Toyota Sienna 02 - 05 problems -

Does Toyota only market quality now or what???

Here are my problems with Toyota's recent purchase at Tom Wood Toyota in Indianapolis.

2002 Sienna - Transmission, catalytic converter, rear brakes replaced (some at my cost even under warranties). sliding doors both sides do not allow you to open from inside due to a faulty design in handles to open doors. Does anyone have similiar experiences as I am trying to develop documentation to present to the dealer/national to fix. They tell me it will cost 400-600 per door (car out of warranty), but problem has been reported when happening intermittently before warranty and they blew me off.

2004 Sienna - don't ask why I bought it after 02 problems but... already had Radiator replaced at 7K miles, and now having trouble with power windows on passenger sliding doors.

Please share any experiences you have had with bad designs for your 02 or 04/05 model

I am going to need all the ammo I can get to motivate these folks to fix my cars.

Is it just me or does Toyota only Market quality?

Reply to
John
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Yes I had my 04 Sienna radiator replaced. It was not leaking. Some owners did have leaking radiators, so Toyota replaced a certain batch regardless if they were leaking or not. Was it leaking? I can't say if it was a "bad design" or just a defect in manufacture. Most likely the radiator is manufactured by a vendor not by Toyota.

What kind of trouble with the power windows? Elaborate if you would.

I can't comment on the other year Sienna, never owned one and don't know anything about prior to 2004 Siennas.

If you don't already know, there is an excellent web site called the Sienna club, (google it), and has a wealth of information regarding the Sienna, all years.

Reply to
Dbu.

John,

You mentioned Cat converter replacement on your 2002 Sienna. Do you recall what check engine code you had that made you replace this? (does the code

0420 come to mind?)

Thanks

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Car Guy

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