| Issue ID | 949801 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10483542 |
| Manufacurer | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
| Brand | TOYOTA |
| Model | SIENNA |
| Model Year | 2006 |
| File date | 11/11/11 |
| Component | SEATS |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | The third row power seat became inoperable. The seat back would not come up so someone could sit there. Toyota has a technical service bulletin (tsb) and it is t-sb-0183-09. Toyota knows that they have a problem with this seat. This is a safety issue because the seating capacity is cut and no seat belts for the passengers. I was out of town and we had to fold the seat down to pick up some larger items and when we dropped those items off, the seat would not return to the upright position. It was the larger portion of the 60/40 seat; therefore cutting my capacity by 2 people. Luck for us, we are a family of 5 and were still able to make it the 300 miles home with everyone in a seat with a seatbelt. If we had one more in our family i don't know what we would have done. I am able to do that type of repair but it was still over $500 dollars to repair. If you take it to the dealer it is around $1000! There is no manual override or any way to get the seat to work. You must replace the seat track assembly. Now my other side has quit working! This is a safety concern! They say the van has a capacity of 7. With that seat not working it is only 6. This would be different if toyota didn't already acknowledge that there is a problem. I was a automotive technician for 15 years and i would accept this as a part failure, if it was isolated. It is a problem enough for toyota to recognize it and give it a tsb! This should be a safety recall. |
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| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | SPANISH FORK, UT |
| VIN pattern | 5TDZA22C06SXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| Was part original equipment? | |
| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
| Number of cylinders | 6 |
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