When your sienna side door won t close one possibility is a circuit overload.
No power to my sienna power sliding door motor.
Found instructions for reseting the power door battery on sienna it requires that you disconnect the battery wait 5 minutes and reconnect press open button on the remote key fob to open the door close the door wait 10 seconds then open the door with the remote again close the door wait 10 seconds open with the remote a third time.
Diagram of oem side loading door.
The electric motor s circuit will become overloaded and this will trip the fuse and prevent the door from being closed entirely.
Resetting the system will reprogram the battery and computer chip so that the doors respond to the door controls.
You can reset the power door system at home to save the time spent at a dealership service center.
It might also sound like it is grinding.
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This is an issue you want to diagnose first because it s quite easy to do so.
The door is powered by a motor very similar to one found on a power window the door tracks are fed by a small metal cable that run from the door to the motor if the door was frozen and the motor was commanded you may have snapped the cable causing the cable to jam motor or it may have just burned out the motor.
A bad sliding door motor might also cause the door to partially open or close.
The sliding door latch is not working see the picture of the latch unit.
If the door was frozen shut and you commanded the door electronically you may have done some damage.
Or it may not allow the door to move at all.
In some cases a power sliding door can still be operated manually if the motor fails but in others the door might be stuck in place.
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Come along as i struggle to videotape the diagnosis and fix for a 2011 toyota sienna inoperative sliding power door which won t open even when in manual mode.
Replace only the motor of the latch instead of the entire latch unit.
If a power sliding door motor is going bad it might make a clicking or knocking noise.
If the power doors on your toyota sienna stick or stop responding you may need to recalibrate the doors by resetting the power door system.
Most common problem is the motor of the latch fails.