2000–2001 Buick Century & 2000–2001 Buick Regal + 1 more recall: seat belt
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: certain passenger vehicles, equipped with sunvisor located air bag labels, fail to conform to federal motor vehicles safety standard no. 208, "occupant crash protection." these vehicles have a message area less than 30 cm which does not meet the requirements of the standard.
💥 The risk
These vehicles do not comply with the standard.
🔧 The fix
GM will mail a new bilingual air bag label with installation instructions. However, the customer may bring the label to their dealer for installation free of charge. Owner notification began may 4, 2001. Owners who do not receive the free label and installation instructions within a reasonable time should contact oldsmobile at 1-800-442-6537 or buick at 1-800-521-7300.
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
- 01V109000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 01017
- Manufacturer
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Vehicles affected
- 116,007
- Component
- SEAT BELTS
- Owner phone
- 1-800-442-6537
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- May 4, 2001
- Built
- Mar 1, 2000 – Jun 30, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).