Seat back failures

An NHTSA Engineering Analysis into Saturn vehicles. Closed 16 March 1999.

Investigation
EA98017
Type
Engineering Analysis
Opened
31 July 1998
Closed
16 March 1999

What NHTSA investigated

In its letter dated march 5, 1999, general motors stated that it will recall 136,300 model year 1994 and 1995 saturn vehicle (all models) built between january 1994 and august 1994.DURING this period, saturn's seat supplier manufactured recliner assemblies which were out of design specification, allowing the front seat backs to recline or collapse inadvertently.to correct the problem, saturn dealers will replace the driver and front passenger seat back recliner assemblies.see nhtsa's safety recall fill 99V-045 for details.

The recall that followed

  1. Saturn — Seats99V04500012 March 1999138,691 vehicles

Vehicles covered

MakeModelModel years
SaturnSC1994
SaturnSC11994
SaturnSL1994
SaturnSW1994

Source

From NHTSA’s investigation file, rebuilt daily. To report a problem with your own vehicle, go to nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem. All open investigations.