Most common problem is the motor of the latch fails.
Toyota sliding door shutting hard.
A sticking sliding door may seem like a minor inconvenience but it gets to be a real big pain sooner rather than later.
When you activate any of the switches to shut the door it does move and try to close 1 it is very slow and gets slower 2 as the door shuts and engages the locking mechanism it only locks part way.
The door is supposed to unlatch first before it triggers the motor to pull it open.
Luckily replacing just the latch motor is an easy and inexpensive solution.
March 4 2019 a toyota sienna sliding door class action settlement has been proposed by plaintiffs and the.
Toyota sienna owners say the power sliding doors have problems opening and closing.
Plus if you let the problem proceed it could damage other parts of your patio door which can end up being costly to repair or you might have to replace the whole door.
The cable in the side door is prone to fraying and then breaking.
This happens when the latch motor fails which is fairly common in toyota siennas.
Due to the seal icing up it is also a good idea to do the same treatment to refrigerator and freezer.
The doors on treated cars will never freeze shut.
It s a 2006 sienna with passenger power sliding door issues.
Hi if you haven t fixed yet this may be helpfull i have a 2004 sienna xle awd last week the driver side sliding door handle broke i got one from toyota for about cnd 60 comes color coded and looks like fits either side first time doing this took me about 4 hrs it s doable if you know what you are doing i took door trim off removed the panel with the door latch to get to the handle took.
The only way you can get the door open is to pull the handle and then hold it for two or three seconds.
A very thin layer is all that is needed.
The sliding door latch is not working see the picture of the latch unit.