Electric seat has high injury risk - beware !
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:51 pm
Our new Rocco came with an electric switch on the top of the driver's seat which allows it to move backwards and forwards to allow people to enter the rear. Today one of the car unfamiliar users accidentally caught this switch and became trapped as the seat moved backwards as he leaned into the back to pick up a package on the rear seat with the switch latched on. This started to crush his body and only his own strength and agility allowed him to escape in time before a much worse injury may have occurred. The position of this switch means it is possible to get trapped and yet keep the switch pushed with one’s midriff without realising what is causing the seat to move to stop it in time.
We did not ask for this switch as there is a more than adequate manual tilt and slide on the passenger side. This does not relate to the electric switches located on the lower side which are a lot slower moving and not possible to trap whilst in the gap. Instead this issue relates to the one on top by the headrest. Now that we are aware of the risk, we’ll be more careful to instruct new users but I suspect we’ll not be the only ones to have this problem.
We did not ask for this switch as there is a more than adequate manual tilt and slide on the passenger side. This does not relate to the electric switches located on the lower side which are a lot slower moving and not possible to trap whilst in the gap. Instead this issue relates to the one on top by the headrest. Now that we are aware of the risk, we’ll be more careful to instruct new users but I suspect we’ll not be the only ones to have this problem.
