NHTSA Complaint #10470320 — 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA

THE PROBLEM IS WITH OUR FRONT DRIVERS DOOR. IT STARTED OUT CLOSING ON MY LEG AND SQUEAKING. SINCE MY DRIVEWAY IS ON A SLIGHT HILL, I ATTRIBUTED IT TO THIS. I NEVER RECEIVED THE WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT? REGARDING THIS OR I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THESE WERE DUE TO A DEFECT WITH THE CAR DOOR HINGE WELDING AND WE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT IN FOR REPAIRS. SINCE THEN, THE DOOR STARTED TO MAKE A VERY LOUD CLICKING AND SQUEAKING NOISE. TOYOTA??S REPAIR, AS I HAVE READ, WAS TO REPLACE THE DOOR COMPLETELY. IT SAID THAT RE-WELDING WOULD NOT HOLD. WHEN ASKING ABOUT REPAIRING IT AT THE WALNUT CREEK DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD TO BRING IT TO A WELDING PLACE. I CALLED TOYOTA CORPORATE SEVERAL TIMES. CASE #[XXX]-I SPOKE WITH [XXX] WHEN ASKING HER WHY WE NEVER RECEIVED THIS NOTICE, SHE STATED THAT ??SHE COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT ONE WAS MAILED TO US. I ASKED HER HOW WE WERE SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM AND HER RESPONSE WAS THAT IF I ALWAYS BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP THAT I COULD RELY ON THEM TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. FIRST, TOYOTA SHOULD FIX IT UNDER THE WARRANTY SINCE THEY NEVER NOTIFIED ME AND SECOND, SHOULDN'T A DOOR BE ON PROPERLY FOR SAFETY? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR