GMC ZE06583 TRANSMODE 1978: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR

General Information

NHTSA Campaign ID Number: 78V083000

Make Model Year
GMC ZE06583 TRANSMODE 1978
Date Owners Notified Date Received by ODI Date Added to Database
1978-04-20 1978-04-14 1979-10-12

Production Dates: 1977-12-01 - 1978-01-01

Manufacturers Involved: General Motors, LLC

Component: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR

Potential Number Of Units Affected: 28

Report Initiator: MFR MFR Report

Regulation Part Number: 571

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number: 209

Summary

THE INVOLVED VEHICLES DO NOT CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 209, "SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES" IN THAT THE RIGHT HAND SEAT BELT RETRACTORS USED AT BOTH THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER SEAT POSITIONS MAY HAVE BEEN MISASSEMBLED. AS A RESULT, THEY MAY NOT LOCK.

Remedy

DEALER WILL REPLACE THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES AT NO CHARGE.

Notes

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTORHOMES.SYSTEM: INTERIOR; SEAT BELT RETRACTOR.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: IF THE RETRACTORS DO NOT LOCK, PASSENGERS WOULD NOT BEPROPERLY RESTRAINED IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION, AND THE CHANCES OF PASSENGERINJURY WOULD BE INCREASED.