Recall - Plastic Cover On Seat Belt Guide Loop Cracked: Overview
Model Year1992
Bulletin No.
92-C-13
File in Group
10
Number
54
Date
July '92
SUBJECT:
SHOULDER BELT GUIDE LOOPS
MODELS AFFECTED:
1991 ROADMASTER ESTATE WAGONS CERTAIN 1992 ROADMASTER SEDANS
The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, as amended, provides that each vehicle which is subject to a recall campaign of this type must be adequately repaired within a reasonable time after the owner has tendered it for repair. A failure to repair within sixty (60) days after tender of a vehicle is prima facie evidence of failure to repair within a reasonable time.
If the condition is not adequately repaired within a reasonable tiole, the owner may be entitled to an identical or reasonably equivalent vehicle at no charge or to a refund of the purchase price less a reasonable allowance for depreciation.
To avoid having to provide these burdensome solutions, every effort must be made to promptly schedule an appointment with each owner and to repair their vehicle as soon as possible. As you will see in reading the attached copy of the letter that is being sent to owners, the owners are being instructed to contact the Buick Customer Assistance Center if their dealer does not remedy the condition within five (5) days of the mutually agreed upon service date. If the condition is not remedied within a reasonable time, they are instructed on how to contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
DEFECT INVOLVED
General Motors has determined that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in all 1991 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon and certain 1992 Roadmaster Sedan model vehicles. These vehicles exhibit a condition in which the shoulder belt guide loop plastic covering may crack and expose the steel sub-plate. In the event of a vehicle crash, the exposed steel sub-plate could cut the safety belt webbing and result in an increased possibility and/or severity of injury to the affected seat occupant.
To prevent this condition from occurring, dealers are to install new shoulder belt guide loops on involved vehicles.
VEHICLES INVOLVED
Involved are all 1991 and certain 1992 Buick Roadmaster model vehicles built within the VIN breakpoints.
Involved vehicles have been identified by Vehicle Identification Number Computer Listings. Computer listings contain the complete Vehicle Identification Number, owner name and address data, and are furnished to involved dealers with the campaign bulletin. Owner name and address data furnished will enable dealers to follow-up with owners involved in this campaign.
These listings may contain owner names and addresses obtained from State Motor Vehicle Registration Records. The use of such motor vehicle registration data for any other purpose is a violation of law in several states. Accordingly, you are urged to limit the use of this listing to the follow-up necessary to complete this campaign. Any dealer not receiving a computer listing with the campaign bulletin has no involved vehicles currently assigned.