NHTSA safety investigation
NHTSA Investigation PE95050
Preliminary Evaluation · General Motors, LLC · SEATS
An investigation is not a finding that a defect exists.
NHTSA opens an investigation to examine whether a safety defect may exist. An open investigation is not a determination that a defect exists, and many investigations close without a recall. Investigations can, however, lead to one.
What NHTSA is examining
The agency's own description of the inquiry, quoted as published
FRONT SEAT BACK COLLAPSE
FRONT SEAT BACK RECLINER ATTACHMENT BOLTS LOOSEN, FATIGUE, AND FRACTURE, ALLOWING THE SEAT TO COLLAPSE BACKWARDS WITHOUT WARNING.
An investigation is a separate record from a recall and from a manufacturer communication. A manufacturer campaign to repair a safety defect or a failure to meet a federal safety standard.
Investigation details
Identifiers, dates and outcome as recorded by NHTSA
- Action number
- PE95050
- Investigation type
- Preliminary Evaluation (PE)
- Status
- Closed
- Manufacturer
- General Motors, LLC
- Component
- SEATS
- Opened
- Sep 22, 1995
- Closed
- Dec 22, 1995
- Associated recall campaign
- 95V246000
Vehicles named in this investigation
24 model years across 12 models
- Chevrolet C10
- Chevrolet C20
- Chevrolet C30
- Chevrolet K10
- Chevrolet K20
- Chevrolet K30
- GMC C15
- GMC C25
- GMC C35
- GMC K15
- GMC K25
- GMC K35
Being named here means NHTSA included the vehicle in the scope of its inquiry. It is not a statement that these vehicles have a defect.