# 1996 CHEVROLET SILVERADO — SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
> NHTSA complaint `498632` · 2004-11-15 · 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:** SILVERADO
- **Year:** 1996
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
- **Miles at failure:** 65,000
## Narrative
THE WELDS, WHICH ATTACH THE BUCKET SEAT TO THE SEAT TRACKS,  BROKE. THIS CAUSED THE SEAT TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING.   *AK   THE WELDS THAT ATTACH BOTH FRONT BUCKET SEAT TO THE SLIDE RAILS ARE BROKE.  THE WELDS ONLY BROKE ON THE FRONT OF BOTH SEATS.  WHEN THE DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE IT CAUSED THE SEAT TO ROCK INTO THE BACK AND CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HIT HIS HEAD ON THE BACK WINDOW.   *SC
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