Front Seat Recliner Problems of Subaru Forester

On oct. 5,2007 - I was stopped at a traffic light. An illegal alien without a drivers license was looking for his cell phone and traveling at least 15-20 miles over the posted speed - slammed into the back of my car. It sent my car through the intersection and turned it completely around. While this was going on the seatback of my driver's seat collapsed onto the back seat. Because of the collapse - my seatbelt did not protect me - it nearly severed my left ear. I have no memory of any of it. I have a brain slosh injury - (similar to shaken baby syndrome). I have double vision, neck pain, and back pain. I have memory problems and lost two weeks pay for the two weeks I missed of work. I still have all these problems a month later, but unfortunately, if you want to eat and have bills to pay - you have to work!.

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Several times, driver's seat reclines all the way back unexpectedly. With a car seat behind the driver, the car seat reclines directly into the child safety seat.

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While approaching a highway toll booth, I raised my hips to remove my wallet from my back pocket. This obviously placed pressure on the seat back, which then suddenly released and reclined causing me to nearly lose control of the car. After returning the seat to its upright position and exiting the toll booth, the seat back again suddenly reclined while I attempted to place my wallet in my back pocket. In trying to determine the cause, I discovered that the seat belt had become looped around the seat back release lever. In raising my hips to retrieve my wallet, I exerted tension on the lap portion of the safety belt, which in turn pulled up the lever and released the seat back. I have noticed the belt looped around the release lever on at least one other occasion. It appears that in the normal course of getting in and out of the car, the belt can become looped around the lever and thereby creating a potentially dangerous situation.

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