Buick Regal. Published by Transport Canada as 2018177 on 12 April 2018. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the rear outboard seats may have had seat belts improperly routed around the rear seat bolster bracket during the manufacturing process. In the event of a crash, improperly routed seat belts may not provide adequate restraint to the seat occupants which could increase the risk of injury. …
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Buick REGAL in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Buick REGAL is named on 15 American notices and 7 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
- 2018177
- Recall date
- 12 April 2018
- Make
- Buick
- Models
- Regal
- Model years
- 2018
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 263
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the rear outboard seats may have had seat belts improperly routed around the rear seat bolster bracket during the manufacturing process. In the event of a crash, improperly routed seat belts may not provide adequate restraint to the seat occupants which could increase the risk of injury. Correction: Dealers will inspect the rear outboard seat belts for proper routing and reroute the seat belts as necessary.
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 2018177.
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.
- 2018461 · 30 August 2018 · Lacrosse, Volt, Terrain · Brakes
- 2017307 · 15 June 2017 · Envision · Seats And Restraints
- 2017222 · 21 April 2017 · Lacrosse · Suspension
- 2017097 · 24 February 2017 · Lacrosse · Steering
- 2019420 · 21 August 2019 · Aftermarket Rear Window Glass, F-150, F-250 · Other
- 2019451 · 6 September 2019 · Traverse, Enclave · Structure
- 2016637 · 16 December 2016 · Envision · Brakes
- 2016439 · 9 September 2016 · Silverado, Trax, Sierra · 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.
- 2018200 · 20 April 2018 · Saf-T-Liner HDX School Bus, Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus, Saf-T-Liner Efx School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2018161 · 4 April 2018 · C Class, E Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2018211 · 26 April 2018 · Civic · Seats And Restraints
- 2018144 · 27 March 2018 · Slingshot · Seats And Restraints
- 2018142 · 26 March 2018 · Saf-T-Liner HDX Non-School Bus, Saf-T-Liner C2 Non-School Bus, Saf-T-Liner Efx Non-School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2018229 · 3 May 2018 · Big Boost Deluxe · 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 704 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2018.
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