Seat Tracks

99silveradoz71 · January 14, 2003

Ok, had to be a little creative there, but anyway. Finally after 2 dealers, I got my driver's side seat tracks replaced. The seat had made a clunking sound and had noticeable motion when starting and stopping- as if it had play in the base. 42k on her now, but the dealer I rarely go to, covered it under warranty for me. Of course the 1st dealer had looked at it 2-3 times when the warranty was still in effect.

Shaners · January 14, 2003

Glad you got the noise fixed!!! (especially without spending any of your $$$)

MountaineerTom · January 14, 2003

I went through the same thing Bill, but with one dealer.

Bad thing is though, they had to replace a few plastic interior pieces also that they broke/scratched/cut.

Glad you got yours fixed. :thumb:

99silveradoz71 · January 14, 2003

And yes I screwed up my jokeful subtopic...should be trunk, not truck...anyway, this 2nd dealer is the 1 that replaced the fuel pump after my regular dealer said they couldn't get me in around July 4th...I didn't want to mess around as the pump was loud and I didn't want to chance having her die. So so far they're 2 for 2 on good repairs at dealer #2...best part of today- they did this while I was at work. So I just walked down to drop her off and pick her up.

TROYROBO · January 14, 2003

sounds like you have new friends at new dealership-- :thumb: :thumb:

99silveradoz71 · January 14, 2003

sounds like you have new friends at new dealership-- :thumb: :thumb:

Well going in there in uniform with the Glock on my side may help matter's just slightly

clk7711 · January 14, 2003

The seat had made a clunking sound and had noticeable motion when starting and stopping- as if it had play in the base.

My passenger side seat is doing the same thing. It rattles when going down the road and when someone is sitting in it it moves a little when I start and stop.

I'm out of warranty with almost 60k so I might look into doing the seat tracks myself if that is the problem.

99silveradoz71 · January 15, 2003

CLK, I'm sure others here have done it to put soundproofing in and such, but for whatever reason, this dealer had issues getting the "socket" to get the seats out, so I don't know what the deal was.

JRod · January 24, 2003

Hey folks, have a question for ya..

So today i was driving down the road [1999 silverado ext. cab, manual seats] and i start braking at a stoplight and POW, my seat snaps and my knees go flying forward into the dash. Luckily A. my weight transferred to the brake pedal and I was able to stop and B. I didnt break anything else. I pulled over and saw the PLASTIC clip that locks the seat in place was in about 3 pieces and laying in my floorboard. It's a plastic slide that sits in the track, with a metal tab that locks this slide into place. The whole #### thing crumbled and I'm gladd I wasn't stopping too quick, being 6'4" with damaged knees doesn't sound fun. So I stop by the dealership and hte dude tells me that you can't order this slider piece, that you have to get a whole new track.... is this true? track costs like 380 bucks new, and I'll weld the #### seat in before i pay that. My truck has 81000 miles on it so warranty is out of hte question. Just had me scared that there really isn't a safety catch for that seat, and with the seat belt on the seat, you;re kinda left to the mercy of 'Momentum'.

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