NHTSA Campaign 99V280000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
NHTSA campaign 99V280000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the seat belts: front: anchorage. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 99V280000 with NHTSA on October 20, 1999; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 99V280000, NHTSA lists up to 265,698 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 1, 1998 and August 31, 1999.
The 99V280000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 99V280000 were scheduled from October 29, 1999, 9 days after the report.
99V280000 covers 3 models from Saturn, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 99V280000 covers have filed at least 1 complaints naming the seat belts, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 99V280000 vehicles, the 2000 Saturn Sc has the most (1).
By potentially affected vehicles, 99V280000 ranks 34 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 99V280000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 23 other recalls on the seat belts on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 210, "SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY ANCHORAGES." SOME OF THE VEHICLES WERE PRODUCED WITH SEAT BELT SHOULDER GUIDE ANCHOR BOLTS THAT WERE NOT ADEQUATELY TIGHTENED AT THE CENTER PILLAR AND COULD FALL OUT, MAKING THE SEAT BELT INOPERATIVE.
- The risk
- IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE SEAT OCCUPANT MAY NOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THESE VEHICLES FOR PROPER INSTALLATION AND TORQUE OF THE SEAT BELT SHOULDER GUIDE ANCHOR BOLTS.
- Notes
- GM RECALL NO. 909067/SATURN RECALL NO. 99-C-02. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN OCTOBER 29, 1999. 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 SATURN AT 1-800-553-6000, PROMPT #3.
Reported October 20, 1999
Vehicles covered by 99V280000 (3)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 99V280000, 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 20, 1999. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted