Mid/rear Seats Assembly problems of the 2010 Mazda MAZDA3

The driver seat of my car unexpectedly detached from seat mount during normal use, the driver seat fell backward on to the back seat, leaving my car non-functional. For safety reasons, I had my car towed to the dealership, a distance of approximately 25 miles. I was pleased that the service rep made an effort to check to see if there were other similar repairs reported. He told me that there were none found. However, later I found out that there were forty-nine other consumer complaints made to your office, NHTSA, regarding the driver seat in this same make, model and year Mazda. I hope that the office of defects investigation (odi) considers opening an investigation to remedy the defect in this group of vehicle, and, the unreasonable safety risk it has on public safety.

The bracket which holds the drivers seat to the frame is broken. Seat rocks back and forth during driving. This is a very dangerous flaw in manufacturing and if I'm in an accident my seat will end up in the back seat making my seat belt useless. I see many complaints about this defect. Please make this a recall for Mazda. A very expensive fix otherwise.

The front driver's seat should be fastened to the slide adjuster with four push nuts (two per side), but earlier VIN numbers are missing push nuts either from wear or because Mazda did not include them in the original design. Because the push nuts are missing, the seat freely rocks back and forth. The rocking can be so extreme that the entire seat rotates backwards onto the rear bench. This is extremely unsafe for at least two reasons: 1) if the airbag were to deploy in an accident, the force would knock the driver and seat backward rather than absorb the impact of the driver's body; and 2) if the seat suddenly rocked backward while driving, the driver could lose control of the vehicle. Mazda describes the issue in TSB 09-049/10, but purports that the issue merely produces a "rattle noise. " but the seat doesn't just rattle, it also hinges all the way into the back seat as described above.