Open the door with the remote a third time.
Power sliding doors sienna.
When your sienna side door won t close one possibility is a circuit overload.
This is an issue you want to diagnose first because it s quite easy to do so.
Press the open button on the remote key fob to open the sliding doors.
The electric motor s circuit will become overloaded and this will trip the fuse and prevent the door from being closed entirely.
Wait 10 seconds then open the door with the remote again.
Close the door and wait 10 seconds.
This design covers 2004 to 2010 sie.
Once the third cycle completes the power door battery is reset.
This happens when the power sliding door isn t able to latch on properly due to something blocking it.
Toyota sienna owners say the power sliding doors have problems opening and closing.