The contact owns a 2016 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated while driving at 60 MPH, the contact noticed their front driver seat warmer stop operating 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 burned out. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 63,404.
2016 Toyota Tacoma seats complaints
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3rd generation (2016+) toyota tacoma's have a known technical service bulletin regarding leaking of the 3rd brake light. During rainfall and driving through a carwash, water will leak into the drivers compartment resulting in water damage and potential for mold and mildew. A quick internet search will result in thousands of owners reporting this issue. Toyota refuses to cover this issue if you are outside of their warranty period, which can result in $1000+ labor bill to replace a faulty gasket. Seeing as this is a potential health risk to owners, this should be a mandatory recall to replace for owners outside of the warranty period.
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.
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.
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 hazard and rendering the heated seat inoperable.
Driving home approximately 20 miles on a 2 lane highway (speed limit of 50mph) and noticed the oem/factory installed driver heated seat stopped working. Proceeded to smell burnt plastic but it was late at night and I convinced myself that nothing out of the normal had occurred since my passenger did not seem concerned. The following day I did a bit of research and tested the heated seat which no longer got warm like the passenger side. Underneath the seat is an "amplifier" for the heated seat which looks to have shorted out. Both the amplifier and the male electrical connector had burnt/melted on one of the terminals. The plug looks completely ruined and I presume the amplified is now broken. All other fuses and electrical connections appeared fine.
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
Tl* 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.
3rd brake light over torqued at factory resulting in defective seal and eventually cracked light fixture. This results not only in electrical issue but serious leaking into cabin - affecting rear seat, roof, and flooring. Leak noticed after rain storms and noticing wet floor/seats and damp floors. There are numerous reports of this issue affecting 3rd generation tacomas on toyota forums such as tacomaworld.com.
Driver's side rear seat is getting wet during heavy rains. The leather will be swelled up.
The rear seats do not lock. For example, the rear seats have a locking mechanism under the seat. When seat is put back into its normal position it does not lock. I had a 2001 and the seat locked once put into its normal sitting position.
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