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I recently bought a loaded 2001 Sahara and I put about 3500 miles on it. After the initial excitement of the
purchase wore off I noticed that my back and neck hurt everytime I drove it. Whenever I hit a bump I would bounce
out of the seat(and not a off road bump, either). Closer inspection revealed that both front seats were skewed
outward. In other words, when I sat in the seat comfortably(snugly with my back aligned with the centerline of the
seat), I was NOT looking down the center of the steering wheel(as would be expected), but slightly toward the
tachometer. Subconsciously trying to crrect this obvious factory defect was causing my neck and back pain.
Attempting to sit facing the exact front of the jeep caused me to line up on the seat incorrecty, thereby allowing
me to easily bounce out of the seat when hitting even the smallest bump.
I am absolutely astonished a major defect could be relased from the factory in this fashion. It is so obvious(I
should have seen it, but bear in mind my initial "first new car" excitement) it is almost laughable.
I see three possibilites for this:
1. The floor pan has been incorrectly drilled and studded.
2. The subframe used to fasten the seat to the floor was incorrectly tooled from the subcontractor.
3. The seat itself was incorrectly tooled from the subcontractor.
I can not believe #1, so it must be #2 or #3.
The dealer acknowledged the problem, and actually went so far as to redrill the mounting holes in the bottom of the
suubframe. How laughable! Could you imagine my dismay when I heard that? And it was done without my knowledge or
ok! All this for $25000+!
Has anyone else had this problem? You can easily verify if you do by just looking at your front drivers seat on a
Sahara(Sport and SE may have the same problem). The stitched centerline on the seat will visibly veer to the
drivers side view mirror(not to mention the feeling while sitting it it). Like the passenger seat will do the
same(albeit not as much).
If no one else has this problem(and I would qualify even mild cases of the seat yawing as having the problem) than
perhaps the problem is not pandemic and can be resolved by a new subframe(or seat). If more people than me have the
problem then Jeep must address this issue as it is one not only of aesthetics but safety as well. Having a dealer
redrill the seat subframe is unnacceptable on a new car. My question to the dealer when I heard he did that was
"Are you personally going to now crash test this car since you changed the stress points and g-force limit on these
front seats?". The answer?
Stony silence.
I recently bought a loaded 2001 Sahara and I put about 3500 miles on it. After the initial excitement of the
purchase wore off I noticed that my back and neck hurt everytime I drove it. Whenever I hit a bump I would bounce
out of the seat(and not a off road bump, either). Closer inspection revealed that both front seats were skewed
outward. In other words, when I sat in the seat comfortably(snugly with my back aligned with the centerline of the
seat), I was NOT looking down the center of the steering wheel(as would be expected), but slightly toward the
tachometer. Subconsciously trying to crrect this obvious factory defect was causing my neck and back pain.
Attempting to sit facing the exact front of the jeep caused me to line up on the seat incorrecty, thereby allowing
me to easily bounce out of the seat when hitting even the smallest bump.
I am absolutely astonished a major defect could be relased from the factory in this fashion. It is so obvious(I
should have seen it, but bear in mind my initial "first new car" excitement) it is almost laughable.
I see three possibilites for this:
1. The floor pan has been incorrectly drilled and studded.
2. The subframe used to fasten the seat to the floor was incorrectly tooled from the subcontractor.
3. The seat itself was incorrectly tooled from the subcontractor.
I can not believe #1, so it must be #2 or #3.
The dealer acknowledged the problem, and actually went so far as to redrill the mounting holes in the bottom of the
suubframe. How laughable! Could you imagine my dismay when I heard that? And it was done without my knowledge or
ok! All this for $25000+!
Has anyone else had this problem? You can easily verify if you do by just looking at your front drivers seat on a
Sahara(Sport and SE may have the same problem). The stitched centerline on the seat will visibly veer to the
drivers side view mirror(not to mention the feeling while sitting it it). Like the passenger seat will do the
same(albeit not as much).
If no one else has this problem(and I would qualify even mild cases of the seat yawing as having the problem) than
perhaps the problem is not pandemic and can be resolved by a new subframe(or seat). If more people than me have the
problem then Jeep must address this issue as it is one not only of aesthetics but safety as well. Having a dealer
redrill the seat subframe is unnacceptable on a new car. My question to the dealer when I heard he did that was
"Are you personally going to now crash test this car since you changed the stress points and g-force limit on these
front seats?". The answer?
Stony silence.
