322,409 model year 2009 and 2010 Chevrolet
Impala sedans because front seat belts may
not be properly anchored, the automaker and
federal regulators said on Friday.
No injuries or fatalities have been reported in
cases where the seat belts were not securely
anchored or twisted, GM said in a letter to the
U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration.
GM said it will begin asking its Impala
customers later this month to bring the
sedans to dealerships for inspection and
repair if necessary, free of charge.
Through mid-August, GM told NHTSA it had
received 32 warranty reports of seat belts
having separated from their anchorage.
The vehicles involved in the recall were
assembled in Ontario from April 2008 to
March 2010, GM said. NHTSA said of the
303,100 Impalas recalled in the United States,
about two-thirds of them were 2009 models.
