3 door HB/Lb Yaris owners - Toyota Yaris Forums

spinejaruk · 06-21-2007, 09:04 PM

I have a 3 door HB and just found out that the driver seat does not slide forward with the memory function (ie easy entry system) it only folds forward.
The passenger seat works no problem.
I took the car to the dealer and he couldn't get it to work either, than he tried it on another car in the showroom and driver seat didn't slide either???

Can any 3 door owners confirm that this is the case?

I don't understand the logic behind this from Toyota, as I would have thought that it would be more important that the Driver seat should have this function!

Black Yaris · 06-21-2007, 09:09 PM

since the car is so small they figured rear passengers can enter from the pass side only, and the driver would not have to move their seat

the USDM 3DR's are the same

churp · 06-21-2007, 10:10 PM

I've had a couple cars like this...not too uncommon.

swng · 06-21-2007, 10:18 PM

I have a 3-dr LB. Yes spinejaruk, it is as your described.
IMHO, drivers know their cars and can always adjust their seats to make themselves comfortable. Passengers may need more help, hence the memory function.
Also, think of it this way. Say, you drive to pick up some people. By inviting them to enter from the passenger side, you won't even need to leave your driver's seat. Same is true of unloading.

Kioshi · 06-21-2007, 10:21 PM

Mine slides...I mean not as much as the passenger side, but yes it slides~

spinejaruk · 06-22-2007, 06:49 AM

Thanks guys
perhaps I will sleep better now...this is the 2nd 3dr car I have ever owned, the first one was a VW polo many years ago (my very first car) - I can't remember if the driver seat could slide with the memory function on that and never taken much notice of it in other hire cars!

just got a bit concerned because the yaris owners manual says it can slide and the sales website and brochures too!

woof · 06-23-2007, 11:00 PM

Wow, these are economy cars! It was never intended for the driver's bucket to slide like the passenger's side. Any more than three-up and that 1.5L engine will be getting unhappy.

SailDesign · 06-24-2007, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by woof

Wow, these are economy cars! It was never intended for the driver's bucket to slide like the passenger's side. Any more than three-up and that 1.5L engine will be getting unhappy.

Kids these days! The 100hp 1.5 litre engine is big by most countries' standards.
Plenty of folks have driven a Volks bug cross-country, 4 up, with a lovely little 65hp motor churning away underneath the back seat. You can't do it quickly, but iot is plenty do-able. I hate to think what my Fiat 600 had for horsepower, but it commuted me 40 miles each way for years in England, in hilly country.

06-21-2007, 09:04 PM	#1
spinejaruk View User's Garage Drives: Venetian Silver Yaris Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UK Posts: 31	3 door HB/Lb Yaris owners I have a 3 door HB and just found out that the driver seat does not slide forward with the memory function (ie easy entry system) it only folds forward. The passenger seat works no problem. I took the car to the dealer and he couldn't get it to work either, than he tried it on another car in the showroom and driver seat didn't slide either??? Can any 3 door owners confirm that this is the case? I don't understand the logic behind this from Toyota, as I would have thought that it would be more important that the Driver seat should have this function!

06-21-2007, 09:09 PM	#2
Black Yaris der Zeck View User's Garage Drives: '05 Audi A4 1.8t quattro Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Toledo, OH Posts: 5,231	since the car is so small they figured rear passengers can enter from the pass side only, and the driver would not have to move their seat the USDM 3DR's are the same __________________

06-21-2007, 10:10 PM	#3
churp Clean and (dis)Functional View User's Garage Drives: Yaris 2dr--Black Betty Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tropical Minnesota Posts: 562	I've had a couple cars like this...not too uncommon. __________________ ____________ Old School Cobble Jockey

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06-21-2007, 10:18 PM	#4
swng Drives: 06 3-dr auto RS Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: BC Posts: 1,051	I have a 3-dr LB. Yes spinejaruk, it is as your described. IMHO, drivers know their cars and can always adjust their seats to make themselves comfortable. Passengers may need more help, hence the memory function. Also, think of it this way. Say, you drive to pick up some people. By inviting them to enter from the passenger side, you won't even need to leave your driver's seat. Same is true of unloading.

06-21-2007, 10:21 PM	#5
Kioshi Heart Up! Vitz Drives: トヨタ Vitz Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 2,582	Mine slides...I mean not as much as the passenger side, but yes it slides~

06-22-2007, 06:49 AM	#6
spinejaruk View User's Garage Drives: Venetian Silver Yaris Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UK Posts: 31	Thanks guys perhaps I will sleep better now...this is the 2nd 3dr car I have ever owned, the first one was a VW polo many years ago (my very first car) - I can't remember if the driver seat could slide with the memory function on that and never taken much notice of it in other hire cars! just got a bit concerned because the yaris owners manual says it can slide and the sales website and brochures too!

06-23-2007, 11:00 PM	#7
woof Drives: Yaris 3dr Hatch/Black Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Deep South Posts: 114	Wow, these are economy cars! It was never intended for the driver's bucket to slide like the passenger's side. Any more than three-up and that 1.5L engine will be getting unhappy.