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I was cleaning my truck out today after a long hunting season , I had a few things under it. I reach my hand under the seat and pull out the few papers that were under there and I notice my arm is bleeding :thumbs: , I have like 3 cuts on my arm :D .

So after I reach under there again I feel the front edge of my seat and its razor sharp, about as sharp as a broadhead. I reach under the passenger seat and its the same way .

Next time I go the the dealers, they are going to have to do something about it, maybe file it down or something.

Check the front edge under your seats folks and be careful when reaching under there , if its anything like mine it will slice you up .

Thought I would let everyone know , I'm going to call GM about it and let them know they have a problem there, at least on mine they do.

Anyone else have a sharp edge along their seats underneath ?

-Devil- Enthusiast

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i noticed that on mine ... down there ... there is also a peice of the seat cover with a plastic snap trim peice attached to it ... that appears it is supposed to hook onto the leading edge of the metal (what cut me) but i can not get it to stay in place for anything ...

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i noticed that on mine ... down there ... there is also a peice of the seat cover with a plastic snap trim peice attached to it ... that appears it is supposed to hook onto the leading edge of the metal (what cut me) but i can not get it to stay in place for anything ...

Yes its the leading edge of the seat down there. I never noticed any of the seat cover that should be covering it but I'll check in the morning. I know its pretty darn sharp and gave me 3 1 inch long cuts on my forearm. Maybe I should sue them lol. :D

 

They need to file it down or come up with some sort of fix, I don't want to get cut everytime I reach under my seat or worse someone else does it and sues me :thumbs:

-Devil- Enthusiast

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it appears that the seat covering is supposed to fasten to it ... but from how it is designed ... it doesn't stay in place once you sit down on it ...

 

it could be ground down to not be as sharp ...

 

it basically is a peice of stamped metal .. with the rough edge still in plcae ... i just got one nice gash from it when i noticed the seat material being loose ... got it on my list for the next time i make it to the dealership

karld Enthusiast

karld

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I know how you feel. When I was installing my seat covers,I was under there and my finger came out bleeding. Nothing like bleeding all over my new seat covers :(

BigJayDogg3 Senior Enthusiast

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Anyone notice this on the 800s? Haven't been inside a 900 long enough to start poking around under seats n stuff. . .which basically means I haven't been in one for more than 10 seconds.

ws6_guy Senior Enthusiast

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Anyone notice this on the 800s? Haven't been inside a 900 long enough to start poking around under seats n stuff. . .which basically means I haven't been in one for more than 10 seconds.

 

 

I never felt it, I just have an LS model so I got the basic cloth manual sliding seats, nothing under there that will cut ya. Just watch out for the corners of the sliding track bars.

AUTOGUY Enthusiast

AUTOGUY

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Is it something a piece of door edge guard can be installed on? You can get a couple pieces at an auto parts store and cut them to length with a pair of wire cutters.

-Devil- Enthusiast

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Is it something a piece of door edge guard can be installed on? You can get a couple pieces at an auto parts store and cut them to length with a pair of wire cutters.

 

it's a little bit thicker then a normal door edge .. but that may work ...

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Is it something a piece of door edge guard can be installed on? You can get a couple pieces at an auto parts store and cut them to length with a pair of wire cutters.

 

it's a little bit thicker then a normal door edge .. but that may work ...

 

It may work but the edge is rolled over so it may be too thick to get the door edge on. I'm gonna take a file to it after I point it out to GM . You shouldn't be getting cut by your truck lol. :D

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