Seat - Rear Lap/Shoulder Belt Kits: Overview
88chevy19Number: 88-345-0A
Section: 0A
Date: SEPT., 1988
Subject: REAR SEAT LAP/SHOULDER BELT KITS
Model and Year: 1977-88 PASSENGER CARS AND LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS
TO: ALL CHEVROLET DEALERS
To ensure that Chevrolet Dealer Service Management and employees are aware of the availability of GM Dealer-Installed Rear Seat Lap/Shoulder Belt Kits, we are providing a copy of General Motors Service Parts Operations Dealer Bulletin No. 88-68.
This information is being provided to assist you in addressing customer comments regarding the availability of dealer installed rear-seat lap/shoulder belt kits in Chevrolet model vehicles.
Parts & Accessories
Information Bulletin
SUBJECT: GM Dealer-Installed Rear Set DATE: May 20, 1988 Lap/Shoulder Belt Kits
TO: All GM Dealers
General Motors made a commitment in 1986 to become the first American automaker to provide rear seat lap/shoulder belts as standard equipment in domestic automobiles. At the same time, GM Parts released newly designed, dealer-installed rear seat lap/shoulder belt kits for most current and past model vehicles. With seat belt use required now in most states, public acceptance of all kinds of occupant restraints is increasing.
What's Available: GM Parts distributes more than 90 different kits designed to equip 20 different body styles and over 50 models of GM cars, trucks and vans-some as far back as model year 1976. Older models can be retrofitted with black belts, while owners of some late model vehicles have a choice of as many as eleven colors. A complete list of kits and part numbers is attached for your convenience.
What's Not Available: Although parts availability is excellent for passenger cars kits, delivery for some vans and trucks may be delayed. Kits are not released for GM passenger cars imported from Japan. Kits also are not offered for the 1978-88 Oldsmobile Cutlass, Buick Regal, Chevrolet Monte Carlo, or Pontiac Grand Prix, because GM safety engineers have concluded that in these cars, a rear seat lap/shoulder belt combination would not enhance the safety offered to rear seat occupants by the lap belt alone.
What's In A Kit: Most kits include right and left outboard lap/shoulder belts, and some kits also include a belt for the middle seating position for color coordination. All kits include installation hardware, instructions and buckles.
How to Order: For your convenience, the kits are listed in the Accessories Group (21.040) of the Parts & Illustration Catalog. Kits also are listed as "Dealer Installed Accessories" in the GM Parts Accessories Catalog.
Thank you for your cooperation.