1989 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Seats Problems

DRIVER SEAT BACK RETAINING BOLT BROKE LEADING TO TOTAL REARWARD COLLAPSE OF DRIVER SEAT WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. IN SPEAKING WITH MY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TODAY IT CAME TO MY ATTENTION THAT HE HAS OR HAD A VEHICLE IN HIS POSSESSION FOR REPAIR OF VERY SAME DEFECT RECENTLY.

Mileage: 165,000

NHTSA RECALL 93-V-187-000: RECLINER MECHANISM AND SEAT FRAME MAY HAVE FOAM AND/OR VINYL BETWEEN THEM, CREATING A "SOFT" JOINT. THIS "SOFT" JOINT RESULTS IN LOWER THAN SPECIFIED BOLT TORQUE WHICH LEADS TO JOINT LOOSENESS, CAUSING BOLT FATIGUE AND EVENTUAL BOLT FAILURE. CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM . HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT RECALLED DUE TO THE VIN. *AK

CONSUMER HAD RECALL 93V187000 FOR SEAT RECLINING & HAD IT REPAIRED. PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. DEALER FELT THAT HE WAS NOT OBLIGATED TO REPAIR IT AGAIN. *AK

SECOND FALIURE OF REPAIRED DRIVERS SEATBACK. DRIVERS SIDE (LEFT) RECLINER BOLT BROKE CAUSING DRIVER TO STIKE HEAD ON DOOR PILLAR AS HE WAS THROWN REARWARD DURING ACCELERATION ONTO FREEWAY. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP WITH FURTHER INCIDENT. THIS SEAT WAS REPAIRED BY HUFFINES CHEVROLET IN LEWISVILLE TX FOR A SIMILAR INCIDENT IN 1999 WHEN THE SEAT BACK COLLAPSED THROWING THE DRIVER ONTO THE REAR SEAT.

THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT WAS SUBJECT TO A RECALL IN THE EARLY TO MID '90'S FOR FAILURE OF A BOLT WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE SEAT BACK TO COLLAPSE. WHEN I RECEIVED NOTICE OF THIS RECALL, I PROMPTLY HAD THE WORK DONE. BUT WHEN I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP, I FELT UNEASY BECAUSE I REALLY DIDN'T THINK THEY DID THE WORK. ABOUT A YEAR TO TWO YEARS AFTER THE BOLT WAS "REPLACED" THE SEAT COLLAPSED ON ME. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY FIXED IT IMMEDIATELY. IN HINDSIGHT, I WAS UPSET I DIDN'T KEEP THE BOLT THAT BROKE TO DETERMINE BY TESTING IF IT HAD INDEED BEEN REPLACED AT THE TIME OF THE RECALL. ANYWAY, YESTERDAY, JULY 27, 2000, I WAS DRIVING ALONE AT 40 MPH WHEN THE BOLT AGAIN BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO COLLAPSE AND ME TO FALL BACKWARDS, LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS JUST LUCKY IT WAS A WIDE ROAD AND THERE WAS NOBODY NEAR ME WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I FOUND THE BOLT THAT SNAPPED AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT TESTED. *AK

FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT ANCHOR ATTACHMENT BOLTS BROKE ,CAUSING THE SEAT TO FALL BACKWARDS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

THIS VEHICLE WAS IN A CHAIN REACTION REAR END COLLISION WHEN STRUCK IN THE REAR, DRIVER'S SEAT BACK BOLTS BROKE, CAUSINGTHE SEAT TO COLLAPSE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT, INJURIES TO BACK, NECK, LEFT KNEE, AND HIP. *SLC

RECALL COMPONENT REPAIR COMPLETED THEN FAILED AGAIN. (93V-187) *NLM

DURING A HIGH SPEED ACCIDENT, THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATBACK BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO GO FORWARD AND CRUSHING THE OCCUPANT INTO THE STEERING WHEEL, WHICH CAUSED SERIOUS INJURIES. PREVIOUSLY HAD RECALL DONE FOR THE SEATBACK BOLTS. *AK

SEAT SUPPORT BOLTS FAILED BEFORE/AFTER RECALL REPAIR CAUSING SEAT BACK TO COLLASPE PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.

BOLTS TO BACK OF DRIVER'S SEAT SHEARED OFF CAUSING SEAT TO COLLAPSE, RECALL WORK ON THE BOLTS COMPLETE, HOWEVER THEY STILL FAILED.

BUCKET SEAT RECLINER BOLTS, BOTH ON DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S SIDES, BROKE PRIOR TO/AFTER RECALL REPAIRS (93V-187).

BOLT HOLDING SEAT BACK FAILED, CAUSING SEAT BACK TO FALL BACKWARDS.

DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 45MPH WHEN DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS FOR NO REASON; OBSCURED DRIVER'S VIEW. DRIVER HAD TO GRABB WHEEL & APPLY THE BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE. CHECKED SEAT & NOTICED THE BOLTS HAD EITHER BROKE OR WERE SHEARING OFF. *AK

TWO YEARS AFTER THE RECALL HAD BEEN DONE ON THIS VEHICLE THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BACK FELL OFF AND THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO GET THE SEAT REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BOLTS BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO DROP BACK AFTER RECALL REPAIRS (93V-137). *AK

RECALL- NO 93V187000. THE DRIVER'S SEATBACK MECHANISM FAILED DURING OPERATION, CAUSING THE SEAT TO GO BACK. *AK CONSUMER STATES FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING A BRIEF LOSS OF CONTROL, THIS WAS A RECALL(93V187) SEVERAL YEARS AGO, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT BUCKET SEATS PERSISTS. *SLC

SEAT BACK BOLTS BROKE, CAUSING BACK OF SEAT TO RECLINE.

3RD PASSENGER SEAT TIE DOWN BRACKET WELD FAILED.

SEAT BACK RECLINES UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSING INJURY. *DSH

WHEN DRIVING THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BACK BOLT BROKE . TT BOLT WAS REPLACED AND IS NOW STIPPED AND COULD FAIL AGAIN. *SLC

BOLT THAT HOLDS THE PASSENGER SEAT BACK IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION SNAPPED, RESULTING IN A COLLAPSED SEAT. TT

THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE BACK OF THE SEAT FAILS FALLS DOWN RECALL #91C33. TT

BOLT HOLDING DRIVERS SEAT UPRIGHT BROKE, CAUSING SEAT TO RECLINE AFTER RECALL REPAIRS. (93V187000) *DSH

PASSENGER SEAT SHIFTS BACK PASSENGER SEATBELT GETS TANGLED. TT

BOLT THAT HOLDS THE BACK OF DRIVERS SEAT BREAKS. THIS IS THE NINTH INCIDENT. TT

DRIVER'S SEAT BACK BOLT SHEARED, CAUSING SEAT BACK TO FALL BACKWARDS/INJURY. *AW