Hello from Ohio.

I've dealt with the rattling dash and the squeaking clutch successfully, but I've got a problem with the front seats that is making me crazy. The seat moves backward one or two notches, on one side of the seat, while I'm driving.

When I move the seat I've been taking special care to make sure it's locked into place, and it is, but that doesn't stop it from moving on it's own later. I haven't noticed any particular pattern for when it happens, and naturally it's not reproducible when it's at the dealer.

The dealership is telling me this isn't possible and that they can't find anything wrong, yet it keeps moving. Anyone else had this issue?

Anyone else had this issue?

Sure have - exactly as you described your problem with the seat moving on it's own. You are not alone!

It's not been very often but it sure feels weird when it does happen, like the seat is crooked or something. Maybe five or six times in the three months of almost daily driving since I took delivery of my Patriot. Hasn't happened in the last couple of weeks now that I think about it. Seems to be limited to slippage on just one side/track but not always the same one.

Maybe we each need an exorcist working on our vehicles instead of a mechanic to cast out the demon giving life to our seats? :D

Mike

I've also had this. What I do now is when I adjust the seat after my wife drives it, i push back very had in the seat and then try to shift it forward and back with my weight making sure that it locks in to place. This seems to work for me.

Out of interest is your seat loose on the rear left?

Hello from Ohio.

I've dealt with the rattling dash and the squeaking clutch successfully, but I've got a problem with the front seats that is making me crazy. The seat moves backward one or two notches, on one side of the seat, while I'm driving.

When I move the seat I've been taking special care to make sure it's locked into place, and it is, but that doesn't stop it from moving on it's own later. I haven't noticed any particular pattern for when it happens, and naturally it's not reproducible when it's at the dealer.

The dealership is telling me this isn't possible and that they can't find anything wrong, yet it keeps moving. Anyone else had this issue?

what did they do to fix the clutch squeak?

This has got to be an easily solved problem. The seat sliding mechanisms are simple. Perhaps you should try another dealer.

Years ago, I had a Plymouth Laser, sporty little coupe with a five speed. The cruise control started disengaging, usually after hitting a slight bump, even a crack in the asphalt. Dealer #1 "couldn't reproduce the problem". Dealer #2 experienced the problem, tested a module, which was ok, so they threw up their hands – "Sorry, we really don't know what's causing this". They wanted to charge me $75.00, which I eventually talked them out of. I put up with the problem a while longer. One day, and I don't remember why, I crawled under the dash and looked up with a flashlight. Up where the brake and clutch pedal shafts entered the firewall, there was a pivoting crossbar which tilted when the brake or clutch was depressed. In the middle of the pivot was a switch, the cruise control shutoff switch, as it turned out. It was attached to the pivot with a single screw. The screw was loose. I tightened the screw. Problem solved. That was the problem that stymied two dealers.:doh:

Hope your problem turns out to be so simple. Good luck!

By the way, both of those Chrysler dealers were dropped from my shopping list when buying the Patriot.