Owner Letter

Dear GM Customer:

This notice is sent to you in accordance with the requirements of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.

General Motors has decided that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in certain 1991 S/T 4-door utility vehicles. These vehicles may exhibit a condition in which a rear seat belt buckle release button can stick in the unlatched (down) position under certain conditions. Angular tongue insertion, partial tongue insertion along with a prying actin by the occupant, or a very high load application to the top of the latch cover can cause the latch cover to move relative to the latch mechanism and become partially disassembled. If the cover moves far enough, it can create an interference condition with the latch release button. When it does, the seat belt buckle cannot be latched. This can occur on any of the three rear seat belt buckles. This condition would be immediately apparent to the passenger. There would be no audible "click" and the tongue would push back out of the buckle. However, the passenger would not be able to use the seat belt in that seating position.

To prevent the possibility of this condition occurring, your GM dealer will replace the three rear-seat belt buckles (one assembly). This service will be performed for you at no charge.

Instructions for performing this service have been sent to your GM dealer. Please contact your dealer to arrange a service date. The labor time necessary to perform this correction will be approximately 20 minutes and parts are available. Please ask your dealer how much additional time will be needed to process your vehicle.

Your GM dealer is best equipped to provide service to ensure your vehicle is corrected as promptly as possible. However, if you take your vehicle to your dealer on the agreed service date and they do not service this condition on that date or within five days, we recommend you contact GM Consumer Relations by telephone. Consumer Relations will assist you and your dealer in getting your vehicle corrected. The telephone number of the Consumer Relations office is listed in your Warranty and Owner Assistance Information Manual.

After contacting your GM dealer and GM Consumer Relations, if you are still not satisfied that we have done our best to remedy this condition without charge within a reasonable time, you may wish to write the Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C., 20590, or call 800-424-9393 (Washington, D.C. residents use 202-366-0123).

Then enclosed postage paid owner reply card identifies your vehicle. Presentation of this card to your dealer will assist in making the necessary correction to your vehicle in the shortest possible time. If you have sold or traded your vehicle, please furnish us complete name and address of the person you sold or traded your vehicle to and return the card to us.

We are sorry to cause you this inconvenience; however, we have taken this action in the interest of your safety and continued satisfaction with our product.