Front shoulder belt anchorage disengagem

An NHTSA Preliminary Evaluation into Saturn vehicles. Closed 18 October 1999.

Investigation
PE99050
Type
Preliminary Evaluation
Opened
28 July 1999
Closed
18 October 1999

What NHTSA investigated

ODI received a Vehicle Owners Questionnaire (VOQ) reporting that the driver's shoulder belt guide fell off of its mounting on the B-pillar within 24 hours of delivery of the vehicle (1999 SL-2) from the dealership.The complainant observed that the shoulder belt guide anchor both had an undistrurbed portion of thread locking compound on it, leading him to believe that the bolt had not been properly tightened at the factory.A Preliminary Evaluation has been opered to assess the scope of this phenomenon.

The recall that followed

  1. Saturn — Seat Belts: Anchorage99V28000020 October 1999265,698 vehicles

Vehicles covered

MakeModelModel years
SaturnSATURN1999

Source

From NHTSA’s investigation file, rebuilt daily. To report a problem with your own vehicle, go to nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem. All open investigations.