2001 JEEP LAREDO Seats Problems

MY 2001 JEEP CHEROKEE LAREDO FRONT DRIVER SEAT BROKE. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REPLACE THE SEAT AND HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND ONE. I WAS DRIVING WHEN THE SEAT BROKE LUCKILY I HAD BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHTLY AND SITTING COMPLETELY STRAIGHT OR I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE LOST CONTROL OF MY CAR. IT IS SO WIDESPREAD THAT SEVERAL DIFFERENT BODY SHOPS AND JUNK YARDS HAVE TOLD ME THEY BREAK SO OTHER THEY NEVER CAN GET ONE INTACT. I HAVE LOOKED FOR OEM PARTS WHICH IS MY FIRST CHOICE AND HAVE FOUND THIS ITEM NOT AVAILABLE IT. THE BRACKET UNDER THE SEAT IS NOT VERY SUPPORTIVE AND SEEMS TO BE VERY POORLY MADE(THIN METAL) I AM NOT A MECHANIC BUT I GREW UP AROUND SEVERAL. I AM STILL HOPING TO NOT HAVE TO GIVE MY JEEP UP BECAUSE I CAN'T FIND A SEAT. WE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 JEEP LAREDO. THE CONTACT STATED THE PASSENGERS HEATED SEATS WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY AND THE DRIVERS SEAT BECAME INOPERATIVE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V117000 (SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER) DID NOT INCLUDE HER YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,050.

DRIVERS SEAT ON 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE THE BASE HAS BROKEN AND NO RESPONSE FROM DEALER OR CHRYSLER. THERE ARE NO REPLACEMENTS FOR THESE SEATS I HAVE LOOKED FOR MONTHS. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER HE QUOTED ALMOST 800 TO REPAIR IF THEY COULD FIND THE PARTS. *TR

THE SEAT OF MY 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE BROKE RIGHT OFF THE FLOOR. I CAN NOW LIFT THE SEAT RIGHT OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS NOT A SAFE SITUATION. *TR

DRIVER SIDE SEAT FRAME SEPARATED FROM SLIDE MECHANISM AT THE HEX BOLT. APPEARS TO BE VERY THIN METAL. *TR

I STARTED NOTICING THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT FELT LIKE IT WAS TIPPING. I ALSO NOTICED A NOISE AND MOVEMENT WHEN I GOT INTO THE SEAT OR TURNED A CORNER WHILE DRIVING. I REMOVED THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT ASSEMBLY AND FOUND THAT THE LEFT FRONT MOUNTING POINT HAD BROKEN AWAY FROM THE FLOOR MOUNTED TRACKS. I REMOVED THE TRACKS FROM THE SEAT FRAME AND FOUND WHERE A WEDGE SHAPED PIECE OF THE SEAT FRAME HAD BROKEN AWAY AT THE MOUNTING HOLE ALLOWING THE SEAT TO ROCK. I FOUND NUMEROUS CRACKS IN THE SEAT FRAME RADIATING OUT FROM THAT SAME MOUNTING HOLE. I ALSO FOUND A CRACK THE TOP OF THE SEAT FRAME POSSIBLY CAUSED DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. TO REPAIR THE FAILURE I WELDED THE WEDGE SHAPED PIECE BACK TO THE FRAME. I ALSO WELDED THE CRACKS RADIATING OUT FROM THAT MOUNTING HOLE. I NOTICED THAT THE MOUNTING HOLES AT...

2. BRACKET ON DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING DRIVER INSTABILITY AND HINDERING SAFETY. 3. BODY SHOP WILL ATTEMPT TO WELD BRACKET (COST ESTIMATE $150); HOWEVER, WE ARE UNSURE IF THIS WILL REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. WHILE PROCEEDING TO STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE SEAT COMPONENT COLLAPSED INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO HOLD ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO PREVENT A CRASH. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SEAT COMPONENT DETACHED FROM THE ENTIRE FRAME. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REPAIRS WOULD COST $636 FOR REPAIRS AND THAT THE FAILURE WAS VERY COMMON FOR HIS PARTICULAR YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL VEHICLE. HE ALSO ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE THE NEEDED PARTS FROM A SALVAGE YARD AND WAS INFORMED NUMEROUS TIMES THAT THE PARTS WAS SO WIDELY NEEDED THAT THEY COULD NOT KEEP THEM IN STOCK. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 171,000.

DRIVER'S SEAT WHERE IT MOUNTS TO THE MOVABLE RAILS IS BROKEN. REPEATED CALLS TO VARIOUS USED PART DEALERS SHOWS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS. APPARENTLY AT AROUND 60,000 MILES OR SO THE SEAT BREAKS. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM IN THAT THE SEAT CAN COME LOOSE DURING NORMAL DRIVING, OR DURING AN ACCIDENT CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL, SERIOUS INJURY, OR DEATH. *AK

DRIVER'S SEAT WAS TOO LOOSE AND MOVED BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED. *AK