Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1992 Buick Regal submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 30 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 30, in the owner's own words
TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON FRONT SEAT BELT OF BUICK REGAL 92 DUE TO FACTS ONE -MINE BROKE DURING ACCIDENT FACT TWO -THE SHOULDER RESTRAINT DIDN'T LOCK LIKE SUPPOSE TO. *NM
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT RETRACTS BACK TO THE SPOOL AFTER IT WAS PULLED OUT TO LOCK IN PLACE. THE SEAT BELT NO LONGER HAS RESISTENT TO SECURE THE OCCUPANT. THE DEALER IS NOT AWARE. PLEASE ADD MORE INFORMATION. MR
SHOULDER HARNESS PORTION OF DIVER'S SEAT BELT BECAME LOOSE ENOUGH TO DECREASE RESTRICTION AND HAS PROGRESSIVELY LOOSENED TO RENDER IT VVIRTUALLY USELESS FOR PROTECTION. *MJ
THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT AND SHOULDER BELT HAS COME UNWOUND, MAKING RESTRAINT IMPOSSIBLE AND HAS INSUFFICIENT PROTECTION. *YH
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS RELEASE FROM THE RETRACTING MECHANISM, CAUSING SEAT BELTS TO BECOME INOPERABLE. *AK *ML
DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER RESTRAINT DOES NOT RETRACT WHEN PULLED OUT TO RESTRAIN PASSENGER. BELT JUST DANGLES, AND WILL NOT RETRACT TO A PROPER FIT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
PASSENGERS SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *ADJ
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT IS FULLEY EXTENDED AND WILL NOT RETRACT, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO BECOME INOPERABLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
BOTH LOCK ON DOORS DO NOT WORK, ALSO, VEHICLE HAS BRAKE FAILURE.*AK THE AIR CONDITION WAS LEAKING, STARTER WAS REPLACED, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED WHILE DRIVING, RIGHT INSIDE DOOR TRIM WAS LOOSE, HEADLIGHTS WERE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT, WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL UP, DRIVER SIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE, AND DRIVER SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT.*JB
TRANSMISSION FAILED.
SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED.
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT SHOULDER HARNESS RETRACTOR DOES NOT WORK.
SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT.
THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IS INOPERATIVE DUE TO THE SEAT BELT WHICH IS FULLY EXTENDED OUT AND NOT RETRACTING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY PART # 12516805B. *AK *SLC
SEAT BELT RETURN/RETRACTOR FAILED, UNIT JAMMED.
DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT RETRACTOR BROKEN. *AK
BOTH DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S SHOULDER BELTS FAILED TO RETRIEVE INTO RETRACTOR. BELTS HANG FULLEY EXTENDED.*AK BOTH SEAT BELTS IN THE FRONT ARE FULLT EXTENDED AND WILL NOT RETRACT, SHOUKLER PART ONLY, THE RETRACTORS ARE INSIDE THE FRONT DOORS, THE SEAT BELT PORTIONS STILL WORK FINE, CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS TO BE A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT AND BUICK SHOULD PAY TO CORRECT THIS SAFETY FEATURE.*JB
DRIVERS SHOULDER BELT RETRACTOR FAILED. *DH
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY DOES NOT THREAD PROPERLY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED. *DH
DRIVER AND PASSENAGER SEAT BELT RETRACTORS WILL NOT RETRACT. *AK
DRIVER AND PASSENGER SHOULDER PORTION OF SHOULDER/LAP BELTS BROKE; BELTS HANG LOOSE, COULD CAUSE INJURY DURING SUDDEN STOPPING. TT
FAILURE OF THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WILL NOT RETRACT. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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