Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEATS | |||
| 02/13/2006 | 137400 | 1 | 03/01/1995 |
| Dt*: the contact stated while sitting in the driver's seat it moves freely. an independent repair shop determined that the seat frame is breaking away from the floor board and needs to be replaced. updated 3/9/2006 - *nm | |||
| 03/01/1996 | 18 | ||
| The front passenger seat does not roll forward at times. it does not lock in place at times either. it has been fixed a total of 18 times. the blower fan has also been fixed a total of 8 times. it, too, does not work properly all the time. *la | |||
| 09/05/2002 | |||
| While driving and with no warning passenger's seat will move back and forth due to tracks not locking seat in position, and driver's seat will fully recline, making it hard to drive vehicle. dealer notified.*ak | |||
| 12/03/1996 | 16 | 11/27/1995 | |
| Front passenger seat tracks have been repaired 16 times, but keep breaking. while driving the seat will move forward on its own. *ak consumer states when the vehicle stops, the seat slides forward or won't move forward or backward at all. *yh | |||
| 01/01/1999 | 01/01/1997 | ||
| Front seat frame metal has torn and causes the entire seat to recline and is unstable. at any given time the seat will lean back causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle.*ak | |||
| 04/12/1997 | 01/01/1995 | ||
| Failure with driver's seat (captains chair) had problem for years , gmc stated i would have to purchase new seat, but to expensive to replace. the seat is loose and moves from side to side making it dangerous to drive and has no back support. i have contacted the company again. hope you can help. please we need your advice. this is not a wear and tear problem, it is a manufactor defect. | |||
| 10/10/2000 | 1 | 02/01/1996 | |
| Drivers side front cushion frame broke also the passengers side spring and cable to release the seat to move forward has broken | |||
| 07/01/1999 | 1 | 09/01/1996 | |
| Passenger seat would not lock into track, allowing it to slide forward intermittently, then regularly upon braking. this caused the passenger discomfort from the force of their weight and the seat pulling against the seat and shoulder belts. service technician reported a lage number of similar failures and replacements. said since it was a safety issue they could not attempt to diagnose and repair, they had to replace the entire assembly. cost: $238.78 . *ak | |||
| 1 | 06/01/1995 | ||
| Passenger side seat cracked. nlm | |||
| 01/10/2000 | 1 | 09/01/1999 | |
| The left front seat anchor broke while driving. when it gave away the seat leaned back more thatn usual. if both anchor in the front had broke at the same time the seat more than likely would have fell backwards due to my weight in the seat. during a discussion with a local chevrolet service rep my wife was told that they have had some problems with the seat frames in this vehicle. if there truely is a problem of this nature someone other than the manufacturer should probably be looking into it. *ak | |||
| 12/01/1999 | 1 | 05/01/1999 | |
| Sheet metal on bottom of seat is extremely thin and brokewhere it is bolted to the track.if this happened while driving a serious accident could have occurred rebolted seat to track. *ak | |||
| 08/20/1999 | |||
| While driving the drivers seat malfuntioned and broke.dealer was contacted and will fix the problem at owner's expense. *ak | |||
| 06/26/1996 | |||
| Driver's side seat broke from the tracks, causing the consumer to rock. this was the fourth time that driver's seat broke from the tracks. also, passenger's side seat broke on june 21, 1999. dealer is aware of the problem, and can't determine the cause. *ak | |||
| 10/01/1997 | 1 | 01/01/1995 | |
| The seat metal cracked on both sides on front of seat, sometimes the edges catch on each other and then suddenly releases when motion is started. this happened at a traffic light and found myself looking at the headliner of the truck (the shoulder belt keeps you from going forward, not backwards) the seat back keeps you from going backwards. what happens is the lower seat cushion tilts up towards the steering wheel which in turn can pull the feet off the controls and at the same time the chest and head goes backwards, this could cause a loss of control especially if the hands slip off the steering. i saw that there was an investigation into this, but no recall. i will contact the dealer again to see if they have a solution for this. | |||
| 1 | |||
| Seat frame material is made very thin and weak resulting in breakage. | |||
| 01/19/1998 | 1 | 06/12/1996 | |
| Seat bolt failed causing seat to become loose from the track. | |||
| 07/08/1996 | 1 | ||
| Passenger seat loose. | |||
| SEATS - FRONT ASSEMBLY - HEAD RESTRAINT | |||
| 08/04/1996 | 1 | 08/01/1995 | |
| During rear impact, the driver's side seat headrest fell off the seatback. *ak consumer received injuries due to incident. *slc | |||
| SEATS - FRONT ASSEMBLY - POWER ADJUST | |||
| 11/23/1994 | |||
| Driver's side power seat frame broke while in use. the seat would rock backwards & forwards when the brakes are applied. this causes problem for the driver. *ak | |||
| The driver's seat bracket has detached from the the frame of the truck. it rocks back and forth and is causing a driving hazard. *ak | |||
| SEATS - FRONT ASSEMBLY - RECLINER | |||
| 03/01/1996 | 18 | ||
| The front passenger seat does not roll forward at times. it does not lock in place at times either. it has been fixed a total of 18 times. the blower fan has also been fixed a total of 8 times. it, too, does not work properly all the time. *la | |||
| 1 | 11/01/1995 | ||
| The driver side seat back collapsed backwards while vehicle was in motion. the driver grabbed steering wheel to avoid falling backwards and crashed into a gravel pit as a result. *ph the knobs that control the seat have been frozen and inoperable for three years. the driver's seat wouldn't latch and slid back several times while the vehicle was being driven. *ph *nlm | |||
| 07/10/2003 | 3 | 10/19/1995 | |
| The lower seat frame for the drivers seat in my 1995 gmc sierra 4 wd 1/2 ton pickup has broken during acceleration into traffic. this breakage allows the seatback to rotate backward and to the right tilting the driver back and obscuring view of the highway. this was repaired once in 1996 under waranty. then repaired again at my cost in 2000 and has broken again today. each time this failure has occured the truck was being accelerated into traffic flow. this vehicle, although designed for off road usage has only been used on city streets. this seat failure is not a fun situation to experience and loss of control of the vehicle is very likely. i am 6'4 tall and seat position may have some influence on the failure due to the seat sets behind the base that mounts it to the floor. i personally have been told by other owners that this is not unique to my personal truck. the mfg. doesn't acknowledge any awareness of this occurance being a problem.*ak | |||
| 01/01/2000 | |||
| Consumer was putting a wallet in his back pocket while sitting in the driver seat and all of sudden the high seatback broke off into the rear. today while his wife was leaning in the passenger side seat and it broke off into a reclining position. contacted the dealer. *ak | |||
| 11/11/1997 | |||
| While driving the truck the seat on the driver's started to tilt backwards due to the cracking of the seat frame. the dealer will be repairing the seat. *ak | |||