Front Seat Power Adjust Problems of Subaru Forester

Weld broke on power seat; left side. Audible pop was heard when in motion, after having backed out of parking space and driving forward to exit parking lot.

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Driver's seat front left corner bracket appears to have broken. When power seat is movers to front of seat raised, the left side sags and is unsupported; will not stay in up position when any pressure/weight is applied to seat. Unsure when this occurred, noticed it for first time 2 weeks ago. On-line reviews indicate several hundred othweer Forester owners experiencing identical problem with seat. Don't see any recall notice for this obvious safety issue from Subaru -why not?.

Power driver seat bracket collapses due to poor design flaw.

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Broken seat welds drivers side power seat side nearest drivers door. Seat leans considerably towards door. Seat can be moved up and down several inches. This needs to be a recall. It is very common on the 2010 model. Subaru needs to back quality. Seat welds should never break.

There is an issue with the driver side power seat that collapses due to faulty welds particularly on the left side of the seat. In which the lower seat pad can become loose and potentially detach from the chair. A number of owners own forums have reported the same occurrences between typically between 60k and 80k miles of driving. Depending on the degree of the collapse and the detachment it can present a safety risk to the driver. Investigation should be conducted into this issue.

Drivers seat support failure. My 2010 Subaru Forester limited has what appears to be a broken weld or support in the drivers seat. While the power seat still functions, the left side of the seat cushion/seat frame has collapsed. If the power seat is raised, only the right side rises creating an uneven seating surface and very uncomfortable and not particularly safe since the integrity of the seat is now in question. . Read more...

The past month or so I noticed that the driver side seat heater didn't seem to feel right on my butt. The seat seemed to almost burn me in one spot. I thought it was odd, but didn't look into it further. Just this past week I noticed that only the back heater was working. While cleaning the car out today I noticed a very small burn hole in the cloth seat. I decided to remove the seat and investigate the issue since the vehicle is no longer under warranty. During my investigation I noticed that it was definitely a burn mark and there was melted/black areas under the cloth. I did not dig too deep into the seat since I didn't want to have an issue putting it all back together. I have two pictures. One of the hole and one under the cloth. I did the best I could photographing under the cloth. I removed the power to the seat heater.

The driver's side power seat collapsed for the second time. A few months ago the right side collapsed. I found that the toggle bracket on the upper right seat frame broke loose from the lower scissor assembly that raises and lowers the seat. The toggle bracket is held the the scissor assembly by two spot welds. The spot welds broke loose causing the seat to fail. There was no Subaru TSB or warranty coverage so I removed the seat and rewelded it. Today I noticed that the left side toggle has broken loose at the same two spot welds. These welds are too weak for the application and Subaru corp should issue a recall. I ask you: where's the love from Subaru for their customers. There are many complaints for this problem on this govt website and a search on-line will reveal a lot more instances of this problem!.

While sitting stationary in parking lot, drivers power seat suddenly dropped a few inches. Upon inspection I noticed the front bracket which attaches to the underside of the seat had snapped (weld broke on the left side).

Getting into my car I heard a crack and felt the driver's seat start to lean to the left. I have not been able to determine if it is the frame of the seat or just a spring/support for the seat. Any up/down adjustment via the power seat controls has unequal results between the left and right side of the diver's seat.

While turning into a parking lot, I heard something snap under my seat (power seat). Also, the front left corner dropped and no longer supported any weight. On further investigation, I found that the left front support was no longer attached to the seat base. It appears some weld or rivets failed.