general problems of the 2005 GMC Yukon

The third row seat attachment from the seat to the frame has broken. It is a hook type mechanism that holds the entire row of seats to the latch in the floorboard. This car was not in an accident and the seats broke when the vehicle stopped. There should be a recall. Also the back seatbelt was on a recall for this vehicle but doesn't show up anymore. Please restore the recall. Thank you.

The contact owns a 2005 GMC Yukon. The contact stated that while her husband was driving at 80 mph in an interstate with her in the passenger seat and her two children in the rear seats, the steering wheel seized inadvertently and the brake pedal was depressed but failed to respond. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle veered off to the left side of the road. The contact stated as her husband was trying to regain control of the vehicle, the tires hit the pavement and the vehicle rolled over 7 times in a ditch, within 180 yards and landed on its passenger side. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact and her husband noticed that the children were no longer in the vehicle and they immediately exited the vehicle through the front driver's side window to search for them. The contact stated that her 12 year old daughter who was sitting in the rear passenger side seat of the second row with a seat belt, was ejected through an unknown window and landed in a bush, 80 yards away from where the vehicle had landed. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign number: 05v163000 (seat belts). The contact's 20 year old son who was sitting in the rear driver seat of the second row with no seat belt, was ejected through an unknown window and landed 50 yards away from where the vehicle had landed. The contact and her family were transported to the hospital with the assistance of emergency units. The contact's son sustained a concussion, swollen knee injury, laceration on the head with 18 staples in the back of his head, 3-4 stiches on his thump and lacerations all over his body. The contact's daughter, who had been airlifted from the first hospital to a second hospital, sustained fractured skull, epidural hematoma, 2 internal brain hemorrhages, an unknown fractured part of the body, 2 dislocated primary teeth , deep laceration on her left hand that required 10 stiches and could lead to permanent nerve damage, deep laceration on her torso that required 8-10 staples. The contact's husband sustained a dislocated.

The plastic surround around my seat belt is defective. The plastic tabs have broken from normal usage and the surround now impedes either latching or unlatching, and the seat belt comes unlatched when it appears to be properly latched. Other vehicles of the same year/model have the same issue, and the same issue has occurred on multiple seat belts on the same vehicle. This is clearly a safety issue, because (1) the seat belt either appears to be latched when it is not; or (2) the seat belt will not unlatch when the release is depressed, preventing occupants from egressing the vehicle quickly if needed. The tabs holding the plastic surround are too small and allow the buckle to flex and jam, or they break off and interfere with the latch mechanism.

Rear left side passenger seat belt release button very hard to unlock can cause a passenger in an emergency to be trapped. Dealer states gm has no safety warranty on any seat belt products. Tps sensor indicator has shown up intermittently on the cluster had take to dealer numerous times and they never seem to find any problems was reading online possible cluster issue dealer could not resolve since vehicle purchase. Power train manual transmission shift pattern indicator light completely out there is a recall id #41359 as of Feb 14 2005 for vehicles with this problem making it impossible to see what gear vehicle is in and could cause injury. Dealer is suppose to reprogram the instrument panel cluster free of charge. Taken to dealer was told they cant do anything about it just concern about safety and recall that needs to be looked at. Thank you.