Seat belts: front: anchorage (Chevrolet and GMC)
Vehicle recall 90V-170. NHTSA received GENERAL MOTORS CORP.’s report on Sep 17, 1990.
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The short answer
NHTSA received GENERAL MOTORS CORP.’s report on Sep 17, 1990. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
INCORRECTLY ADJUSTED SEAT BELT WOULD NOT PROPERLYRESTRAIN OCCUPANT IN AN ACCIDENT OF SUDDEN STOP; TRUCKS WOULD NOT COMPLY WITHFMVSS 209.
TRUCKS CAN CONTAIN INCORRECT INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PROPERLY ADJUST REAR SEAT LAP-SHOULDER BELTS AS REQUIRED BY FMVSS 209.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Seat belts: front: anchorage.
What should you do?
PROVIDE OWNER’S MANUAL INSERT CONTAINING THE CORRECT REAR LAP-SHOULDER BELT INSTRUCTIONS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: REAR SEAT BELT; FMVSS 209.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIGHT-DUTY TRUCKS WITH EXTENDED CABS.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 194,243 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Chevrolet C3500and 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- GMC C3500and 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- GMC C2500and 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- Chevrolet K3500and 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- Chevrolet K2500and 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- Chevrolet K1500and 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- GMC K3500and 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- Chevrolet C2500and 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- GMC K2500and 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- GMC C1500and 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- GMC K1500and 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- Chevrolet C1500and 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by GENERAL MOTORS CORP..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 28, 2026.