NHTSA Complaint #10230385 — 2000 DODGE INTREPID

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SEAT SUDDENLY RECLINED ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK SEAT. THE CONTACT SLIPPED UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL AND COULD NOT TOUCH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND STATED THAT IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 07/15/08. *LJ THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE RECALL WAS DONE AND HAD BEE PERFORMED CORRECTLY. THE RECALL INVOLVED REPLACING THE DRIVER SEAT RECLINER BOLTS. THE BOLTS WERE INTACT AND INSTALLED CORRECTLY. THE DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS INTERNALLY IN THE SEAT RECLINER MECHANISM AND THAT WAS NOT APART OF THE RECALL. UPDATED 07/15/08