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Old 03-31-2010, 09:47 PM
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About a month ago I was coming to a stop at a red light, and heard a snap. Upon investigation, I noticed that the front left corner of my seat pan is cracked all around the bolt. So the bolt is now just holding a small square of metal that came off of the seat pan.

I have noticed a lot of people on here have broken seats in their Jeeps as well. It seems like it is a design flaw, the seat just wasn't very well built. And I know that If I don't replace the seat soon, the increased stress on the remaining 3 bolts will cause the rest of the seat pan to fail. No other cars I have driven, some being much older than my Jeep have this problem.

It seems like a safety issue that is almost inevitable in Jeeps.

Please post here if you have a broken seat. It almost seems like something that should be recalled, since it's a safety issue.

I did submit a complaint to the Office of Defects Investigation, located here: https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/index.cfm

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Old 03-31-2010, 11:04 PM
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yup im one im on my second drivers seat, it sucks bad
Old 04-01-2010, 11:00 AM
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I havent had that happen but i recently had to put the back back on to mine.
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the drivers side seat broke on his 97. fixed it with jb weld
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o have never had the problem, in any of my cherokees. i even swapped cherokee seats into my commanche and it never had problems
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Mine's broke. I fixed it by wraping two large hose clamps around seat frame rails. That lasted about a year before they broke, so this time I put two hose clamps around the rails and then wrapped them with several layers velcro. So far so good.
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Driver side seat did the same, started with the rear left and worked it's way to the right front.
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