NHTSA Campaign 00V316000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
NHTSA campaign 00V316000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the seat belts: front: retractor. The repair is free.
AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO filed the report for 00V316000 with NHTSA on October 10, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V316000, NHTSA lists up to 9,147 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 8, 1999 and August 25, 2000.
The 00V316000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V316000 were scheduled from October 23, 2000, 13 days after the report.
00V316000 covers 1 model from Honda, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V316000 covers have filed at least 4 complaints naming the seat belts, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V316000 ranks 14 of 36 AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO recalls on this site.
Besides 00V316000, AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO has 6 other recalls on the seat belts on this site; the one before 00V316000 was 00V016000, reported on January 24, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR CAN DEFORM AND CAUSE COMPLETE OR FREQUENT LOCKING OF THE RETRACTOR. AS A RESULT, THE SEAT BELTS CANNOT BE PULLED OUT OF THE RETRACTOR AND CANNOT BE USED.
- The risk
- IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE SEAT OCCUPANT MAY NOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED, INCREASING THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE SEAT BELT ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING OCTOBER 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 HONDA AT 1-800-999-1009.
Reported October 10, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V316000 (1)
Honda (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V316000, 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: October 10, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted