Front Seat Power Adjust problems of the 2005 Chevrolet Malibu

Left front power seat welds broke. Right side of the frame both front and rear. Vehicle was stationary.

Drivers powered seat lower front support tube broke and separated from the seat right hand side bracket link, at the weld attachment, attaching to the seat bottom. This breakout of material leaves the seat unattached to the track on the right hand side.

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu. The contact stated that the power seat shifted to the left and the frame rails became fractured. The contact mentioned that the seat would independently move which ever way the weight of the driver was shifted. The failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle had not been taken to the dealer for a diagnosis. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Driver power seat/ broken weld on metal stabilizer bar across the lower front of the seat. Causes the seat to be unstable and shift when braking or accellerating.

The drivers seat has broken when simply sitting down in the vehicle and can only be safely used in it's lowest position. If you try to raise the power seat, it tilts to the extreme right, and only the left side of the seat lifts. The car is very difficult to drive while sitting on such an extreme slant, and also hard to see when sitting in the lowest position, unless you are quite tall. Overall, the seat is now very wobbly and unstable if you shift your weight in the seat not that it has broken. I don't recall at what mileage this happened - but I was getting into the car in my driveway and heard a loud pop of something breaking loose, and the seat fell to the side. Fortunately it happened in my driveway and not while driving.

The power seat dropped on the right side as I was in the middle of a sharp left hand turn. The sudden drop caused me to jerk the steering wheel and I almost lost control. When I arrived home I looked under the seat and the support bar that runs across the front of the seat had broken at the weld. It looks like a top of a tin can peeled back. I am not a big person. I weigh around 230lbs. I think that the weld was bad when it left the factory. I can't believe that something so simple could've cost me and my family our lives. I can't afford to have this fixed at this point so I had to wedge a piece of wood under it until I can.

Drivers side front power seat broke causing seat to bounce , leans to the right rear also when height adjusted only left side goes up . Weld let go which is a huge safety issue with alot of other Malibu purchasers . This is a serious manufactoring deffect in the welds and frame construction of these front seats. If this were to happen while driving it could cause serious injury or even death to the passengers in this vehicle. Never mind if you hit some other vehicle or persons during this seat failure . I dont beleive gm will not put a recall out on this very serious safety issue Toyota put an entire frame on my truck no questions may be I should buy another Toyota instead .

The driver's power seat is broken. It's been slowly starting to tilt back and to the right and finally snapped. In researching this issue, it appears it is very common with the chevy Malibu and also very expensive. This is a huge safety concern as a broken drivers seat will not work as intended in a crash. The seat tilts to the right now and bounces when going over bumps, so being a safety concern it's also very uncomfortable. I think this should be recall situation for the Malibu seat and the dealer should not be profiting off a design flaw.

The power to the driver seat of our '05 Malibu maxx, is maulfunctioning/broken/not working correctly. It appears that the right side of the frame has given up. The power to the seat goes up but the right side stays down; leaving the driver leaning to the right. We contacted the dealer, who claims that he's heard about this before, but as far as we know, there is no recall for this malfunction.

At approx 76,000 miles the power drivers seat started to lean to the right. A weld broke loose from the seat frame underneath. The repair requires seat replacement for over $1000. The vehicle is out of warranty. I don't understand since it clearly is a manufacturer defect. Its unfair.

Left front (driver's seat) is broken, it rocks side to side, slides fore and aft slightly, and no longer holds heigh position. The seat is a 6 way power seat. Vehicle is currently at the local dealership (puyallup, wa) waiting for a new seat track to be installed. Estimated repair cost is $800. 00. Dealers stated that the seat track was broken in several places (failed weld points). I feel that this is a major manufacturer's safety defect and should be a recall item.

2005 chevy Malibu LS v6, drivers power seat is coming apart. Welds have separated near lower, rear rh side. Seat belts are attach to seat. Not sure how safe car is now. Dealer want to replace the entire seat. For about a $1000.

The drivers side power seat started to sag on the right front side. In addition, when the power seat adjustment is used, the right front of the seat does not raise which makes the seat lean. Finally, the seat now rocks forward and backward. It appears that the frame of the seat has broken.

Weld on driver's power seat broken. Seat tilts to the right.

After turning a corner getting on the highway the front driver seat shifted to the right. I found that front driver main seat frame weld broke, causing the seat to sag to the right. With only two brackets that hold up the power seat motors, that if the other one breaks then the seat may fell to the floor and cause the drive to jerk the wheel. It looks like a poor weld job from the factory. I have not had the part replace, the bracket is part of the seat frame and the cost would be about $1000. 00 usd to fix at the dealership.

The 6 way power seat bracket has broken on the right side at the one weld holding it together causing the seat to move in multiple directions while sitting in it. I googled it an it doesn't seem to be an isolated issue. They all were broke on the right side. This allows the seat to move from side to side, forward and backward and up and down.

Frame under the drivers power seat is broken in multiple places. It has broken on weld points and the bar itself is broken. This leads to a rocking motion of the seat when driving.

Since purchasing, my used 2005 chevy Malibu had a clunking noise when using the drivers automatic seat. Recently, the power seat bracket totally broke, as I was driving down the highway, causing me to swerve and go off the road. I took the car to the dealership in jacksonville, FL who explained there is no recall, and it will cost me $800. 00 to have this corrected. I think it is unconscionable for a manufacturer to put customers at risk by approving a design that obviously results in a hazard that they have been aware of for some time - and are unwilling to remedy. Because I cannot afford to have the track replaced, and Chevrolet will not correct a manufacturers problem, I am unfortunately unsafe on the road.

The connecting foundation for the power drivers seat broke loose at the weld point. The drivers seat is not properly grounded to the vehicle and it moves up and down while I am driving. I wrote the manufacturer but they declined my request to provide financial assistance for the repair.