2000 jeep grand cherokee .. Driver and passenger seats broke from bottom brackets ... Very dangerous. My driver and passenger seats are unattached to the floor and are loose ...there are alot of complaints on this models!
2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee seats complaints
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Driver seat frame broken. Regular driving just snapped temporary fix with a c clamp. Not safe, what good is having a seat belt on if your seat is not secure?
Drivers seat frame and seat broken.
The driver's side seat in my 2000 jeep grand cherokee, got wobbly and eventually broken one side of the rails to the point where the seat has become dangerously wobbly and uncomfortable to sit in.
2000 jeep grand cherokee laredo , I was driving to work 80 MPH on the highway and all the sudden my seat driver broke I nearly crashed I spun three times before coming to a stop...... Two days later my bothers driver seat broke. I did some research online and this is a systemic problem. I am even considering legal action. I could have died, try to explain that to my wife that I died because the driver seat broke.
No event caused this failure . Car has not been in accident or misused ever. The drivers seat broke free from the sliders. Metal actually ripped around bolts. Caused seat to fall backward as I was driving. Currently have seat clamped to seat bracket as I look for new ones. Jeep swears its not a big problem as it made millions of grand cherokees. Seats can't be found in junk yards and thousands of complaints online. I wonder how many have been injured or died because of accidents caused by seat failure. Guess its hard to tell as I am sure failure of seat blamed on accident most of time.
2000 jeep grand cherokee driver seat frame broke. Began wobbling then cracked while I was driving the vehicle causing the seat to fall forward then backwards.
I have a 2000 jeep grand cherokee laredo 4x4. About a year or more ago, my front driver's seat began to "wobble"... It was only a very minuscule amount at first, but has gradually increased in severity and is now a completely broken seat. The left side of the driver's seat can completely be lifted up on its side and is fully detachable. The brackets and seat mount under the seat have broken completely and the metal is snapped. This is a very serious problem as the driver seat may completely detach sporadically during operation. Visiting a body shop at the beginning of 2010 I was told that replacing the seat would cost at least $500.00 and that the most cost efficient method would be to consider a replacement seat from the junk yard. As I began searching around for seats, I began to notice a very strange pattern: all the jeep's with my make and model from about 1999 to at least 2003 or 2004 had their front seats already missing within a matter of days upon their initial arrival to the junk yard. It was almost impossible to find a driver's seat that would fit my make and model because others around the country were. Confronted with this irony, I began to search online for remedies to my issue and to see if other consumers had faced similar problems with their jeeps. I was astonished and deeply disturbed to find their was a web page filled with comments from other consumers experiencing the same exact issue with the driver's seat and in some cases, the driver's seat had detached during vehicular operation (for example, while making right turns). These comments dated back to 2007 and majority of them, if not all, dealt with jeep grand cherokee laredos from the year 2000. This is a major problem and there is a proven track record of this seat defect. The number of cases is too large to be irony. Please advocate for a recall on behalf of consumers who are facing this.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 jeep grand cherokee laredo. The contact was driving approximately 30 MPH when the driver seat fractured. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic and the mechanic referred the contact to the dealer. He then called the dealer and was advised that the driver seat would need replacing. The manufacturer was not contacted to report the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 82,000 and the current mileage was 85,000.
Seat brackets under driver seat have broken, which causes seat to move when going around bends, getting in and out of seat. The way the bracket has broken, the seat can physically be lifted up off the floor. We removed the seat, there is only 1 of the 4 brackets not broken, so if the last one would break the seat could tip over or fall backwards or forwards. If you would go around a bend, you would either hit up against the door or against the console depending on which direction you turn. If you would have to slam on the brakes the seat would fly forward into the steering wheel. We have fixed the seat once by rewelding the brackets, and they broke again, so we now have completely replaced the seat with a seat from a different jeep. After the initial repair, it took about a year for it to break again.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 jeep grand cherokee. The contact was sitting in the vehicle when he heard a noise in the drivers seat. When he started driving, the seat began wobbling out of control. When he inspected it, he noticed two cracks in the seat frame. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact called the dealer and was told that they had to repair the entire frame. The manufacturer was not been notified. The current and failure mileages were approximately 150,000.
Drivers seat apparently cracks, starts squeaking, wobbles and then breaks. I have taken it to be welded three times now and each time it lasts from a couple of months to a couple of years before the problem occurs again. It has now broken for the forth time. Electric seat motor also fails to lift the seat under its own power without helping by pulling the seat forward while selecting the seat forward position on the seat motor control.
Without any prior signs, the frame on the underside of the front seat my 2000 jeep grand cherokee broke. It appears that the metal near the bolt was weak and simply snapped. After searching online, it appears that this is a common problem. Fortunately I haven't had the problem with the seat turning into a rocking chair yet but I fear that it is inevitable. This vehicle has less than 50,000 miles on it and has never been used for anything more than normal everyday driving. I find it disgusting that the manufacturer has not done a recall on an issue that ranges for a number of model years and is instead forcing us to pay to make our cars minimally safe. When you purchase a car, you don't expect the metal in it to just break!
2000 jeep grand cherokee ltd. Is riddled with safety problems. Chief among them is the drivers side seat frame. Bottom part of the seat frame has busted in several places. This is a serious matter and daimler/chrysler should be held accountable. New seats are not easy to find and if you can find one the price is astronomically outrageous.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated while driving under normal conditions, the driver side seat frame fractured. The contact stated that the seat would feel loose for some time before fracturing. The vehicle was not inspected or repaired. The failure and current mileage was 130,000. Updated 01/13/11*lj the consumer believed the failure was due solely due to inadequate material used in the manufacturing of the seat frame and mount assemblies. The consumer was informed the mount was no longer available from chrysler. Updated 01/25/11.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 jeep grand cherokee. While the contact was driving approximately 35 MPH, approaching a traffic stop signal, the front driver seat abruptly moved in the backward position without assistance. The vehicle was driven to the side of the road and inspected. The contact stated an unknown part disengaged underneath of the seat. The vehicle resumed with caution. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000. Updated 02/03/11*lj the consumer stated the front driver's side seat broke. The steel bracket which attached the seat to the frame snapped and broke. Updated 03/17/11
The tabs that hold my driver's side seat to the track assembly on my 2000 jeep grand cherokee laredo have completely broken. The dealership quoted $500+ to fix their faulty product. The incident happened while merging onto I-75 near atlanta and I wound up laying in my back seat. I know that I am not alone in this issue as I have checked several forums and junk-yards all of whom report the it as a common occurrence. Chrysler's chosen viewpoint of not fixing a severe safety concern is unacceptable.
The metal frame holding the driver's seat in place broke in two places.
About six months ago, I heard a snap and felt the right side of my driver's seat in my 2000 jeep grand cherokee laredo become loose and wobble. Today, 10/17/ 2010, as I exited my jeep I heard another snap and discovered that the bolts connecting my seat to the vehicle had broken. The seat is completely disconnected from the vehicle. I weigh 185 lbs and have been the owner of the vehicle since august 2004. The safety issue has not yet been repaired. If there were an accident, it is possible that I along with the seat could be ejected from the vehicle.
Drivers seat frame is broken.
The bracket of my seat frame that hold on my seat of my grand cherokee laredo 2000 broke, all three of them are broken, I felt something off with the seat but never saw anything, and today the seat got out of place completely almost causing me to get into an accident, I check on the internet and there's a lot of people with the same exact problem. This is a safety concern!!
A few months ago I noticed the drivers seat of my 2000 grand cherokee began to make popping noises when I would turn corners or accelerate. Just the other day when I accelerated from a stop, there was a loud pop and my drivers seat turned into a rocking chair. It tipped all the way back to the back seat nearly causing me to loose control and crash into the car in front of me. I took my jeep into the dealership and they quoted me a price of more than a thousand dollars to replace the seat bracket. I then did some research on the internet and found that there are hundreds of others that have the same problem. There is definitely a safety problem and why is there not a recall? Does it take people being killed to get something done? I can not afford to put over a thousand dollars into my jeep at this time and others have had the seats welded but the welds do not hold.
I have a 2000 jeep grand cherokee which I've had for about 7 years now. About 6 months ago, the bracket on my drivers side front seat broke. I replaced it and about two months later the metal seat frame on the same side broke and I'm in the process of looking for replacement. Apparently from what I've gathered online through numerous website, this is a very common problem with the jeep. Poor quality...very unsafe.
The driver's side front seat has a rail on the top left side where the bolt will break through the rail causing the driver to loose control of the vehicle, injure themselves and others in and out of the vehicle. I have only experienced the squeaky sounds that happen just before the break. I did a search for complaints on several websites and found at least 1500 complaints on the this subject, per website. Why are we waiting for a death or injury for the dealer to fix this problem?? This problem has the potential to do so!! From the investigating I have done no one could have caused the problem but the manufacturer itself. The solution to this problem is to replace the defective rail. I will not do this at my own cost. I would encourage others to complain here and chrysler corporate.
Drivers seat track/bracket and bolts that bolts the seat to the unibody frame broke during normal operation.
The front seat in my 2000 jeep grand cherokee had broke. The welds and bolts have broke.
I think it is ridiculous that a drivers seat can completely break from everyday use . My seat ( and hundreds, maybe thousands of others that I've seen on-line) just decided to break one day . Welds - welds- I'm a welder and I do not understand how a car - 2000 jeep grand cherokee - can be put on the market and a total failure of a drivers seat can occur . It is just inexcusable and I cant believe there was never a recall for this . I wonder how many people have been killed from this defect . I'm sure there have been many and many others severely injured because of this horrible failure . I seriously don't know of any other vehicle that this happens to . I've owned many cars and have many friends and relatives who have owned cars and not one has ever had a seat where the welds completely snapped off - just broke at all the welds - like the 2000 grand cherokee . You want proof ? Go online and google search this topic and you will see hundreds of similar complaints . I was not able to re-weld this seat because the damage was so severe . I had to replace the entire seat new .... Because no junk yards or online services ( e-bay ) have any used ones available because the problem is so widespread . This is a very serious and potentially dangerous- very dangerous defect and I feel there should be a recall on this particular vehicle . I really can't believe there hasn't been one . I'm sure if you stress - tested this vehicle you would have found the defect in the first place . I'm only 185 pounds so my weight could not have caused complete breakage . I just got in the vehicle one day and the whole seat just snapped right off the frame ! How was this not discovered by jeep during testing ? I believe it was and was just overlooked because it was already in production and would have been to costly . Bottom line is this is a very dangerous vehicle because of this seat defect thank you
2000 jeep grand cherokee: while making a left hand turn, the left front driver's side seat rail detached from the floor rail. The steel was weak and the bolt holding it down appears to have "ripped" right through the steel rail. Now the front left corner of the seat moves up and down about six inches. This is, hopefully, a one-time failure, but very dangerous. I haven't found a replacement yet. Thousands of people have complained about this problem. There should be a recall.
2000 jeep grand cherokee broken drivers seat. Frame for seat has failed in three places. I am 5'10" at 180 lbs and of average build. I am the second owner and have owned the jeep since 2004. I have taken good care of this jeep and provided regular maintenance since I purchased it. The seat frame connecting to the floor failed causing the seat to become unstable. I repaired the bracket with welding. A second failure occurred between the frame weld to the upright seat support causing the seat to recline uncontrollably. This failure occurred during operation and nearly caused an accident. The should be recalled and fixed before someone is seriously injured.
Driver side seat broke on 2000 jeep grand cherokee laredo. Seems to be the frame on front and rear now it wobbles.
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