Regal V6-231 3.8L VIN L SFI (1990)
Seat Belt: Recalls
Owner Letter
Dear Buick Regal Sedan Owner:
This notice is sent to you in accordance with the requirements of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.
REASON FOR THIS RECALL
General Motors has determined that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in certain 1990 and 1991 Buick Regal Sedan model vehicles.
The front seat shoulder belt webbing in these vehicles may separate at the front seat shoulder belt upper guide loops (driver and/or passenger side).
Separation of the webbing would occur without prior warning and could increase the risk of injury to belted front outboard occupants in a high energy
vehicle crash. During a high endrgy crash event, this condition may occur if the front seat shoulder belt upper guide loop "dumps" the seat belt webbing
into one corner of the guide loop and cuts the webbing.
WHAT WE WILL DO
To prevent this condition from occurring, your Buick dealer will install a controlled rotation bracket on both the driver and passenger side front seat
shoulder belt guide loops. This bracket will limit the front seat shoulder belt upper guide loop's range of travel, preventing the webbing from being cut.
This service will be performed for you at no charge.
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO
Please contact your Buick dealer as soon as possible to arrange a service date and so the dealer may order the necessary parts for the repair. Instructions
for making this correction have been sent to your dealer and it is estimated that parts will be available beginning March 6, 1991. The labor time
necessary to perform this service correction is approximately 1/2 hour. Please ask your dealer if you wish to know how much additional time will be
needed to schedule and process your vehicle.
Your Buick dealer is best equipped to obtain parts and provide service to insure that yqur vehicle is corrected as promptly as possible. If, however, you
take your vehicle to your dealer on the agreed service date and they do not remedy this condition on that date or within five (5) days, we recommend you
contact the Buick Customer Assistance Center by calling 1-800-521-7300.
After contacting your dealer and the Customer Assistance Center, if you are still not satisfied that we have done our best to remedy this condition without
charge and within a reasonable time, you may wish to write the Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street,
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590 or call 1-800-424-9393 (Washington D.C. residents use 366-0123).
The enclosed owner reply card identifies your vehicle. Presentation of this card to your dealer will assist in making the necessary correction in the
shortest possible time. If you have sold or traded your vehicle, please let us know by completing the postage paid reply card and returning it to us.
We are sorry to cause you this inconvenience; however, we have taken this action in the interest of your safety and continued satisfaction with our
products.
