Seat Broken problems of the 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee - part 2

2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee laredo, the front passenger seat has broken free from it's tracks. This is not an isolated incidence, many Jeep owners are experiencing the same problem.

The drivers seat mounts broke and the seat bracket is cracked. Also the back reclining will not adjust. I have to push it forward manually while pushing electronic button at the same time. I have to keep wood behind seat to support it, but it still rocks side to side. Every time I drive I risk falling back it's scary but too expensive to fix and even with the$1500 price tag there's waiting lists for parts. This is a real safety issue, I have read over 1000 complaints on the same issue just today.

2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee driver seat frame broke. Began wobbling then cracked while I was driving the vehicle causing the seat to fall forward then backwards.

2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee laredo. Driver's seat is broken on the base/tracks. Poor design caused breakage. Very unsafe and very expensive to fix through dealerships. My dealership is closed as well, so it is difficult to find a replacement.

I have a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee laredo 4x4. About a year or more ago, my front driver's seat began to "wobble". . . It was only a very minuscule amount at first, but has gradually increased in severity and is now a completely broken seat. The left side of the driver's seat can completely be lifted up on its side and is fully detachable. The brackets and seat mount under the seat have broken completely and the metal is snapped. This is a very serious problem as the driver seat may completely detach sporadically during operation. Visiting a body shop at the beginning of 2010 I was told that replacing the seat would cost at least $500. 00 and that the most cost efficient method would be to consider a replacement seat from the junk yard. As I began searching around for seats, I began to notice a very strange pattern: all the Jeep's with my make and model from about 1999 to at least 2003 or 2004 had their front seats already missing within a matter of days upon their initial arrival to the junk yard. It was almost impossible to find a driver's seat that would fit my make and model because others around the country were. Confronted with this irony, I began to search online for remedies to my issue and to see if other consumers had faced similar problems with their Jeeps. I was astonished and deeply disturbed to find their was a web page filled with comments from other consumers experiencing the same exact issue with the driver's seat and in some cases, the driver's seat had detached during vehicular operation (for example, while making right turns). These comments dated back to 2007 and majority of them, if not all, dealt with Jeep Grand Cherokee laredos from the year 2000. This is a major problem and there is a proven track record of this seat defect. The number of cases is too large to be irony. Please advocate for a recall on behalf of consumers who are facing this.

2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee driver seat just normal driving the seat broke causes extreme back pain. Breaks constantly in 4 different areas first break was a bracket. Have welded the parts multiple times.

The front driver seat broke. I paid to have it repaired. I was told that the piece fixed as best as could, but that unable to repair 100%. A new seat was needed. New seats are $700 plus. Eventually the seat broke worse than first time. I have to seat erect with no back support, unable to move the seat forward or backward. I have fibromylagia and sitting in this position while driving is almost impossible, I am a single mom and do not have the money for a new set. I am at a lost at what to do.

No event caused this failure . Car has not been in accident or misused ever. The drivers seat broke free from the sliders. Metal actually ripped around bolts. Caused seat to fall backward as I was driving. Currently have seat clamped to seat bracket as I look for new ones. Jeep swears its not a big problem as it made millions of Grand Cherokees. Seats can't be found in junk yards and thousands of complaints online. I wonder how many have been injured or died because of accidents caused by seat failure. Guess its hard to tell as I am sure failure of seat blamed on accident most of time.

The seat frame on the driver's seat broke, causing the seat to wobble precariously while driving. I had it welded, but it subsequently broke in another place. Based on internet research, I repaired that break with a bolt and nut. Subsequently, the frame broke in another place. I attempted another repair, with poor results. It has now broken again, in a fourth place. The seat frame is made of rather thin steel, not as thick as that of a good cooking pot. The seat has not been abused or misused in any way, and I find by internet research that this is a common problem. My mechanic described the seat frame as being "made from a soup can. " this is a very dangerous situation, and I hesitate to replace it with a (quite expensive) used replacement, as I fear it will only break again.

2000 Grand Cherokee was rear ended and the driver seat broke away from the floorboard. The consumer stated when the seat broke, the cushion raised up and threw the her backwards and caused her to loose control of the vehicle.

Seat bracket snapped, front left portion of seat bracket broke, seat now tilts backward. Very dangerous to drive. Also caused backrest to become unstable. Caused severe back pain and discomfort. Port jefferson Jeep refused to repair, even under warranty.

I have a Jeep Grand Cherokee 2000. About the end of 2001 the drivers seat rail broke at the front bolt area causing the seat to be unstable and dangerous. I went to the dealer and, although out of warranty, they replaced it no charge. They were unsure why it happened. Now, the week of 11-15-03 the front seat rail broke again in the same place. I drive long distances and put a lot of miles on a vehicle. I went to the dealer and was told it would cost $378. Plus tax to have repaired. I also talked to a Chrysler rep about the problem but was told that their seats were made for average size people ( I am 275 lbs) and they would not guarantee the new unit would not also break. I asked what was suppose to be average size and got no answer but that her husband was my size and she considered 275 to be average but that is not what is considered average by her company. When the first unit broke I was only 240. I told her this seem to be a safety issue due to the unit breaking under normal driving conditions and I asked what would happen if I had a rear end collision, is the energy from the crash going to send me flying through the back window because the seat rail isn't strong enough to keep from breaking? her answer was that their seats were made to nation safety standards. I find this problem unnerving that the rail just breaks without any undue stress and I am being blamed for the problem for my size. I have never heard of such a thing and wonder what is the weight standards for people to have safety in an automotive seat? please help.

I purchased a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee larado new in September of 2000. In June of 2003 without prior warning the driver's seat broke. The seat frame broke away from the track ripping a piece of metal underneath. This did not occur during any forceful action and I feel it could be an extremely dangerous safety hazard. Chrysler will not take any responsibility for the cost of repairs. The part number that needs to be replaced is 4856471 per estimate I received from Chrysler.

My vehicle hydroplaned and during the accident, the driver's seat broke off of the tracks and I sustained a laceration to the bottom of my right foot. I contacted Chrysler about 2 weeks after the accident to report what happened. I was then contacted by an inspector from Chrysler and after that I only know that the file has been sent to a law firm in washington d. C. Apparently the company thought I was making a claim against them, which was never my intent. I would just like to know the results of the inspection. I saw a local lawyer yesterday 9/30/02 and he feels that I will never be able to obtain the inspection results because Chrysler would be doing an injustice to themselves. Could you please assist me with this matter or give me another contact who could do so. Thank you for your time, susan hoagland mr.

While traveling into a curve at approximately 35 mph, the seat frame broke underneath and made it easy for the seat to suddenly rock freely with a left-leaning to front and right-leaning to back motion, making the vehicle almost impossible to drive now. Howard-wilson Chrysler-Plymouth-Jeep in jackson, ms (where I've been having most of the service work performed on the Jeep) was contacted about possible recall information, but I was advised that I'd be required to pay for the repair myself. I have not contacted the manufacturer or the dealership where the vehicle was originally purchased yet, but an estimate for the repair of this item was in excess of $400. 00. I recently removed the seat from the vehicle at a local shop and tried to have the seat framed welded back together (because it's a clean separation of the metal on the front driver's side corner of the seat above where it attaches to the track), but the shop strongly advised against it for the likelihood of weaking the metal in that area and leaving the potential of it happening again, but even they had no idea how this particular breakage could have happened in the first place.