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2014 Toyota HIGHLANDER Seats Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1181753
Internal NHTSA #	10715184
Manufacurer	Toyota Motor Corporation
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	HIGHLANDER
Model Year	2014
File date	31/03/15
Component	SEATS
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	We purchased a 2014 toyota highlander limited on aug 9, 2014. After driving the vehicle for about 150 miles the person in the right front passenger seat experiences severe back and discomfort in the area of the tailbone. There is something very hard towards the back of the seat. I complained to the selling dealer and they recommended coming back when the zone rep was in area. I returned a week later and met with the zone rep. She had me sit in another highlander limited and asked if it felt different, it did feel the same. Her reply was "didn't you sit in the car before you bought it?" i told her my wife sat in the back seat and i drove, salesman sat in right front passenger seat. I took the vehicle to an automotive upholstery shop where the removed the leather seat cover and discovered the metal seat heater module and wiring directly under the leather and on top of the foam. The shop cut about 1/2 inch into the foam and buried the module and placed the cut out foam on top of it. They also did the same for the seat back. I requested dealer to reimburse me the $200. 00 it cost to have the above mentioned work done; their response was they would request toyota to cover the cost. A week later i learned that toyota refused to pay for a modification they did not approve and they felt the placement of the module was not a defect. I then asked the dealership to reimburse me and the service manager said toyota would not authorize the expense. I told him i worked for a gm dealership and saw many modifications that were approved by gm. His response was "chevrolet has to accommodate customers in order to sell cars and toyota doesn't have to because they sell cars as fast as they are made. And, when toyota sells two million cars and only a few hundred customers complain about an issue such as mine toyota isn't concerned enough to make or reimburse a modification;" upon learning this is the attitude of toyota, i will never purchase a toyota again.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	BEND, OR
VIN pattern	5TDDKRFH3ESXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	6
Drive train type	AWD
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2014 Toyota HIGHLANDER Seats Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2014 Toyota HIGHLANDER Seats Problems, Complaints and Defects

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