Mid/rear Seats Assembly problems of the 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee

While driving, I stepped on my brake, I heard a loud "bang" and found myself first jammed into the steering wheel/dash area, and then, once my vehicle was stopped, I was in the rear seat area. Upon further investigation, I found that the rear seat brackets on my front (drivers) seat were broken through; the metal that the seat bracket is made of was broken at both rear corners, and the front bolts were pulled-through. The thin metal the bracket is made of had a couple of cracks, and overall, the seat is almost useless when it comes to driving the car in a safe manner. Fortunately, when my seat broke I was not going so fast as to not be involved in an accident! if I had been on the freeway, I believe I would not be here today writing this complaint. There are no reasonable local sources to replace the bracket;(the Jeep dealers want to sell a new seat for approx. 700. 00, unless you want to pay $300. 00+ for another seat from a wrecking yard, which will also have the same thin metal bracket). I am attempting to get it welded, but I have already been informed that this will be a temporary repair at best; the metal the bracket is made of is far too thin to handle the weight of a person using the seat for a long period of time, and will break again). Help!.

Front driver's seat seemed wobbely, looked under seat and bracket that holds seat to the rails is broken on front left and right side. You can now lean back and front of seat lifts up. Very dangerous. If there was a crash, you could easily end up in the back seat of the car. I have looked and found many complaints about this situation with the Jeeps, 1 site had over 2600 complaints in a 2 year period. I took off the side of the seat and added 2 nylon straps to hold seat down to rail. I have read many places where people have this welded back together and it breaks again. Metal is very thin, not built to take strain of any kind.

My son's 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee driver's seat started wobbling and then completely broke loose from the frame. He is 240 lbs and was just driving normally. Over time . . . The wobbling gradually got worse. The seat completely broke loose as he was accelerating after waiting for a stop light. I removed the seat to see what was wrong and saw that both brackets that are welded to the front rod that runs parallel with the front of the drivers seat were cracked and the front bolt on the door side of the drivers seat ripped right through the flimsy metal bracket on the base of the seat. This structural defect is "life threatening. " he almost fell backwards into the back seat. Had there been other cars coming at this intersection, he would not have been able to react. I checked the internet and saw that this seat/structural defect on Jeeps goes back to 1999. How can the NHTSA and Jeep/Chrysler ignore this problem for years? this should be a safety recall. Jeep should be held responsible for fixing this problem now. Given all the blogs related to this issue . . . They sure won't win in court.