NHTSA Complaint #10566083 — 2007 SATURN AURA

I WAS ADJUSTING MY ELECTRONIC DRIVERS SEAT WHEN I NOTICED THAT RIGHT SIDE WASN'T RESPONDING TO ANY VERTICAL ADJUSTMENTS I TRIED TO MAKE. IT STILL WORKED FORWARDS AND BACK SO I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT AND STARTED ON MY 2 HOURS DRIVE TO WORK. I DISCOVERED THAT WHENEVER I BANKED LEFT ON THE FREEWAY THAT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SEAT WOULD RAISE UP AND THEN SLAM BACK DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS NOW LOOSE. THE MOUNTING BAR FOR THE DRIVERS SEAT WAS BROKEN. IT WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE THIS WAY - ALWAYS BOUNCING AROUND MADE IT HARD TO STEER STRAIGHT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS QUOTED $600 + LABOR TO REPLACE THE SEAT. I DID NOT HAVE THE WORK DONE. I TOOK A METAL HOSE CLAMP AND SECURED THE TWO BROKEN ENDS OF THE MOUNTING BAR TOGETHER THEN WRAPPED IT WITH DUCK TAPE TO KEEP THE CLAMP IN PLACE. THE SEAT STILL COULD NOT BE RAISED OR LOWERED BUT THE FIX WORKED FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. I HAVE SEEN DOZENS OF POSTS FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT THAT THIS SHOULD HAPPEN. *TR