Seat Belt Recall

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hope on August 19, 2013 at 7:21pm

I had this work done 2 months ago. The anchors in the suicide doors need strengthening plates. The local dealer put a ding in my drivers side suicide door during this recall and I had to have the vehicle back to them for a day so they could send it out to a local body shop for the ding fix.  The body shop did a great job, cant tell it was dinged, but what a black-eye to the dealer!!!! 

I recently read that only 25% of recall work gets performed, people are lazy, lose the notice or forget about it. I have a receipt that says mine was upgraded. There are 2 other recalls or FJ's, one is for factory off-road lights bumper mounted and the other is for TRD upgrade factory brakes with clearance issues for the hoses.

Steve Hope.

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Permalink Reply by NestahEdition on August 30, 2013 at 11:42pm

I took my FJ to my local dealership today for the recall/remedy.

The reinforcement kit for the seat belt anchor is secured to the suicide door frame with 8 rivets and two M6 bolts.

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Permalink Reply by NestahEdition on August 31, 2013 at 2:23pm

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Permalink Reply by Scott Serl on August 31, 2013 at 2:40pm

Thanks for posting the picture; I was curious what that reinforcing plate looked like. My FJ is in the shop for this right now.

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Permalink Reply by NestahEdition on August 31, 2013 at 10:08pm

How long did you have to wait at the dealership?

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Permalink Reply by Scott Serl on September 1, 2013 at 9:22am

Dropped it off at 9:15 for maintenance service, e-brake adjustment, and the recall fix and got the call to pick it up at 2:45...so 5.5 hours.

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Permalink Reply by NestahEdition on September 1, 2013 at 9:33am

I waited for it and the ineffecient techs took them 2.5 hours to put the reinforcement kits.

I even removed the suicide door panels before I took the FJ in, thinking that the installation will be quicker.

 

 

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