Colorado 4WD L5-3.7L (2007)
Disclaimer
Owner Letter
Owner Letter
December 2010
Dear General Motors Customer:
This notice is sent to you in accordance with the requirements of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.
General Motors has decided that certain 2004-2011 model year Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon regular cab vehicles and extended cab vehicles
without a rear seat, and equipped with a front 60/40 split bench seat fail to conform to Federal/Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 225 and
(CMVSS) 210.1. The top tether anchor for the front center seat is not accessible and the Owner Manual does not include instructions regarding how to
use the top tether. As a result, GM is conducting a recall. We apologize for this inconvenience. However, we are concerned about your safety and
continued satisfaction with our products.
Important
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Your vehicle is involved in Noncompliance Special Coverage 10407.
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This notice contains important information and instructions to the use of child restraints in your vehicle.
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Schedule an appointment with your GM dealer.
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This service will be performed for you at no charge.
Why is your vehicle being recalled?
The child restraint top tether anchor for the front center seat position in your vehicle is not accessible as required by the Standard. FMVSS 225 also
requires that the Owner Manual includes a step-by-step procedure for attaching a child restraint top tether to a vehicle top tether anchor.
The top tether helps to secure a child seat. Even with the top tether, however, both the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and GM
discourage placement of a child in a front seat. In the event of a crash, a child in a child restraint in the front center seat position with or without a top
tether anchor restraint can be seriously injured or killed.
What will we do?
FMVSS 225 requires that we provide the enclosed Owner Manual Supplement that describes how to install a child restraint using a top tether in the front
center seat position; however, General Motors does not recommend that you place a child restraint in the front center seat. A child in a child restraint in
the front center seat position can be seriously injured or killed by the frontal airbags if they inflate.
If you must transport a child in a forward-facing child restraint in your vehicle, General Motors recommends placing the forward-facing child restraint in
the right front passenger seat where a top tether anchor is already accessible. The vehicle may have a passenger sensing system or a manual on-off switch
that is designed to turn off the right front passenger frontal airbag under certain conditions. In addition, a forward-facing child restraint installed in the
right front passenger seat would not interact with the driver's frontal airbag. Rear-facing child restraints should not be installed in vehicles without a rear
seat, even if the passenger airbag is off. Please refer to the appropriate section in your Owner Manual for more information.
Your GM dealer will cut a hole into the back panel trim cover to allow access to the top tether anchor for the front center seat position. See the enclosed
insert for an illustration. This service procedure will be performed for you at no charge. Because of service scheduling requirements, it is likely that your
dealer will need your vehicle longer than the actual service correction time of approximately 20 minutes.
What should you do?
Please place the enclosed Owner Manual Supplement in your Owner Manual in the Seats and Restraints section for future reference.
Because a child in a child restraint in the front center seat position can be seriously injured or killed by the frontal airbags if they inflate, GM does not
recommend installing child restraints in the front center seat position.
You should contact your GM dealer to arrange a service appointment to have an access hole cut into the back panel trim cover as soon as possible. Until
this recall can be performed on your vehicle, a child restraint top tether cannot be attached to the top tether anchor for the front center seat position. After
