When your sienna side door won t close one possibility is a circuit overload.
Sienna sliding door freezes shut.
In this situation the best thing to do is to replace the cable.
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Often associated with the holiday season winter can bring about a wide range of joys it s no wonder there are countless songs sung about snowball fights families huddling around the fireplace and the general feeling in the air brought on by the cold.
With that the sliding doors on my 04 sienna froze shut.
I know this problem from our sienna.
Is there anything i can do to prevent this incredibly annoying problem.
November 2011 in toyota.
The solution wasn t to lubricate didn t work but rather to replace the seals altogether.
I have 2005 sienna manual sliding doors both freeze shut in the winter.
Serious safety issue if you were in a front end crash and couldn t get out.
The door will open and close b read more.
The cable in the side door is prone to fraying and then breaking.
When your doors dont slide automatically when hitting the buttons there are a few troubleshooting options available for you.
I have an 04 sienna which had the doors freeze shut at temps just below freezing was extremely difficult to open until vehicle warmed up.
Sienna sliding doors freezing shut help please.
At first the door won t work properly.
We used the silicone spray and the problem went away.
Additionally the doors only work on good days all year long anyways.
Despite the thousands of people complaining to their dealerships toyota has done nothing.
We ve had some freezing rain.
I have a 2000 sienna xle with passenger sliding door which quit working this winter when when the door was frozen shut.
In order to not get the spray everywhere i sprayed it on a rag and then wiped the rubber.
Then it stops working at all.
Now the sliding door light is on all the time.
This happens when the power sliding door.
August 20 2010 at 1 43 pm.
Tips for preventing patio doors from freezing shut.