No Power To My Sienna Power Sliding Door Motor

August 2015 i uploaded new toyota sienna sliding door repar video.

No power to my sienna power sliding door motor.

You can reset the power door system at home to save the time spent at a dealership service center. Come along as i struggle to videotape the diagnosis and fix for a 2011 toyota sienna inoperative sliding power door which won t open even when in manual mode. A bad sliding door motor might also cause the door to partially open or close. The sliding door latch is not working see the picture of the latch unit.

When your sienna side door won t close one possibility is a circuit overload. The door is powered by a motor very similar to one found on a power window the door tracks are fed by a small metal cable that run from the door to the motor if the door was frozen and the motor was commanded you may have snapped the cable causing the cable to jam motor or it may have just burned out the motor. In some cases a power sliding door can still be operated manually if the motor fails but in others the door might be stuck in place. Diagram of oem side loading door.

This happens when the power sliding door isn t able to latch on properly due to something blocking it. Resetting the system will reprogram the battery and computer chip so that the doors respond to the door controls. The electric motor s circuit will become overloaded and this will trip the fuse and prevent the door from being closed entirely. The door is supposed to unlatch first before it triggers the motor to pull it open.

Most common problem is the motor of the latch fails. The motor does have a built in thermal resistor heat fuse that will. If the power doors on your toyota sienna stick or stop responding you may need to recalibrate the doors by resetting the power door system. If a power sliding door motor is going bad it might make a clicking or knocking noise.

This is an issue you want to diagnose first because it s quite easy to do so. If the door was frozen shut and you commanded the door electronically you may have done some damage. Replace only the motor of the latch instead of the entire latch unit. Or it may not allow the door to move at all.

It might also sound like it is grinding.