Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS | |||||
| 01507 | 01/01/2004 | 10005444 | Second row seat belt will not retract passengers side. sit bulletin 1403282. *tt | 02/27/2004 | |
| 000940001 | 03/01/2000 | 831607 | 611293 | Excessive lateral movement (side to side) when using certain aftermarket child seats. this condition occurs in vehicles equipped with second and third row bucket seats. *tt | 06/01/2000 |
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - ANCHORAGE | |||||
| 072301 | 07/23/2001 | 621224 | On some vehicles the second row passenger seat belts may experience a condition where the second row passenger side seat belt will not release. *tt | 09/12/2001 | |
| SEAT BELTS - INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT | |||||
| 130701 | 07/13/2001 | 623799 | Subject regarding proper functioning of the chest strap and the integral child seats. *tt | 10/30/2001 | |
Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS | ||||||
| EA02032 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. | 11/18/2002 | 11/21/2003 | SAFETY BELT ASSEMBLY FAILURE | ||
| Odi identified 59 reports with the alleged defect.odi was able to contact 44 of the 59 consumers in order to determine the specific cause of the latch problems.of the 44 owners contacted, odi determined that four failures were due to an out-of-tolerance latch plate, and that 23 failures were due to a displaced buckle housing cover.the remaining 17 failures had indeterminable causes.of the 59 reports, there were three alleged minor injuries.no legal claims or lawsuits have been filed with regard to this alleged defect.based on the limited number of reports, and a declining report trend, this investigation is closed.a safety-related defect has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appeared to be warranted.accordingly, this investigation is closed.the closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by nhtsa that a safety-related defect does not exist.the agency will take further action if warranted by the circumstances. see additional summary report. | ||||||
| PE02017 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. | 02/11/2002 | 08/02/2002 | SHOULDER HARNESS CLIP | ||
| Allege shoulder harness clip easily comes apart | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - ANCHORAGE | |||
| 05/01/2001 | 1 | 06/01/1998 | |
| The driver side seat belt snapped without cause. oldsmobile refuses to stand behind the problem and fix it. the people i have spoken with at oldsmobile just fed the company line of the warranty is for 3 years or 30,000 miles... when i asked to speak with someone higher, they refused to put me through, stating that i would get the same answer. the dealership in our area which will be fixing the belt is charging us almost 200.00 dollars for this repair. this is an item that should never, ever break, and it did. oldsmobile sees nothing wrong with this and refuses to replace the belt free of charge. i am now concerned for the safety of my family in this vehicle. what other defective safety items are yet to rear their ugly head? when will i discover them? when i need them most? a defective seat belt could have been the difference between life and death should my wife had gotten into an accident. oldsmobile does not care. i will never buy another oldsmobile, nor will i ever buy another gm product because of this experience. when i told the representative from oldsmobile (the one who refused to allow me to speak with her supervisor) that i was speaking with an attorney to see if he could force the issue and get oldsmobile to take soem responsibility for building a vehicle with defective safety features, the woman said she could no longer talk to me and hung up. i hope that there is something that the ntsa can do to hold oldsmobile accountable in this, and any future defective safety equipment situation. it would be only right that they replace a defective seatbelt, irregardless of how long the warranty has been expired. someone needs to hold the manufacturers accountable before another firestone tire-like disaster occurs.*ak | |||
| 03/01/2001 | 1 | 01/01/1998 | |
| My approx 75lb dog was belted to the passenger seat belt while the car was parked to prevent him from accessing the contents of the rear compartment. because his usual collar-to-seatbelt leash was in another vehicle, i accomplished this via a thin (ladies') silk scarf in a simple knot around his collar. when my husband came along a few minutes later, he opened the passenger door for the dog, not realizing the dog was restrained. the dog jumped out of the car: the seatbelt, not the silk scarf, tore! the sealtbelt tore literally in half. the tear is not at a seam or at the clip, but rather in the webbing itself. what if this had been a high speed collision? my husband and i are both physicians - my husband an er doc - and neither of us has heard of such a thing. we have contacted the dealer, who stated that it should not have happened, but wants approx $200 for the repair. in addition to safety concerns for other vehicles, i am reprting this because i think charging for a safety-related equipment failure is unreasonable. thanks for your time! pat wells. *ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | |||
| 07/01/1997 | |||
| I discovered that a child restraint seat cannot be safely or securely installed on the driver side, middle bench of my minivan using the shoulder seat belt because when tightening the belt to secure the seat, the belt buckle pushes up on the seat reclining lever, which is located directly above the buckle, and reclines the seat. i read and reread my manual and in no place does it contraindicate that position for the safety seat . the dealer could not even install the seat properly for me and the service technician agreed that this was a safety concern, possible even for a passenger just using the shoulder belt since any force pushes up on the buckle which hits the recline lever and reclines the seat. gm customer assistance recommends getting the dealer to install a top strap and tether (the service technician did not suggest this) to secure the seat at my expense. (i understand that 2001 models have a latch option now for anchoring seats without the use of seat belts. none of this , however, addresses the poor and potentially dangerous design of having the seat recline latch directly above the seat belt buckle. i truly fear any sudden stop which puts pressure on the seat buckle will , in turn, lift up that lever, recline the seat and cause injury to the passenger who was properly buckled. meanwhile, until i find out if the dealer can install a top strap and a tether between the seat fold to secure the seat without using the shoulder belt and buckle, i have no peace of mind transporting my 4 children, two of whom still need car seats. thank you for any assistance.*ak | |||