Passenger temp climate control knob issue

Those seat heater buttons and display have to be the cheapest things I've ever used/seen in an car. Like some sort of after thought by Toyota.

 

• They're ridiculous. I've been asked twice "what's the orange lights for".
  
  I didn't know.. thought it was some kind of ambient light sensor for the cluster illumination.
  
  I found out it was the seat warmer indicator when I turned on the seat warmer one day.
  

 

Never noticed the lights, but it seems like setting 3 is lava and 2 and 1 are off

 

How is your ass not on fire? The middle setting on my seat heaters is similar to molten lava.....

My temp knobs both turn with the same amount of resistance. Thank god for ONE problem my Taco DOESN'T have!

 

Hahaha. Funny as I thought maybe mine was the only one! My passenger side knob is harder to turn compared to the driver side. I finally figured out the sync button so i don't have to touch the passenger one anymore.

Funny you posted this, I truly thought mine was the "knob that didn't get the grease."

 

This right here is the definition of a perfect answer to a stupid answer. Good job sir

 

I had the same issue and the dealer replaced the control module.

 

I'll probably bring it up when I take it in for my 5k service. Glad to know they will do something about it.

 

I got my truck 2 weeks ago and have the same passanger side stiffness.

 

This is getting out of hand...another 3rd gen pandemic lol

 

My knobs are smooth.

 

Brought it up today at my scheduled service. They acknowledged the unnecessary force needed to spin the passenger knob and special ordered a new dual-climate control panel. I was hoping for maybe a new knob installation, but the driver side had a slight similar problem so works for me. Since multiple people have noticed the same issue, I would assume more owners will notice the same issue and report it. Not necessarily TSB-level, since it doesn't affect safety or drivable, but definitely not just an isolated issue.

 

Meant to add this as well:

It's not a usual part to replace, so wait time for the arrivals of parts may be a little bit. They also made the point to tell me that it won't be a fix that you can wait st the dealer for; gotta drop it off and get a rental. I'll let you gents know how everything ends up.

 

I'd probably lemon it

 

Mine is like yours, passenger is a lot harder to turn (like very hard) than the driver's side one.

 

Mine is the same way. Never brought it up on here figuring that it must just be me. Sometimes it spins completely fine and sometimes it has a catch in certain spots. I am going in next week for my 10k service and Im going to bring it up. Ill post with updates

 

Same here. Passenger knob is really hard to turn at certain points in the rotation and feels completely different than the drivers knob.

 

That is a safety feature. It's so you know they are on and it's not a critical ass on fire situation.

Or Toyota got sued because some quadriplegic got burns in a Prius because they didn't know the heater was on.

 

Not sure I have the concerns about the inferno heat on my back at setting 3, (my bad back appreciates it) or the light for that matter, but my passenger side knob seems to be bad ass well. Have we determined that it needs a whole console replacement or just a knob? I'm under 2k miles!!!!

 

I just picked up my truck tonight, I checked and my knobs are fine...