Gave a vehicle a boost one day previous. Closed hood on 2000 Sienna, but apparently not completely. I believe only safety latch securing hood rather than full hood latch. Driving on busy freeway to work fine but returning home on freeway, the safety latch on hood failed causing the hood to flip up and smash into windshield, denting hood and roof of van also. Pulled over to side of freeway safely. Called tow truck to haul car home. Safety latch and full hood latch now seem fine, but will be replacing shortly. Currently only replaced windshield and secured hood as good as possible. Getting quotes from bodyshops for repairs and have contacted Toyota as I feel this is a safety issue. After 6 days, yet to have Toyota call me back. This could have been a catastrophic crash, but thankfully wasn't.

- Edmonton, 00, USA

I own a 2000 Toyota Sienna which I have had for one year. To date, I have paid to repair the rear seat, as once it was taken out, the mechanism broke and it could not be put back in the car. Also, we have replaced the drivers side seat belt (the whole thing) because the seat belt light would constantly blink. Now the passenger side seat belt light blinks when the seat belt is latched and when nobody is sitting there. The power sliding door has been looked at and repaired three different times. It continues to open, but will never close all the way. Both the drivers side and passengers side power windows will not roll down (or if they do, they will not go back up). There is a banging sound coming from the middle floor board by the gas pedal. The transmission has been replaced. Finally, the rear door latch broke completely and there is no way to open the rear door - from the inside or out. All of this is with normal wear.

- Quartz Hill, CA, USA

2000 Toyota Sienna rear door latch handle broke under normal use. Upon inspection, there is a narrow piece of plastic connecting the handle to the internal latch mechanism and this narrow piece broke cleanly in half without warning. Rear door cannot be opened from either outside or inside posing a possible hazard to 3rd seat passengers in the case of an accident. Phoned Toyota and was given case #1007022060 and instructed to take to dealer and pay for repair since handle not part of any current recall.

- Paducah, KY, USA

I own two Toyota Sienna minivans, model years 2000 and 2001. Of the 10 doors on these two vehicles, the handles on six are broken off. This happened during normal use. In searching internet sites, I found comments that Sienna vans are known for this defect. The defects have occurred at different times over the past two years.

- Quincy, FL, USA

The power sliding passenger door on my 2000 Toyota Sienna will open but will not close. It took me several minutes of very firm pressure to overcome the doors automatic mechanism to force the door closed. As I use this to drop my child off at daycare, I can no longer let her out on the curb side of the van.

- Oxford, MS, USA

Sliding door gets stuck. Very difficult to open from outside and unable to open from inside. Tried WD40 lubrication but this did not help.

- Antioch, CA, USA

Drivers side door latch handle not only broke, but pulled completely out of the door. This is the 3rd door handle that has broken under normal use. 1st the 2 sliding door handles, now this door handle.

- Moore, OK, USA

My two sliding doors will not open from the inside on my 2000 Toyota Sienna minivan.

- Whittier, CA, USA

Rear door lid handle broke making it impossible for me to put my power wheel chair into the van. Without that chair I cannot get around. Two people had to disassemble the chair to get it into the van so I could get home. There should be an internal release for that door.

- Staten Island, NY, USA

Regular usage of our van has caused the doors on both sides to break. On one side, the handle completely broke off and the other will only partially open.

- Clinton, UT, USA

2000 Toyota Sienna sliding power passenger door acts like something is in the way will not totally close with power, shuts then immediately opens. Light in dash is on, for second time, mechanics found nothing just reset it. Toyota mechanics.

- Lakewood, CO, USA

2000 Toyota Sienna xle passenger power sliding door failure. Seems to be a very common problem after researching on the web. Cost to repair is in excess of $1500 which can be on the very low side. Toyota should be required to recall all vehicles with these doors.

- San Mateo, CA, USA

This complaint is not of any crashes or injuries but of, what I feel, a failure of the quality of the vehicle its self. I own a 2000 Toyota Sienna and on or around Feb 12, 2007 my driverside, back sliding door handle broke off. Shortly after that the back hatch handle broke off and shortly after that the two front door handles started to break in half. One handle breaking is a possibility but all my door handles breaking except one is strange. And the one that is not broken is a power door so the handle is not pulled as often other wise I wonder about that one as well.

- Miami, FL, USA

Rear door handle malfuction on my 2000 Toyota Sienna xle that was purchased on 07/2000 with 37,000 miles on it. Safety issue resulting in a malfuctioning door handle in an emergenty situation if occupants are trapped in the vehicle and unable to excape.

- San Jose, CA, USA