Front Seat Recliner Problems of Mazda Protege

Failure of the latches on both front seat allowing the seat to recline. During an accident where the vehicle was stopped. The vehicle was struck in rear causing the seat back to recline. The action trapped my wife's left foot under the seat. This caused severe contusion and abrasions.

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Consumer states that the driver's seat collapsed when the vehicle was rear ended by a truck. The dealer was notified. Nlm.

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Vehicle was hit from the rear at 50 mph which caused driver's and passenger's seats to collapse backwards, also, air bags did not deploy, cause unknown.

Consumer's seat adjuster interfers with foot when getting out of vehicle. Consumer has sprained knee because of handle underneath seat gets caught in loop of tennis shoe. Dealer has been contacted, but nothing can be done.

The metal plates/bars inside the bucket seats can be felt. After 30 minutes of driving, the seat cushion compresses and these plates put pressure on the lower back and cause severe back pain.

Divers side seat failed in a minor rear end collison. Seat back broke and fell down into rear seat . No occupants in rear seat. Also, no injuries.

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Front bucket seat back rests failed during vehicle collision.

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When vehicle was traveling at 55 mph on interstate a van crashed into the rear of the vehicle. Both front seatbacks collapsed. The vehicle was totalled.