Sienna Sliding Door Not Opening

All of this is pointing to the motor inside the door that essentially pulls the handle for you when you remotely open the door.

Sienna sliding door not opening.

This happens when the power sliding door isn t able to latch on properly due to something blocking it. The sliding door latch is not working see the picture of the latch unit. 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. Most common problem is the motor of the latch fails.

Turns out a very small piece broke off that was prev. The automatic sliding passenger door on my 2005 toyota sienna won t open. The electric motor s circuit will become overloaded and this will trip the fuse and prevent the door from being closed entirely. This is a common problem on your vehicle and other years also you can try spraying a lubricate on the latch to see if it will free up also problems with the cables on the doors up to a couple grand or more to have repaired per door.

When your sienna side door won t close one possibility is a circuit overload. Toyota sienna sliding door will not unlatch with remote youtube. 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.

If you pull the handle on the inside or outside it doesn t open the door it behaves just like it is locked. Step 2 raise the hood of the van and disconnect the negative battery cable with a wrench. Here s a video of me demonstrating the problem. This is an issue you want to diagnose first because it s quite easy to do so.