August 2007
GM is recalling 437 MY 2007 Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Torrent sport utility vehicles for failing to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, "Occupant Crash Protection." In these vehicles, the right front passenger seat is built with a passenger sensing system. When tested with a representative unrestrained small adult, the system is required to turn the right front passenger's frontal airbag on. An error in the seat sensor calibration can cause it to fail this test. In addition, this condition can prevent the airbag from turning off when the seat is occupied...
Did you ever wonder just how many lives and people have been affected by airbags and seat belts? We are often asked that question and there are lots of statistics out there addressing this issue. We found it amazing how much these restraint systems have increasingly changed our lives and the lives of those around us year after year.
Although some of these statistics are good news, some of them are not:
Here are the answers that tell the real story.
In 2006, NHTSA conducted the National Occupant Protection Use Survey (NOPUS). The overall observed shoulder belt use rate was 82...