General Motors Corp.: Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
General Motors Corp. reported this defect to federal regulators on Sep 21, 1993 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 182,045. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
THE SAFETY BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES MAY NOT LATCH OR MAY NOT RELEASE DUE TO THE FRACTURE OF THE RED RELEASE PUSH BUTTON.
The risk
THE BUCKLE MALFUNCTION WOULD PREVENT THE USE OF THESAFETY BELT SYSTEM, PLACING THE FRONT SEAT OCCUPANT IN INCREASED RISK OF INJURYIN THE EVENT OF A SUDDEN STOP OR ACCIDENT.
The remedy
REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SAFETY BELT BUCKLES.
2 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 Pontiac Lemans | 24 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 1990 Pontiac Lemans | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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 93V154000.
Full record for the 1991 Pontiac Lemans → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →