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 2001 Cadillac Deville submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
I HAVE NO LIGHTS INSIDE, NO BACKUP LIGHTS, IT IS MISFIRING, IT CUTS OFF AS I AM DRIVING,SEAT BELT WILL NOT LUCK ON PASSENGER SIDE. *JS
ADDING OIL TO CAR FROM A QUART (ONCE A MONTH)TO NOW WEEKLY. ALSO PASSENGER SEATBELT TROUBLE BUCKLING,ANTIFREEZE LEAK WHEN CAR IS PARKED. *TR
THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK IN MY 2001 CADILLAC DEVILLE WHEN I HIT BRAKES SUDDENLY MY DAUGHTER HIT THE DASH AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT. I CALLED CADILLAC AND THE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS ITEMS WHICH I FIND HARD TO BELIEVE. MAYBE I SHOULD FILE SUIT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR
THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED. THE LOCK MECHANISM BROKE ON IMPACT.*MR WHILE TURNING ONTO A STREET THE DRIVER DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO AVOID A VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND AS A RESULT THE DRIVER REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT LOCK MECHANISM BROKE ON IMPACT. BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *NM *JB
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND BOTH DRIVER/PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELTS BROKE INTO PIECES UPON IMPACT. THIS RESULTED IN THE DRIVER/PASSENGER IMPACTING THE STEERING WHEEL AND DASHBOARD. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *SCC *JB
DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO HONOR RECALL UNTIL THE MANUFACTURER SENT AN INVESTIGATOR TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. PRIOR TO THE RECALL, VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND SEAT BELTS DID NOT RETRACT, RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURIES TO THE PASSENGER. *JB....*AK
THE DEALER STATED THEY NEVER RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS OR PARTS FOR THE SEAT BELT RECALL 02 V 227 000. *PH *JB
CONSUMER STATED PASSENGER SIDE REAR SAFETY BELT WAS RESTRAINING A TODDLER SEAT FOR A CHILD WEIGHING 27LBS. CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO UNBUCKLE CSS FROM BELT AND DISCOVERED THAT THE METAL "SLIDING" PIECE OPPOSITE THE BUCKLE HAD BROKE COMPLETELY IN HALF. TS
RECALL #00V347000/ MANFACTURER'S RECALL 00095. CONTACTED DEALER ABOUT PARTS. DEALER STATED THEY DID NOT HAVE PARTS, AND DID NOT SAY WHEN THEY WILL GET THEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND ADD VIN. *AK
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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