NHTSA Campaign 10V375000
SEAT BELTS
NHTSA campaign 10V375000 covers 8 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the seat belts. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 10V375000 with NHTSA on August 12, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V375000, NHTSA lists up to 207,210 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009.
The 10V375000 report reached NHTSA 13 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V375000 were scheduled from August 18, 2010, 6 days after the report.
10V375000 covers 4 models from Buick, Chevrolet, GMC and Saturn, model years 2009–2010.
Owners of the model years 10V375000 covers have filed at least 8 complaints naming the seat belts, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 10V375000 vehicles, the 2009 Saturn Outlook has the most (8).
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V375000 ranks 41 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 10V375000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 23 other recalls on the seat belts on this site; the one before 10V375000 was 10V043000, reported on February 18, 2010.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009-2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE, BUICK ENCLAVE, GMC ACADIA, AND SATURN OUTLOOK VEHICLES. THE SECOND ROW SEAT SIDE TRIM SHIELD RESTRICTS THE UPWARD ROTATION OF THE SAFETY BELT BUCKLE WHEN THE SEAT BACK IS RETURNED TO A SEATING POSITION AFTER BEING FOLDED FLAT. IF THE BUCKLE CONTACTS THE SEAT FRAME, ADDITIONAL EFFORT IS REQUIRED TO RETURN THE SEAT TO A SEATING POSITION. IF SUFFICIENT FORCE IS APPLIED, THE BUCKLE COVER COULD BE PUSHED DOWN THE STRAP, EXPOSING AND PARTIALLY DEPRESSING THE RED RELEASE BUTTON.
- The risk
- THE SAFETY BELT MAY NOT RESTRAIN THE OCCUPANT AS INTENDED DURING A CRASH, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY TO THE SEAT OCCUPANT.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL MODIFY THE SECOND ROW SEAT SIDE TRIM SHIELDS. IF A SAFETY BELT BUCKLE IS DAMAGED, DEALERS WILL REPLACE IT FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 18, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438, BUICK AT 1-866-608-8080, GMC AT 1-866-996-9463, AND SATURN AT 1-800-972-8876, OR AT THE OWNER CENTER AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.
- Notes
- GM'S RECALL NO. N100243.
Reported August 12, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V375000 (8)
Buick (2)
Chevrolet (2)
Saturn (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V375000, 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 12, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted