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2012 TOYOTA SEQUOIA — VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS

1 injured · 1111197 · 2014-09-19

Vehicle

Make
TOYOTA
Model
SEQUOIA
Year
2012
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Corporation
Component
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

ON MY 2012 TOYOTA SEQUOIA MY 2YR OLD CHILD HAPPEN TO PULL UP THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW SWITCH WHILE MY 6 YR OLD WAS TALKING TO ME WHEN I WAS STANDING OUTSIDE THE WINDOW. I GRABBED THE WINDOW TO GET IT TO STOP BUT THE WINDOW WOULDN'T STOP AND I COULDN'T OVER POWER THE WINDOW MOTOR. MY WIFE IN THE DRIVERS SEAT WITH THE VEHICLE MOTOR RUNNING STARTED PUSHING DOWN ON THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW SWITCH. WITH THE 2YR OLD PULLING UP ON THE SWITCH AT THE SAME TIME THE DRIVER SWITCH DOESN'T OVERRIDE THE REAR SWITCH. AFTER A BRIEF PANIC OF YELLING AND SCREAMING AS MY 6 YR OLDS WAS HEAD GETTING SMASHED THE 2YR OLD LET GO OF THE SWITCH AND THEN THE DRIVERS SWITCH COULD BE OPERATED TO LOWER THE WINDOW. I FEEL THE WINDOW MOTOR SHOULD HAVE LOWER FORCE PRESSURE AND THE MASTER DRIVERS SWITCH SHOULD BE ABLE TO OVERRIDE ALL OTHER SWITCHES WHILE IN USE. THE WINDOW CAUSED A MINOR INJURY BUT COULD OF BEEN FATAL IF IT HAD BEEN HIS NECK AREA. I FIND THIS AS A DESIGN FLAW AND ALWAYS ASSUMED THERE WAS A SAFETY REVERSE MOTOR ON THE REAR WINDOW AS THE FRONTS HAS SUCH A FEATURE. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10637422
Machine
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