The Toyota Sienna is an excellent minivan packed with convenient features to make the everyday drive easier for the family. Opening the rear door gives you better access to the third-row seats and cargo area, but if the usual methods of opening it fail, you’ll have to open it from the inside. Let’s take a look at how to do it, and explore all the options for opening the rear door.
As with most modern vehicles, Sienna is packed with convenience and safety features that even long-time owners aren’t fully familiar with. When the rear door won’t open from the outside, take a seat behind the wheel and look above the rearview mirror. You’ll see individual controls for the sliding side doors and the rear door. Pressing the button should engage the power mechanism and raise the door automatically.
If you hear two short beeps, the door won’t open, and there are two possible reasons for it.
The first is a safety feature that prevents the rear door from opening if door locks are engaged. This might seem confusing as you’ve unlocked the Sienna to get in, but if you only press the remote control key once, it only unlocks the driver’s door. Pressing it again will unlock all of the doors, and let you open the truck from the inside. Alternatively, you can use the controls on the drivers’ door to operate locks from inside the Sienna.
Beneath the steering wheel, you’ll find a button called “PWR DOOR OFF”. If engaged, it will prevent you from automatically opening the sliding and rear door, so make sure it’s disengaged. Successfully opening the door will result in one beep.
Troubleshooting a problem is much easier when you’re familiar with all of the possibilities, so let’s review all of the methods for opening the rear door on a Toyota Sienna. First, there’s the wireless remote control. Press and hold the trunk icon on the bottom left to either raise or lower the door automatically.
Another way to do this is to simply use the door handle located above the license plate. As a safety precaution, opening the door manually will not engage the power motor, but the hydraulic system will assist you in raising it effortlessly. If you take a look at the handle itself, you’ll notice a round button on the right side. It locks all of the doors on the Sienna, so make sure not to accidentally press it while the key is inside the car, or you’ll have trouble getting in.
Opening the rear door on a Sienna is a quick process that can be confusing if you’re not familiar with all the functionality of all the buttons and safety systems. As long as the power door system is engaged, and all of the doors are unlocked, you can get the back door to open with a press of a button on the roof-mounted control group. I hope you’ve found this guide useful, and check out our other articles to get more useful tips for all things Toyota!
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