NHTSA Complaint #11075974 — 2013 MAZDA CX-5

SINCE ABOUT 2014 WHEN I LEAVE MY VEHICLE AND RETURN MY DRIVERS SEAT WILL HAVE RECLINED ALL THE WAY BACK. FOR A FEW YEARS IT WOULD TAKE A FEW SECONDS TO RETURN UPRIGHT BUT AS OF THE LAST 3 WEEKS, IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FREQUENTLY AND NOW IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR IT TO RETURN UPRIGHT. I CAN STILL MOVE THE SEAT FORWARD AND BACK. I WILL PUSH THE BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE SEAT TO MOVE UP BUT IT WILL NOT SO I AM DRIVING WITH NO BACK SUPPORT WHICH IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE ON MY BACK. IT'S DIFFICULT TO DRIVE WITH NO BACK SUPPORT, IT'S EXCRUCIATING ON MY BACK AND MAKES DRIVING UNCOMFORTABLE. I AM AFRAID FOR MY LIFE WHEN DRIVING WITH NO BACK SUPPORT. IF I AM INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT MY BACK WILL HAVE NO SUPPORT. THE SEAT WILL NOT RETURN FORWARD FOR 30 TO 40 MINUTES. I AM AFRAID TO TRAVEL LONG DISTANCE NOW AND THIS IS HAPPENING SEVERAL TIMES A DAY AND ON A DAILY BASIS AS OPPOSED TO SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN IT HAPPENED 5 TO 6 TIMES A YEAR. WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED IN 2014, I FELT THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. OVER TIME, THIS HAS GOTTEN VERY DANGEROUS AND WORST. I READ ON THE INTERNET WHERE A LADY WHO ALSO HAD A MAZDA CX 5 SAID HER BABY WAS IN A CAR SEAT BEHIND THE DRIVERS SEAT AND THE SEAT RECLINED AND TRAPPED HER BABY. THAT INCIDENT ALONE SHOULD MAKE THE DRIVERS REPAIR A RECALL. I HOPE NO ONE GETS PARALYZED D OR KILLED FROM THIS.