SAFETY BELT ASSEMBLY FAILURE

Seat Belts

Summary

ODI identified 59 reports with the alleged defect.ODI was able to contact 44 of the 59 consumers in order to determine the specific cause of the latch problems.of the 44 owners contacted, ODI determined that four failures were due to an out-of-tolerance latch plate, and that 23 failures were due to a displaced buckle housing cover.the remaining 17 failures had indeterminable causes.of the 59 reports, there were three alleged minor injuries.no legal claims or lawsuits have been filed with regard to this alleged defect.based on the limited number of reports, and a declining report trend, this investigation is closed.a safety-related defect has not been identified at this time and further use of Agency resources does not appeared to be warranted.accordingly, this investigation is closed.the closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that a safety-related defect does not exist.the Agency will take further action if warranted by the circumstances. See additional summary report.

Documents (25)

• GM 4/10/1003 RESPONSE ATTACHMENT 1, 1A, 1B, 4A, 4B, & 4C
• MEMO TO FILE GM 3/19/03 email notification of databases and templates used to respond to IR letters P.Ong * 8/23/04 * o
• 9/2/03 IR LETTER TO TRW (SUPPLIER)
• OCC 5/3/2004 GRANT CONFIDENTIAL TO TRW-10/16/2003 LETTER
• EA02-032 OLD INDEX
• TRW 10/16/03 ATTACHMENT 2 PART 1 OF 6, ITEM 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, & 10
• TRW 10/16/03 ATTACHMENT 2 PART 2 OF 6, ITEM 12 PART A
• TRW 10/16/03 ATTACHMENT 2 PART 3 OF 6, ITEM 12 PART B
• TRW 10/16/03 ATTACHMENT 2 PART 6 OF 6, ITEM 31 & ATTACHMENT 3
• TRW 10/16/03 ATTACHMENT 2 PART 5 OF 6, ITEM 27
• IR TO MFR
• LETTER TO ODI FROM ODI #727366
• TRW 10/16/03 LETTER TO ODI(ATTACHED IS A 8/23/04 MEMO TO FILE, FIRST PAGE)
• OCC 1/21/04 RESPONSE TO GM 9/30/03 LETTER CONFIDENTIALITY GRANTED
• GM 9/30/03 LETTER TO OCC, REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIALITY TREATMENT
• CLOSED RESUME ON 11-21-03 (SAFETY BELT ASSEMBLY FAILURE)
• GM 9/30/2003 ATTACHMENT 3A, 3B, 3C, 11A, & 11B
• IR TO MFR
• GM 9/30/2003 ATTACHMENT 11C & 12 (WHERE TO FIND THIS INFORMATION IN PE02032)
• MEMO TO TIS GM 9/30/03 ATTACHMENT 1, ONE CD
• TRW 10/16/03 ATTACHMENT 2 PART 4 OF 6, ITEM 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, & 26
• GM 9/30/2003 LETTER TO ODI
• TRW-10/16/2003 LETTER TO ODI, REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
• OPENING RESUME APPROVED
• Pursuit Document

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