Seat Clunk TRD PRO

[Tom Sellick]

Occurs both engaged and disengaged. I watched a few YouTube videos on it last night and I think this might be normal. It has shocks for left/right movement and up/down movement but not front to back. The chief engineer said it did have a mechanism for the seat to move back a little but not forward. I think it has some type of spring that allows it to move back a little but hits a hard stop when springing forward. My drivers side and passenger side both do the same thing. If you sit in the seat and lean back into the seat kinda hard you can feel it give a little and when it springs forward it hits the bump stop and you can feel and hear a little clunk. I want to pull that back cover off and investigate but I’m chicken. I tried loosening one of the bolts holding the cover on but it didn’t loosen easily so I chickened out.

I have adjusted the pressure in the drivers seat but not the passenger.

Same. Waiting for someone else to be brave enough to take it part. Only my drivers seat does it. To me it just doesn't feel right.

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[Tom Sellick]

Both seats do it. I think it’s normal. I think it’s just allowing a little movement backward but not forward. I was going to ask the dealer when I take it in for 5k service. The glass on the pressure gauges on mine is a little cloudy so they will need to address that as well.

My passenger seat definitely doesn't do it. So not sure...

 

[TacoFreak]

Good description @NCEngineer and I understand the issue now. I just checked my truck and both seats do that to some extent. For whatever reason that isn't something that has happened for me when driving, so I hadn't noticed. It might change over time, since I have only driven a few hundred miles.

The two seats behave somewhat differently though. When I push back and release the passenger seat it make a distinct metallic noise, like two small metal tabs hitting each other. The driver's seat feels like it hits a stop when it moves forward, but it doesn't make any noise.

I suspect that this is normal and I'm not taking those seats apart unless it gets a lot worse. I will leave that one to someone braver than I am. lol

 

[Desertrunner]

No luck with the 2nd dealership. I’ll make a call to corporate again. It has to be something that can be fixed. Neither dealership took apart the seat.

 

[Tom Sellick]

No luck with the 2nd dealership. I’ll make a call to corporate again. It has to be something that can be fixed. Neither dealership took apart the seat.

Ok. Appreciate you keeping us up to date. Hopefully Toyota gets someone to step up and look into this. I agree, I think it’s something that can be fixed.

 

[Hannzie]

Both seats do it. I think it’s normal. I think it’s just allowing a little movement backward but not forward. I was going to ask the dealer when I take it in for 5k service. The glass on the pressure gauges on mine is a little cloudy so they will need to address that as well.

I don’t have the seat issue but I do have the cloudy gauges. I Had my pro in to the dealer and they have parts for the gauges on order for me. They said it was some sort of overspray during production.

 

[TacoFreak]

I don’t have the seat issue but I do have the cloudy gauges. I Had my pro in to the dealer and they have parts for the gauges on order for me. They said it was some sort of overspray during production.

Hadn't heard about cloudy gauges, which I don't think I have. Is it a defect in the instrument display panel?

 

[Hannzie]

Hadn't heard about cloudy gauges, which I don't think I have. Is it a defect in the instrument display panel?

It’s just the glass portion. It looks like there is protective plastic over it but it’s on the inside of the gauge. You can’t make out the numbers it’s so cloudy. 3 of my 4 gauges have it and one is normal. It’s very strange.

 

[TacoFreak]

That is strange @Hannzie - good to hear that they are taking care of it for you.

 

[Tom Sellick]

Anyone have anything to update on this seat clunk issue? Anyone try to take the seat apart yet?

 

[NCEngineer]

I tried taking the bolts out on the back cover but they didn’t loosen easily so I stopped. It felt like there was a captured nut on the backside that was trying to turn in its seat. I really want to see what’s behind that cover.

 

[Tacomonkey]

My seat is creaking and clunking like it's a 90 years old rocking chair! 1100 miles in and this will be a deal breaker for me, I'll go fucking crazy listening to this!! Anyone found a fix?

 

[Tom Sellick]

My seat is creaking and clunking like it's a 90 years old rocking chair! 1100 miles in and this will be a deal breaker for me, I'll go fucking crazy listening to this!! Anyone found a fix?

I haven’t . I find the clunk isn’t quite as pronounced as it was before. Either I’ve gotten used to it or maybe whatever is clunking has worn a bit. Not sure.

 

[Tacomonkey]

I haven’t . I find the clunk isn’t quite as pronounced as it was before. Either I’ve gotten used to it or maybe whatever is clunking has worn a bit. Not sure.

That's unfortunate. Mine was silent until about a week ago, now it's constantly making noises!

 

[NCEngineer]

Mine too. Going in for first service tomorrow. This and the cloudy gauges will get reported. These are the only issues I’ve had with it so far at 6600 miles. Overall, I love this truck way more than any of the other 5 tacos I’ve owned.

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