YUGO Seat Belts: Anchorage

Yugo is recalling about 12,512 vehicles over a problem with the seat belts.

Campaign
86V022000
Manufacturer
YUGO OF AMERICA,INC.
Reported
7 February 1986
Vehicles
12,512
Built between
Jul 1985 – Jan 1986
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
NHTSA compliance test
Owners notified
28 February 1986
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between July 1985 and January 1986. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1986 YUGO GVBuilt July 1985 to January 1986

What the defect is

The front seat belt retractors, the center common seat belt mount and the rear inboard seat belt anchors were improperly installed. Consequence of defect: improperly installed seat belt anchors and attachments could result in passengers not being properly restrained in event of an accident. This is in violation of FMVSS no. 210.

What gets fixed

PERFORM REPAIRS TO CORRECT INSTALLATION OF SEAT BELTS.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJuly 1985 to January 1986
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA7 February 1986
  3. Owners notified28 February 1986

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 7 February 1986.

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
YUGO OF AMERICA,INC.
Safety standard
FMVSS 210
Recall initiated by
OVSC

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

System: seat belt retractors, FMVSS no. 210.VEHICLE description: sedan passenger car.

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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