE OFF AS WELL AND WOULD NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE. TO DATE, THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT CAN NOT BE OPENED INSIDE OR OUT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR US AND OUR FOUR KIDS. THE KIDS HAVE TO COME THROUGH THE FRONT TO GET OUT OF THE VAN. IT BECAME SOMEWHAT STRANGE TO ME WHEN I NOTICED THAT OTHER TOYOTA SIENNA MINIVANS HAD HANDLES MISSING OFF THE BACK PASSENGER SLIDING DOORS. I THOUGHT, WHAT IS UP WITH THE QUALITY OF THE VANS? MOST INDIVIDUALS DRIVING MINIVANS ARE TRANSPORTING CHILDREN, SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE VANS WERE CONSTRUCTED TO HANDLE THE CONSTANT OPENING AND CLOSING THAT OCCURS FROM THE BACK PASSENGERS. I THINK THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN A FAIR WAY. WHEN WE WENT TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE TRUNK WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WOULD COST OVER $200, SO WE TOOK THE OPTIONAL ROUTE OF LOADING GROCERIES, LUGGAGE, ETC. FROM THE INSIDE. THE DOOR INCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED THIS YEAR, 2010. WE HAVE OWNED OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE KIDS, NAMELY 1997 HONDA ODYSSEY THAT DID NOT HAVE ANY OF THE HANDLES MISSING OR ANY PROBLEMS WITH GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE VEHICLE. I SENT A LETTER TO TOYOTA CORPORATE OFFICE ON AUGUST 22, 2010 VIA EMAIL, NO RESPONSE. I PHONE TOYOTA CORPORATE OFFICE ON AUGUST 30, 2010 AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE CAR WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY (I ALREADY KNEW THIS) AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO AT THIS TIME. *TR

THE CARRIER, CABLE, MOUNT AND BOLTS HAVE SEVERELY RUSTED CAUSING THE MECHANISM TO BIND AND LOCK-UP. THE ENTIRE MECHANISM HAS NO CORROSION RESISTANCE AND IS EXPOSED TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND THUS IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO CORROSION AND SEVERE RUSTING. SPARE TIRE CARRIER JAMMED WHEN CHANGING A FLAT TIRE WITH SPARE MAKING REINSTALLING DIFFICULT. LOWERING OF SPARE TIRE WILL JAM PREVENTING REPLACEMENT OF A FLAT TIRE. *TR