NHTSA Complaint #10565305 — 2012 MAZDA MAZDA3

TOOK DELIVERY OF 2012 MAZDA3 I GRAND TOURING WITH 19,293MILES ON IT. NOTICED DRIVER'S SEAT ROCKED BACK AND FOURTH UNDER ACCELERATION AND BRAKING. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE I GOT IT AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE IT TO MAZDA DEALER AS IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO LOCAL MAZDA DEALER ON FEB 17 2014 AND THEY NOTICED THE ROCKING IN THE SEAT AND REPLACED THE SEAT TRACK. AFTER REPLACING THE TRACK, THE SEAT STILL ROCKED AND THE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THE FACT IT WAS STILL DOING IT. THEY CONTACTED MAZDA TECHNICAL SUPPORT WHO GOT BACK WITH THEM TODAY, FEB 21 2014, AND MAZDA TECH SUPPORT SAID IT IS NORMAL FOR THE SEAT TO DO THIS. I FIND IT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE THAT EVERY TIME I HIT THE BRAKES MY SEAT ROCKS FORWARD, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN AN ACCIDENT? IS THE SEAT GOING TO HOLD UP? I HOPE SOMEONE TAKES A HARD LOOK AT THIS ISSUE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS OF THIS ALL OVER THE MAZDA3 FORUMS AS WELL, WITH SIMILAR RESPONSES FROM MAZDA. I PERSONALLY THINK IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR