# 2011 GMC ACADIA — SEATS
> NHTSA complaint `1119863` · 2014-10-13 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** GMC
- **Model:** ACADIA
- **Year:** 2011
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SEATS
- **Miles at failure:** 51,560
- **Speed:** 55 mph
## Narrative
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER EXCLAIMED THAT HER HEAD WAS "TOUCHING THE FRONT SEAT" AND HER "FEET WERE ON THE FLOOR".  WHEN I (THE DRIVER) LOOKED BACK, I SAW THAT HER SEAT HAD DISLODGED AND EJECTED HER INTO AN UPRIGHT POSITION.  THIS CAUSED HER HEAD/FACE TO BE HITTING THE SEAT IN FRONT OF HER AND HER FEET TO BE ON THE FLOOR OF THE CAR.  I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.  I OBSERVED THAT THE SEAT (CUSHION PART - NOT THE BACK) HAD POPPED UP CAUSING MY DAUGHTER AND HER CARSEAT TO POP UP AS WELL.  I COULD SEE UNDER THE SEAT AS I WAS TRYING TO POSITION THE SEAT INTO PLACE.  I NOTED SEVERE RUSTING ON THE METAL SEAT TRACK/FRAME WHICH APPEARED TO BE THE CAUSE FOR THE SEAT TO UNHINGE OR UNLOCK.  IT TOOK SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO LOCK THE SEAT BACK INTO PLACE.  THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN AND MY DAUGHTER COULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED, IF NOT DIED IF THE CAR HAD BEEN IN A CRASH.  THE CAR SEAT EJECTED FROM SIMPLE DRIVING.  THIS COULD HAVE HAD A TRAGIC ENDING.  *TR
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