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 1996 Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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
ARE THERE ANY RECALLS ON THESE DEFECTIVE PARTS? IF SO PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW? NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/R161 )
MODEL Z71 WHEN TRANMISSION BURNS UP IT SPRAYS TRANSMISSION FLUID EVERYWHERE, AND IS EXTREMELY FLAMABLES. IT GOT ALL OVER TWO OTHER VEHICLES THAT WERE BEHIND ME, THE FIRST TIME, THE SECOND TIME IT GOT ON THE EXHAUST PIPE AND SMOKED SO BAD A PASSER BY WAS GOING TO CALL THE FIREDEPARTMENT( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 )
THE RTHAND FRONT SEAT IS FLIPPED FOWARD BY A LEVER ON THE SEAT BACK ALLOWING THE SEAT TO MOVE FOWARD ABOUT 10 INCHES FOR ACCESS TO THE BACK SEAT. DURNING THE PAST MONTHS IT HAD BECOME HARDER TO LOCK THE SEAT UNTIL IT WAS IMPOSIBLE. DURNING THIS TIME THE TRUCK WOULD BE DRIVEN THINKING THE SEAT WAS LOCKED UNTILL, UNDER BRAKING THE SEAT WOULD SLIDE FOWARD. WHEN I MADE AN INQUIRE TO THIS PROBLEM, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE FIRST ONE THEY HAD HEARD OF. YET, MONDAY, 11/09/1998, WHEN I LEFT THE PU AT SEQUOIA CHEVROLET TO GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED THEY WERE DOING THE SAME REPAIR TO ANOTHER XCPU. IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS ITEM THAT IS KEEPED IN STOCK. SINCE I PUT THIS REPAIR OFF BECAUSE OF COST/170.00/ I WOUNDER HOWMINI MORE PEOPLE HAVE PUT THIS OFF.
SEAT HINGE PIERCED THROUGH SEAT.
WELD UNDERNEATH DRIVER'S SEAT IS BROKEN, CAUSING THE SEAT TO BECOME LOOSE , WILL NOT LOCK IN POSITION, RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT OF THE SEAT.DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
TRANSMISSION REPAIRED, DUE TO SLIPPING. (MJS)
REAR PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR FAILED CAUSING IT NOT TO LOCK.
FRONT BUCKET SEAT WILL NOT STAY IN LOCKED POSITION.
RECALL # 97V-037000, WHEN CONTACTING DEALER TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, DEALER STATED THAT RECALL WAS CANCELLED BY MANUFACTURER. *AK
DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED TWICE, ONCE CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURY. *SD
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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