Volvo Fe7, Fe6, Fe. Published by Transport Canada as 1997234 on 29 December 1997. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says The driver and/or passenger seat belt buckle assembly may get entrapped between the engine tunnel and the seat mechanism. adjusting the seat forward and/or rearward could cause the tether of the buckle assembly to fray. this could result in tether failure during a sudden vehicle deceleration creating the potential …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1997234
- Recall date
- 29 December 1997
- Make
- Volvo
- Models
- FE7, FE6, Fe
- Model years
- 1985 to 1993
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 288
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE DRIVER AND/OR PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLY MAY GET ENTRAPPED BETWEEN THE ENGINE TUNNEL AND THE SEAT MECHANISM. ADJUSTING THE SEAT FORWARD AND/OR REARWARD COULD CAUSE THE TETHER OF THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY TO FRAY. THIS COULD RESULT IN TETHER FAILURE DURING A SUDDEN VEHICLE DECELERATION CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR PERSONAL INJURY.
CORRECTION: BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES WITH TETHER CABLE WILL BE REPLACED ON AFFECTED VEHICLES.
Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1997234.
Volvo elsewhere in this register
Volvo is named on 312 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1997186 · 29 October 1997 · 700 Series, 900 Series · Electrical
- 1997160 · 22 September 1997 · VN · Brakes
- 1997151 · 8 September 1997 · VN · Visual System
- 1997089 · 23 April 1997 · VN · Structure
- 1997055 · 20 March 1997 · Wca, WG, Wia · Other
- 1997054 · 19 March 1997 · VN · Lights And Instruments
- 1998007 · 20 January 1998 · Acl, Wah, VNL · Suspension
- 1998118 · 5 June 1998 · VNL, VNM · Lights And Instruments
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1997235 · 29 December 1997 · Voyager, Grand Voyager, Grand Caravan · Seats And Restraints
- 1997236 · 29 December 1997 · Hummer · Seats And Restraints
- 1997161 · 29 September 1997 · Sit-N-Snooze · Seats And Restraints
- 1997162 · 29 September 1997 · Grand Voyager, Grand Caravan, Town & Country · Seats And Restraints
- 1997163 · 29 September 1997 · SC2, SC1 · Seats And Restraints
- 1997156 · 15 September 1997 · Rialta · Seats And Restraints
Reading this against the source
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Volvo: 312 in the register, and 243 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1997.
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