Mid/rear Seats Assembly Problems of Toyota Sequoia

The back cover of the middle seats are broken and removed. I tried to replace them but, I can not. The irons that hod the seat are uncorvered and not safe . When people ,if they have long legs I do not think it is safe safe for them. The car is not able to player neither radio nor cds. When trying to play either radio or cd, it makes a crazy noise. The vehicule is still in motion.

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The rear latch would not work during a camping trip in a remote area. The rear seats had been removed as per the owners manual prior to the trip. The rear portion of the vehicle was full of camping gear, food, water, and our first aide kit . I sprained my hand and back while first attempting repeated times to open the tailgate and then having to resort to lifting heavy equipment through the back window and also over the passenger seats. We took the vehicle to a Toyota dealer at out first opportunity. We were told that Toyota was aware of the problem which was described to my wife and I as weak engineering and a plastic part also know to fail. We were told that the failure could have been raised by driving the vehicle on dusty roads, because the latch was not protected from dust and it was poorly designed and was likely to fail if it got dirty. We learned from this dealer that we had already had the latch replaced a year prior. We were told that Toyota would no longer stand behind repairs to this vehicles tailgate latch because the problem was chronic and the replacement parts have not been improve to prevent expected failures. The dealer replaced, cleaned and lubricate the latch parts and then attempted to protect them using a surplus plastic bag. I am concerned that when the latch fails again it may be during an emergency, or cause another injury, or entrapment. . .

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My 2011 Toyota Sequoia only has two heights on the third row headrests. The lowest setting lays the headrest right on the seat and is too low to support anyone's head. The other setting on the two outside seats raises the headrest all of the way up which is too high to support a child's head. In that setting my children's heads hit under the headrest and on the metal bars of the headrest. The middle seat's headrest only raises halfway up which is too short to support the head of an older child or an adult. Since it is usually children who are sitting in the third row of an SUV I would expect the headrests to have many adjustable heights to them like the headrests in the other two rows. I had a 2006 Toyota Sequoia prior to buying this car and the headrests in the third row of that car had numerous settings for the third row headrests. The Toyota manual talks about adjusting the headrests so that the middle of the headrest hits the back of your head near your ears but this is not possible to do with the headrests on the third row. This would be very dangerous in a crash because the head and neck would not be properly supported. I contacted the dealer a week ago, two days after I bought the car, about this problem. He contacted Toyota but as of today they have not given an answer as to why the headrests were made this way or what, if anything, they are going to do to correct this.

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Where to begin. We have had on-going problems with the Sequoia. Fortunately, the dealer addressed all but the last issue due to their proximity to the warranty expiring. First problem was the air conditioner seized. $1500 bill dodged. Second problem, the brakes wore out and needed to be replaced. We were advised to take the vehicle out of overdrive when going down hill at the cost of fuel efficiency. $1,000 bill dodged, but I'm paying for it in loss of mpg. Lastly, the flip-seat which allows passengers to access the rear-most seat is broken and needs to be replaced/repaired to the tune of $800! I'll have to eat that one.

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