# Toyota sienna rear hatch motor/actuator

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-sienna-rear-hatch-motor-actuator/19424>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [September 11, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-sienna-rear-hatch-motor-actuator/19424 "2008-09-11T00:14:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![donnasienna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@donnasienna](https://community.cartalk.com/u/donnasienna)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-sienna-rear-hatch-motor-actuator/19424/1 "2008-09-11T00:14:30Z")

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Dealer says I need to spend over $1,000 to replace a 2004 Sienna rear hatch motor/actuator as my ‘automatic’ hatch sometimes does not work or is very jerky & I have to hold it to get it to go up. Any ideas?

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**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:** [September 11, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-sienna-rear-hatch-motor-actuator/19424/2 "2008-09-11T00:18:16Z")

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More info please. Is this a power operated rear hatch? Elaborate on the symptoms, please.