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NHTSA recall 97V161000

Seat belts › Front › Retractor

Saturn SC and 1 more

Reported Sep 22, 199726,135 vehicles affectedGENERAL MOTORS CORP.Built May 1, 1996 – Nov 30, 1996

The defect

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. if the driver or front passenger safety belt IS pulled out much faster than normal, a number of time, the lock-up feature of the retractor will not work properly.

The risk

In a rapid deceleration or vehicle crash, the occupant would not be properly restrained increasing the risk of personal injury.

The remedy

Dealers will replace the driver and front passenger safety belt retractor.

Official recall at NHTSA ↗

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Vehicles in this recall

Saturn SC
1997
Saturn SC1
1997

Notes

Owner notification began during september 1997. 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). Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.