NHTSA Recall 04V593000
NHTSA Campaign Id 04V593000; Date: Dec. 15, 2004
When involved in a crash, the child restraints may not be properly secured increasing the risk of injury or death to the seat occupant.
Recalled Vehicles:
2003 Porsche Cayenne; 2004 Porsche Cayenne; 2005 Porsche Cayenne; 2003 Porsche Cayenne S; 2004 Porsche Cayenne S; 2005 Porsche Cayenne S; 2003 Porsche Cayenne Turbo; 2004 Porsche Cayenne Turbo; 2005 Porsche Cayenne Turbo
Component: Seat Belt
Manufactured by: Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
Affected Units:: 31,000
Recall Summary:
Certain passenger cars fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 208, "occupant crash protection. " all three rear seat positions and the front passenger position are equipped with seat belt retractors that have a locking feature which converts the retractor from an emergency locking retractor (elr) mode to an automatic locking retractor (alr) mode for the purposes of child restraint installation. The belt may deactivate the alr mode with certain child restraints.
How to Fix:
Dealers will permanently install a clip in either of the affected rear outboard seat belts and provide an owner's manual insert. The clips will prevent unwarranted conversion from alr to elr mode with child seat installation. The recall began may 17, 2005. Owners should contact Porsche at 1-800-545-8039.
Recall Notes:
Porsche recall no. A506. Customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
Date Owners notified by Manufacturer: May 17, 2005
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