KENWORTH UNSPECIFIED 1978: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY

General Information

NHTSA Campaign ID Number: 79V265000

Make Model Year
KENWORTH UNSPECIFIED 1978
Date Owners Notified Date Received by ODI Date Added to Database
1979-11-14 1979-11-20 1980-01-14

Production Dates: 1978-01-01 - 1979-06-01

Manufacturers Involved: PACCAR Incorporated

Component: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY

Potential Number Of Units Affected: 20000

Report Initiator: MFR MFR Report

Regulation Part Number: 571

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number: 209

Summary

SEAT BELTS INSTALLED ON THE INVOLVED VEHICLES MAY HAVE A FALSE LATCHING CONDITION WHICH WOULD CONSTITUTE A NON-COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 209, "SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES".

Remedy

DEALER WILL REPLACE THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER.

Notes

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TRUCKS.SYSTEM: INTERIOR; SEAT BELTS.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, PASSENGERS COULD BESERIOUSLY INJURED DUE TO INADEQUATE RETENTION BY SEAT BELTS.