# Service bulletin 07012004

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10013168
- Published by NHTSA: 2005\-04\-11
- Manufacturer's number: 07012004
- Manufacturer's date: 2004\-07\-01
- NHTSA component: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR

## NHTSA's summary

INCORRECT PASSENGER SIDE REAR SEATBELT RETRACTOR WELD NUTS AND BOLT ATTACHMENT FASTENERS. THE SHEER STRENGTH OF THE INCORRECT FASTENER, WHICH WAS USED IN ERROR, IS BELOW THE SHEER FORCE REQUIRED BY FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS 209, SEATBELT ASSEMBLIES, AND 210, SEATBELT ASSEMBLY ANCHORAGES, AND LOADS ON THE ANCHORAGES MAY EXCEED THE SHEER STRENGTH OF THE FASTENER IN THE EVEN OF A SEVERE CRASH. \*TT

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Seat belts

## Vehicles listed

- 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER
- 2004 PONTIAC SUNFIRE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2004211](/recalls/tc/2004211.md), 2004-07-06: Seats And Restraints
- [04V300000](/recalls/nhtsa/04V300000.md), 2004-06-23: SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [09\-09\-40\-001C](/bulletins/10113787.md), 2017-08-15, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY; SEAT BELTS. This informational bulletin provides information to advise dealers about seat belt buckles not operating and/or seat belt warning light illumination, as well as difficulty latching and unlatching the buckle or the buckle release button sticking.
- [09\-09\-40\-001A](/bulletins/10038294.md), 2011-06-14, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES; SEAT BELTS. GM: THERE ARE SEAT BELT PROBLEMS: DIFFICULTY LATCHING AND UNLATCHING BUCKLE. BUCKLE RELEASE BUTTON IS STICKING. SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. LIKELY CAUSED BY STICKY BEVERAGES THAT ARE SPILLED INTO THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY. \*RM UPDATED 4/3/12. \*PE
- [08232004](/bulletins/10013095.md), 2005-04-07, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER. THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR SAFETY BELT MAY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED WITH AN INCORRECT NUT AND BOLT. NON\-COMPLIANCE RECALL 04056. GM ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE. \*TT

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