| Issue ID | 734928 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10280400 |
| Manufacurer | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
| Brand | TOYOTA |
| Model | SIENNA |
| Model Year | 2006 |
| File date | 12/08/09 |
| Component | SEAT BELTS |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | My 4 year old son and his 7 year old cousin were sitting in the back seat of our toyota sienna van, each on either side with the middle seat empty. All of a sudden, my son gasped, "help me, please help me." my mother, who was driving, looked back through the rearview mirror and saw that my son had the middle seat seatbelt wrapped around his neck three times (that belt hangs from the ceiling in our sienna van). He could gasp a bit of air, but it was tight and getting tighter every time he moved. My mother whipped the car into a driveway and jumped in the backseat to free him. The belt was wrapped so tightly around his neck that she couldn't budge it and every little movement made it lock in tighter. She wedged two fingers between his throat and the belt to try to keep it loose enough for him to breathe and got my nephew to get her cell phone. She called 911 and they came and had to cut him out to free him. When we questioned my son afterwards, he said he had just been playing with the belt and didn't think it would get stuck around his neck. |
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| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | ANGIER, NC |
| VIN pattern | XXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | Y |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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