Defect Involved

General Motors has decided that a defect, which relates to motor vehicle safety, exists in CERTAIN 1993-94 C/K extended cab trucks equipped with front high-back bucket seats (A95) or 60/40 split bench seats (AE7). These seats may have the seat recliner to seat frame attaching bolts loosen, fatigue, and fracture, allowing the seat back to suddenly recline. If this was to occur on the driver's seat, this could lead to sudden loss of vehicle control and crash without prior warning. The loosening of the bolts can be attributed to foam and/or fabric sandwiched between the recliner assembly and the seat frame that can cause the joint to relax or by inadequate bolt torque during manufacture of the seat. Additionally, on some seats having the EZ Entry feature, even without foam and/or fabric sandwiched in the joint, bolts torqued to proper specification can loosen from normal service loads created during the actuation of the EZ Entry feature.

To correct this condition, 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. These corrections will be performed on both the driver's and passenger's seat.