SIENNA REAR LIFT GATE OPENS UP ABOUT 95%, SITS THERE FOR A MOMENT AND THEN CLOSES. THIS IS NO BIG DEAL IF YOU ARE JUST WATCHING IT, BUT IF YOU START TO LOAD OR UNLOAD DURING THE PROCESS THE DOOR WILL HIT YOU IN THE HEAD. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. I UNDERSTAND THE LIFT GATE STRUTS WERE RECALLED ON MY VEHICLE, SERVICE RECORDS INDICATE THEY WERE REPLACED IN DECEMBER 2008 (I DID NOT OWN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME. THE SAFETY ISSUE IS PARTLY THE WEEK STRUTS, SEEMS TO FAIL DUE TO COLD TEMPERATURES. THE REAL SAFETY ISSUE IS THAT THERE IS NO WARNING SOUND THAT THE DOOR IS DECIDING TO CLOSE ITSELF. *TR
2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE
REAR DOOR WILL NOT STAY IN THE OPEN POSITION. DOOR HAS TO BE HELD OPEN OR IT WILL DESCEND ON HEAD AND/OR SHOULDERS, CAUSING INJURY/PAIN. APPEARS THAT REAR DOOR STAYS HAVE FAILED. *TR