1995 Chevrolet Suburban Seats

METAL SEAT FRAME "PART #12472585" 4 BOLTS THROUGH FRAME ARE USED TO CONNECT DRIVER SEAT. METAL WILL BREAK WHERE THE FRAME IS ATTACHED ALLOWING SEAT TO PULL UP OR DROP DOWN.

DRIVER'S SEAT BACK BROKE WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE.*AK

THE FRONT SEAT FRAME HAS A BROKEN WELD, AND IT IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. *AK

SEAT TRACK AND ANCHORS BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE SEAT TO COLLAPSE. SEAT HAD TO BE REWELDED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

DRIVER'S SEAT BRACKET BROKE DUE TO INSUFFICENT MATERIAL AND THIN METAL, CAUSING SEAT TO FALL BACKWARDS INTO BACK SEAT, AND RESULTING IN SHOULDER INJURIES. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.

DRIVER'S SEAT METAL FRAME BROKE, CAUSING SEAT TO ROCK BACK AND FORTH. *AK *YC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING APPROIMATELY. 35MPH WHEN SHE BROADSIDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. IN THE IMEDIATE REAR ON THE THIRD SEAT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE THERE WERE THREE LARGE SUIT CASES. UPON IMPACT, THE THIRD SEAT COLLAPSED DUE TO A BOLT SHEARING OFF. *AK

NO SUMMARY

DRIVER'S SEAT BOLTS SEPARATED FROM THE TRACK. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THE BRACE HOLDING THE DRIVER SEAT TO THE FLOOR BROKE OFF BECAUSE OF FLAW IN MANUFACTURING. YH

ON MARCH 05, 1999 AT 7:14 P.M. I WAS THE VICTIM OF A REAR END COLLISION. THE DRIVERS SEAT OF MY SUBURBAN, PLATE# 3SLU868, COLLAPSED. AS A RESULT I SUFFERED INJURIES TO MY NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER. AS OF TODAY I HAVE NOT RECOVERED AND CONTINUE TO BE UNDER THE CARE OF STANFORD/UCSF MEDICAL CENTER. THE SEAT FAILED IN A MANNER IDENTICAL TO WHAT I HAVE FOUND ON YOUR TEST PAGES. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THIS SEAT IS DEFECTIVE AND HAS DIRECTLY AND SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO MY INJURIES. I IMPLORE YOU TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AS EVERY ACCIDENT AFFECTS THE LIVES OF AMERICAN CITIZENS AND OUR GNP. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO WORK SINCE MY ACCIDENT AND AM CONSTANTLY IN GREAT PAIN. TYPING THIS EMAIL IS PHYSICALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME. PLEASE RESPOND WITH ANY INFORMATION WHICH YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS MATTER. *AK

NO SUMMARY

SEAT ANCHOR METAL SHEARED APART CAUSING SEAT TO ROCK.. VERY UNSTABLE..DRIVER MUST HOLD STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP SEAT IN PLACE

THE FRAME ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT HAS SHEARED OFF, CAUSING THE SEAT TO MOVE BACK AND FOURTH. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

DRIVER'S SEAT MOTOR WAS ENGAGING AND DISENGAGING ON ITS OWN.CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK

SEAT LOOSE ON TRACK. MOVES APPROX QUARTER INCH WHEN ACCELERATING OR BRAKING. OUT OF WARRANTY. DEALER WILL NOT FIX. *AK

THE DRIVER'S SEAT PEDESTAL HAS BEEN REPLACED TWO TIMES AND HAS FAILED AGAIN, MOVEMENT (NOT STABLE) SEAT DUE TO FAILURE. MJS

CONSUMER'S SEAT BOLT WELD BROKE FROM THE TRACK. THERE IS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME, IE-96-093. *AK *YC

THE FRONT DRIVERS SEAT BROKE OFF THE TRACKING AND ANCHOR SYSTEM, LEAVING THE SEAT FREE TO ROCK BACK AND FOWARDS WHILE DRIVING. THE SEAT MOUNTS BROKE DURING A SUDDEN BRAKE TO AVOID A COLLISION. MANUFATURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

THE METAL OF THE DIRVER'S SEAT FRAME IS CRACKING AND SPLITERING WHERE IT THE LEFT FRONT CORNER IS ATTACHED TO THE POWER SEAT RAIL/TRACK. INITIALLY I REPORTED A SQUEAKING NOISE FROM SEAT TO A MD CHEVY DEALER IN 1996, WHO FOUND NOTHING WRONG AND EXPLAINED IT OFF AS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND SEAT WOULD NOT BE REPLACED. ON APRIL 14TH, 1999 I DISCOVERED METAL FRACTURES AFTER SQUEAKING NOISE BECAME INCREASINGLY LOUDER AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ITS CAUSE. CONTACTED CHEVROLET AT THEIR WEB SITE AND EXPRESSED MY CONCERN OVER THE APPEARENT MATERIAL FAILURE OCCURING. I RECIEIVED AN EMAIL ASKING THAT I CONTACT A SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AT 800-222-1020. I WAS TO GIVE THE REPRESENTATIVE MY REFERENCE FILE NUMBER: 990206345. I SPOKE WITH A MS. PAMELA DORSEY AT EXTENSION 3732. MS. DORSEY WAS VERY CURT AND INDICATED THAT CHEVROLET MOTOR DIVISION WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I RESEARCHED THE NHTSA DATA BASE ON THIS VEHICLE AND FOUND 25 COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME SEAT WITH THE SAME SYMPTOMS. SINCE I AM A MEMBER OF THE U.S. ARMED FORCES, I DON'T MAKE THE KIND OF MONEY TO PURCHASE ANOTHER SEAT FOR THIS VEHICLE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE SEAT FRAME FAILING IN FIVE YEARS AND UNLIKE THE OTHER COMPLAINTS, IT'S A JUST A MATTER OF TIME WHEN MY SEAT DETACHES, WORSE YET, WHILE DRIVING.

THE SEAT FRAME FOR THE LEFT FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SEAT FAILED. THERE WAS ONLY 67,000 MILES ON IT. I DROVE IT FOR A WHILE UNTIL I COULD GET IT FIXED, IF THE OTHERBOLT HAD FAILED THE SET WOULD HAVE TIPPED BACKWARDS WHILE DRIVING, I DON'T BELIEVE I WOULD HAV BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE IF THAT HAPPENNED. I HAVE KEPT THE VEHICLE AND IT IS ABOUT NINE MONTHS LATER. TEH REPLACEMENT IS BEGINNING TO FAIL IN THE SAME WAY. THIS SEEMS UNACCEPTABLE. THE DEALER HAS INFORMED ME HTEY HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM IN OTHER SUBURBANS, I HAVE HEARD OF THE SAME PROBLEM FROM OTHER OWNERS AND I SEE THE SAME PROBLEM LISTED IN YOUR COMPLAINT SUMMARY. PLEASE MAKE THEM CONRRECT THE PROBLEM. IT IS SIMPLY A POOR DESIGN AND IF BOTH BOLTS FAIL AT THE SAME TIME, IT SEEMS VERY LIKELY SOMEONE WILL GET HURT.

PE90056, POWER SEAT WAS A LITTLE LOOSE AND CAUSED IT TO CUT THE WIRES. THEN SMALL FIRE UNDER THE SEAT BROKE OUT. AFTER WIRES MELTED FIRE EXTINGUISHED BY ITSELF. DEALER'S SERVICE MANAGER REPORTED PROBLEM AND DIRECTED CONSUMER TO CALL GMC. GMC INDICATED THEY WOULD ACT ACCORDING TO WHAT THE SERVICE MANAGER REPORTED. SERVICE MANGER REPORTED "NOT MUCH OF A FIRE CAUSED BY NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR". SEAT APPEARED TO BE LOOSE. *AK

CONSUMER HEARD NOISES IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT FROM DEC--98 THROUGH MARCH 99 DUE TO A METAL PART BROKING OFF FROM THE SEAT. DEALERSHIIP REPLACED LOWER SEAT FRAME AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN THE MOUNTING BRACKET BROKE, CAUSING THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT TO BREAK LOOSE FROM THE MOUNTING AND FALL BACKWARDS, WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

DRIVER SEAT BECAME UNATTACHED TO FRAME. TAKEN TO LOCAL DEALER FOR SERVICE AND CONTACTED AREA SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE TO HAVE MANUFACTURER COVER REPAIR. REFUSED COVERAGE DUE TO MILEAGE, FACT THAT WE WERE NOT ORIGINAL OWNER, AND DID NOT OWN OTHER GM PRODUCTS. SPOKE WITH SUPERVISOR STATING THIS WAS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. MANAGER REFUSED COVERAGE ALSO. SEAT REWELDED TO FRAME BY NON-MANUFACTURER REPAIR SHOP (DUE TO HIGH COST OF REPAIR AT DEALER). REPAIR SHOP IDENTIFIED PROBLEM OVER PHONE, STATING HE HAD REPAIRED SAME PROBLEM NUMEROUS TIMES ON SUBURBANS.