Body, doors and interiorModel years 2000–2002Government
Second-row rearward folding head restraint pinch points - recall 02V-253
Certain sport utility vehicles with rearward folding head restraints on the second row seats; the NHTSA record lists GMC Yukon 2000-2002. Model years come from the NHTSA record's product list held in the database, not from the recall text.
FaultCrate・Second-row rearward folding head restraint pinch points - recall 02V-253
Two potential pinch points exist on each folding head restraint when it folds rearward as the seatback is folded down.
What to do
- Dealers install protective covers over the pinch points.
If left
- A finger inserted into the pinch point when the head restraint folds could be trapped and pinched, causing injury.→ finger injury
Applies to
- The recall concerns sport utility vehicles with rearward folding head restraints on the second row seats.
See the evidence (1 documents, 4 passages)
| Document | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|
| [1]Recall 02V253000: SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT ↗ | GovernmentNHTSA | 2002-09-17 |
Applies toThe recall concerns sport utility vehicles with rearward folding head restraints on the second row seats.
ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH REARWARD FOLDING HEAD RESTRAINTS ON THE SECOND ROW SEATS,— [1]
Why it happensTwo potential pinch points exist on each folding head restraint when it folds rearward as the seatback is folded down.
TWO POTENTIAL PINCH POINTS EXIST ON EACH OF THE FOLDING HEAD RESTRAINTS WHEN THE RESTRAINTS ARE FOLDED REARWARD AS THE SEATBACK IS FOLDED DOWN.— [1]
If leftA finger inserted into the pinch point when the head restraint folds could be trapped and pinched, causing injury.
IF A PERSON WERE TO INSERT THEIR FINGER(S) INTO THE PINCH POINT WHEN THE HEAD RESTRAINT FOLDS, IT COULD TRAP AND PINCH THE FINGER(S) CAUSING INJURY.— [1]
RepairDealers install protective covers over the pinch points.
DEALERS WILL INSTALL PROTECTIVE COVERS OVER THE PINCH POINTS.— [1]
Put together by FaultCrate from public records and technical documents. The cause and the repair are for the workshop to decide with the vehicle in front of it. Counts are records, not failure rates.
List the records (1 that can be opened)
Records whose recall number, document number or text matches. Each line says why it matched.
- Head restraint pinch point coversRecall —・recall number matches