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NHTSA recall 98V065000

Seat belts › Front › Webbing

Nissan Frontier

Reported Mar 25, 199820,000 vehicles affectedNISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.Built Sep 10, 1997 – Jan 27, 1998

The defect

Vehicle description: light duty passenger trucks equipped with bucket seats. in certain frontal crashes, the front seat belt can slip between the seat bottom finisher and the seat back plastic recliner handle where it can be cut by the sharp edge of the metal portion of the recliner lever.

The risk

If the seat belt IS completely severed, it can increase the risk of serious injury to an occupant in a crash.

The remedy

Dealers will replace the plastic handle on the end of the seat back reclining lever fwith a different shape handle which will prevent the seat belt from slipping between the handle and the seat.

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Vehicles in this recall

Nissan Frontier
1998

Notes

Owner notificationbegan april20, 1998.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 nissan at 1-800-nissan-1 (1-800-647-7261).also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).