A bolt that holds the driver's seat back upright broke, causing the seat to fully recline backwards immediately. This is the second time this seat bolt has failed. The original failure was in july, 1999 (the federal safety agency report #708738).
1996 Ford Explorer seats complaints
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Recall 03v281000. The driver side seat bolt broke . *ak the seat laid all the way to the back seat with the bolt broke. *ph
I have a 1996 ford explorer that just had it's front seat assembly fail and had to be replaced at a cost of over $300. I notice that ford has issued a recall notice but it was not for 1996 but 1998 - 01 year explorers. I spoke to the dealer that made the repair and them stated that there is not much difference between the 1996 and 1998 versions of this vehicle. They pointed me back to ford. I believe that ford is limiting this recall to save money. They should have included the 1996 model as well as other year models as evident by the problem my vehicle just experienced. The recall notice is below for reference. Thank you. . Make : ford model : explorer year : 1998 the federal safety agency campaign id number : 03v281000 recall date : aug 04, 2003 component: seats:front assembly:recliner potential number of units affected : 1552880
Seatback in my 1996 ford explorer ([xxx]) broke without warning while driving on the interstate. Cause is a fractured bolt in the reclining seatback latch.*ak information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
While removing child from car seat on second row of vehicle driver's side seat reclines back on top of consumer's leg . Dealer has been notified. However, has no remedy for seat.
While driving seatback fell backwards, and consumer ran off the road before stopping. Has contacted dealer ,and the dealer was not willing to do anything.*ak
Left front seat rocks in full elevated position, dealer said it was normal play in the power seat track. Nlm
I bought this SUV used and I thought I was getting a great vehicle, boy was I wrong. It has been one thing after another with this SUV. Please check all of my complaints this is an interior problem, these things cannot be caused by evey day use. The problems I am having are, back seat door handles are broke, the spare tire release broke the first time it was used, the air bag light went off and caused an inconvience to my family, the tires have been replaced and the alingment hasen't been right sense I've owned it, the back seat doesn't work properly, it will not release to fold forward, and the motor on the hatch hasen't worked properly from day one of my ownership. Please help me with this matter. Thank for all you do. Margie hulsey. Ml
Bolts holding back of front driver's seat have sheared off. This caused seat to recline backwards. Driver's view would be obstructed when either accelerating or braking.
Seat back failure drivers bucket seat, bolt fractured, seat back fell to recline, loss of control possible if at driving speed
A bolt that holds the driver's seat upright snapped, seatback collapsed.
The back support part of the seat collapsed while driving due to a crack in the adjustment lever. Dealer has been contacted.
When the seatback recline mechanism broke, I fell backwards and nearly lost control of the vehicle. I am only reporting this now because of a comment made by a service writer at the dealership where I had it fixed. He told me they had seen other failures like this and in fact had another customer coming in the follwing week to have the recline mechanism replaced.
Both driver's and passenger's side seats collapsed backwards during a rearend collision. Driver sustained injuries.
Front passenger seat does not move.
Power seat controls failed.
Driver seat lumbar switch failed.
Seat frame failed.
Driver's and passenger's sea rbottoms have missing spring/lumbar pumps located in wrong place under seats/insufficient padding under seats, combination results in disconfort.
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