Ottawa Seat Belts

Ottawa is recalling about 59 vehicles over a problem with the seat belts. In the event of a crash and the tether is not adjusted correctly, the seat and seat belt may not be secured allowing the passenger to be thrown forward, possibly resulting in personal injuries.

Campaign
07V231000
Manufacturer
KALMAR INDUSTRIES CORP
Reported
8 June 2007
Vehicles
59
Built between
Mar 2007 – Apr 2007
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
31 July 2007
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between March 2007 and April 2007. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2007 Ottawa Terminal TractorBuilt March 2007 to April 2007

What the defect is

Certain 4X2 and 6X4 terminal tractors equipped with seat anchorage system tethers fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 210, "seat belt assembly anchorages." the tether that anchors the seat at the seat belt attachment point to the floor of the cab has been determined by our supplier to have not met the performance requirements normally provided on the adjuster mechanism.

What could happen

In the event of a crash and the tether is not adjusted correctly, the seat and seat belt may not be secured allowing the passenger to be thrown forward, possibly resulting in personal injuries.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL INSTALL THE NEW TETHER STRAP FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 31, 2007.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMarch 2007 to April 2007
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA8 June 2007
  3. Owners notified31 July 2007

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 8 June 2007.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact kalmar-ottawa at 785-229-6327.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
KALMAR INDUSTRIES CORP
Safety standard
FMVSS 210
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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