Toyota Sliding Door Shutting Hard

Press the sliding door control button on the sienna s dashboard so that the red line on the button is illuminated.

Toyota sliding door shutting hard.

Open the sliding doors then use the inline socket to remove the bolt in front of the track s cover. I thought it s by design but reading the manual p. The power sliding door can be operated when vehicles with power sliding doors. The door is supposed to unlatch first before it triggers the motor to pull it open.

Often times it will make a noise while it attempts to open but then fails to do so. The only way you can get the door open is to pull the handle and then hold it for two or three seconds. Close the sliding doors. Sliding door wont close till the end and would not lock properly.

Sometimes the side door will struggle to open when you press the button to automatically open it. 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 same happened to me a couple of times just on the passenger side that s what we use more often. After browsing the internet it only takes a few key strokes to see that there are hundreds if not thousands of toyota sienna owners with door seizing malfunctioning issues.

Both doors are now defective motors are broken and the doors seize when the temps are below 30 degrees. Hi i had a problem with my 2006 toyota sienna power sliding door. So i pay more attention now and try to start closing the sliding door before i start the engine. Close the sliding doors then move the track cover about an inch toward the rear.

Step 2 raise the hood of the van and disconnect the negative battery cable with a wrench. Toyota sienna owners say the power sliding doors have problems opening and closing. Be careful not to drop the bolt but if you do you can retrieve it using a magnetic tool. Most common problem is the motor of the latch fails.

The sliding door latch is not working see the picture of the latch unit.