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Braun recall 12V496: Model Year 2012 Entervan

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Braun Entervan, model year 2012. Filed by Braun Corporation and reported to NHTSA on 9 October 2012. 60 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Braun is recalling certain model year 2012 Entervan vehicles equipped with aftermarket seat covers, part numbers E51815K-D90-11 and E51817K-11, manufactured from February 28, 2012, through September 21, 2012. The seat covers may have been incorrectly installed with the driver seat cover on the passenger seat and vice …

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What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 12V496 cover?
Braun Entervan, model year 2012.
What is wrong with them?
Braun is recalling certain model year 2012 Entervan vehicles equipped with aftermarket seat covers, part numbers E51815K-D90-11 and E51817K-11, manufactured from February 28, 2012, through September 21, 2012.
What can happen if it is not put right?
The seat covers were built with special stitching on one side to permit side airbag deployment from the seat bolster.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. Braun will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and correct the installation of the seat covers as needed, free of charge. The recall began on October 31, 2012. Owners may contact Braun customer service center at 1-800-488-0359.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.

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 seat covers were built with special stitching on one side to permit side airbag deployment from the seat bolster. If the seat covers are installed on the incorrect seats, the seat cover will not allow side airbag deployment during a veh…”

60vehicles potentially
affected
1model named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 9 October 2012owners told 31 October 2012today
The defect reached the regulator on 9 October 2012. Owners were written to 22 days later, on 31 October 2012. 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.
Campaign12V496
Filed byBraun Corporation
System at faultAir Bags:Side/Window
Reported to NHTSA9 October 2012
Model years2012-2012
Vehicles namedBRAUN ENTERVAN

What the notice says today

The consequence

The seat covers were built with special stitching on one side to permit side airbag deployment from the seat bolster. If the seat covers are installed on the incorrect seats, the seat cover will not allow side airbag deployment during a vehicle crash, increasing the risk of injury to the vehicle occupants.

The remedy

Braun will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and correct the installation of the seat covers as needed, free of charge. The recall began on October 31, 2012. Owners may contact Braun customer service center at 1-800-488-0359.

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 846 notices in the record whose component field names air bags. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 days.

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

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