Seat Problem

FowerRunner

FowerRunner

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Ok so I got my drive Shaft to stop knocking by actually putting some grease in the u-joints, and the slip yokes, thanx to the people on this forum! Now I got to move on to the Drivers seat.... I haven't brought it to the dealership yet, I was wondering if anyone has had problems with thier drivers seat moving, and making noises while driving and if there's any fix for it that I could do myself, or do I have to bring it to the dealership?
 
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FowerRunner said:
Ok so I got my drive Shaft to stop knocking by actually putting some grease in the u-joints, and the slip yokes, thanx to the people on this forum! Now I got to move on to the Drivers seat.... I haven't brought it to the dealership yet, I was wondering if anyone has had problems with thier drivers seat moving, and making noises while driving and if there's any fix for it that I could do myself, or do I have to bring it to the dealership?
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What year 4runner? there is a TSB for the drivers seat for some years. I found that spraying WD40 on the 4 mounting positions of the seat helps tremendously. Others have used lithium grease.

GL
 
I have an 07 with the same problem. Spraying wd-40 doesnt seem to help for me. I've made 2 calls to the dealership and have yet to hear back from them. The clicking drives me insane. It blows my mind that they allowed this problem for every year of the 4th gen model. Redonkulous.
 
There are at least two threads on this board titled "Seat Noises", one recent, and once from approx. March/April that I started regarding this.
Unfortunately, the boards' search function blows chunks, and cannot be used to quickly locate them. Look around, and you should be able to find them, given sufficient time.

There is a TSB covering the '06 models, possibly others. I had mine replaced via the Toyota extended warranty I purchased.
 
I noticed the same problem on mine after a recent wheel'n trip. It is pretty annoying. If I recall correctly, I read here about a TSB on the NON-power seats, but that it didn't cover power seats. I'll have to dig it up again.

Does anyone know if lubing the seat rails rather than the mounts would help? If so, what kind of lube? I already tried the lithium grease and that didn't help any.
 
I had my dealership replace the seat track and remove some pins in the seat frame and still no luck!! There are 2 TSBs that I know of for seats. My dealership has been great to work with but it still isnt fixed!!Mine is a 06 with electric seats. The seat moves and makes a popping sound.
 
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She's a 2008 V8 Sport Edition with like 5k miles
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My advice is to take it to your favorite dealer and have them start their repair process on it. By that I mean, they'll perform the TSB's then maybe replace the seat track then if it's still an issue replace the seat frame or the entire seat. They'll have to order various parts, so it will become an issue that requires more than a couple of visits.

Both of my 4Runners (2006 and 2008) had issues with the drivers seat. After 5 visits the seat frame was replaced in the 2006 and that solved the issue completely. After 5 or 6 visits the entire seat (including leather) was replaced in my 2008 T4R and so far so good. The noises started around 2k miles in the 2008. I have 20k miles on it now, so you'll need to be a little patient (not that you aren't, but I'm just saying...) as they have to go through their protocol on something like this.

The rest of my truck has been flawless, but the damn driver's seat.... I just don't understand why they have had so many problems with the manual and electric drivers seats.
 
Just do a search with my name and you'll find a bunch of threads and posts relating to this completely annoying and infuriating issue.

Mine got so bad and went on for over a year because the clowns at one particular dealership couldn't fix it that I ended up filing suit against Toyota through a Lemon Law attorney. The suit was settled relatively quickly, not to my complete satisfaction but whatever. That was on a 2006 Sport.

Since I absolutely love 4Runners, I figured that the seat issue would be a thing of the past in 2008 models, so I bought a 2008 Urban. Boy was I wrong. Within 2 months the seat was moving and popping and clicking. I went to the dealer who sold me the Urban (different from the clowns at Keith Pierson in Jacksonville, by the way) and told him all about it. I showed him all the paperwork from the lawsuit and he ordered me a brand new seat on the spot.

Great, solved the problem...for about 4 months. It's back again, sporadic at this point, but it is slowly getting worse and I'm seeing RED. I've had enough of this crap.

Toyota's quality has gone so far downhill that it is unreal. My other Runners (2000 and 2004) were bulletproof. I don't get it.

After this, there will be no more Toyotas for me ever again.
 
Test drove an '05 Sport V6 and the seat had that problem. Gonna be getting an '09 soon and hopefully it won't have that issue.
 
OK you guys are gonna love (or hate) this.

I brought my 08 Urban in to the dealer on Wednesday for the creaking/moving/popping seat...again. When I brought it in, the noises and movement were very sporadic but nonetheless annoying. I got there at 8:30 a.m. At noon, the service advisor says hmmm, we can't replicate the problem, let's take a ride. Sure. We get in and within 30 seconds there are 2 popping sounds. I look at the guy as if to say, are you kidding me?

They keep it for another 4 hours, until 4:00...and they give me a loaner. I swear, that day just dragged. But hey, at least it will get fixed, right?

Guess again. Here comes the good part. The service advisor calls me Thursday at 5:00 and says "hey, our master tech has been working on your seat issue all day and just took it for a ride and (I am not making this up) IT IS A LOT LOT WORSE NOW." Swear. AND he wants me to come pick it up until they figure out what to do. They won't let me keep a loaner vehicle because "it is an annoyance issue, not a safety issue." Um, a moving seat sure is a safety issue. Whatever.

At least they were correct on one thing. The pops and creaks are indeed a whole lot worse. Now I have to drive it all weekend and it pops and creaks CONSTANTLY. All the damn time. WHAT THE HELL HAS HAPPENED TO TOYOTA QUALITY???

I'm told that they contacted Toyota in California to get some pointers on what to do next, but the technical dept. is closed for the holiday and will reopen Monday morning. Now I'm stuck driving it and I'm furious. This issue many not annoy others as much as it does me, but it pisses me off to no end.

My two closest friends are 350 lbs. and 450 lbs. (that's why I hang with them, makes me look good) and their seats don't move, pop or creak. And my 450 lb buddy has a 1995 pick up with 200,000 miles.

Toyota quality at its finest.
 
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Coolpop, Sounds like are seat problems and experiences are the same. The last time my seat was worked on they either removed of filed down some seat pins. The seat is 10x worse now!! It creaks/pops all the time! Went back to the dealership thursday and scheduled another(this will the be the 4th visit for this seat) appointment on July 22. My warranty expires in August!
 
kruton - screw them and their warranty games. As far as I'm concerned, your seat problems began while the warranty was in effect; therefore, you are covered.

If they give you any crap, just contact a Lemon Law attorney.

I am so damn angry right now about this seat. They're not gonna get away with this, and you shouldn't let them either.
 
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