1995 SATURN SC1 Seats Problems

MODEL: 1995 SATURN SC2 COUPE THROUGH NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, THE DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS, THE INTERNAL METAL IS BENT, AND SO THE SEAT WILL NOT RETURN TO THE NORMAL POSITION. THE SEAT WAS ALREADY PARTIALLY BENT BACK WHEN THE CAR WAS RECALLED FOR REPAIRS. THAT RECALL CONCERNED THE FAILURE OF THE SEAT RECLINER MECHANISM. SATURN REPLACED THE MECHANISM, THE SEAT WAS UPRIGHT FOR A TIME, BUT THEN COLLAPSED FULLY AFTER MILD BACKWARD PRESSURE. IN RESPONSE TO THIS PROBLEM, SATURN SAID THAT THE METAL OF THE SEAT WAS BENT OUT OF SHAPE, THAT THE SEAT WON'T LOCK INTO AN UPRIGHT POSITION, AND THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS UNRELATED TO THE RECALL. THEREFORE I SHOULD PAY FOR A REPLACEMENT SEAT. I CONTEND THAT THE FORCES APPLIED TO THE SEAT ARE INTER-RELATED TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE RECLINER MECHANISM, AND THAT FAULTY ENGINEERING DESIGN HAS LED TO THE PROBLEM.

WHILE SITTING IN DRIVERS SIDE SEAT, CONSUMER HAPPENED TO STRETCH WITHOUT WARNING AND SEAT HAPPENED TO RECLINE ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER FOUND RECALL 9V045000 REGARDING SAME PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER INDICATED THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON A MAIN STREET AND DRIVER'S SEAT CLICKS TWICE, AND MOVE BACK. PASSENGER'S SEAT MOVES. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY PASSENGER'S SEAT WILL RECLINE BACKWARDS. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE'S MAKE AND MODE; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN.*AK RECALL NUMBER IS 99V045, CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM HAPPENS OFTEN WHEN SEAT HAS BEEN ADJUSTED. *SLC

DRIVER'S SEATBACK WOULD RECLINE REARWARD UPON GETTING INTO THE SEAT. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK RECALL NUMBER IS 99V045, CONSUMER PAID FOR REPAIRS. *SLC

I WAS REAR-ENDED BY A LARGE SUV WHILE I WAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC AND WAS PUSHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT. MY NECK SNAPPED IN DURING THE ACCIDENT AND THE ENTIRE DRIVER SEAT COLLAPSED AND RECLINED FULLY DURING IMPACT.*AK

SEAT FALLS BACK WHEN ACCELERATING OR STOPPING, CAUSING SAFETY HAZARD. SATURN SENT LETTER TO INFORM OF RECALL, I WENT TO HAVE PROBLEM FIXED, SATURN DECLINED. STATING THAT THEY SENT THE LETTER IN ERRON, ALTHOUGH MY CAR HAS THE PROBLEM. *AK

WE HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR A VEHICLE RECALL AND DEALER REFUSED REPAIRS DUE TO VIN # FOR VEHICLE. DEALER MAINTAINES THAT THE SEAT IS NOT DEFECTIVE ON THIS PARTICULAR CAR, BUT THEY WILL REPAIR IT FOR A FEE. AS A RESULT FROM THIS DEFECT, OUR DAUGHTER HAD AN ACCIDENT IN THE VEHICLE LAST NIGHT. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS INJURED, BUT IT DID MESS UP THE RIGHT WHEEL OF THE VEHICLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER.