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Mazda MPV 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 0800101 · NHTSA communication 622495 · issued Jun 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seat Belts
component
2000
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

On some vehicles with vins lower than jm3lw28g - y0 151974, it may be difficult to securely fasten a child safety seat to the second row seats belt buckle. After properly securing the child seat (according to instructions), the child seat may still exhibit excessive movement. A modified seat belt buckle assembly that rotates backwards is now avilable to correct this concern. *tt

Vehicles covered

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.