Affected Component: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR

Date Published

JUL 01, 2004

NHTSA TSB #

10013168

TSB Document

• Sorry, the NHTSA has not posted this TSB document yet.

You can still get the detailed info from Pontiac for this TSB. Call your local Pontiac dealer's service department & ask for a copy of TSB# 07012004.

Summary

INCORRECT PASSENGER SIDE REAR SEATBELT RETRACTOR WELD NUTS AND BOLT ATTACHMENT FASTENERS. THE SHEER STRENGTH OF THE INCORRECT FASTENER, WHICH WAS USED IN ERROR, IS BELOW THE SHEER FORCE REQUIRED BY FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS 209, SEATBELT ASSEMBLIES, AND 210, SEATBELT ASSEMBLY ANCHORAGES, AND LOADS ON THE ANCHORAGES MAY EXCEED THE SHEER STRENGTH OF THE FASTENER IN THE EVEN OF A SEVERE CRASH. *TT