2001 Toyota Sienna Seat Belts Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACTS REAR SEAT BELT WAS PULLED OUT OF THE HOUSING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC TO HAVE THE SEAT BELT REPAIRED. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED FROM EXTENSIVE USE OVER TIME. THE CONTACT STATED THE SEAT BELT SHOULD NEVER COME OUT OF THE HOUSING AND IF THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH SOMEONE COULD GET INJURED DUE TO THE SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONING. THE CONTACT HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000.

OUR 2001 TOYOTA SIENNA HAS SEATBELT PROBLEMS. 3 OF THE SEATBELTS ARE NOW USELESS (LOCKED UP) AND THE DRIVER SEATBELT GETS TWISTED UP ALL THE TIME. THEY ARE FAULTY SEATBELTS. THIS IS THE FIRST VEHICLE THAT THE SEATBELTS HAVE GONE OUT AT 70,000 MILES. DANGEROUS. NOT HAPPY. DON'T BUY TOYOTA. *TR

THE LEFT THIRD-ROW SEAT BELT RETRACTOR ON MY 2001 TOYOTA SIENNA LE FAILED 2 WEEKS AGO, RENDERING THE SEAT BELT INOPERABLE. IT COST OVER $400 TO REPLACE. TWO DAYS AGO, THE RIGHT THIRD-ROW SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 87,000 ON THE VEHICLE, WITH NORMAL USE. *TR

DT: CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 2001 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN WHEN IT STOPPED AT A REST STOP, HIS 13 YEAR OLD SON WAS UNABLE TO GET OUT OF SEAT BELT. THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RELEASE, THE SEAT BELT KEPT GETTING TIGHTER AND TIGHTER UNTIL IT STARTED TO RESTRICT THE SON'S BREATHING. IN ORDER TO GET THE SEAT BELT LOOSE CONSUMER HAD TO CUT THE BELT. THE PART OF THE SEAT BELT THAT WOULD NOT RELEASE WAS THE RETRACTOR. THE BOY WAS WRAPPED IN THE SEAT BELT, BUT THE LATCH WAS UNDONE. HE WAS WRAPPED IN SUCH A WAY THAT HE COULD NOT GET LOOSE DUE TO THE RETRACTOR PULLING ON THE BELT. CONSUMER SAYS THAT THE RETRACTOR WOULD CONTINUE TO WIND UP WHEN HE WAS WORKING ON GETTING HIS SON LOOSE, BUT HE COULD NOT GET THE RETRACTOR TO RELEASE TO ALLOW HIM TO UNWRAP HIS SON, WHO SUSTAINED BRUISES AROUND WAIST.*AK

THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WOULD NOT RETRACT. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING SEAT BELTS IN THE BACK WILL LOCK UP WHEN DRIVING. CONSUMER HAS TO UNLOCK THE BELT AND THEN RELOCK IT. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

THE CENTER REAR SEAT BELTAPPEARS VERY UNSAFE. WHEN LOCKED IN PLACE, MY CHILDREN CAN EASILY LOOSEN THE BELT WITH JUST THE TOUCH OF THEIR FINGERS. THE BELT DOES NOT COME OUT OF THE LOCK, BUT IT MOVES THE TIGHTNESS AND THE KIDS ARE SITTING WITHOUT ANY RESTRAINT. THEY ARE ABLE TO GET UP AND MOVE AROUND! I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER (MAROONE TOYOTA 4050 WESTON ROAD-INVOICE #TOCS317153) ON 7/9/01. I WAS TOLD THAT THAT IS JUST HOW IT IS DESIGNED AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. WHEN I ARGUED HOW UNSAFE IT WAS, I WAS TOLD MAYBE I SHOULD NOT PUT YOUNG CHILDREN IN THAT SEAT. HOW CAN THIS BE??? ALL OF MY SEATS NEED TO BE UTILIZED WITH MY LARGE FAMILY AND MY KIDS FRIENDS. PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU HAVE GOTTEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS. THANKS.*AK

THE CENTER REAR SEAT BELTAPPEARS VERY UNSAFE. WHEN LOCKED IN PLACE, MY CHILDREN CAN EASILY LOOSEN THE BELT WITH JUST THE TOUCH OF THEIR FINGERS. THE BELT DOES NOT COME OUT OF THE LOCK, BUT IT MOVES THE TIGHTNESS AND THE KIDS ARE SITTING WITHOUT ANY RESTRAINT. THEY ARE ABLE TO GET UP AND MOVE AROUND! I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER (MAROONE TOYOTA 4050 WESTON ROAD-INVOICE #TOCS317153) ON 7/9/01. I WAS TOLD THAT THAT IS JUST HOW IT IS DESIGNED AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. WHEN I ARGUED HOW UNSAFE IT WAS, I WAS TOLD MAYBE I SHOULD NOT PUT YOUNG CHILDREN IN THAT SEAT. HOW CAN THIS BE??? ALL OF MY SEATS NEED TO BE UTILIZED WITH MY LARGE FAMILY AND MY KIDS FRIENDS. PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU HAVE GOTTEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS. THANKS.*AK