Front Seat Recliner Problems of Chrysler Town & Country

The contact stated on 5-7-05 vehicle was rear-ended by another vehicle going approximately 50 mph. The contact was sitting still in his vehicle at this time. The vehicle was totaled by the accident. The passenger's side and driver's side seats fell backward. He did not have pictures of the seats. His wife, a passenger in the vehicle, hit her right shoulder and arm on the door post of the van. The day after the accident her arm was black. Also, the contact hit his head on a cooler, and his hands were tightly gripping the steering wheel. He had a compression injury between his thumb and fingers on his left and right hands. The contact called Chrysler on 5-15-05. Someone came out to inspect the van. On this same day Chrysler wrote him a letter stating that the seats did what they were designed to do , and they were not responsible. The contact stated that if his grand child was in the back seat at this time he would have been a fatality.

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1998 Chrysler town and country seat latch broke. . . . . The passenger in the left/center row seat was not fastened to the floor. Upon inspection found a piece of a coil spring on the floor near to the mounting bracket located in the floor. The other part of the spring was still attached to the seat fastener mechanism.

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This vehicle was involved in a chain effect crash which was not related to this equipment failure. The failure occurred during the crash. When hit from the rear and pushed into another vehicle, the seat of the car broke in two ways; the back of the seat collapsed and the bottom part of the seat twisted slightly. The car was drivable from the scene of the accident. Of four vehicles involved, this vehicle was the only one which sustained seat damage. The other three vehicles had to be towed from the scene.

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My 2003 Chrysler town and county was rear-ended by a semi with trailer. The driver's seatback broke and fell on the middle seat occupant. After crash was over, I had to unbuckle and grab seat and pull as hard as I could to get it off my nephew.

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Accident at 60 mph. The consumer was rear ended and the seat back collapsed. The consumer suffered injuries.

Middle row bucket seats do not always latch easily. When not locked down, the seat springs forward while driving, causing passenger in child safety seat to slam into the seat in front. My daughter's head was somewhat protected by the "wings" on the sides of her child seat, but her forehead showed a mark from the impact, and her mouth was bleeding as a result of the incident. The vehicle was not going more than 15 mph, and was decelerating for a stop sign at the time. The child safety seat was secured with the latch system, so the seatbelt was not in use.

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My vehicle was stopped at a traffic light in town. Another vehicle travelling at in town speeds (actual unknown) impacted the rear of the vehicle. The front seatback failed and I slid out from under the seatbelt and impacted my daughter in the rear seat with my head fracturing her nose.

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Another vehicle was traveling at 45 mph and rear ended consumer. 's vehicle. Consumer driver's side seatback collapsed on impact. Consumer suffered from neck and leg injuries. Please provide any further information.

The rear seat back was reclined for cargo. When the seat hadle was pulled to raise the seat back to the upright position, the seat back sprung forwards violently striking my wife in the head causing injury. The seat back is apparently spring loaded with no mechanism to control the release of the spring load.

While traveling at approximately 55 to 60 mp consumer's vehicle rolled approximately four times, and driver was ejected from vehicle while he was wearing restraint belt. Consumer was ejected from vehicle due to seatback snapping and falling backwards, allowing driver to slide out from restraint belt. Driver suffered a broken left wrist/right ankle/ left clavical, and right shoulder; as well as having torn ligaments in his right knee. In addition to biting a portion of his tongue off. The manufacturer inresponse to the consumer that indicated the seat backs were designed to yield progressevely and increasing load, and also the seats,meet the standards set by the government.

While driving and coming to a sudden stop rear driver's side seat, which could be unlatched and taken out but in this case was latched, moved forward, hitting front driver's seat. Usually their child would be sitting in that seat. This might have caused injuries. Dealer said there was no problem with seat latch system.

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While driving the center front seatback folded, throwing the occupant into the back of the driver's seat. The dealer has adjusted the seatback.

Removal of quad seats is difficult due to the position of the lever, resulting in excessive force.

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During vehicle accident power recliner driver seat broke causing collapsing of the seat and the inability of the driver to operate brakes properly.

Power recliner seat broke during collision causing driver the inability to reach brakes.

The captain's seat behind the front passenger's seat does not remain in the locked position, causing the seat to become unstable.