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NHTSA recall 99V155000

Seat belts › Front › Anchorage

Suzuki Vitara

Reported Jun 28, 19991,273 vehicles affectedAMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP.Maker’s number SE

The defect

Vehicle description: 2-door passenger vehicles. during port installation of rear stereo speakers, the front seat belt lower anchor bolts were removed to facilitate the rear speaker installation and may not have been torqued to specification after installation of the speakers.

The risk

In the event of a crash, the seat belts may not properly restrain an occupant increasing the risk of injury.

The remedy

Dealers will retorque both of the front seat belt lower anchor bolts to specification.

Official recall at NHTSA ↗

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Vehicles in this recall

Notes

Owner notification began july 6, 1999.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 suzuki at 1-800-934-0934. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).