Chevrolet Avalanche, Yukon, Escalade, Suburban, Tahoe, Silverado. Published by Transport Canada as 2002068 on 11 April 2002. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says Certain vehicles fail to conform to CMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies. These vehicles have a condition where one or two sensors in the driver's and front seat passengers seat belt retractors may be inoperative. The seat belt retractors will lock when the belt webbing is extracted during a crash; however the mechanism …
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Chevrolet AVALANCHE in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2002068
- Recall date
- 11 April 2002
- Make
- Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac
- Models
- Avalanche, Yukon, Escalade, Suburban, Tahoe, Silverado, Sierra, Yukon XL
- Model years
- 2001 to 2002
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 63,049
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain vehicles fail to conform to CMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies. These vehicles have a condition where one or two sensors in the driver's and front seat passengers seat belt retractors may be inoperative. The seat belt retractors will lock when the belt webbing is extracted during a crash; however the mechanism that locks the seat belt retractor when the vehicle decelerates quickly, such as during heavy braking, may not restrain the occupant as intended during a crash, and could result in injury to the occupant. Correction update: None required as no effect on vehicle safety. See recall 04-158.
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 2002068.
Chevrolet elsewhere in this register
Chevrolet is named on 880 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2002069 · 11 April 2002 · Malibu · Lights And Instruments
- 2002070 · 1 May 2002 · Bravada, Trailblazer, Envoy · Fuel System
- 2002041 · 6 March 2002 · Cavalier, Sunfire, Achieva · Electrical
- 2002027 · 15 February 2002 · T80, T70, T60 · Powertrain
- 2002120 · 28 June 2002 · Yukon, Yukon XL, Silverado · Airbag
- 2002121 · 3 July 2002 · Topkick C6, Kodiak C7, Topkick C7 · Fuel System
- 2002141 · 26 July 2002 · Kodiak 4500, Topkick 4500 · Suspension
- 2002151 · 13 August 2002 · Envoy, Silhouette, Venture · Airbag
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.
- 2002054 · 21 March 2002 · CL Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2002111 · 19 June 2002 · Thunderbird · Seats And Restraints
- 2002118 · 26 June 2002 · Cooper · Seats And Restraints
- 2002009 · 17 January 2002 · SL · Seats And Restraints
- 2002143 · 25 July 2002 · 190 · Seats And Restraints
- 2002157 · 6 September 2002 · Deville · Seats And Restraints
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Chevrolet: 928 in the register, and 246 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2002.
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