Power sliding doors question in 2011 Sienna

We got our new Sienna last week! We love it!!

I have a question about the power sliding doors.

I was dropping my kids off at school so I put the car in Park and then hit the overhead button to open back door. It just made a beeping sound and the power button for the doors IS o). I ended up having to turn off the car use the key to open the door, then when I started the car again, I was able to use the overhead button. Do I need to disable something to be able to open the doors while in Park??? HELP please!! Thanks!

Reply 1 : Power sliding doors question in 2011 Sienna

Hi. Make sure you didn't push the sliding door button (to left of the steering wheel) to OFF.

Reply 2 : Power sliding doors question in 2011 Sienna

Make sure that you've unlocked the doors first, before opening the sliding doors.

Reply 3 : Power sliding doors question in 2011 Sienna

Yes ... this happened to me too ... then realized you have to unlock the doors first (button on driver side door) and then open the sliding doors.

It would have been nice if Toyota allowed the button from the front to do both operations unlock and open the doors for you.

Reply 4 : Power sliding doors question in 2011 Sienna

Happened to me too and with both sides. My mistake was trying to open and start sliding the door at the same time. I thought I was helping the power door, but it always stopped and beeped at me. I trained myself just to pull the handle and not to start sliding the door. This solved our problem.

Reply 5 : Power sliding doors question in 2011 Sienna

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Originally Posted by jenrose1975 We got our new Sienna last week! We love it!! I have a question about the power sliding doors. I was dropping my kids off at school so I put the car in Park and then hit the overhead button to open back door. It just made a beeping sound and the power button for the doors IS o). I ended up having to turn off the car use the key to open the door, then when I started the car again, I was able to use the overhead button. Do I need to disable something to be able to open the doors while in Park??? HELP please!! Thanks!

It seems the power sliding doors are creating a number of problems for many of us. Toyota seems to be ignoring these issues because people have been reporting problems on the NET for a year.

Reply 6 : Power sliding doors question in 2011 Sienna

The problem is it's no always reproducible. It happens at home, or at the mall, or at school once in a while, but when owners get to the dealership it does not always happen. So dealers say come back when it happens again, or there are instructions in the manual on how to unjam the door.



So Toyota is not taking this (and other problems) very seriously.

Reply 7 : Power sliding doors question in 2011 Sienna

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Originally Posted by robottawa So Toyota is not taking this (and other problems) very seriously.

Agreed