1987
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NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 91V143000
Component: INTERIOR SYSTEMS:ACTIVE SEAT AND SHOULDER BELTS AND BELT ANCHOR
Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Potential Number of Units Affected: 231833

 

Year: 1987
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Manufactured From: FEB 1983 To: MAY 1991
Year of Recall: '91
Type of Report: Vehicle
Summary:

UNDER CERTAIN VEHICLE OPERATIONS AND OCCUPANT USAGE CONDITIONS, THE SAFETY BELTS CAN LOCKUP OR JAM IN THE SAFETY BELT RETRACTOR.

IF LOCKUP OCCURS, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PULL BELT OUT OFTHE RETRACTOR. THE OCCUPANT OF A SEAT WITH AN UNUSABLE SAFETY BELT ISSUBJECT TO INCREASED RISK OF INJURY OR DEATH IN THE EVENT OF A SUDDEN STOP ORACCIDENT.

REPLACE THE SAFETY BELTS IF THE LOCKUP OCCURS.

SYSTEM: SAFETY BELTS.

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS.