NHTSA campaign 00V057000 · Manufacturer campaign 00023

Buick and Oldsmobile Recall 00V-057: GM/REAR SHOULDER BELTS

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 00V057000 (Manufacturer campaign 00023) was reported by GENERAL MOTORS CORP. on February 28, 2000, with 85,253 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Buick Riviera and Oldsmobile Aurora for the 1995 model year (try.vin imports model years 1995 and later). Owners were notified on November 15, 2000, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 00V057000 (also written 00V-057 or 00V057)
Filed by: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Manufacturer campaign number: 00023
Report received: February 28, 2000
Potentially affected: 85,253 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Seat Belts — Front — Webbing
Owners notified: November 15, 2000
NHTSA investigation: Engineering Analysis EA00-006 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 00V057000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Buick

Buick Riviera
- 1995 · Vehicles built September 1, 1993 – June 30, 1995 (per NHTSA)

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Oldsmobile

Oldsmobile Aurora
- 1995 · Vehicles built September 1, 1993 – June 30, 1995 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 00V057000.

Defect description

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE REAR SHOULDER BELT(S) DO NOT RETRACT. A RETAINER COULD SEPARATE FROM A REAR SEAT SHOULDER BELT RETRACTOR WHICH RESULTS IN THE RETRACTOR RETURN SPRING BECOMING DISENGAGED.

Safety consequence

IN A CRASH, AN OCCUPANT MAY RECEIVE MORE SEVERE INJURIES IF THERE IS EXCESSIVE SLACK IN THE SHOULDER BELT.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL INSPECT BOTH REAR SHOULDER BELT RETRACTORS FOR CORRECT FUNCTION AND INSTALL A SPRING COVER RETAINING STRAP TO EACH RETRACTOR. IF A RETRACTOR DOES NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY, IT WILL BE REPLACED.

Notes

GM RECALL NO. 00023.OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN NOVEMBER 15, 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 OLDSMOBILE AT 1-800-442-6537 OR BUICK AT 1-800-521-7300. ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 00V057000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.