Driver Side Seat Wont stay in place

[nineth84]

Hello,

I sorta new to all of this. i have a 2008 yaris 4dr and have come into a particular issue. as the title says; the driver seat wont stay in place and its quite dangerous to drive like that. it just slides back when i press the gas and forward when braking. the release bar is loose, just moves up and down. i didnt see anything under the seat that fell off. im assuming a spring or something myabe have fallen off place. even when the lever is pressed down it still wont lock. is there a fix for this or should i just scavenge a junk yard for a new seat? i was quote $2000!!!! for the repair. im not paying that. snows balls in hell! :biggrin:

[CTScott]

Toyota considers that assembly to be part of the entire seat frame (and then the rails are two separate additional parts), so your best bet is a junkyard.

Below is a picture of a set of seat rails that I recently sold. The left one is the drivers side. The entire assembly is bolted to the bottom of the seat with a few bolts. You could try taking yours apart to see if there is something obvious with the latching mechanism.

http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo163/ctscott329/Crashy3/OEMSeatSliders_zpsf759d370.jpg (http://s372.photobucket.com/user/ctscott329/media/Crashy3/OEMSeatSliders_zpsf759d370.jpg.html)

[WeeYari]

Yeah, pop the seat out. It's very easy with only 4 E10 torx bolts holding it in. Once you can see the underside, being such a simple mechanism, it should be easy to diagnose the problem.

[nineth84]

ok cool thank you guys. ill go ahead and check that out.