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1998 Chevrolet S10 seats problems

48 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the seats on the 1998 Chevrolet S108% of all complaints for this model year.

48
Seats complaints
8%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
4 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • My driver seat adjustment does not lock properly it moves forward and backwards at anytime. This caused me to have an accident when the seat released without any warning and caused me to hit a vehicle I n front of me because of it. I feel gm is responsible for this defect that they should have had…

    filed Jun 3, 2011

  • Through normal use of the seat recline mechanism, both passenger and driver seat recline handles have broken off at an internal friction bar. Neither seat reclines now and is stuck in the last position used. Chevy, or gm, have done nothing about the problem, I have looked into fixing the problem my…

    filed Aug 22, 2007

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

Seats problems in other S10 years

YearReportsShare
2003 S1011%
2002 S1063%
2001 S10114%
2000 S105512%
1999 S103314%
1997 S10102%
1996 S10122%
1995 S10354%
1994 S10131%
1993 S1052%
1992 S1032%
1991 S1053%
S10 seats problems by year →

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.