Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / SIENNA / 2001

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005032295 Incident Date: Aug, 02 2005
Consumer's City: MONROEVILLE Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: SIENNA Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Seat belts:rear/other
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 4T3ZF13C81U Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 02 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 31 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 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