# 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER — SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY
> NHTSA complaint `546392` · 2005-08-18 · 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:** UPLANDER
- **Year:** 2005
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY
- **Miles at failure:** 6,200
## Narrative
DT:  THE CONSUMER PURCHASED A NEW VAN 2005 AND DISCOVERED THERE WERE NO ARM RESTS ON THE SECOND ROW SEATS, AND CONSUMER THOUGHT  THIS WAS UNSAFE.  ALSO WHEN SITTING IN THE BACK THIRD  ROW SEAT THE RIDE WAS UNCOMFORTABLE,  AND WHEN HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD IT HURT THE  PASSENGER'S BACK.  HAS BEEN TO A DEALER, AND THE DEALER NOTED THIS VEHICLE DID NOT COME WITH AN ARM REST, BUT CONSUMER COULD PAY OUT OF POCKET TO GET VAN CUSTOMIZED.  CONSUMER DID WANT TO DO THIS  BECAUSE HE FELT IT WAS NOT  HIS RESPONSIBILITY.  CONSUMER CONTACTED CHEVROLET,  AND THEY TOLD CONSUMER TO TALK TO DEALER TO TRADE AND PAY THE  DIFFERENCE FOR A MODEL THAT DID HAVE ARM RESTS.  CONSUMER DID  NOT WISH TO DO THAT, AND NO CHANGES  HAVE BEEN MADE TO VEHICLE.  *AK  THE CONSUMER WAS MAKING A TURN AND FELL OVER WHEN THE INJURY OCCURRED.  *SC
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