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Service bulletin 000940001

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 id611293
Published by NHTSA2000-06-01
Manufacturer's number000940001
Manufacturer's date2000-03-01
Replaces831607
NHTSA componentSEAT BELTS

NHTSA's summary

EXCESSIVE LATERAL MOVEMENT (SIDE TO SIDE) WHEN USING CERTAIN AFTERMARKET CHILD SEATS. THIS CONDITION OCCURS IN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SECOND AND THIRD ROW BUCKET SEATS. *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
CHEVROLET VENTURE1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
PONTIAC MONTANA1999, 2000
PONTIAC TRANS SPORT1997, 1998
PONTIAC TRANS SPORT1999

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20001962000-09-15. Seats And Restraints
00V2280032000-08-07. SEAT BELTS
19981521998-07-22. 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
09-09-40-001A2011-06-14. Service bulletin. 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
015072004-02-27. Service bulletin. SECOND ROW SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT PASSENGERS SIDE. SIT BULLETIN 1403282. *TT
1307012001-10-30. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE CHEST STRAP AND THE INTEGRAL CHILD SEATS. *TT
0723012001-09-12. Service bulletin. ON SOME VEHICLES THE SECOND ROW PASSENGER SEAT BELTS MAY EXPERIENCE A CONDITION WHERE THE SECOND ROW PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RELEASE. *TT
000672001-04-04. Service bulletin. CAMPAIGN PARTS BULLETIN FOR SEAT BELT BUCKLES THAT DO NOT MEET THE PULL TEST REQUIREMENT. *JB
000672001-04-04. Service bulletin. GENERAL MOTORS HAS DECIDED THAT CERTAIN VEHICLES HAVE SEAT BELT BUCKLES THAT DO NOT MEET THE PULL TEST REQUIREMENT. *JB
000672001-04-04. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING PRODUCT SAFETY CAMPAIGN SEAT BELT BUCKLE CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATION. *JB