NHTSA Campaign 10V043000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
NHTSA campaign 10V043000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the seat belts: front: retractor. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 10V043000 with NHTSA on February 18, 2010; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 10V043000, NHTSA lists up to 14,126 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 1, 2003 and May 30, 2004.
The 10V043000 report reached NHTSA 6 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V043000 were scheduled from May 15, 2010, 86 days after the report.
10V043000 covers 1 model from Saab, model years 2004.
Owners of the model years 10V043000 covers have filed at least 79 complaints naming the seat belts, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V043000 ranks 135 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 10V043000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 23 other recalls on the seat belts on this site; the one before 10V043000 was 08V615000, reported on November 24, 2008.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2004 SAAB 9-3 SEDANS. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES WERE PRODUCED WITH FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTORS THAT, OVER TIME, COULD FAIL TO RETRACT.
- The risk
- USING A SEAT BELT THAT HAS NOT RETRACTED, AND IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, A SEAT OCCUPANT MAY NOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED INCREASING THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE DRIVER SIDE RETRACTOR FREE OF CHARGE. IF THE FRONT PASSENGER RETRACTOR WERE TO FAIL TO RETRACT, GM WILL REPLACE THE FRONT PASSENGER RETRACTOR FREE OF CHARGE UNDER A SPECIAL COVERAGE THAT WILL BE RELEASED FOR THE SAME POPULATION FOR 10 YEARS FROM NEW VEHICLE DATE OF SALE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING JULY 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SAAB AT 1-800-955-9007 OR AT THE OWNER CENTER AT SAABPARTS.COM/US. Note: In June 2014, GM expanded the special coverage from 10 years to be for the lifetime of the vehicle.
- Notes
- GM'S RECALL NO. E090273.
Reported February 18, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V043000 (1)
Saab (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V043000, 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: February 18, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted