NHTSA Complaint #10118020 — 2005 FORD ESCAPE

THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT IN MY 2005 FORD ESCAPE XLT IS LEANING AND POINTING TO LEFT. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE DEALER, THEY SAID THAT FORD PURPOSELY MADE THE FOAM ON THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT LESS DENSE THAN ON THE RIGHT SIDE FOR EASIER ACCESS AND EXIT OF THE VEHICLE. STILL THE SLIGHT TWISTING AND DEFECTION OF THE SEAT TO THE LEFT LEAVES ME FEELING LIKE IM IN A POOR DRIVING POSITION. THE SERVICE MANAGER ALSO STATED THAT HED BEEN TOLD BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO AT THIS TIME, MAYBE A RECALL IN THE FUTURE BUT NOTHING RIGHT NOW. I CANT BE THE ONLY PERSON CONCERNED BY THE ODD SEATING POSITION AND THE FEELING OF DISTRACTION WHILE IM DRIVING, WHICH THEN BECOMES A SAFETY ISSUE IN MY EYES. JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS WORTH A MENTION. *AK