2000–2001 Buick Century & 2000–2001 Buick Regal + 14 more recall: seat belt
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles, light duty trucks, sport utility vehicles, and MINI vans 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 vehicle's safety belt buckle assembly date codes and, if necessary, will replace any safety belt buckle assembly.
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
- 00V228003
- Manufacturer recall #
- 00067
- Manufacturer
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Vehicles affected
- 156,305
- Component
- SEAT BELTS
- Owner phone
- 1-800-521-7300
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Aug 24, 2000
- Built
- May 1, 2000 – May 31, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began august 24, 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 buick at 1-800-521-7300; chevrolet at 1-800-222-1020; GMC at 1-800-462-8782; oldsmobile at 1-800-442-6537; pontiac at 1-800-762-2737; or saturn at 1-800-553-6000. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).