Five problems related to mid/rear seats assembly have been reported for the 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee based on all problems reported for the 2004 Grand Cherokee.
Just bought my 2004 jgc in April 2013. Pulling up to my driveway with my 4 year old in the back seat, I heard a strange pop and my driver's seat moved backwards and became unstable. Looked at the seat bracket and one side is cracked. It had made snapping noise before but I didn't know what it was. Very dangerous situation and I thank god I was driving slow and was not on the highway. I did a search online and there are 100's or thousands of complaints about the same thing. This needs to be recalled and fixed properly by Jeep.
Accelerating from stop sign to 40 mph, driver's power seat frame broke at a weld point on the front left side. Mechanic says it cannot be re-welded. Apparently the problem is so prevalent, another seat from a junk yard cannot be found. Dealer says seat frames are on back order. I am working with an independent mechanic to find a fix. This is a safety issue because if the seat broke lose, the driver could lose control and anyone in the back seat could be injured.
While driving down the road my seat completely broke, throwing me towards the back seat. Thank god I was able to control the vehicle and that no one was coming down the other side of the road or it would have been terrible. Why would a seat fail like that??? the car is pretty much not drivable now because the seat is completely broken off the base. This is crazy!!!.
2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee. 76,000 miles. Purchased new, I am the only owner. While turning into work, the driver seat bracket (the bracket that connects the seat to the floor) broke in the front left (if looking forward). Now the seat sways and all of the weight is stressed on just one corner of the bracket. According to online reports, this costs up to $1000 to get fixed at a dealer. Other reports of the bracket breaking while people accelerating and falling into the back seat.
I have a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee and my drivers seat started leaning about a year ago then this year is started squeaking when I sat in it, but never thought anything of it since I have 120,000 miles. Then all of a sudden as I am driving at 65 mph the seat makes a loud pop noise and I almost wound up in the back seat. I stopped the car and looked under the seat to find the frame cracked. I got home took the seat apart and found it had cracked on all the weld joints and where the bolts where that help it to the metal frame. I searched online only to find out that this is a very common problem and 100's of people are having the same issue. This is very dangerous and could cause a tragic accident. I had the seat welded by a friend since you cannot buy the parts to repair. After 3 weeks now my steel frame on the seat has cracked. These seats are death tramps and Chrysler should have to fix them. Very dangerous, do people have to die in order for this to be rectified?.