Toyota sienna vehicles with this problem.
Sienna sliding door wont open but tries to.
When your sienna side door won t close one possibility is a circuit overload.
The electric motor s circuit will become overloaded and this will trip the fuse and prevent the door from being closed entirely.
Turns out a very small piece broke off that was prev.
Here s a video of me demonstrating the problem.
I wind up having to manually close the door.
So the sliding door on my sienna got stuck and would not open from inside nor outside.
All of this is pointing to the motor inside the door that essentially pulls the handle for you when you remotely open the door.
When your doors dont slide automatically when hitting the buttons there are a few troubleshooting options available for you.
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Toyota sienna sliding door will not unlatch with remote youtube.
This should work with 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008.
However on occasion the door will not close once its open.
The outside door handle goes dead and every other way of opening the door results in the door trying to open even further and then stops.
The door opens fine using keyless door button interior and exterior door handles and overhead buttons.
This is a common problem on your vehicle and other years also you can try spraying a lubricate on the latch to see if it will free up also problems with the cables on the doors up to a couple grand or more to have repaired per door.
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