The issue
On certain vehicles, the seat belt tongue plate may become disengaged with the seat belt buckle latch with a force less than the value specified in CMVSS 209. This condition is caused by a slight lack of parallelism between the latch and the buckle body stamped section. Correction: Dealer will replace the front seat belt buckles.
Description (français)
Sur certains véhicules, la plaque d'attache des ceintures de sécurité se détache de la boucle quand on y applique un effort inférieur à ce que stipule la NSVAC 209. Ce défaut est causé par le manque de parallélisme entre le dispositif d'attache et la partie estampée du corps de la boucle. Correction : Les concessionnaires devront remplacer les boucles des ceintures de sécurité avant.
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Vehicles covered
| Make and model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Subaru Forester | 2003 |
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subaru Forester | 2003 | 189 | 3 |