Mid/rear Seats Assembly problems of the 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Driver's seat frame/bracket broke in front of driver's seat, allowing the driver seat to lean detach from the floorboard and move backward toward the rear seats. When researching this specific issue, it seems that this is a common issue and is an obvious safety defect. If the driver seat frame cannot hold up to normal use, how will it hold up to the forces exerted upon it in the event of a rear-end collision? this is an obvious safety defect and based on the volume of other consumers that have had this issue, it is unbelievable that action has not been taken to resolve this issue.

Tl-the contact owns a 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, the front driver seat fractured without warning. As a result, the contact fell backwards into the rear seat. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact mentioned that he replaced the front driver side seat three times. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 140,000. Ss.

The car should be recalled because the driver seat design/manufacture is defective. I first noticed a clicking noise when in the car. I became accustomed to the noise and basically overlooked it for months. One day when getting into the car in a parking lot I landed in the back seat. As I was getting into the car the driver seat tilted backwards like a rocking chair and I was halfway dumped head first (upside down) into the rear of the car. I was not injured. I looked under the seat and was able to see that the seat frame is bolted to the car and that the front of the seat is attached to the seat frame by two very thin "cast iron" brackets. The two brackets (left and right) had both simply sheared off and there is nothing holding the front of the seat to the seat frame (the rear of the seat is still attached to the frame). I speculate that the brackets just gave out overtime from the simple activity of getting into and out of the car. I was lucky the car was parked and I was simply getting into the car when the brackets gave out. If in fact I had been rear-ended I expect I would have been thrown out of the seat (seat belts or not) and seriously injured or killed. I reported this on the Jeep facebook page so other folks could be aware of the potential danger. Jeep responded to me on facebook, email and telephone but basically said it was a 10 year old car and the defect was not their problem - sorry! when looking online to find out how to repair the seat I discovered what appears to be thousands of consumer complaints for the same exact defect. In fact companies have been started to make frames and brackets just to fix this defect and I am fearful that people have been seriously injured in accident (or killed) because of the defect. In my opinion no one should be driving around in a 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee unless the defect is repaired.

The front drivers power seat, broke from it's frame, the part was welded and broke a second time. The seat is unstable and in an accident could break away from the track and wind up in the rear seat. The airbag would be ineffective.

I have owned a 2003 Jeep grande cherokee for two years. In December 2010 I was drivong in traffic with my I infant daughter and alof a sudden my seat like smapped of at the bottom and I am in the back seat. Luckily no one was hurt. The metal broke. I know im lile the millionth complaint. I am a single mom and cannot afford to have this expense or risk hgetting into an accident. This is a serious safety issue that meeds your imediate attention. T.