NHTSA recall 89V158000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	89V158000
Manufacturer	PEUGEOT, INC.
Reported	1989-09-21
Owners notified	1989-12-12
Component	SEAT BELTS
Units potentially affected	2888

What is wrong

THERE MAY BE ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE BETWEEN PASSIVE BELT MOTOR AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT.

What can happen

PASSIVE BELT SYSTEM MAY NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY AT ALLTIMES WHICH COULD CAUSE MORE SERIOUS INJURIES TO THE WEARER OF THE BELT.

The remedy

REPAIR PASSIVE BELT SYSTEM TO ASSURE PROPER OPERATION.

Notes

SYSTEM:PASSIVE BELT MOTOR.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:PASSENGER CAR AND SPORTS WAGON.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1989 PEUGEOT 405	Built 1988-02-01 to 1989-08-01.
1990 PEUGEOT 405	Built 1988-02-01 to 1989-08-01.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Investigated as EA89027

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

NHTSA investigations that led to this recall
EA89027	Engineering analysis, opened 1989-07-19, closed 1989-11-13. PASSIVE BELTS. SEAT BELTS.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.