| General Motors Recalling Troubled Aveo
WASHINGTON (AP)
-- General Motors Corp. is recalling 32,301 of its new Aveo cars
because the rear seat belt can lock and become unusable, the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday.
All of the
cars involved in the recall are from the 2004 model year.
NHTSA said the
seat belts in the rear seats can become twisted. If that happens,
the seat belt retractor may lock into position and the seat belt
can't be used.
GM plans to
start notifying owners about the recall next month. Under the recall,
GM dealers will install a guide in the belt to keep it from twisting.
The Aveo went
on on sale last year. In February, the company ordered dealers not
to sell the cars for a week after they were involved in five crashes
that caused injuries.
GM found that
the vehicles weren't to blame for the wrecks and let dealers begin
selling them again.
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