OFFICIAL NHTSA RECALL

85V059000

Seat Belts:front

Reported May 7, 1985 · JAGUAR CARS

Summary

WIDESPREAD LACK OF UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE OPERATION OF WEBBING SENSITIVE AND DUAL SENSITIVE SEAT BELTS HAS LEAD TO NON-USE OF BELTS BY A NUMBER OF OWNERS. SOME BELTS RETRACTORS MAY JAM, BIND OR LOCK. THIS MAY DISCOURAGE THE USE OF THE SAFETY BELTS. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: NON-USE OF SEAT BELTS SUBJECTS OCCUPANTS TO RISK OF INJURY IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT OR SUDDEN BRAKING.

Consequence

Not supplied in the source record.

Remedy

INSTRUCTINS ON PROPER BELT USAGE AND SIMPLE CHECKS WILL BE SENT TO OWNERS AND WILL REPLACE ANY MALFUNCTIONING RETRACTOR.

Notes

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:TWO DOOR ROADSTERS AND COUPES PASSENGER CARS.SYSTEM: SEAT BELTS.

This campaign page uses the representative official campaign record. Applicability-specific source variants appear on the linked vehicle pages. Recall counts refer to campaigns, not affected vehicles.

Vehicle entries in this campaign

1981 Triumph TR7 1981 Triumph TR8 1980 Triumph TR7 1980 Mg Mgb 1980 Triumph TR8 1979 Mg Mgb 1979 Triumph TR8 1979 Triumph TR7 1978 Triumph TR8 1978 Mg Mgb 1978 Triumph TR7 1977 Mg Mgb 1977 Triumph TR7 1977 Triumph TR8

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