1991 AM General M998

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the unknown or other. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Unknown or Other	1		0	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor91V030000

Filed Feb 19, 199110,285 vehiclesAm General Corporation

Defect. AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT RETRACTION MECHANISM DOES NOT FULLY RETRACT THE BELT AFTER IT IS EXTENDED, EITHER BY MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER TORSO OR AFTER REMOVAL BY OCCUPANT.

Risk. SEAT BELT SHOULDER HARNESS WOULD NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATEPROTECTION TO OCCUPANT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy. REPLACE THE WASHER BETWEEN THE SHOULDER BOLT AND UPPER MOUNTING BRACKET WITH SMALLER WASHER; THIS WILL ALLOW RETRACTOR TO OPERATE.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Unknown or Other

Filed Apr 24, 20184,000 milesMN

MINNESOTA WILL NOT GRANT A TITLE, THEY TELL ME THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT DESIGNED FOR ON HIGHWAY USE. HOWEVER, THE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS RUN THEM ON THE ROADS EVERYDAY. MANY OTHER STATES ALLOW THIS VEHICLE TO BE SAFELY RAN ON THEIR ROADS.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1991

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Deaths	Assessment
1991 — this page	1	1	0	0	Routine
1990	0	1	0	0	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Feb 19, 1991. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.