NHTSA complaint: 2010 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY — SEATS
I WAS PUTTING THE STOW AND GO SEAT (BEHIND DRIVER'S SEAT) INTO THE STORAGE COMPARTMENT. I WAS HOLDING UP THE FLOOR BOARD FLAP IN MY LEFT HAND AND USED MY RIGHT HAND TO LIFT THE FOLDED SEAT INTO THE FLOOR COMPARTMENT. AS I FOLDED THE SEAT INTO THE COMPARTMENT, MY RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND GOT WEDGED OR CAUGHT IN THE SEAT MECHANISM. I COULD NOT GET THE FINGER OUT. I RETURNED THE SEAT TO THE UPRIGHT POSITION THINKING THAT THE FINGER WOULD BECOME LOOSE AND I COULD REMOVE IT. IT STILL WOULD NOT COME OUT. I WAS IN OUR GARAGE AND MY WIFE WAS AWAY. THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD GET MY FINGER OUT BY MYSELF. I WAS ABLE TO YELL TO A NEIGHBOR WHO CAME OVER. HE UNSCREWED ONE SCREW AND THEN USED THE SCREWDRIVER TO PRY MECHANISM OPEN SUFFICIENT WHERE I COULD REMOVE THE FINGER. I SUSTAINED A BROKEN FINGERNAIL AND CUT TO THE FINGER. HAD THE NEIGHBOR NOT HEARD ME, I WOULD HAVE STUCK UNTIL SOMEONE ARRIVED TO HELP ME.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation