# NHTSA recall 15V399000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 15V399000
- Manufacturer's number: 15206
- Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
- Reported: 2015\-06\-23
- Owners notified: 2016\-07\-05
- Component: SEAT BELTS
- Units potentially affected: 47042

## What is wrong

General Motors LLC \(GM\) is recalling certain model year 2011\-2013 Chevrolet Caprice vehicles manufactured October 15, 2010, to October 22, 2013, and 2008\-2009 Pontiac G8 vehicles manufactured July 25, 2007, to February 18, 2009.  In the affected vehicles, the flexible steel cables that connect the seat belts to the vehicle at the outside of the driver seat and the front passenger seat may be bent from being sat on while entering the vehicle.  This repeated bending may result in the cable breaking.


## What can happen

If the cable breaks, the seat occupant may not be properly restrained in the event of a crash, increasing their risk of injury.


## The remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the seat belt tensioner assembly which includes the steel cable, free of charge. These replacement parts reposition the tensioner cable out of the path of entry into the vehicle and uses a more flexible cable, set at a more upright angle.  The recall began on July 5, 2016.  Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1\-800\-222\-1020 or Pontiac customer service at 1\-800\-762\-2737.  GM's number for this recall is 15206.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2017 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-01\-11
- Vehicles in the campaign: 47042
- Reported remedied: 20216 \(42%\)
- Reported unreachable: 189
- Reported removed: 4274

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 4, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- 2011 CHEVROLET CAPRICE. Built 2010\-10\-15 to 2011\-08\-16.
- 2012 CHEVROLET CAPRICE. Built 2011\-08\-29 to 2012\-08\-17.
- 2013 CHEVROLET CAPRICE. Built 2012\-08\-14 to 2013\-10\-22.
- [2008 PONTIAC G8](/makes/pontiac/g8/2008/recalls.md). Built 2007\-07\-25 to 2008\-05\-16.
- [2009 PONTIAC G8](/makes/pontiac/g8/2009/recalls.md). Built 2008\-02\-29 to 2009\-02\-18.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [24\-NA\-147](/bulletins/11006849.md), 2024-09-04, Service bulletin
- [99\-09\-40\-005I](/bulletins/10239755.md), 2023-07-28, Service bulletin
- [05\-09\-40\-002G](/bulletins/10134736.md), 2018-04-23, Service bulletin
- [09\-09\-40\-001C](/bulletins/10113787.md), 2017-08-15, Service bulletin
- [99\-09\-40\-005G](/bulletins/10113492.md), 2017-08-15, Service bulletin
- [09\-09\-40\-001A](/bulletins/10038294.md), 2011-06-14, Service bulletin
- [05\-09\-40\-002E](/bulletins/10037184.md), 2011-05-11, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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