Toyota is recalling 228,367 seven-passenger Sienna Hybrid minivans from the 2022 through 2026 model years. This Toyota Sienna Hybrid recall covers second-row seat backs that may not stay secured in a crash. Dealers will fix the problem for free.
Toyota filed the recall with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on October 20, 2026. At the same time, Canada has a matching recall for more than 24,000 vans. Meanwhile, owner letters in the U.S. are due in early December.
Because the Sienna is a family hauler, the second row can be where kids and car seats ride. So the details matter, from what fails to what Toyota’s Canadian arm is telling owners to do before the repair.
What the Toyota Sienna Hybrid recall covers
The NHTSA record for campaign 26V690000 lists 228,367 potentially affected vehicles. In particular, it covers 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 Sienna Hybrid seven-passenger models. NHTSA files the fault under the recliner in the middle and rear seat assembly.
In plain terms, the second-row seat backs may fail to remain secured in a crash. According to NHTSA, an unsecured seat back may not adequately protect an occupant. As a result, the risk of injury goes up.
However, the record does not tell owners to park outside or stop driving. It also lists no over-the-air fix, so every van needs a dealer visit.
Why the second-row seat backs can move
Canada’s version of the recall explains the mechanism in more detail. According to CP24, the parts that hold the second-row recliners in place may disengage under certain conditions. That can happen when a seatbelt pretensioner fires. Then the seat backs could move in a crash.
A pretensioner is the device that pulls a seatbelt tight at the start of a crash. Also, CP24 reports that the supplemental restraint system computer controls those pretensioners. That helps explain why the fix on most vans is software rather than new seat hardware.
How Toyota will fix it
First, dealers will update the SRS ECU software, the computer that CP24 says controls the seatbelt pretensioners. In addition, vans with the MaaS package will get two replacement second-row seat backs. All repairs are free, NHTSA says.
Toyota expects owner letters to go out on December 7, 2026. Its recall numbers are 26TB24 and 26TA24. If you have questions before then, Toyota customer service is at 1-800-331-4331.
Better still, you don’t have to wait for the mail. You can check your van’s vehicle identification number on NHTSA’s recall site now. Once the campaign shows up for your VIN, call your dealer to book the update.
What Toyota Canada tells owners to do now
North of the border, Transport Canada published the recall on October 20. Later, it updated the notice on October 23, under recall number 2026505. CP24 puts the Canadian count at about 24,454 Sienna Hybrids from the 2022 to 2026 model years.
Toyota Canada has gone a step further than the U.S. notice. According to CP24, it advises owners not to carry passengers in the second-row seats until the repair is complete. NHTSA’s remedy text does not include that advice. Even so, if you drive a recalled Sienna, we’d follow it until your van gets the update.
Canadian owners can enter their VIN on Toyota Canada’s recall lookup page. Alternatively, they can call Toyota at 1-888-869-6828. Either way, Toyota will contact them by mail.
Not the Sienna Hybrid’s first second-row recall
This isn’t the first time the Sienna Hybrid’s second row has needed a fix. In October 2025, Toyota recalled 54,631 2025 Sienna Hybrids, Carscoops reported. Those vans came off the line from January 14 through July 24, 2025.
That time, the trouble came from a supplier. A welding machine at Toyota Boshoku Kentucky had the wrong settings, which could leave the second-row seat rails with incomplete welds. Carscoops reported that Toyota found the problem during internal testing of a prototype seat, and the remedy was new seat rails from dealers.
The two problems are different, though. The 2025 recall involved the seat rails and a supplier’s weld settings. By contrast, the new one involves the recliners and how they behave when the pretensioners fire.
Our take for Sienna Hybrid owners
If your van was in the 2025 rail recall, don’t assume that repair covers this one. Instead, check both campaigns by VIN. Then book the new update as soon as your dealer has it.
Until then, we’d lean on Toyota Canada’s cautious advice, even south of the border. The new campaign, 26V690000, lists 228,367 U.S. vans, with owner letters due December 7, 2026.
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