Seats Problems of Ford Transit Connect

Hello - this is not a safety issue with my car. For the moment. Inputting the VIN it states that there is only 1 row of seats (d/p). This is not accurate. There are 3 seat rows in my van. (front x2, middle x3 and rear seats x2) total of 7 seats. Thus this should be corrected for my VIN. If or when I have a complaint about the safety of the seats, belts, head rests etc. . . It will make sense. I do not have a cargo van. It's a seven passenger seat van.

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The seat belt buckle/latch in the backseat is a dangerous defective design that can cause injury. It is available for inspection, see photos provided. Merely taking a seat can result in a bruised or broken coccyx. The car was parked when the incident occurred. No, the problem has not been reproduced by a dealer or independent service center. No, the component has not been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance reps or others. No, there are no warnings or messages. The danger is inherent in the design.

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Tl the contact owns a 2016 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated that the front driver's side and passenger's side seat brackets fractured causing the seats to become unsecure. The cause of the failures were not yet determined. The local dealer cavalier Ford of chesapeake square located at 4021 portsmouth blvd, chesapeake, va 23321 and the manufacturer were notified of the failure however, no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 50,000.

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The middle row seats are defective. They fold down but will not come back up. They are stuck in the down position. I brought the car in to a Ford dealer's service department, and they've now had it for 3 days trying to figure out how to fix the problem. At this point they have told me that there is something wrong with the manufacture of the mechanism in the seatback that controls the seat folding function, and that the only way they can fix it is to install a new seat. The dealership's service dept has quoted $2000 for it as an out-of-warranty repair. In searching online, I see that this is a common problem with this vehicle model. I've seen that there are tsbs issued for this problem. But when the dealer puts my VIN into their system, my vehicle doesn't show up as part of the recall. I believe this should be a new recall, or an expanded recall, to fix a problem that Ford seems to already know it has -- they just haven't acknowledged every model or year that it effects. Additionally, there is an issue with the software running the car's clock -- when the car battery is low, the clock stops working, and will not allow the user to reset it to the correct time. The dealer said that the only way they can fix it is to do a software upgrade at a cost of $140 - $280 each time. This is also a well-known problem according to many Ford consumer message boards. I'm not sure if this qualifies for a recall as well, but it seems like a known defect that puts the vehicle owner at a financial disadvantage.

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The larger middle bench seat gets stuck and often won't fold down from its up position; this began several years ago, I've just been living with it. Recently it also began to get stuck in both positions -- won't fold down when up, and also won't unfold back up when it's been down. I took this vehicle in to the dealership to get this issue fixed a few years back, and they were unable to figure out what was wrong, but still charged me full price for service. I am now driving with the faulty seat and these days often have to transport passengers, frequently kids in my family, and I'm not sure if it's safe.

The contact owned a 2015 Ford Transit Connect. The contact stated that the front passenger seat back failed to remain in the upright position while a passenger was seated in the front passenger seat. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that an engineer would have to inspect the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact stated that the vehicle was returned to the dealer. The approximate failure mileage was 20.

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