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Component: INTERIOR SYSTEMS: SEAT LATCH
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| ID: 98V145000 (1997 OLDSMOBILE TRUCK SILHOUETTE) |
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| Updated |
Mar 17, 2005 19:41:50 |
| Rating |
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Description:
Recall: 1997 Oldsmobile Silhouette
Component: INTERIOR SYSTEMS:SEAT LATCH
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 98V145000
Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Potential Number of Units Affected: 125990Summary:
Vehicle Description: Passenger mini vans equipped with bucket seats or a split
bench seat in the second (middle) or third (back) row. The seat latch
mechanisms on bucket seats and on the 40% portion of the split bench seat in the
second and third rows do not have protective covers.
When activating the release mechanism to roll a bucket seat forward, a
customer''s finger(s) could be severely injured or severed in they are not kept
clear of the mechanism.
Dealers will install protective covers on the outboard latch mechanisms on all
left and right hand rear bucket seats in the second and third row, and to both
inboard and outboard latch mechanisms on the center rear bucket seat and the 40%
portion of the split bench seat.
Owner notification began during August 1998. Owners who take their vehicles to
an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free
remedy within a reasonable time should contact Chevrolet at 1-800-222-1022 or
Oldsmobile at 1-800-442-6537. Also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration''s Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4326).
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