My drivers seat had a little "play'" or rock in the base from the time I bought it until the base broke off. One of the mounting bolts sheared off on the front left corner of the base, allowing the seat to tip backward if you leaned back in it. It broke next to a weld in the corner of the base probably from heat stress and the constant play in the seat going back and forth. The dealer ordered me a new base frame which now costs over $220. Plus 2 hours of labor to install it. I pleaded my case that a seat should last longer than less than 4 years and 33k miles but it went nowhere. I also called gm and told them they were lucky that I wasn't going down the interstate at 65 and have the base fail and me laying in the backseat trying to drive! They said they wouldn't cover the replacement because they don't have a "history" of this happening. Strangely enough the guy who put the new base in said it was "stronger than the original" which make me think they know they have a problem, but don't want to pay for it. Even on your own website I found a 1995 truck like mine with the same problem.... The federal safety agency action # ea90723, opened on oct 31, 1997 and the summary was driver seat failure. I myself weigh under 200 # so it isn't like it failed under abuse. I e-mailed gm and also called the 800# but they act like no big deal, as long as I pay for it which I already did. My passenger side seat which has maybe 1k miles logged in it also has slop or play in it and I 'm afraid it will also fail at a later date at another $320. Cost to me. Thank-you for this site and hearing my complaint. Brian graybill.
1995 Chevrolet K1500 seats complaints
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Drivers side seat broke. When getting in and out felt as if it was rocking. When putting on brakes, seat swayed forward. Dealer contacted and seat not covered under warranty. Also the windshield wiper motor works intermittently and repairwork to be done at owners expense. *ak
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Driver's seat front left mounting bolt/frame, seat to seat pedestal bolt attaching metal tore loose due to poor design.
Drivers bucket seat frame broke while slowing to stop for traffic signal, seat dropped forward causing more pressure to be applied to brakes and vehicle came to sudden stop; truck has a problem with power seat adjuster that has excessive movement and popping under acceleration and during braking conditions, and going around sharp turns.
Cross member on drivers seat failed at the seat slider attachment point and caused severe pitching of the seat due to a multiple cracks in the blind nut weld.
Driver's underseat mount broke during collison.
Seat brackets (frame) on driver's side broke. Metal very thin; not thick. Bolts let seat tip backwards when gas applied. Driver's vision obscured. Took to dealer. Informed owner of problem.
While driving the driver's side seat bracket broke, causing seat to fall backwards into the rear seat. Please provide details.
Ea97023; driver's seat failure. One of the supports under the driver's seat is broken and the another support is cracked.
Driver's seat base has broken, causing excessive movement in it. Dealer has replaced base ,but there is still movement. Dealer claims movement is normal.
Driver side electric seat recliner failed.
The bracket under the driver's seat is broken, causing the seat to have free movement. The seat is being repaired by the dealer. *ak dealer replaced lower seat frame.
While driving the bracket that holds the seat in place broke and caused the driver's seatback to collaspe, almost causing the driver to crash. The seat has not been repaired.
Driver's bucket seatback collapsed while driving. Please describe details.
During operation, the front driver's seat broke and came off the frame.
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