# 1994 SATURN SL — SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
> NHTSA complaint `144018` · 1998-10-27 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** SATURN
- **Model:** SL
- **Year:** 1994
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
## Narrative
ON 12/25/95, I WAS RETURNING HOME FROM A CHRISTMAS DAY OUTING.  I WAS DRIVING MY SATURN SL2 AND HAD STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT.  A TAXI REARENDED ME WHILE I WAS STOPPED AT THE STOPLIGHT.  THE IMPACT FROM THE BACK COLLAPSED MY BUMPER, DAMAGED THE LEFT REAR TRUNK AREA AND CAUSED THE BACK OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO FALL BACKWARDS.  I WAS LEFT LOOKING UP AT THE CEILING OF MY VEHICLE FROM MY BROKEN SEATBACK.  I WAS JUST THREE WEEKS OUT OF SURGERY FOR MY LEFT KNEE AND THIS ACCIDENT RESULTED IN INJURY TO MY BACK AND RIGHT KNEE AND A SUBSEQUENT SURGERY.  MY CAR WAS REPAIRED AT PUNCHBOWL FENDERWORKS, INC., AT 3427 WAIALAE, HONOLULU, HAWAII 96816, (808) 737-5584.  MY CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME SIX WEEKS LATER.  I STILL HAVE THE VEHICLE AND THE SEATBACK STILL DOES NOT SIT UP STRAIGHT OR HOLD AT TIMES.
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