1999 Ford Explorer Seats

THE BACK OF MY DRIVER SEAT IN MY 1999 FORD EXPLORER RECLINES AT TIMES WITHOUT NOTICE.

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SEAT FELL ALL THE WAY BACK AND INJURED THE DRIVERS' BACK. CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 03V28100 FOR THIS PROBLEM AFTER THE INCIDENT. BUT DEALER REFUSED T0 HONOR RECALL.*AK

WHEN RECLINING FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEATBACK RECLINING BOLT DISCONNECTED FROM THE SEAT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

THE SEAT LATCH ASSEMBLY BROKE. *AK *JB

THE FRONT ROW ELECTRIC BUCKET SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARD WITHOUT WARNING. *JB THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE SEAT, HAD CRYSTALLIZED AND BROKE. SCC

THE VEHICLE'S SEAT BACK GAVE WAY WITHOUT WARNING WHEN THE CONSUMER EXITED THE PARKING LOT. HE SUSTAINED MINOR NECK AND LOWER BACK INJURIES. THE DEALER STATED A BOLT HAD BROKEN/SHEARED OFF LEAVING THE SEAT UNSUPPORTED. *PH *JB *CB

DRIVER SEAT RECLINE MECHANISM FAILURE, FRAME OF SEAT CRACKED, SEAT STUCK IN RECLINE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE PASSENGER SEAT RECLINED WITHOUT WARNING.*AK. THE CONSUMER STATED THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SEATS MECHANISM WAS OF POOR QUALITY. FORD HAD A RECALL ON THE DRIVERS SEAT BUT NOT THE PASSENGER SEAT. *JB

PASSENGER SIDE HIGH BACK SEAT BOLT RECLINER MECHANISM BROKE, WHICH CAUSED THE SEAT TO COLLAPSE. RECALL 03V281000 ON HIGH BACK SEAT, HOWEVER THE RECALL DID NOT INCLUDE THE PASSENGER SIDE. CONSUMER SAID " THE MANUFACTURER FELT ONE REPAIR WAS LIABLE". *AK *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE DRIVER SEAT WILL FULLY RECLINE BACK CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED LIMIT OF 45 MPH BOTTOM BOLT THAT HOLDS DRIVERS SEAT BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO FOLD BACK. CONSUMER HAD BARELY SURVIVED THIS INCIDENT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE MECHANISM THAT HOLDS THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK BROKE. TOOK TO THE DEALER AND THE SEAT WAS FIXED. AFTER A FEW DAYS LATER IT BROKE AGAIN, THIS TIME NOT ONLY THE MECHANISM, BUT THE PLASTIC SIDE COVER AND THE SEAT COVER WERE DAMAGED. CONSUMER STATED THERE MAY BE A DESIGN DEFICIENCY OF THE MECHANISM OR A MANUFACTURER DEFICIENCY OF THE ENTIRE SEAT. *YH

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BACK DECLINED BACKWARDS. THIS RESULTED IN THE DRIVER HAVING POOR VISIBILITY. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT LATCH WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE SEATBACK BROKE, CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL MOMENTARILY. I AM NOT A LARGE PERSON I AM 6'3" AND 220 LBS. I AM SURE THAT IF THERE HAD BEEN MORE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD THER WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD INTO THIS BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT WOULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT FOR SOMEONE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, DRIVER'S SEATBACK REST COLLAPSED COMPLETELY BACKWARD. DEALER NOTIFED AND NOTICE THAT BOLT WAS SHEARING OFF. *AK CONSUMER ADDS SEAT BOLTS SNAPPED IN HALF CAUSING SEAT BACK TO COLLAPSE AND DRIVERS HANDS WENT OFF THE STEERING WHEEL AND FOOT HIT THE GAS PEDAL CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE OUT OF CONTROL. *TT

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SEAT FELL BACK. DEALER DETERMINED IT BROKE AT SEAT BOTTOM. *AK

DRIVER SEAT MOVED BACK AND FORWARD. ALSO, RECLINED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *AK

ARM REST IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK IS IN THE WAY OF WHERE THE CHILD SEAT IS THE BEST PLACE TO GO.DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY MAKE NO OTHER SEATS. *AK

POOR DESIGN OF THE PASSENGER SEAT (BENCH) WILL NOT LOCK IN PLACE. HOWEVER, WHEN A PASSENGER IS GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE THE BENCH TILT UP IN THE REAR PART OF SEAT CAUSING FAILURE WHICH COULD RESULT IN POSSIBLE INJURY. *YC

WHEN EITHER ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT WILL MAKE A POPPING SOUND AND MOVE (SHORT DISTANCES). THE MANUFACTURER HAS CLAIMED IT HAPPENS ON ALL 1999 EXPLORER MODELS (EDDIE BAUER VERSION) WITH ELETRONIC SEATS. I AM WORRIED THAT THE SEAT COULD BE DESIGNED INCORRECTLY AND POSSIBLY MOVE FORWARD DURING AN ACCIDENT SINCE IT WILL MOVE DURING NORMAL ACELERATIONS AND DECELERATIONS.

WHEN LIFTING THE LATCH ON THE SEAT, THE LATCH SPRING FLIPPED OFF, AND THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE. SEAT ROCKS FORWARD AND BACKWARD ON THE RAILS, AND THE BACK OF THE SEAT GOES UP AND DOWN. *AK

FRONT SEAT HINGE MADE OF 3 STEEL SLOTTED PLATES, THE MIDDLE PLATE SLIDES W/MOVEMENT OF SEAT. WITH SEATBACK IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION ALL THREE SLOTS LINE UP, ALLOWING CHILD TO EASILY INSERT FINGER THROUGH HOLE. UPON MOVING SEATBACK FORWARD, MIDDLE PLATE SLID, AMPUTATING CHILDS INDEX FINGER.