NHTSA Complaint #10381726 — 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED 10 WAY POWER SEAT - TWICE FAILED. ONCE AT ABOUT 75000 MILES AND AGAIN AT 130000 MILES. DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT FRAME BROKEN ON 2001 GRAND CHEROKEE, CAUSING SUDDEN ABRUPT MOVEMENT OF THE SEAT, AND SHORT TERM LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. FORTUNATELY, WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE WITHOUT ACCIDENT. TO DATE, I HAVE HAD TO PERFORM THE FOLLOWING REPAIRS TO THIS SEAT: 1) WELD LOWER SEAT FRAME TWICE DUE TO METAL FATIGUE FAILURE. POORLY DESIGNED; TOO THIN STOCK. 2) WELD THE SEAT BACK FRAME WHERE IT BROKE DUE TO METAL FATIGUE. AGAIN, TOO THIN MATERIAL. 3) SEAT HEATER SHORTED OUT, CAUSED SMALL BURN AREA ON THE LOWER CUSHION. I REPAIRED SAME. 4) BOTH THE BACK AND BOTTOM SEAT CUSHIONS ARE MADE OF EXPANDED FOAM RUBBER WHICH HAS DETERIORATED AND TORN IN THE SEAT FRAME AREA. THIS POORLY DESIGNED SEAT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT, AND THERE SHOULD BE A MANDATORY RECALL. I HAVE HIT SEVERAL WEBSITES RECENTLY AND FOUND LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS VERY SAME ISSUE. WHY HAS NOT THE SAFETY BOARD REQUIRED A RECALL? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN? *TR