Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS | ||||||||||||||||
| 00V228003 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. | from 04/01/2000 to 05/31/2000 | V (Vehicle) | 156305 | 08/24/2000 | MFR | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. | 08/07/2000 | 08/22/2000 | 571 | 209 | |||||
| Defect Summary | Vehicle description: passenger vehicles, light duty trucks, sport utility vehicles, and mini vans equipped with trw seat belt buckle assemblies. the buckle base of these seat belt assemblies were not properly heat treated and therefore do not pass the load bearing requirement of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 209, seat belt assemblies. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | In the event of a vehicle crash, the occupant may not be properly restrained. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will inspect the vehicle's safety belt buckle assembly date codes and, if necessary, will replace any safety belt buckle assembly. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owner notification began august 24, 2000. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact buick at 1-800-521-7300; chevrolet at 1-800-222-1020; gmc at 1-800-462-8782; oldsmobile at 1-800-442-6537; pontiac at 1-800-762-2737; or saturn at 1-800-553-6000. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS | |||||
| 09-09-40-001A | 02/01/2011 | 10038294 | Ready | 06/14/2011 | |
| 09-09-40-001A | 02/01/2011 | 10038294 | Gm: there are seat belt problems: difficulty latching and unlatching buckle. buckle release button is sticking. seat belt warning light illuminated. likely caused by sticky beverages that are spilled into the buckle assembly. *rm | 06/14/2011 | |
| 040850011 | 07/01/2004 | 10012127 | Repairing napped seat fabric. *eh | 02/14/2005 | |
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | |||||
| 00067 | 12/22/2000 | 618116 | Campaign parts bulletin for seat belt buckles that do not meet the pull test requirement. *jb | 04/04/2001 | |
| 00067 | 01/30/2001 | 618112 | Subject regarding product safety campaign seat belt buckle corrections and clarification. *jb | 04/04/2001 | |
| 00067 | 12/20/2000 | 618113 | General motors has decided that certain vehicles have seat belt buckles that do not meet the pull test requirement. *jb | 04/04/2001 | |
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES | |||||
| 09-09-40-001A | 02/01/2011 | 10038294 | Ready | 06/14/2011 | |
| 09-09-40-001A | 02/01/2011 | 10038294 | Gm: there are seat belt problems: difficulty latching and unlatching buckle. buckle release button is sticking. seat belt warning light illuminated. likely caused by sticky beverages that are spilled into the buckle assembly. *rm | 06/14/2011 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS | |||
| 02/10/2010 | 98000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2000 pontiac grand prix. while driving approximately 35 mph the truck in-front of him made a sudden stop; however, he was unable to stop and crashed into the rear end of a truck. the driver frontal air bag did not deploy and the seat belt failed to restrain him. he hit his head on the dash board and was unconscious for a few minutes. the insurance company confirmed that the vehicle was destroyed. the new holland police department case 852 was filed. the failure and the current mileage was 98,000. | |||
| 05/17/2001 | 1 | 03/01/2000 | |
| My 6 yr. old daughter got her neck caught in the seatbelt after undoing it to hand me an ice cream cup. i heard her murmur and looked back, she was strangling and could not talk. i slowed the car carefully in order to keep the belt from tightening around her neck any tighter and got out to help her. i was unable to help her because the belt was automatically tightening and would not release. a man in another vehicle stopped and asked if i needed help. he had a knife and we had to cut the seatbelt off my child. by that time, my daughter had not been able to breathe or speak. she ended up with cervical abrasions, a vertabra out in her neck, and we had to watch her for closed head injury symptoms. i do not want this to happen to another child. if there would have been a release lever to release the tension on the shoulder part of the belt, she could have easily been freed. if i hadn't have heard her murmur or if a man did not stop with a knife, my daughter would have strangled to death. i am reporting this to the car manufacturer and also to the consumer products safety commission. i attempted to get a police report taken but i was told rather rudely by the state police and the local sheriff's office that they would not take a report on such a thing. more or less what they were telling me is that my daughter's life is not important enough to make a report about. i have no ud-10 from the police but i do have the doctor's notes and pictures of my daughters neck and the cut seatbelt. i also have a statement from the man who cut the belt. thank you for your time. *ak | |||
| 11/01/2000 | |||
| I was registered with pontiac for recall notification. i was never notified about this seatbelt replacement campaign. i found out about it when the vehicle was taken to liberty pontiac last week for an unrelated problem. when i called the pontiac recall hotline, they admitted that they had no explanation as to why i was not notified. had i not taken the car in for unrelated repairs, i would have been driving with defective seatbelts.*ak | |||
| 02/11/2000 | 7 | 01/01/2000 | |
| This vehicle has had 2 ground wiring shorting out at engine repaired, a leaking gas tank replaced,it has loss power on me 7 times to this date, the heater blower motor malfunctioned, the passenger seat belt has malfunctioned, the headlights flicker, it has had a miss fire on all 6 cylinders twice, a spark plug, the coil pack, & a spark plug wire quit at the same time tha brake pedal has been going all the way to the floor every since i bought the car, the trip computer has malfunctioned twice etc. | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT | |||
| 08/26/2005 | 80000 | 1 | 12/31/1999 |
| Dt: the contact stated while traveling on a highway at 65 mph the vehicle hydroplaned on a wet road, causing the vehicle to spin around several times, and taking out part of a fence on a side road. the vehicle then came to rest upon a tree. this was a frontal impact; upon impact, the air bags did not deploy. the passenger's side door was damaged. the seat belts were worn by all the passengers, but they did not restrain them. the contact sustained injuries. the manufacturer was contacted. they sent an investigator to inspect the vehicle. *ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - ANCHORAGE | |||
| 10/08/2000 | 1 | 11/01/1999 | |
| Seatbelt anchor bolt on driver's seat had the prevailing nut fall off so that seatbelt was not fastened to vehicle. bolt is too short to engage prevailing torque feature of nut. passenger's belt has a proper length bolt, although the bolt is facing the | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - RETRACTOR | |||
| 02/11/2000 | 7 | 01/01/2000 | |
| This vehicle has had 2 ground wiring shorting out at engine repaired, a leaking gas tank replaced,it has loss power on me 7 times to this date, the heater blower motor malfunctioned, the passenger seat belt has malfunctioned, the headlights flicker, it has had a miss fire on all 6 cylinders twice, a spark plug, the coil pack, & a spark plug wire quit at the same time tha brake pedal has been going all the way to the floor every since i bought the car, the trip computer has malfunctioned twice etc. | |||