Removing third-row seats in my 2023 XLE Sienna

Tango · Mar 16, 2023

Hi Everyone. I need some help in finding what these wires are for:

maki2 · Mar 16, 2023

From what I see online it goes to the seatbelt latch. Triggers a warning to let you know when passengers in back are not properly buckled up.

Head to YouTube there are several videos on how to remove the rear seats in a Sienna. YouTube is a great resource for this vehicle specific kind of stuff.

Tango · Mar 17, 2023

maki2 said:
From what I see online it goes to the seatbelt latch. Triggers a warning to let you know when passengers in back are not properly buckled up.

Head to YouTube there are several videos on how to remove the rear seats in a Sienna. YouTube is a great resource for this vehicle specific kind of stuff.

Thank you, Makki2. I did find a video later last night. It suggested disconnecting the battery first before unplugging the wires.

afblangley · Mar 17, 2023

Tango said:
It suggested disconnecting the battery first before unplugging the wires.

Always disconnect the battery before playing with any wires. It's very easy to trigger a warning light that can only be turned off by going to the dealer. And you might get really upset with yourself for having to fork out $575 for them to reset it because you were too lazy to spend 5 minutes disconnecting the battery when all you were going to do was disconnect and reconnect a plug in less than 15 seconds. I'm just sayin...

Tango · Mar 18, 2023

afblangley said:
Always disconnect the battery before playing with any wires. It's very easy to trigger a warning light that can only be turned off by going to the dealer. And you might get really upset with yourself for having to fork out $575 for them to reset it because you were too lazy to spend 5 minutes disconnecting the battery when all you were going to do was disconnect and reconnect a plug in less than 15 seconds. I'm just sayin...

Yes. I would rather spend my money on other things.

Frood · Apr 3, 2023

Tango said:
Yes. I would rather spend my money on other things.

Just out of curiosity how is your build going? I'm really interested in seeing how the hybrid sienna works out as a nomadic home...

Tango · Apr 3, 2023

It's going slow but surely. I'm waiting for a call from Mr. Spoiler to bring the van in. They will fabricate a new, very, much smaller center console for me. After that, the real build will begin.