There s a pulley system with a sienna side door release actuator in the bottom corner of the door.
Toyota sienna automatic door cable broke.
The cable in the side door is prone to fraying and then breaking.
My method is cheap about 4 6 70 after tax and shipping in minnesota each do.
Warranty enhancement for rear sliding door latch assemblies on certain 2004 2010my sienna vehicles and power sliding door cable assembly on certain 2004 2007my sienna vehicles toyota has received reports of customer concerns regarding rear sliding doors that gradually become difficult to open or close in certain 2004 2010 model year sienna vehicles.
This happens when the power sliding door isn t able to latch on properly due to something blocking it.
It stopped working and you could see a rusted cable hanging outside of the third row window.
They will give you a cable.
The door trim panel needs to be removed to see exactly what is broken or disconnected you have linkages to the door lock on the outside linkages to the door lock actuator and a linkage to the interior handle to open the door and lock it from the inside.
Slide out the side door cable assembly.
In this situation the best thing to do is to replace the cable.
The order i m going to give these steps assumes you are going to.
Investigate your problem first by removing the inner plastic panel of the sliding door.
It was a lock release system failure.
Fix toyota sienna or any car power sliding door the fastest and cheapest way.
They were time consuming high risk and more expensive.
I have searched the internet and youtube to find out how to fix my toyota sienna xle 2006 sliding door problem.
When your sienna side door won t close one possibility is a circuit overload.
At first the door won t work properly.
On the left door the pulley system is on the bottom left corner remove all of the screws holding it in place.
You can safely and easily cut off the broken power door cables and continue to operate your door manually.
How to trim broken sliding door cables on 2004 2010 toyota sienna.
If you search on a rear parking brake cable.
How to replace power sliding door cables on 2004 2010 toyota sienna.
2004 2010 toyota sienna xle with at least one power sliding side door.
In 2014 the driver s side power sliding door cable snapped on our 2009 toyota sienna le with about 150 000km.
Maybe the left side cable is a secondhand cable where the sender forgot to send the spool lol.
Here is how to trim broken sliding door cables on 2004 2010 toyota sienna how to trim broken sliding door cables on 2004 2010 toyota sienna hardware parts needed.
Then it stops working at all.
I replaced parts and everything.
A quick internet search revealed this to be an expensive repair and i was very upset since our warranty was up.
A year ago i repaired 2004 toyota sienna passenger side power sliding door problem.