Vehicle recall 01V109000 · April 6, 2001
Buick Century, Oldsmobile Intrigue and 1 more model
Vehicle description: certain passenger vehicles, equipped with sunvisor located air bag labels, fail to conform to federal motor vehicles safety standard no. 208, "occupant crash…
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- Vehicle description: certain passenger vehicles, equipped with sunvisor located air bag labels, fail to conform to federal motor vehicles safety standard no. 208, "occupant crash protection." these vehicles have a message area less than 30 cm which does not meet the requirements of the standard.
- Consequence
- These vehicles do not comply with the standard.
- Remedy
- GM will mail a new bilingual air bag label with installation instructions. However, the customer may bring the label to their dealer for installation free of charge. Owner notification began may 4, 2001. Owners who do not receive the free label and installation instructions within a reasonable time should contact Oldsmobile at 1-800-442-6537 or Buick at 1-800-521-7300.
- Notes
- Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 01V109000
- Reported to NHTSA
- April 6, 2001
- Filed by
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Manufacturer campaign
- 01017
- Owner notification
- May 4, 2001
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 116,007
- Initiated by
- the manufacturer
- Components
- Seat belts
Vehicles covered
As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.
- Buick Century (2000-2001): 2001, 2000
- Buick Regal (2000-2001): 2001, 2000
- Oldsmobile Intrigue (2000-2001): 2001, 2000
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