Gmc C Series, K Series. Published by Transport Canada as 1999116 on 9 June 1999. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says Certain extended cab pickup trucks equipped with high-back bucket seats may have the seat recliner to seat frame attaching bolts loosen, fatigue and fracture, allowing the seat back to suddenly recline. If this were to occur on the driver's seat while the vehicle was in motion, it could lead to sudden loss of vehicle …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1999116
- Recall date
- 9 June 1999
- Make
- GMC, Chevrolet
- Models
- C Series, K Series
- Model years
- 1992
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 8,540
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain extended cab pickup trucks equipped with high-back bucket seats may have the seat recliner to seat frame attaching bolts loosen, fatigue and fracture, allowing the seat back to suddenly recline. If this were to occur on the driver's seat while the vehicle was in motion, it could lead to sudden loss of vehicle control and a crash without prior warning. Correction: Dealers will remove all foam and/or fabric sandwiched between the recliner assembly and the seat frame, install washers between the seat recliner and the seat frame at each attachment point, and install new attaching bolts torqued to a higher specification.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1999116.
GMC elsewhere in this register
GMC is named on 561 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1999119 · 11 June 1999 · G Series · Structure
- 1999079 · 6 May 1999 · Sierra, Silverado · Emissions
- 1999135 · 26 July 1999 · Jimmy, Sonoma, Blazer · Brakes
- 1999151 · 16 August 1999 · S10, Sonoma · Brakes
- 1999015 · 12 February 1999 · K Series, C Series · Brakes
- 1999222 · 30 November 1999 · Kodiak C6, Topkick C7, Topkick C6 · Powertrain
- 1998200 · 20 October 1998 · Silverado, Sierra · Steering
- 2000022 · 7 February 2000 · C Series · Brakes
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1999118 · 9 June 1999 · 960, 961 · Seats And Restraints
- 1999114 · 8 June 1999 · 9000 · Seats And Restraints
- 1999131 · 28 June 1999 · Silver Seraph, Arnage · Seats And Restraints
- 1999104 · 27 May 1999 · Grand Caravan, Caravan, Voyager · Seats And Restraints
- 1999060 · 15 April 1999 · Grand Am, Alero · Seats And Restraints
- 1999063 · 15 April 1999 · Admiral, Lapalma, Vacationer · Seats And Restraints
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a GMC: 561 in the register, and 240 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1999.
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