Saturn Sw 1999

• Recall 10033 [USA]: In the event of a crash, the seat occupant may not be properly restrained.
  Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. These vehicles do not comply with requirements of fmvss no. 210, "seat belt assembly anchorages." some of the vehicles were produced with seat belt shoulder guide anchor bolts that were not adequately tightened at the center pillar and could fall out, making the seat belt inoperative.
  dealers will inspect these vehicles for proper installation and torque of the seat belt shoulder guide anchor bolts.
  gm recall no. 909067/saturn recall no. 99-c-02.Owner notification began october 29, 1999.Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact saturn at 1-800-553-6000, prompt #3.Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).

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• Recall 1999210 [Canada]: Seats and restraints
  Certain vehicles do not comply with the requirements of cmvss 210 - seat belt assembly anchorages. Seat belt shoulder guide anchor bolts were not adequately tightened at the center pillar and cold fall out, making the seat belt inoperative and increasing the occupant's risk of injury in a crash. Correction: dealers will inspect vehicles and torque the seat belt guide anchor bolts to the proper specification.

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Bulletins are notices put out by manufacturers in conjunction with the NHTSA to notify the public of manufacturing issues or changes.

My son was killed in a 1999 saturn the airbags did not work i need to know why car cut off while go down i-20. *tr

The automobile in front of me slammed on their brakes, i slammed on my brakes and my chest hit the steering column. The airbags did not deploy. *tr

Broken steering wheel mechanism replaced, rusted out hood replaced. Mode control from a/c to defrost went out, less than 14,000 miles. *bf the mode door cable disconnected due to mode door fabric coming off and caused cable to stick. *nm

While driving at 65 mph consumer heard a popping sound and vehicle jerked. Consumer pulled onto the shoulder. Then, consumer heard a loud bang, and vehicle jerked again and smoked badly. Dealer examined the vehicle, and determined that differential pin came out and destroyed the transmission. A new transmission was needed for this vehicle. *ak

During a vehicle crash airbags did not deploy, consumer sustained injuries. Cause unknown. Dealer notified.*ak

At a safety check for seatbelts, 3 of the seatbelt retractors in were found to be inoperative. Only front passenger seatbelt retractor works.*ak

Intermediate shaft/carrier bearing assembly failed at relatively low miles. I am trying to determine if this specific failure is common so owners can be notified and avoid this costly and serious repair.*ak

My husband and daughter (age 4) were involved in an accident on july 27, 2000 in our 1999 saturn sw1. They were sitting at a red light when they were rear ended at approximately 40-45pmh. Upon impact niether airbag deployed. I'm not sure if they were supposed to), but the major concern was that the drivers seat springs broke collapsing the drivers seat and left my husband landing in the back seat, his foot falling from the brake and rolling into traffic at approximately 12-15mph. My husband ended up injured with a thoracic strain. My daughter (in the front passenger seat) was also injured. Both of them were restrained with full seat belts. In the emergency room and at the sight we were told that it was lucky that my daughter was in the front seat that day or she would have been crushed and killed by the seat that collapsed behind my husband. In addressing this problem with saturn they have said that their seats are designed like that for safety purposes and that "in a rear-end collision, a seatback can yield if the forces in the collision exceed the design load limits for that seatback." they also referred me to the federal motor vehicle safety standards fmvss 207 for the standard. I am not able to tell in reading the fmvss 207 if the forces in the collision exceeded the design load limits for the seatback and i am hoping that you can help me. My husband is 6 feet tall and weighs 260 pounds. Saturn tells me that the seats were designed this way to help prevent whiplash. If that is the case they almost killed my child. Can you shed some light on this for me? Thank you in advance for your time and attention to this matter......... Sincerely, mrs. Juli gordon. *ak

Firestone tires tread came apart, which could have caused a tire blowout and crash. Firestone replaced the tires at consumer's expense. Please provide further information. Tire size P18565r15. *ak

Common OBD-II Error Codes

• P1856 [1] P1856