Hi. Make sure you didn't push the sliding door button (to left of the steering wheel) to OFF.

 

Make sure that you've unlocked the doors first, before opening the sliding doors.

 

Yes ... this happened to me too ... then realized you have to unlock the doors first (button on driver side door) and then open the sliding doors.
It would have been nice if Toyota allowed the button from the front to do both operations unlock and open the doors for you.

 

Happened to me too and with both sides. My mistake was trying to open and start sliding the door at the same time. I thought I was helping the power door, but it always stopped and beeped at me. I trained myself just to pull the handle and not to start sliding the door. This solved our problem.

 

It seems the power sliding doors are creating a number of problems for many of us. Toyota seems to be ignoring these issues because people have been reporting problems on the NET for a year.

 

The problem is it's no always reproducible. It happens at home, or at the mall, or at school once in a while, but when owners get to the dealership it does not always happen. So dealers say come back when it happens again, or there are instructions in the manual on how to unjam the door.

So Toyota is not taking this (and other problems) very seriously.

 

So Toyota is not taking this (and other problems) very seriously.

Agreed

 

Same Here

We've been having problems with the power sliding door on our 2011 Sienna LE not opening all the way. It's always the passenger side and it requires manual intervention. So annoying!

Also, we just recently had our 15K service and the dealership did the brake recall and now our power sliding doors don't work at all even with the power switch set to On. I'm thinking the battery was removed since our other electronic settings were reset such as time on the clock, default display on the LCD screen such as MPG Until Empty, etc. What do you guys think?

 

I have exact, same problem. Caused by exact same circumstance; brake switch recall. Dealer did not reset system and I did not know to check it before I left. Trying now to get a solution. Dealer said "bring it back." Sorry, will not do !! Found instructions for "reseting the Power Door Battery on Sienna" It requires that you disconnect the battery, - wait 5 minutes and reconnect, press "Open" button on the remote key fob to open the door, close the door, wait 10 seconds, then open the door with the remote again, close the door, wait 10 seconds, open with the remote a third time. Once third cycle is complete, system should be reset.

Nothing in manual about this process - however it does say that the system must be "initialized."
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Passenger power sliding door beeping

Had a similar problem. returned home and the passenger door opened partially, then beeped. Beeps every time we push the button. Driver's side door works fine. No beeps when using the handle itself, but no response either.

I turned on the manual override switch to the left of the steering wheel. Closed and opened the passenger sliding door a number of times, leaving it closed. Turned off the override switch and the door behaves fine - opens and closes. no beeps.

Hope you are as lucky as me. Hope my luck continues.....