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2010 TOYOTA RAV4 — SEATS

1 injured · 873203 · 2011-08-11

Vehicle

Make
TOYOTA
Model
RAV4
Year
2010
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Corporation
Component
SEATS
Miles at failure
41,000

Severity

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

Narrative

THE FRONT HEADRESTS ON THIS VEHICLE, BOTH PASSENGER-SIDE AND DRIVER-SIDE, ARE SITUATED MUCH TOO FAR FORWARD. THE HEADREST PUSHES ON THE MIDDLE OF ONE'S HEAD, CAUSING A CHIN-FORWARD / HEAD-FORWARD POSTURE, WHICH IS UNNATURAL AND ERGONOMICALLY INCORRECT. THERE ARE NUMEROUS FORUMS AND MESSAGE BOARDS ON THE INTERNET ON WHICH DRIVERS OF NEWER VEHICLES SUCH AS THIS ONE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT EXTREME PAIN BEING CAUSED BY THESE HEADRESTS. IN MY CASE IN PARTICULAR, THE MALPOSITIONING OF THE HEADREST IS CAUSING VERTEBRAE IN MY NECK, ALONG WITH MY UPPER TWO RIBS, TO BE PUSHED OUT OF PLACE. THIS CONDITION CAUSES EXTREME PAIN, HEADACHES, AND FATIGUE. ADDITIONALLY, THE MIDDLE OF THE HEAD BEING PUSHED SO FAR FORWARD, AND NO SUPPORT FOR THE NECK, WOULD SEEM TO ME A VERY DANGEROUS COMBINATION IF A HIGH-SPEED CRASH WERE TO OCCUR. THIS POSITIONING SEEMS THAT IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO THE NECK VERTEBRAE.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10419076
Machine
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