NHTSA Complaint #10373708 — 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA

SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, WE NOTICED THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR ON OUR 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA LE (WE HAVE MANUAL DOORS, NOT POWER SLIDING DOORS) WOULD NOT "CLICK" OR "CATCH" AND LOCK WHEN WE OPENED THE DOOR. NO MATTER WHAT WE TRIED, THE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH AND STAY OPEN ABOUT 25% OF THE TIME. A FEW DAYS AGO, THE SAME DOOR STARTED TO NOT CLOSE ALL THE WAY INTERMITTENTLY. WHILE DRIVING, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS AND THE DOOR OPEN INDICATOR LIGHTS WILL COME ON AND GO OFF AT VARYING FREQUENCY. WHEN THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ARE ON, THEY CAUSE A DISTRACTION AND MAKE DRIVING MORE DIFFICULT AT NIGHT. THE LIGHTS WILL GO ON AND, SOMETIMES, SLOWING DOWN OR TAKING A LEFT TURN WILL CAUSE THEM TO GO OFF, BUT ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME. ANYWHERE FROM 5 SECONDS TO A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE LIGHT WILL BE BACK ON. THEY ARE ON MORE THEN THEY ARE OFF. I'M SURE OUR LIGHTS GOING ON AND OFF IS ALSO DISTRACTING TO OTHER DRIVERS. I'M FEARFUL THE DOOR WILL ONE DAY FLY OPEN WHILE WE ARE DRIVING, PUTTING MY CHILDREN IN DANGER. I HAVE NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO MY DEALER BUT I WILL THIS WEEK. I'VE READ COUNTLESS ACCOUNTS ON THE INTERNET OF PROBLEMS WITH THE DOORS ON THE SIENNA AND I HOPE WHEN ENOUGH COMPLAINTS COME IN, A RECALL WILL BE INITIATED. *TR