| NHTSA Record Id: 11407 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: NISSAN |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008587000201567000000266 |
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| Model Name: FRONTIER |
Model Year: 1998 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V065000 |
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| Component Name: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Sep, 10 1997 |
End date of Manufacturing: Jan, 27 1998 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 20000 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Apr, 02 1998 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Nissan North America, Inc. |
Report Received Date: Mar, 25 1998 |
| Record Creation date : Mar, 27 1998 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: light duty passenger trucks equipped with bucket seats. in certain frontal crashes, the front seat belt can slip between the seat bottom finisher and the seat back plastic recliner handle where it can be cut by the sharp edge of the metal portion of the recliner lever. |
Consequence Summary: If the seat belt is completely severed, it can increase the risk of serious injury to an occupant in a crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the plastic handle on the end of the seat back reclining lever fwith a different shape handle which will prevent the seat belt from slipping between the handle and the seat. |
Recall Notes: Owner notificationbegan april20, 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 nissan at 1-800-nissan-1 (1-800-647-7261).also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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