2009 GMC ACADIA — Complaint #1089512
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NHTSA Complaint about SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER filed July 23, 2014
NHTSA complaint #1089512 (ODI reference 10615637) concerns a 2009 GMC ACADIA and was filed on July 23, 2014. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 25, 2014. The vehicle had 30,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as seat belts:rear/other, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 1, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same GMC ACADIA cohort independently describe similar seat belts:rear/other failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2009 GMC ACADIA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 GMC ACADIA. WHILE HER CHILD WAS SEATED IN THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT, THE CONTACT COULD NOT UNLATCH THE REAR SEAT BELT RESTRAINT. AFTER MANY FAILED ATTEMPTS, THE SEAT BELT BEGAN TO TIGHTEN ACROSS THE CHILD CAUSING HIM TO BECOME PRESSED UP AGAINST THE SEAT AND UNABLE TO MOVE HIS CHEST. THE CHILD BEGAN TO LOSE OXYGEN, WHICH PROMPTED THE CONTACT TO CUT THE SEAT BELT FROM THE CHILD. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V266000 (SEAT BELTS); HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE SHE EXPERIENCED WAS NOT IDENTICAL TO THE ONE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1089512 |
| ODI Number | 10615637 |
| Date Filed | July 23, 2014 |
| Failure Date | June 25, 2014 |
| VIN | 1GKEV13D29J |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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