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Service bulletin 98731616A

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id601114
Published by NHTSA1998-07-01
Manufacturer's number98731616A
Manufacturer's date1998-04-01
NHTSA componentSEATS

NHTSA's summary

SEAT BELT LATCH SLIDES TO SEAT BELT ANCHOR SLEEVE. *YC

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

Seats

Vehicles listed
BUICK SKYLARK1996, 1997, 1998
CHEVROLET CAVALIER1995, 1996, 1997
CHEVROLET MALIBU1997, 1998
OLDSMOBILE ACHIEVA1996, 1997, 1998
OLDSMOBILE ALERO1999
OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS1997, 1998
PONTIAC GRAND AM1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
PONTIAC SUNFIRE1995
PONTIAC SUNFIRE1996, 1997, 1998

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19990601999-04-15. Seats And Restraints
19981361998-07-15. Seats And Restraints
19961771996-11-07. Seats And Restraints

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
0108500092001-10-31. Service bulletin. SOME OWNERS MAY COMMENT THAT THE PASSENGER RIGHT FRONT SEAT RATTLES WHEN UNOCCUPIED. *TT
000850009A2001-10-22. Service bulletin. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT THE EASY ENTRY FEATURE THAT RELEASES AND MOVES THE PASSENGER SEAT FORWARD TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO THE REAR SEAT, DOES NOT OPERATE SMOOTHLY. SOME MAY COMMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO ASSIST THE MOVEMENT OF THE SEAT FORWARD WITH A LIGHT TO MODERATE PUSH. NLM
9908500062000-01-11. Service bulletin. CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT THERE APPEARS TO BE PREMATURE WEAR OF THE LEATHER MATERIAL ON FRONT AND REAR SEATS.*TT
9908500061999-08-27. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING PREMATURE WEAR OF LEATHER MATERIAL ON BUCKET SEATBACK BOLSTER. *TT
9908500071999-08-27. Service bulletin. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT THERE IS A BULGE IN THE MATERIAL ON THE TOP BACKSIDE OF EITHER FRONT BUCKET SEAT. *TT
9711017316161998-03-30. Service bulletin. COMMENTS THAT THE SEAT BELT LATCH SLIDES TO THE SEAT BELT ANCHOR SLEEVE. *YC
7316011997-06-27. Service bulletin. RATTLE/SQUEAK FROM PASSENGER (RIGHT) SIDE OF REAR FOLDING SEATBACK AREA (REPOSITION RIGHT HAND FRAME ARM). *TW