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Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, Gmc Acadia, Saturn Outlook, model years 2009 to 2010. Filed by General Motors Corp. and reported to NHTSA on 12 August 2010. 207,210 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says General motors is recalling certain model year 2009-2010 chevrolet traverse, buick enclave, gmc acadia, and saturn outlook vehicles. the second row seat side trim shield restricts 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 …

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General Motors's own number for this recall: N100243. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 10V375 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.

What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 10V375 cover?
Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia, Saturn Outlook, model years 2009-2010.
What is wrong with them?
GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009-2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE, BUICK ENCLAVE, GMC ACADIA, AND SATURN OUTLOOK VEHICLES.
What can happen if it is not put right?
THE SAFETY BELT MAY NOT RESTRAIN THE OCCUPANT AS INTENDED DURING A CRASH, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY TO THE SEAT OCCUPANT.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. DEALERS WILL MODIFY THE SECOND ROW SEAT SIDE TRIM SHIELDS. IF A SAFETY BELT BUCKLE IS DAMAGED, DEALERS WILL REPLACE IT FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 18, 2010.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. General Motors calls this recall N100243, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.

Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.

What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “THE SAFETY BELT MAY NOT RESTRAIN THE OCCUPANT AS INTENDED DURING A CRASH, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY TO THE SEAT OCCUPANT.”

207,210vehicles potentially
affected
4models named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 12 August 2010owners told 18 August 2010today
The defect reached the regulator on 12 August 2010. Owners were written to 6 days later, on 18 August 2010. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign was quicker than most.
Campaign10V375
Filed byGENERAL MOTORS CORP.
System at faultSeat Belts
Reported to NHTSA12 August 2010
Model years2009-2010
Vehicles namedBUICK ENCLAVE, CHEVROLET TRAVERSE, GMC ACADIA, SATURN OUTLOOK

What the notice says today

The consequence

THE SAFETY BELT MAY NOT RESTRAIN THE OCCUPANT AS INTENDED DURING A CRASH, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY TO THE SEAT OCCUPANT.

The remedy

DEALERS WILL MODIFY THE SECOND ROW SEAT SIDE TRIM SHIELDS. IF A SAFETY BELT BUCKLE IS DAMAGED, DEALERS WILL REPLACE IT FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 18, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438, BUICK AT 1-866-608-8080, GMC AT 1-866-996-9463, AND SATURN AT 1-800-972-8876, OR AT THE OWNER CENTER AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.

What it said before

This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.

This is one of 451 notices in the record whose component field names seat belts. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 48 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

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CarsMultiverse, recall 10V375, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/10v375/

The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.

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