American Motors Seat Belts: Buckle Assembly

American Motors is recalling about 25,409 vehicles over a problem with the seat belts.

Campaign
69V066000
Manufacturer
CHRYSLER CORPORATION
Reported
12 May 1969
Vehicles
25,409
Built between
Feb 1969 – Mar 1969
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
2 May 1969
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between February 1969 and March 1969. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1969 American Motors American MotorsBuilt February 1969 to March 1969

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtFebruary 1969 to March 1969
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA12 May 1969
  3. Owners notified2 May 1969

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 12 May 1969.

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.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
CHRYSLER CORPORATION
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

Possibility that male connector end of seat belts were improperly heat treatedand fail to meet the 5,000 pound tensile test.(correct by installing newconnectors that meet specifications.)

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.

Same component

Same brand