2000–2001 Jaguar S-Type recall: seat belt
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles 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 and change, if necessary, the seat belt buckles.
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
- 00V228004
- Manufacturer
- JAGUAR CARS
- Vehicles affected
- 5,477
- Component
- SEAT BELTS
- Owner phone
- 1-800-452-4827
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Oct 1, 2000
- Built
- May 4, 2000 – Jul 19, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began october 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 jaguar at 1-800-452-4827. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).