2000 Mazda B-Series Truck recall: seat belt
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: light duty trucks equipped with trw seat belt buckle assemblies. The buckle base of these seat belt assemblies were not properly heat treated and therefore do not pass the load bearing requirement of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 209, "seat belt assemblies."
💥 The risk
In the event of a vehicle crash, the occupant may not be properly restrained.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will inspect the buckle assemblies to determine whether the buckle assembly build date codes are within the suspect range. Those within the suspect date code range will be replaced.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V228002
- Manufacturer
- MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS
- Vehicles affected
- 460
- Component
- SEAT BELTS
- Owner phone
- 1-800-222-5500
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Dec 27, 2000
- Built
- May 3, 2000 – May 16, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began december 27, 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 mazda at 1-800-222-5500. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).