Sienna Sliding Door Freezes Shut

The electric motor s circuit will become overloaded and this will trip the fuse and prevent the door from being closed entirely.

Sienna sliding door freezes shut.

I have a 2000 sienna xle with passenger sliding door which quit working this winter when when the door was frozen shut. When your sienna side door won t close one possibility is a circuit overload. The door will open and close b read more. Is there anything i can do to prevent this incredibly annoying problem.

Is there anything i can do to prevent this incredibly annoying problem. Now the sliding door light is on all the time. Due to frozen runoff in the tracks or excess condensation on the glass sliding doors can freeze shut. If you live in an area with ice and snow insulate sliding doors before the cold weather hits.

Due to the seal icing up it is also a good idea to do the same treatment to refrigerator and freezer. In order to not get the spray everywhere i sprayed it on a rag and then wiped the rubber. We ve had some freezing rain. With that the sliding doors on my 04 sienna froze shut.

With that the sliding doors on my 04 sienna froze shut. It is a design flaw there is not a rain guard or gutter on the 2004 sienna and nowhere for the rain or moisture to go but straight into the rubber molding around the sliding doors. This is an issue you want to diagnose first because it s quite easy to do so. I know this problem from our sienna.

This happens when the power sliding door isn t able to latch on properly due to something blocking it. We used the silicone spray and the problem went away. The doors on treated cars will never freeze shut. We used the silicone spray and the problem went away.

I know this problem from our sienna. We ve had some freezing rain. When your doors dont slide automatically when hitting the buttons there are a few troubleshooting options available for you.