Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1989 Chevrolet Beretta submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT SLID BACKWARDS WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL. THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER TWICE AND LANDED ON A BIG BOULDER.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS THROWN OUT OF THE BACK WINDSHIELD AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT KEEP HER IN THE CAR. *CB *JB
FRONT SEAT HAS A BROKEN WELD ON THE SEAT FRAME CAUSING NO BACK SUPPORT. *SLC
HEADLIGHTS WORK SOMETIMES. THE DASHBOARD INDICATOR LIGHTS ALSO OPERATE OCCASIONALLY. CONSUMER DOES NOT DRIVE AT NIGHT. NOT HAVING LIGHTS WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK
MAIN COMPUTER FAILS CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL AT ANY SPEED. THIS IS THE 4TH COMPUTER REPLACEMENT.
FRONT SEAT FRAME FAILED. *SD
STEERING COLUMN EMITS SMOKE. *SKD
VEHICLES STEERING WHEEL COLUMN SMOKES WHILE DRIVING AND ESPECIALLY AFTER AIR CONDITIONER HAS BEEN ON. TT
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT ANCHORS COLLAPSED WHILE DRIVING. TT
DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME BROKE, RECALL REPAIRS REFUSED DUE TO VIN (89V-087). *SKD
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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