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Toyota sienna rear door handle melted.
During cold weather the rear hatch cannot be opened due to the melting door handle.
The 2008 toyota sienna has 1 problems reported for rubber melted on trunk door handle.
They wanted 285 to fix it.
Bought this to replace my melted rear hatch door switch on my toyota sienna minivan.
Yes my rear hatch is sticky too.
The contact stated that the rear hatch handle was covered with a defective rubber that melted and fractured.
The contact also stated that the driver side door.
The contact owns a 2007 toyota sienna.
I was frustrated with having black sticky goop on my finger every time i opened the rear hatch which did not clean off easily either.
It is actually dripping as if it melted in the hot sun.
Luckily replacing just the latch motor is an easy and inexpensive solution.
The contact stated that the rear hatch handle was covered with a defective rubber that melted and fractured.
This happens when the latch motor fails which is fairly common in toyota siennas.
And with 3 young kids i was opening it often to get strollers and other stuff out of the back.
The rear hatch rubber door handle melted due to heat during the summer.
When i called the lady said they have no record of any other complaints regarding this problem.
Average repair cost is 80 at 61 000 miles.
I suspected it was defective and asked my dealer.