1995 Ford Explorer. Consumer states seat back failure in rear -end collision the consumer stated while sitting at a red light, he was rear ended by another vehicle traveling at about 30 mph. Upon impact his vehicle was propelled into the vehicle in front of him. The consumer stated he was thrown backward, after the impact, the consumer realized he was out of his seat belt, lying across the second seat. The front seat was at a 45 degree angle and had broken brackets on both sides. The consumer sustained a serious back injury.

- South Fork, CO, USA

While driving driver's seat automatically reclined, laying the back of the seat completely down. There were no accidents. However, there was recall 03V281000 on this issue.

- Mount Vernon, IA, USA

Driver's seat recliner bolt broke, causing the driver to lose control of vehicle and hit the side of a residence.

- Carmel, IN, USA

The drivers side seat bolt on my vehicle broke, while I was driving across a school parking lot. This caused my seat to quickly fall back to the recliced position. I was able to maintain controll by pulling myself back to the upright position. This is a scary situation. Thankfully I was not traveling at highway speeds and no one was hurt.

- Arden , NC, USA

Failure of the driver's seat recliner mechanism in a crash.

- Tucson, AZ, USA

The recliner on the drivers seat broke, which caused the seat to recline backwards, the dealer replaced the bolt.

- South Lake Tahoe, CA, USA

Drivers seat collapsed while pulling over to side of the road. Manufacturer was notified. Consumer stated while pulling into a parking space, the driver seat suddenly snapped. He was propelled backwards into the rear seat, as the back of the seat broke. Passengers were in the vehicle, and could have been hurt. Also consumer was about three spaces from hitting another vehicle. Consumer feels that the design should be corrected, and concludes that if he were going any faster, this incident would have caused an accident and possibly a fatality. (the chair is secured w/only one screw, which was a tor-X head screw: Ford part#805885-558)

- Valley Stream, NY, USA

Consumer just started to drive when driver's seatback fell back, latch assembly had to be replaced.

- Arlington, TX, USA

While driving driver's side seatback collapsed. Dealer has seen vehicle.

- Knoxville, TN, USA

While driving front driver's seat belt latch just loosened without warning. Also, seat belt no longer works.

- Port St. Lucie, FL, USA