1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Seats Problems

THE SEATS COLLAPSED IN A 45MPH REAR END CRASH THE FRAMES WERE COMPLETELY SNAPPED MY DAD AND I FLEW IN THE BACK SEAT I WAS HANGING OVER THE BACK SEAT AND I HAD MY SEAT BELT ON SO DID MY DAD. I WAS THE DRIVER AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO REACH THE PEDALS TO STOP THE JEEP AFTER THE CRASH. *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BREAKS, MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS! *TT

1997 JEEP CHEROKEE DRIVERS SEAT BACK BROKE DURING LOW SPEED REAR END COLLISION. 2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX SLID ON SLUSH AT STOPLIGHT. 1997 JEEP CHEROKEE HAD NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. THE ACCIDENT CAUSED A CRACKED TAIL LIGHT, AND MINOR SCRATCHES ON TOW HITCH, AND REAR BUMPER SKIN, IN ADDITION TO THE SEATS BEING DAMAGED. THE 04 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX REQUIRED A HOOD AND BUMPER-SKIN, BUT NO BUMPER SUPPORT, RADIATOR SUPPORT, AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT OR OTHER DAMAGE. THE PASSENGER SEAT FRAME OF THE 1997 JEEP IS BENT AND PRESUMABLY BROKEN. BOTH REQUIRE PROFESSIONAL RE-WELDING AND REPAIR, ESTIMATED AT $250 PER SEAT. SETTLED WITH DRIVER OUT OF COURT FOR WISCONSIN MINIMUM DAMAGE WAIVER OF $1000 MODERATE BACK PAIN RESULTED FROM COLLISION FROM THE DRIVER, PASSENGER WAS UNINJURED. THE VEHICLE HAS NO RUST, AND IS IN GOOD OVERALL CONDITION. THIS WAS AN OBVIOUS RESULT OF POOR MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES USED IN THE SEAT CONSTRUCTION. *TR

DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE, METAL SNAPPED WHERE ATTACHED TO TRACK. *TR

THE DRIVERS SEAT MOUNTING BRACKET THAT BOLTS TO FLOOR BOARD IS DEFECTIVE AND CANNOT BE CONSIDERED TO BE SAFE TO ALL DRIVERS WHO OWN THIS VEHICLE. I HAD ORIGINAL BRACKET BRAKE AFTER ONLY 50,000 AND NOW AFTER 108,000 HAVE HAD THAT BRACKET BRAKE. IF BRACKET BRAKES SO EASILY THEN IN A WRECK THE PROBABILITY OF IT BREAKING HAS TO BE GREAT AND WOULD RESULT IN ADDITIONAL INJURIES. THE SEAT WOULD BE MOVABLE AND WOULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING SMOKE STARTED TO COME FROM THE FRONT POWERE DRIVE SEAT. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

I WAS INVOLVED IN A SEVERE CAR ACCIDENT IN WHICH I WAS REAR-ENDED. I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP WHEN I WAS HIT BY A TUNDRA AT 45-50 MPH. MY 1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WAS TOTALED AND MY SEAT (DRIVER'S SEAT) BROKE BACKWARDS ON IMPACT, WHICH RESULTED IN SEVERE BACK, NECK AND KNEE PAIN (DUE THE SEAT BACK BREAKING MY RIGHT KNEE HIT THE AREA UNDERNEATH THE STEERING WHEEL -SURGERY IS STILL PENDING; I AM ATTENDING PHYSICAL REHABILITATION 3X PER WEEK). *LA..UPDATED 10/30/13 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE ALSO BEGAN LEAKING GAS. UPDATED 11/4/2013 * JS

DRIVER'S SEAT HEATER FELT VERY HOT IN ONE SPOT. THIS CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE THE SEAT HEATER STOPPED WORKING. I HAVE HEARD OF OTHER INCIDENTS WHERE THERE WERE BURN MARKS IN THE SEAT , BUT I THIS CASE THERE APPEARS TO BE NONE. I CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER WHICH REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING DESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURED TWO YEARS AGO AND WAS REPAIRED AT MY EXPENSE.

WIRE IN DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT THAT HELPS SEAT TO HEAT UP HAD A SHORT IN IT, AND CAUSED A SMALL BURNED HOLE IN SEAT, WHEN CHECKING THE SEAT WIRE WAS BURNED, AND OTHER WIRES WERE ALSO BURNED. *AK

A COIL WIRE FOR AUTOMATIC SEAT FAILED. YH

VIBRATIDRIVER SEAT DOES NOT MOVE FOWARD OR REVERSE, SWITCH ELECTRIC SEAT ADJUSTER, REPLACED SWITCH.

DRIVERS SEAT DOES NOT MOVE FOWARD OR REVERSE, SWITCH, ELECTRIC SEAT ADJUSTER TESTED AND REPLACE.

SEAT HEATER FAILED.