Front Seat Recliner Problems of Nissan Altima

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Altima. At 20 mph the vehicle struck an ice patch and began to fishtail. The vehicle was rear ended, and the impact caused the front seat on the driver's side to completely recline. The air bags did not deploy, and the vehicle was destroyed. The contact sustained minor injuries. A police report and pictures were taken. The current and failure mileage were 26500.

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I was rear-ended by a 2002 offset to driver side of car at an estimated 30-40mph. Drivers seat in Altima is 8-way electric and during impact, the seat tilted back all the way. The impact drove my car into the back of a 1982 Dodge ram charger which was also offset impact on front similar to rear. The Dodge was then driven into the back of a Suzuki grand vatara. I was completely stopped as was the Dodge in front of me. During impact from rear, driver seatback failed and allowed seat to tilt all the way back and it remained there. When I impacted the Dodge in front of me, I submarine'd under the seatbelt until it caught me in the ribs. My Altima was totaled by insurance. None of the 6 airbags in the car deployed. I sustained low back injuries, that I feel shouldn't have happened as a result of the seat failure. I did do some digging around and found this alarmingly common. To me this is unacceptable, for if impact had been more severe the chances of spinal injury would be even greater.

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While driving 30-35 mph vehicle was involved in a head-on collision, causing backseat to unlock and come forward. There was one injury.

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Rear seats will not lock in the upright position.

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Vehicle was in a collision where it was rear ended at 50 mph. Vehicle was pushed into another vehicle, causing the driver's seatback to collapse and fall back into a reclining position. Also, air bags did not deploy. Dealer has not been contacted.