MANUAL SLIDING DOOR ON 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA REMAINS STUCK CLOSED AND CANNOT BE OPENED FROM WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE VEHICLE. *TR
2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
I ESTIMATED MILEAGE AND DATES BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT AFTER OUR FIRST WINTER WITH THE VEHICLE WE BEGAN TO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE DOORS IN COLD WEATHER. I LIVE IN NASHVILLE, TN SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE FEROCIOUS WINTERS. AT THAT POINT, MY KIDS WERE 3 AND 1 AND OBVIOUSLY STILL NEEDED TO BE IN CARSEATS. THERE WERE TIMES I HAD TO CLIMB THROUGH THE FRONT SEATS WITH EACH OF THEM BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET THE DOORS OPEN FOR ANYTHING. I KNOW THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AS I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING IT FOR YEARS. MANY HOME REMEDIES I WOULD SEE HAD RAISED CONCERNS WITH OTHERS BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL TO CORRODE THE GASKET. SO, WHAT I HAVE FOUND TO WORK, IS NOT GOOD FOR EVERYONE, BUT IT DOES WORK. WITH MY GLOVES ON AND MY HAND STRETCHED FLAT, I BANG THE CRAP OUT OF THE TOP OF THE DOOR AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. AT TIMES, IT HAS LEFT ME BRUISED AT THE HEEL OF MY HAND, BUT I AM ABLE TO GET THE DOOR OPEN AND ALLOW MY CHILDREN WHO ARE NOW 8 AND 5, TO ENTER AND EXIT THE VEHICLE PROPERLY. I WOULD THINK THE SCHOOL WOULD FROWN ON THEM CLIMBING OUT THE FRONT DOOR IN THE CAR RIDER LINE IN THE MORNINGS. :) *TR
