Why is the slider door on my Sienna not opening?

Why is the slider door on my Sienna not opening?

I cycled the power button for the slider after changing the battery and tried every different way to open it. With and without power, manually both inside and out. Here are more details on what exactly it does which is NOT open, haha.

What to do if your sliding door won’t open?

Pushing in the gas door as you open the sliding door (remote or manually) and it works like a charm. Gotta give credit to my wife for finding the workaround until we get it fixed with warranty. Did you find the recommended reading relevant to this discussion?

Why is my sliding door not working on my gas door?

Turns out 1 of our gas door hinges is broken, thereby blocking the sliding door cable somehow. Pushing in the gas door as you open the sliding door (remote or manually) and it works like a charm. Gotta give credit to my wife for finding the workaround until we get it fixed with warranty.

Why is my sliding door stuck in lock?

Went back and forth with the assembly, lock and unlock worked smoothly. -Power door works fine now. Open, close, lock, unlock. -Then 2 days later, it did it again. Frozen in LOCK position. If the actuator is bad, is it strong enough to be stuck in the lock position and not move at all?

I cycled the power button for the slider after changing the battery and tried every different way to open it. With and without power, manually both inside and out. Here are more details on what exactly it does which is NOT open, haha.

Pushing in the gas door as you open the sliding door (remote or manually) and it works like a charm. Gotta give credit to my wife for finding the workaround until we get it fixed with warranty. Did you find the recommended reading relevant to this discussion?

Turns out 1 of our gas door hinges is broken, thereby blocking the sliding door cable somehow. Pushing in the gas door as you open the sliding door (remote or manually) and it works like a charm. Gotta give credit to my wife for finding the workaround until we get it fixed with warranty.

Where is the power button for the sliding door?

There is a switch that when hit disables the sliding door function. On our 2004 it is located down by the drivers left knee on the dash underside. Update. I cycled the power button for the slider after changing the battery and tried every different way to open it. With and without power, manually both inside and out.

What to do when your side door won’t open?

The only way you can get the door open is to pull the handle and then hold it for two or three seconds. This happens when the latch motor fails, which is fairly common in Toyota Siennas.

How to open driver side manual sliding door?

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What to do if your Toyota Sienna won’t open?

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Is the driver side slider on a Toyota Sienna?

Hi, I’m new to the forum and a relatively new used Sienna owner. I have an ’08 Limited that I got off the used car lot. I replaced the battery after getting it home and lost function of the driver side slider.

Is there a power door switch on a Toyota Sienna?

I’m not familiar with the 2002 (1st Generation) Sienna, but in the 2004 (2nd Generation) Sienna, there is an “on/off” switch that controls the power to the power doors (if so equipped). This power switch is different and separate from the button (s) that open (s)/close (s) the door.

How to reset the power door battery on a Toyota Sienna?

Step 1 Press the sliding door control button on the Sienna’s dashboard so that the red line on the button is illuminated. Close the sliding doors. Raise the hood of the van, and disconnect the negative (“-“) battery cable with a wrench. Wait 3 to 5 minutes, then reconnect the cable.

Why does my Toyota power door not open?

It pops and tries to open/close, but it acts like it’s totally stuck. BUT, when using the handles, both interior and exterior handles, the door powers open/closed flawlessly. Seems to only have the problem when using the switches. Anyone else run into this? Thanks! Interesting.

What to do if your slider door won’t open?

When the slider power is on it will do one small push out and then stop. The door open light comes on. I can reseal the door and turn off the door open alarm by pressing the door shut at the back seem. How in the heckeroni do I repair a door that I can’t even open?! help me has this happened to anyone out there?

Why does my power sliding door not close?

It opens fine, but when closing it gets to the very end, then re-opens. If I tug on the door a little to help it, it will close all the way. I know from poking around a little on the forum that the power doors can be a little finicky on these vans. Is there a fix documented here somewhere? Door re-calibration maybe? Or am I stuck with a $$ repair?


Is there a warranty on a Toyota Sienna power sliding door?

We have an ’06 Sienna that had a similar door issue 119k miles. The door is being repaired today as I write this. The door was repaired under Toyota’s extended warranty on this door problelm. The warranty letter stated it will replace up to 120K miles. The dealer was going to charge $120 for diagnostics if it were not covered.