  We study teleparallel gravity in the \emph{original} Kaluza-Klein (KK)
scenario. Our calculation of the KK reduction of teleparallel gravity indicates
that the 5-dimensional torsion scalar $^{(5)}T$ generates the non-Brans-Dicke
type effective Lagrangian in 4-dimension due to an additional coupling between
the derivative of the scalar field and torsion, but the result is equivalent to
that in general relativity. We also discuss the cosmological behavior in the
FLRW universe based on the effective teleparallel gravity.
