Buick Enclave, Outlook, Acadia, Traverse. Published by Transport Canada as 2010276 on 16 August 2010. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the second row seat side trim shield may restrict the upward rotation of the safety belt buckle when the seat back is returned to a seating position after being folded flat. If the buckle contacts the seat frame, additional effort is required to return the seat to a seating position. If …
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Buick ENCLAVE in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Buick ENCLAVE is named on 18 American notices and 5 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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The Israeli register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2010276
- Recall date
- 16 August 2010
- Make
- Buick, Saturn, GMC, Chevrolet
- Models
- Enclave, Outlook, Acadia, Traverse
- Model years
- 2009 to 2010
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 16,752
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the second row seat side trim shield may restrict the upward rotation of the safety belt buckle when the seat back is returned to a seating position after being folded flat. If the buckle contacts the seat frame, additional effort is required to return the seat to a seating position. If sufficient force is applied, the buckle cover could be pushed down the strap, exposing and partially depressing the red release button. As a result, the release button will not travel as much as designed when depressed and will appear to be jammed. The buckle cover may have visible damage which may only be cosmetic, but in some cases, the buckle may not latch/unlatch, or may appear to latch when the latch mechanism is not fully engaged. If the latch mechanism is not fully engaged, the safety belt may not restrain the occupant as intended in a crash, which could result in personal injury or death. Correction: Dealers will modify the second row seat side trim shields, inspect the belt buckle and will replace it if damaged.
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Buick elsewhere in this register
Buick is named on 326 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2010252 · 28 July 2010 · Regal · Label
- 2010189 · 7 June 2010 · Lucerne, DTS, H2 · Accessories
- 2010385 · 4 November 2010 · DTS, Lucerne · Electrical
- 2011103 · 4 March 2011 · SRX, Lacrosse · Heater And Defroster
- 2011284 · 4 August 2011 · Lacrosse · Electrical
- 2009105 · 8 April 2009 · Regal, Grand Prix, Intrigue · Engine
- 2009076 · 11 March 2009 · Outlook, G6, HHR · Other
- 2012090 · 7 March 2012 · Regal · 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.
- 2010303 · 9 September 2010 · D4505, D4005 · Seats And Restraints
- 2010332 · 5 October 2010 · Navion, View · Seats And Restraints
- 2010333 · 5 October 2010 · Sightseer, Sunova, Voyage · Seats And Restraints
- 2010351 · 12 October 2010 · Maestro (31011057c) · Seats And Restraints
- 2010352 · 13 October 2010 · Impala · Seats And Restraints
- 2010353 · 13 October 2010 · Mvp-Ef School Bus, Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · 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 Buick: 326 in the register, and 468 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2010.
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