| NHTSA Record Id: 11498 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: OLDSMOBILE |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008700000202687000000319 |
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| Model Name: SILHOUETTE |
Model Year: 1998 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V145000 |
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| Component Name: SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jun, 01 1997 |
End date of Manufacturing: Mar, 31 1998 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 125990 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Aug, 18 1998 |
Recall Initiator: ODI |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : General Motors, LLC |
Report Received Date: Jun, 26 1998 |
| Record Creation date : Jun, 30 1998 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger mini vans equipped with bucket seats or a split bench seat in the second (middle) or third (back) row. the seat latch mechanisms on bucket seats and on the 40% portion of the split bench seat in the second and third rows do not have protective covers. |
Consequence Summary: When activating the release mechanism to roll a bucket seat forward, a customer's finger(s) could be severely injured or severed in they are not kept clear of the mechanism. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will install protective covers on the outboard latch mechanisms on all left and right hand rear bucket seats in the second and third row, and to both inboard and outboard latch mechanisms on the center rear bucket seat and the 40% portion of the split bench seat. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began during august 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 chevrolet at 1-800-222-1022 or oldsmobile at 1-800-442-6537. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4326). |
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