NHTSA Complaint #10967370 — 2010 MAZDA MAZDA3

MAZDA RECALL #: 0917B NHTSA RECALL #: 17V-082 WHILE CAR WAS OFF/STATIONARY, I SAT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND HEARD A POP AS THE SEAT ROCKED BACKWARD. LOOKED UNDER THE SEAT AND SAW THAT TWO BRACKETS HAD SNAPPED. IT NOW FORCES AN UNSAFE DRIVING POSITION SINCE THE SEAT NO LONGER STAYS IN PLACE. IT LEANS BACKWARDS FREELY AND IS CLEARLY UNSAFE FOR DRIVING BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUPPORT WHATSOEVER FOR THE DRIVER. IT WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. I CONTACTED MAZDA FACTORY SERVICE AFTER HAVING A LOCAL SERVICE CENTER INSPECT THE PROBLEM AND THEY DETERMINED THAT IT IS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENS AND HOW IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT IS UNRELATED TO THIS RECALL.