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Preliminary Evaluation · Closed

FRONT SEAT BACK COLLAPSE

Action number
PE97016
Opened
Apr 7, 1997
Closed
Sep 30, 1997
Outcome
Closed without recall

Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC

What NHTSA is examining

Subject vehicles are alleged to experience inadvertent front seat back collapse due to fracture of front seat recliner mounting bolts.

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation records, updated daily. An investigation is not a determination that a defect exists; many probes close without a recall.