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  NHTSA Recall 07V146000

NHTSA Campaign Id 07V146000; Date: Mar. 30, 2007

This can increase the risk of injury to a child seat occupant during certain crash conditions.

icon1 Recalled Vehicles:

2007 Pontiac G6

Component: Air Bags:frontal:sensor/control Module

Manufactured by: General Motors Corp.

Affected Units:: 359

icon3 Recall Summary:

Certain passenger vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 208, 'occupant crash protection. ' the right front passenger seats in these vehicles are built with a passenger air bag sensing system. When tested with a representative, unrestrained six year old child, the system is required to turn off the right front passenger's airbag. Interference during system calibration caused the seats to be out of specification.

icon2 How to Fix:

Dealers will replace the passenger sensing system free of charge. The recall will begin on April 17, 2007. Owners may contact pontiac at 1-800-620-7668.

icon4 Recall Notes:

Gm recall no. 06143. Customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

Date Owners notified by Manufacturer: Apr 17, 2007

Also see:

All recalls of Pontiac vehicles.

More recall documents on nhtsa.gov.