1998 Chevrolet Corvette seats problems

Owners reported seats problems in 28 complaints for the 1998 Chevrolet Corvette, 6% of the complaints on file.

Complaints: 28 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 33,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 0 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When seats problems show up

Based on 12 complaints that include mileage. 92% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	4
20k to 40k miles	2
40k to 60k miles	5
60k to 80k miles	0
80k to 100k miles	1
100k to 120k miles	0
120k to 140k miles	0
140k to 160k miles	0
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 12 seats complaints that report mileage, the median is about 33,000 miles, and 92% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the seats complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

1-steering loose and unsafe/2-eng stumbles and dies/3-eng rattles in gear/4-drivers seat loose/5-gas milage dropping/6-all codes errased by themself.

February 1999

Tl*the contact owns a 1998 chevrolet corvette. When the contact started the vehicle, he moved backwards in the seat. When he stopped the vehicle, the seat moved forward. The seat track would not lock in position. He took the vehicle to the dealer and was informed that new seat tracs were needed in order to remedy the failure. He wrote a letter to the manufacturer, but received no response. He called the manufacturer and was advised to take the vehicle to the dealer.

Reported at 41,529 miles, August 2007

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