Toyota Sienna 2010-2019 Owners Manual: Canceling the power sliding door system (vehicles with power sliding doors) Toyota Sienna 2010-2019 Owners Manual / Operation of each component / Opening, closing and locking the doors / Sliding doors / Canceling the power sliding door system. If the cables have frayed or broken you can trim them off as short as possible and then just operate it as a manual door.
Toyota Sienna Sliding Door From Automatic To Manual Override Car
I used a rotary tool (1st picture) to cut open the latch where the motor was (2nd picture, red circle where the motor is).
The 3rd picture shows what you see after you cut it open, the motor of the latch. The 4th picture shows a closer look at the motor. Remove the motor. The 5th picture shows the cutout piece of the latch.
The label on the motor shows the part number (6th picture). In my case the part number was PAN14EE12AA1 for Toyota Sienna 2006 XLE, I ordered it from DigitKey for $6.70 (after tax and shipping) for each door.
After getting a new motor, insert the motor back. You may need a magnifying glass to view the flat side of the motor shaft. Align the flat shaft of the motor and insert it. The motor has two electrical plug-ins, they should face outside.
I used a hot glue (7th picture) to glue the cutout piece (5th picture) back to the latch.
The last step is simply put the cover panel back and you are done. I finished it in less than one hour the first time, the 2nd time would be even quicker after knowing exactly what to do.