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NHTSA recall 98V145000

Seats › Front assembly › Recliner

Chevrolet Venture and 1 more

Reported Jun 26, 1998125,990 vehicles affectedGENERAL MOTORS CORP.Built Apr 1, 1996 – Aug 31, 1997

The defect

Vehicle description: passenger MINI vans equipped with bucket seats or a split bench seat in the second (middle) or third (back) row. the seat latch mechanisms on bucket seats and on the 40% portion of the split bench seat in the second and third rows do not have protective covers.

The risk

When activating the release mechanism to roll a bucket seat forward, a customer's finger(s) could be severely injured or severed in they are not kept clear of the mechanism.

The remedy

Dealers will install protective covers on the outboard latch mechanisms on all left and right hand rear bucket seats in the second and third row, and to both inboard and outboard latch mechanisms on the center rear bucket seat and the 40% portion of the split bench seat.

Official recall at NHTSA ↗

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Vehicles in this recall

Chevrolet Venture
19971998
Oldsmobile Silhouette
19971998

Notes

Owner notification began during august 1998.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact chevrolet at 1-800-222-1022 or oldsmobile at 1-800-442-6537. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4326).