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1998 Chevrolet Blazer seats problems

84 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the seats on the 1998 Chevrolet Blazer12% of all complaints for this model year.

84
Seats complaints
12%
share of all complaints
57,785 mi
median reported incident mileage
3 / 2
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Lever to adjust passenger seat broke off, it was like this when we purchased the vehicle in 2004. I see that many others have had problems with their seat levers as well. This just affects my passenger seat, as the drivers seat is electronic. *tr

    filed Oct 8, 2008

  • My power seat shorted out while I was driving and set my shorts on fire, vehical completly burned to the ground despite three fire trucks showing up in about 5 min. , reported to gm , but the said since vehical was destroyed they are not to blame. *tr

    filed Sep 9, 2008

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.