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Have a 2005 Silverado Ext Cab 1500. As it happens I'm sure to many, I overlooked a specific detail of the seating configuration when I purchased the vehicle. Noticed that the passenger reclining position is shallow and not deep like many vehicles most notably my 93 Cad Deville which allowed the passenger to recline to a much more comfortable position than the Silvarado which reclines a little less than upright. Any way to modify this feature?? What was the thought process by the design team to limit the recline? Was it in case someone was sitting in the back seat and didn't need their knees banged up or was it just not considered?

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The front seat should recline more than how you described. A little more than upright would be very uncomfortable. Not sure of the angle, but I agree it does not recline anywhere near most of the cars I've driven in. According to the structural engineer from the program sitting next to me, the GMT800 recline angle is limited by it's design and ofcourse, as always, customer specifications. But besides GM telling us how much, the design is a "linear type" recliner mechanism. Meaning that the recliner is not a typical pivoting type mechanism. The greater the recline angle, the longer the recline shaft has to be. In a crash, FMVSS testing criteria must be met and passed. The screw length must be limited to meet this criteria, therefore limiting recline angle...

 

That's the reader's digest version. It's a bummer cause my pimpstick just doesn't have the same affect when I can't drive from the back seat :confused::cheers:

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The front seat should recline more than how you described.  A little more than upright would be very uncomfortable.  Not sure of the angle, but I agree it does  not recline anywhere near most of the cars I've driven in.  According to the structural engineer from the program sitting next to me, the GMT800 recline angle is limited by it's design and ofcourse, as always, customer specifications.  But besides GM telling us how much, the design is a "linear type" recliner mechanism.  Meaning that the recliner is not a typical pivoting type mechanism.  The greater the recline angle, the longer the recline shaft has to be.  In a crash, FMVSS testing criteria must be met and passed.  The screw length must be limited to meet this criteria, therefore limiting recline angle...

 

That's the reader's digest version.  It's a bummer cause my pimpstick just doesn't have the same affect when I can't drive from the back seat :confused:  :cheers:

 

 

 

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Why thank you Yukon04.

It's what I thought it might be. And considering how spoiled we'd become in those other vehicles with a better recline, I'll know better the next time I buy. This really isn't comfortable for the little lady who like to snooze. Seems like the older we get, the more forgetter we become.

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