NHTSA Campaign 00V228003
SEAT BELTS
NHTSA campaign 00V228003 covers 24 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the seat belts. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 00V228003 with NHTSA on August 7, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V228003, NHTSA lists up to 156,305 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 1, 2000 and May 31, 2000.
The 00V228003 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V228003 were scheduled from August 24, 2000, 17 days after the report.
00V228003 covers 13 models from Buick, Chevrolet, GMC, Pontiac and Saturn, model years 2000–2001.
Owners of the model years 00V228003 covers have filed at least 3 complaints naming the seat belts, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 00V228003 vehicles, the 2001 Chevrolet Lumina has the most (3).
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V228003 ranks 48 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 00V228003, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 23 other recalls on the seat belts on this site; the one before 00V228003 was 00V111000, reported on April 17, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- 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."
- The risk
- IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE CRASH, THE OCCUPANT MAY NOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED.
- The fix
- 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.
Reported August 7, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V228003 (24)
Chevrolet (12)
Saturn (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V228003, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: August 7, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted