Driver Side Seat Wont stay in place - Toyota Yaris Forums

nineth84 · 11-14-2013, 05:07 PM

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!

CTScott · 11-14-2013, 05:56 PM

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.

WeeYari · 11-14-2013, 06:14 PM

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 · 11-15-2013, 01:53 PM

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

11-14-2013, 05:07 PM	#1
nineth84 Drives: 2008 yaris 4dr Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2	Driver Side Seat Wont stay in place 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!

11-14-2013, 05:56 PM	#2
CTScott ULTIMATE View User's Garage Drives: 09 5dr LB, 2x 08 3dr LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: USA, CT Posts: 13,460	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. __________________

11-14-2013, 06:14 PM	#3
WeeYari View User's Garage Drives: 06 Polar White 5dr, 13 Soul 4u Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Georgetown, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,809	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. __________________

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11-15-2013, 01:53 PM	#4
nineth84 Drives: 2008 yaris 4dr Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2	ok cool thank you guys. ill go ahead and check that out.