# 1999 CHEVROLET VAN — SEAT BELTS
> NHTSA complaint `246350` · 2000-10-01 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** VAN
- **Year:** 1999
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SEAT BELTS
- **Speed:** 20 mph
## Narrative
SEAT RETAINING BOLTS "FELL OUT"  WHILE BRAKING FOR MAJOR ROADWAY.  SEAT PIVOTED ABRUPTLY TOSSING DRIVER INTO STEERING WHEEL AND ONTO FLOOR.  DRIVER STOPPED VEHICLE WITH HAND ON BRAKE WITHIN A FEW FEET OF A PASSING SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK TRAVELING AN ESTIMATED 60 MPH.  A FRACTION OF A SECOND LATER AND FATALITIES WOULD HAVE BEEN CERTAIN!  THE SEATS ARE PART OF A MARK III CONVERSION.  THE RETAINING BOLTS APPEAR TO BE FASTENED WITH ALUMINUM WASHERS THAT OBVIOUSLY DO NOT HOLD UP WELL.  THE SEAT HAS BEEN REPLACED; HOWEVER, I DO NOT KNOW IF THE DEFECT HAS BEEN APPROPRIATELY RECTIFIED.
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