# Sliding doors freeze 04 Toyota Sienna **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [December 6, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sliding-doors-freeze-04-toyota-sienna/23032 "2008-12-06T15:26:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jjanes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jjanes3](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jjanes3)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sliding-doors-freeze-04-toyota-sienna/23032/1 "2008-12-06T15:26:03Z")
Whenever we have wet weather during the winter, the sliding doors freeze on my 04 Toyota Sienna. I naturally don’t know this until I’ve tried opening them. Then they open just enough to trigger the warning buzzer and interior lights, which I have to drive with until the car warms up and the doors unfreeze. What can I do to keep the doors from freezing in wet weather? ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sliding-doors-freeze-04-toyota-sienna/23032/2 "2008-12-06T15:29:22Z")
Spray silicone on the rubber gasket around the door opening. Keep the gasket lubed with silicone and it won’t be as prone to freezing. ---
**Author:** ![mikethebuilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@mikethebuilder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mikethebuilder)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sliding-doors-freeze-04-toyota-sienna/23032/3 "2008-12-06T15:33:45Z")
TRY THIS IF THERE IS A RUBBER GASKET SEAL. WIPE DRY THE SEAL ALL THE WAY AROUND. PUT SOME VEGETABLE OIL ON A RAG AND APPLY LIGHTLY TO THE RUBBER GASKET SEAL.