| Issue ID | 730138 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10276121 |
| Manufacurer | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
| Brand | TOYOTA |
| Model | SIENNA |
| Model Year | 2004 |
| File date | 26/06/09 |
| Component | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | There were no events leading up to the failure as it worked fine one minute and the next minute it stopped. I brought it to boch toyota in norwood mass where we bought the van and have brought it in for regular maintenance and we were told that the automatic door cable frayed which caused the door latch to seize. My driver side sliding door is inoperable. In order to assure the safety of my children, we may have no choice other than to cut the cable as we cannot afford the $2000. 00 to fix it today. Once put into manual mode, the door would require a strong adult to open them, and certainly cannot be operated by our young children. Also although the door will not open or close it is not closed securely and the warning light remains on alerting us the door is still open. These are most definitely design flaws by the toyota engineers. This poses valid safety concerns to anyone owning the toyota sienna 04 and needs to be a recall for this reason. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 63000 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | NEEDHAM, MA |
| VIN pattern | 5TDZA22CX4SXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 0 |
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