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Anyone get crushed by their drivers seat?

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Has happened to me a few times when the battery was disconnected or replaced. Get in the car, push the memory seat #1 button which previously had my presets. Then the seat moves up and forward and literally crushes your chest to the steering wheel. It's quite bizarre and I am sure there is some button to hit to stop it. But it is such a surprise when it happens, and it happens fast. When it stops moving I am absolutely wedged in until I move the seat. I may have a few extra pounds but anyone of normal stature would get wedged in when it happens. It's pretty crazy.
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LOL!! Sounds like the guy on that spoof video freaking about about being run over by a steam roller that is going .2 MPH and still 20 feet away.
You guys can't hop out of the seat faster than that??
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Just open the door and it will stop.
LOL!! Sounds like the guy on that spoof video freaking about about being run over by a steam roller that is going .2 MPH and still 20 feet away.
You guys can't hop out of the seat faster than that??
It happens fast enough that by the time you fiddle with the seat controls trying to stop it - it is too late to get out. Will literally crush you against the steering wheel, even door access to open and get out is difficult. There is the element of surprise, and it happens far faster than you would think. Pretty sure I have had it happen at least once after pushing the Memory 1 button when driving. Getting out at highway speed is a bit - shall we say - inconvenient. :cool:
Good one!!! I'm sure it is a software bug, only happened 1-2 times in 4 years. Not worth letting the dealership tinker around with an otherwise pretty flawless car.
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It happens fast enough that by the time you fiddle with the seat controls trying to stop it - it is too late to get out. Will literally crush you against the steering wheel, even door access to open and get out is difficult. There is the element of surprise, and it happens far faster than you would think. Pretty sure I have had it happen at least once after pushing the Memory 1 button when driving. Getting out at highway speed is a bit - shall we say - inconvenient. :cool:
OK, I thought you meant it happened after reconnecting battery, sitting still. At speed would be rough to get out, HAHA!!
Happened to me in my 2020 explorer. I turned the car off and squeezed myself out the door before I did anything else with the seat from outside the car. Very scarry.
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It happened to me last week in my 2018 ford edge titanium. I had turned to get out after putting car in park- still on. It caused a huge bruise on my hip and I was being crushed from the side- as I was trying to exit. It was very fast I didn’t even realize what was happening! My daughter was nearby and ran over and punched the automatic button on left side if driver seat to stop it. It was shocking and I now have a huge bruise on my right hip. I will report this- a 2018 model.
It happened to me last week in my 2018 ford edge titanium. I had turned to get out after putting car in park- still on. It caused a huge bruise on my hip and I was being crushed from the side- as I was trying to exit. It was very fast I didn’t even realize what was happening! My daughter was nearby and ran over and punched the automatic button on left side if driver seat to stop it. It was shocking and I now have a huge bruise on my right hip. I will report this- a 2018 model.
As I also found, it happens very quickly, too quickly to do anything if it catches you by surprise. I have no doubt people have been injured by this; the seat motors are very powerful and did not stop, despite all the pressure that is generated by forcing a person into the steering wheel.
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