White Truck Seat Belts: Anchorage

White Truck is recalling about 710 vehicles over a problem with the seat belts.

Campaign
79V007000
Manufacturer
WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION
Reported
9 January 1979
Vehicles
710
Built between
Jun 1977 – Nov 1977
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
30 August 1979
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between June 1977 and November 1977. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1975 White Truck RC2Built June 1977 to November 1977

What the defect is

The involved vehicles fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 210, "seat belt assembly anchorages", because the seat tether anchor belt was not relocated two inches rearward as was the driver"s seat.

What gets fixed

THE DEALER WILL RELOCATE THE ANCHOR REARWARD TWO INCHES AT NO COST TO OWNER.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJune 1977 to November 1977
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA9 January 1979
  3. Owners notified30 August 1979

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 9 January 1979.

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
WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION
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

Vehicle description: heavy trucks.system: interior; seat belt anchors.consequences of defect: an improper relationship between the tether belt anchorpoint and the seat anchor point may cause a safety hazard to the occupantsbecause the proper restraint may not be provided.

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

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