Front Seat Heater/cooler problems of the 2016 Toyota Tacoma

The contact owns a 2016 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated while driving at 60 mph, the contact noticed their front driver seat seat warmer stop working and started smelling an electrical burning. The contact continued to drive to their residence where at that time the contact inspected the vehicle and noticed the seat heater amp connection wiring was burn out. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 63,404.

The contact owns a 2016 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that while attempting to activate the seat warmer, he noticed that the seat warmer was inoperable. The contact researched and read that the module underneath the seat could potentially burn causing the seat warmer not to operate as designed. The contact stated that it was a common failure. The contact stated that he then looked at the module in his vehicle and saw that it was melted. The contact had not noticed any smoke or a burning odor. The dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 45,000.

I noticed when my driver seat heater was in the "on" position, the seat was not heating up. Electrical wiring/connector for the heated seat module located under the driver seat overheated or arced causing the connector (s) to melt posing a safety/fire hazard and rendering the heated seat inoperable. TSB from Toyota covers this up to 3years/36,000 miles. Mileage at time of failure: 61,000 miles.

While vehicle was in motion, turned on, and in motion, the amp for the driver side front seat heater pretty much melted. I smelt an electrical burning smell, and was able to locate the source.

Seat heater module connector has failed and burned/melted the connector. Appears to be a fire concern.

The driver's side seat heater stopped working in my 2016 Tacoma limited 4x4 delivered in January 2016. Upon inspection it was found that the wiring harness into the seat heater amp had a melted wire, damaging both the amp and the wiring harness. Other instances of this same seat heater failure with melted wiring were found online in the Tacomaworld. Com forums. I took it to the dealer to be confirm the issue and have have a quote to fix it. Mileage is 33,900.

The contact owns a 2016 Toyota Tacoma. While operating the vehicle with the driver's seat heater in the on position, the heater failed to operate. Upon inspection, it was discovered that the electrical module for the heated seat had malfunctioned and melted. The manufacturer was notified and advised that the vehicle be taken to the local dealer (summit Toyota, 1535 vernon odom blvd, akron, ohio). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 36,000.