NHTSA Complaint #11079652 — 2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

THE JEEP WAS STATIONARY WHEN THERE WAS A SOUND, WHEN I STARTED DRIVING THE SEAT BEGAN TO WOBBLE FROM SIDE TO SIDE (LEFT TO RIGHT) AND IT FELT LIKE THE SEAT COULD COME OFF, I HAD TO BRACE MY LEG AGAINST THE DOOR TOO KEEP THE SEAT SEMI-STABLE. LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE I FOUND A WHOLE WEBSITE DEDICATED TO COMPLAINTS, AS WELL AS A WHOLE WEBSITE DEDICATED TO SELLING NEW BRACKETS TO COUNTERACT THIS PROBLEM. IF A THIRD PARTY HAVING TO SELL PARTS FOR A SPECIFIC ISSUE ISNT TELLING ON HOW COMMON IT IS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. I HAVE YET TO BRING IT IN TO THE SHOP, HOWEVER ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINTS ITS AN ISSUE WITH THEM MAKING WEAK BRACKETS THAN CAN FAIL DURING A CRASH. HERE IS THE WEBSITE DOCUMENTING COMPLAINTS, AS WELL AS THE WEBSITE FOR PARTS. HTTP://JEEPSEATBRACKETPROBLEMS.BLOGSPOT.COM/ HTTPS://WWW.JEEPSEATBRACKET.COM/PAGES/THE-PROBLEM WE WILL BE GETTING IT DIAGNOSED, HOWEVER IT SEEMS THIS SHOULD BE AN ISSUE THAT IS ADDRESSED, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING HOW DANGEROUS THIS COULD BE BOTH WITH IF IT BROKE WHILE DRIVING, AND IN A CRASH! I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE A RECALL, OR HAVE ALL THE OWNERS OF CARS WITH THIS PROBLEM FIXED AT THEIR COST WITH HOW COMMON IT SEEMS, AND IM UPSET THEY HAVENT ADDRESSED IT.