Seat belt buckle broke after two years. what occurred: tried to buckle the belt and it did not work. happened without warning. inner plastic piece broke. it was repaired under warranty but only after insisting this should be a warranty repair. noted concern that a safety part happened to become defective after such a short period of time (2 years).
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet silverado 1500. while driving 50 mph, the contact rear ended another vehicle. the air bags failed to deploy. the vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic to be repaired. a police report was filed and there were no injuries. a local dealer was not contacted. the vehicle was not repaired. the vehicle was included in nhtsa campaign number: 16v651000 (air bags, seat belts). the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 51,000.