Sept 4 (Reuters) - The National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration said on Wednesday it has closed an engineering

analysis into issues with front seat belt in more than 1.3

million General Motors ( GM ) vehicles.

In 2020, NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) had

opened an engineering analysis to investigate instances of

detachment of the seat belt anchor cable in front seats on GM

vehicles.

The investigation included model 2009 through 2014 GMC

Arcadia, Buick Enclave and Chevrolet Traverse SUVs among others.

These vehicles were previously repaired under a recall.

The U.S. regulators' decision to close the investigation

comes as GM expanded special coverage to all affected vehicles,

which allows for component replacement for 12 years or 180,000

miles from the initial sale.