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1994 Chevrolet C15 Interior & seats Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA

Data refreshed

Interior & seats reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
9
Latest Mar 16, 1999
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
22%
of 41 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
0
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
1

What this page shows

Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Chevrolet C15 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.

Owner reports naming interior

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

Interior & seats
Filed Mar 16, 1999

SEAT FRAME BROKE FRONT LEFT CORNER

NHTSA ID
704529
Incident
Nov 22, 1998
Interior & seats
Filed Jun 13, 1997

WAS DRIVING; CAR TO A STOP; STARTED ACROSS STREET & DRIVER'S/ PASSENGER'S SEATS COLLAPSED BACKWARDS IN EXTENDED CAB AREA (7 TIMES); HAD PROBLEM REPAIRED; DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE BOLTS N SEATS; PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

NHTSA ID
813085
Incident
Jun 23, 1996
Interior & seats
Filed Mar 21, 1996

SEATBACK BOLTS SHEARED OFF, CAUSING DRIVER'S SEAT BACK TO COLLAPSE. *AK

NHTSA ID
981084
Interior & seats
Filed Mar 6, 1996

DRIVER SEATBACK COLLAPSED AFTER GETTING INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
980312
Incident
Oct 13, 1995
Interior & seats
Filed Feb 16, 1996

DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT WHEN USED DON'T LOCK BACK INTO POSITION . TT

NHTSA ID
979326
Interior & seats
Filed Dec 28, 1995

PE95-050 SEAT BACK; BOTH DRIVER/PASSENGER SEAT BACK HAVE COLLAPSED TOTAL (4) TIMES DUE TO BOLTS SHEERING BY RECLINING MECHANISM. TT

NHTSA ID
977082
Interior & seats
Filed Sep 21, 1995

PASSENGER SEAT RATTLES LOOSE, REPLACED SEAT RISER AND RISER ASSEMBLY AND SEAT BRACKET. TT

NHTSA ID
972305
Incident
Jul 24, 1994
Interior & seats
Filed Aug 11, 1995

DRIVER'S SEAT FAILURE, BOLT SUPPORTING SEATBACK HAS COLLAPSED TWO TIMES. TT

NHTSA ID
970272
Incident
Aug 10, 1995
Driver assistanceFuel systemInterior & seats+1 more
Filed Jan 10, 1995
1 injury reported

PASSENGER FRONT BACK SEAT BOLT SHEARED, RESULTING IN SEAT COLLAPSING BACKWARD CAUSING PASSENGER TO BE THROWN BACKWARDS STRAIGHT DOWN. TT

NHTSA ID
958510
Incident
Jan 7, 1995

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.

Other components reported on this vehicle

Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own

Brakes12

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

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