Mid/rear Seats Assembly problems of the 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Driver's seat front outboard attach point failed during normal use. The failure was in the frame of the seat base where it attaches to the seat adjustment track. This is a manual adjust seat. I am original owner and of average build. Vehicle has never been involved in a collision, abused in any way, and has been maintained in excellent condition. I conducted my own informal investigation. The seat base frame where it attaches to the seat track is a light weight sheet metal stamping. The holes in the stamping that accept the seat track attachment studs are significantly oversize compared with the size of the stud. The seat track stud is fastened to the seat base with a bare nut that is only slightly larger than the hole diameter. This results in the nut bearing down on a very small surface area of the sheet metal. High stress is created at these points, especially if the nut is not exactly centered on the oversize hole. Also, the front attach points are several inches to the rear of the front edge of the seat frame, further increasing forces on these points for any rearward force on the upper seat back. Over time during normal use, this resulted in stress cracking and subsequent fatigue failure of the sheet metal. During a high impact event such as a rear-end collision, this could cause sudden failure of the seat attach points, resulting in loss of control of the vehicle, injury to the front seat occupant, and injury to anyone seated in the rear seat behind the front seat occupant. A simple flat washer or other reinforcement of the holes in the seat base sheet metal could prevent this mode of failure. I recommend that any vehicle equipped with seats of this design have the seats inspected for cracks in the sheet metal base, repaired or replaced if necessary, and have the seat attachment points reinforced with heavy washers.

The tabs that hold my driver's side seat to the track assembly on my 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee laredo have completely broken. The dealership quoted $500+ to fix their faulty product. The incident happened while merging onto I-75 near atlanta and I wound up laying in my back seat. I know that I am not alone in this issue as I have checked several forums and junk-yards all of whom report the it as a common occurrence. Chrysler's chosen viewpoint of not fixing a severe safety concern is unacceptable.

A few months ago I noticed the drivers seat of my 2000 Grand Cherokee began to make popping noises when I would turn corners or accelerate. Just the other day when I accelerated from a stop, there was a loud pop and my drivers seat turned into a rocking chair. It tipped all the way back to the back seat nearly causing me to loose control and crash into the car in front of me. I took my Jeep into the dealership and they quoted me a price of more than a thousand dollars to replace the seat bracket. I then did some research on the internet and found that there are hundreds of others that have the same problem. There is definitely a safety problem and why is there not a recall? does it take people being killed to get something done? I can not afford to put over a thousand dollars into my Jeep at this time and others have had the seats welded but the welds do not hold.

The drivers side seat on my 2000 Grand Cherokee broke. The metal or design is faulty. At first I thought this was a unique problem, but the more I researched online, I found discussion forums with thousands of people with the same problem. I am now scared to drive this vehicle because other owners of 2000 Grand Cherokees have said that their seats have fully broken off while driving and have ended up in the back seat almost causing a fatal accident. My seat is only partially broken right now, it was already welded once. Please look into this matter before someone seriously gets hurt.

I have a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Recently the front drivers seat frame broke at 2 points. I ended up losing control as I was rocked into the back seat as I was going around a curve. I did avoid hitting anything but this scared the life out of me. I never had a car that the frame holding the seat in place was so poorly made.

Brackets holding drivers seat to car floor cracked and eventually broke completely sending driver backwards into rear seat while moving.

My driver's seat on my 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee has broke. The metal track underneath has sheared off in several spots and the hinge to recline the seat also has began tearing. The broken metal makes it possible for the seat on my Jeep to slide from side to side and to also slide forward and back. The broken metal on the hinge also digs into my side and I have to cover it with a leather glove to keep it from drawing blood. More importantly though is the fact that the seat moves and is not safe when driving, even if just driving on a city street, because it is not secure and you never know when it is going to give out and shift, causing you to stop paying attention to the road so that you can try to fix the problems with you seat. I really think that this should be repaired as I have seen many people having similar problems. In fact, in order to keep the seat from sliding back into the rear seat, I have installed my own safety features - I have place a cooler in the rear seat and the head of a sledgehammer underneath the seat to support the seat and to keep it from sliding back any further. I find this to work well as far as keeping my seat from moving, however it should not come to this.

Consumer was traveling about 50mph on highway and another vehicle suddenly stopped. In order for to avoid the other vehicle, she went into guardrail. When consumer applied anti-lock brakes vehicle skidded and locked up. Interior rear seat wasn't proberly bolted , seat came out from floor. It was secued. Front airbags didn't deploy. Dealership was aware of problem.