| Issue ID | 690303 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10240015 |
| Manufacurer | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| Brand | CHEVROLET |
| Model | TAHOE |
| Model Year | 2008 |
| File date | 22/05/08 |
| Component | SEATS |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Excessive lint build up on ebony cloth seats in 08 chevy. Tahoe. Gm knows there is a problem - gm bulletin #07-08-50-018a, 10/02/2007 models 2007and 08 tahoes and many other models built with cloth seats prior to 8/01/07. Supposed to recover the seats but after many phone calls back and forth with gm they are not willing to do anything for us. Our tahoe is a 08, # . The fabric seats pull cloth fibers from any type of clothing you are wearing and the seats look filthy all the time. The fibers are difficult to remove with a lint brush or a vacuum. It only takes getting in and out once and your seats look terrible. We have only owned this vehicle for less than 3 months and it is driving us insane trying to keep up with the fabric fibers from our clothing all over the seats. We are very angry that gm refuses to do anything at all for us after replacing the same fabric on other models in accordance with their bulletin stated prior. We have always had cloth seats in our vehicles and have never seen anything like this. There are many chat sights on-line dealing with this exact problem about the ebony cloth seats. Gm needs to do something about this immediately. After all, they have already acknowledged the problem. We feel absolutely screwed over by gm. |
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| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | NORTH PLATTE, NE |
| VIN pattern | 1GNFK13028RXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 06/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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