General Motors Corp.: Seat Belts
General Motors Corp. reported this defect to federal regulators on Oct 2, 1991 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 412,792. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
FRONT SHOULDER SAFETY BELT WEBBING MAY SEPARATE AT FRONT BELT UPPER GUIDE LOOPS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FRONT SEAT.
The risk
WEBBING SEPARATION COULD OCCUR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING ANDINCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY TO BELTED FRONT OUTBOARD OCCUPANTS IN A HIGH ENERGYCRASH.
The remedy
INSTALL A CONTROLLED ROTATION BRACKET ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT GUIDE LOOPS.
5 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 Buick Regal | 200 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 1990 Buick Regal | 77 | 9 | 1 | 7 |
| 1990 Chevrolet Lumina | 427 | 9 | 8 | 24 |
| 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass | 103 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 1990 Pontiac Grand Prix | 176 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 91V005000.
Full record for the 1991 Buick Regal → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →