NHTSA Campaign 15V399000
SEAT BELTS
NHTSA campaign 15V399000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the seat belts. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 15V399000 with NHTSA on June 23, 2015; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 15V399000, NHTSA lists up to 47,042 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 29, 2008 and February 18, 2009.
The 15V399000 report reached NHTSA 6 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 15V399000 were scheduled from July 5, 2016, 378 days after the report.
15V399000 covers 2 models from Pontiac and Chevrolet, model years 2008–2011.
By potentially affected vehicles, 15V399000 ranks 85 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 15V399000, General Motors LLC has 16 other recalls on the seat belts on this site; the one before 15V399000 was 15V269000, reported on May 8, 2015.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2011-2013 Chevrolet Caprice vehicles manufactured October 15, 2010, to October 22, 2013, and 2008-2009 Pontiac G8 vehicles manufactured July 25, 2007, to February 18, 2009. In the affected vehicles, the flexible steel cables that connect the seat belts to the vehicle at the outside of the driver seat and the front passenger seat may be bent from being sat on while entering the vehicle. This repeated bending may result in the cable breaking.
- The risk
- If the cable breaks, the seat occupant may not be properly restrained in the event of a crash, increasing their risk of injury.
- The fix
- GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the seat belt tensioner assembly which includes the steel cable, free of charge. These replacement parts reposition the tensioner cable out of the path of entry into the vehicle and uses a more flexible cable, set at a more upright angle. The recall began on July 5, 2016. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or Pontiac customer service at 1-800-762-2737. GM's number for this recall is 15206.
Reported June 23, 2015
Vehicles covered by 15V399000 (3)
Pontiac (2)
Chevrolet (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 15V399000, 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: June 23, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted