They were time consuming high risk and more expensive.
2005 toyota sienna sliding door jammed.
It seems to open well enough with the interior handle and generally with the external handle too but the buttons that open it one next to the door one on the ceiling between the front seats and key fob.
At first the door won t work properly.
If you push the open button inside the car or on the fob you can hear the motor try to open but the door doesn t budge and the motor stops after a second.
2004 toyota sienna sliding door cable.
If your toyota sienna drivers side power sliding door opens only 8 inches or so then closes this may help.
When your sienna side door won t close one possibility is a circuit overload.
The cable in the side door is prone to fraying and then breaking.
Cost to repair at the dealer is over 1 800.
The automatic sliding passenger door on my 2005 toyota sienna won t open.
The manual override feature would not allow use to close the door.
Then it stops working at all.
My method is cheap about 4 6 70 after tax and shipping in minnesota each do.
This happens when the power sliding door.
My door remained in the open position over the weekend and would not close.
This is pretty sickening considering the van is only 5 years old.
2005 toyota sienna van side door problem.
In this situation the best thing to do is to replace the cable.
If you pull the handle on the inside or outside it doesn t open the door it behaves just like it is locked.