Buick Seat Belts: Retractor

Buick is recalling about 26,421 vehicles over a problem with the seat belts.

Campaign
74V016000
Manufacturer
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Reported
25 January 1974
Vehicles
26,421
Built between
Not published
Models
6
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
28 January 1974
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • 1974 Buick Century
  • 1974 Buick Regal
  • 1974 Chevrolet Laguna
  • 1974 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
  • 1974 Oldsmobile Cutlass
  • 1974 Pontiac Lemans

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA25 January 1974
  2. Owners notified28 January 1974

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 25 January 1974.

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
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
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

General motors campaign no 74-C-10.OLDSMOBILE campaign no 74-C-4.BUICKCAMPAIGN no 74-C-3.PONTIAC campaign no 74-C-4.POSSIBILITY that the frontseat lap-belt retractor may intermittently fail to lock the seat lap-beltwebbing due to weak locking bar spring.as a result, the retractor may fail tohold the belt in position during extremely hard braking action or underaccident conditions.this may cause the occupant to slide forward on the seatand increase the possibility of injury.(correct by inspecting and installingnew assist spring where necessary.)

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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