1996 Chevrolet Blazer Seat belts Problems

ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2004, MY HUSBAND, MOTHER, 8 YEAR OLD SON, 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, AND 1 YEAR OLD SON, WERE STRANDED IN THE EMERGENCY LANE ON I-66 EAST IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA WITH A BROKEN FUEL PUMP. WHILE WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK THEY WERE HIT BY A DRUNK DRIVER WHO WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 100 MPH. THE BLAZER FLIPPED ONTO ITS SIDE AND SKIDDED A GREAT DISTANCE, BEFORE FINALLY COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. MY 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN THE BACK SEAT, AND THE FRONT SEAT BROKE AND SANDWICHED HER IN BETWEEN THE TWO. SHE BROKE HER JAW WHEN SHE WAS SLAMMED INTO THE SMALL HANDLE ABOVE THE REAR RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. SHE ALSO SUFFERED A BROKEN WRIST AND BROKEN ARM WHEN SHE WAS THROWN INTO THE DOOR. WHEN THE BACK SEAT BROKE IT CAUSED HER TO HIT THE HEADSET OF THE BROKEN FRONT SEAT WHICH IN TURN CAUSED SOME OF HER TEETH TO GO THROUGH HER BOTTOM LIP. MY MOTHER WHO WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WAS INJURED WHEN THE ROOF DID NOT HOLD UP IN THE CRASH AND SUFFERED THANKFULLY WHAT WAS CLASSIFIED AS "MINOR" INJURIES, BUT COULD HAVE VERY WELL BEEN MAJOR INJURIES BECAUSE THE ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE FROM FRONT TO BACK DID NOT HOLD UP IN THE ACCIDENT. I DO HAVE MANY PICTURES OF WHAT WAS LEFT OF MY BLAZER, FROM MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES BOTH INSIDE AND OUT. I AM DEEPLY TROUBLED BY THE FACT THAT BOTH SEATS BROKE, AND THE ROOF DID NOT HOLD UP AT ALL. MY 8 YEAR SITTING IN THE REAR CENTER SEAT HAD A LACERATION AND CONCUSSION, MY 1 YEAR OLD SITTING IN THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE SEAT HAD NO INJURIES, AND MY HUSBAND IN THE DRIVERS SEAT SUFFERED MINOR HEAD AND SHOULDER INJURIES. GRANTED THIS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE, BUT I EXPECTED A LOT MORE OUT OF THE BLAZER THAN WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. *JB

NHTSA ID

10104101

Incident

Sep 5, 2004

Mileage

178,000 mi

I HAVE A 1996 CHEVROLET BLAZER.THREE OF THE SEATBELTS ARE MALFUNCTIONING. THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT BUCKLE QUIT WORKING.THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER AND THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT RETRACTORS ALSO QUIT WORKING. *AK

NHTSA ID

10074698

Incident

Jun 1, 2004

SEAT BELT- THE LOCKING MECHANISM HAS COME OUT OF ITS HOUSING. *JB

NHTSA ID

10013593

Incident

Mar 22, 2003

Mileage

83,800 mi

REAR MIDDLE SEATBELT BUCKLE WILL NO LONGER LATCH. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALER.*AK

NHTSA ID

8014826

Incident

Jan 15, 2002

BELT WILL NOT LATCH, WILL NOT ENTER BUCKLE ASSEMBLY. *AK

NHTSA ID

763960

REAR SAFETY BELTS DO NOT FUNCTION WHEN PLACING CHILD'S CAR SEAT, THEY LOOSEN UP, AND DO NOT LOCK BELT.*AK

NHTSA ID

8004217

WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT VEHICLE WAS REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN DRIVER. DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.*AK

NHTSA ID

8001773

Incident

Feb 1, 2001

FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER REAR SEAT BELTS FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. DRIVER REAR FAILED TO RELEASE ENOUGH TO BE USED. PASSENGER'S FRONT SEAT BELT KEPT LOCKING UP WITHOUT PASSENGER USING IT. *AK

NHTSA ID

889586

REAR RESTRAINT ON DRIVER'S SIDE IS INOPERABLE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

NHTSA ID

877037

NO SUMMARY

NHTSA ID

730913

REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT BUCKLE BROKE INTO PIECES;, LEAVING CONSUMER WITHOUT ANY RETRAINT. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFOMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL97V096001, AND ANY REPAIRS/REPLACEMENT WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK

NHTSA ID

864599

Incident

Jun 22, 2000

CONSUMER PLOWED INTO THE DRIVERS SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO PROPERLY RESTRAIN CONSUMER DURING IMPACT CAUSING HER HEAD TO HIT THE REARVIEW MIRROR, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT, CONSUMER RECIEVED SEVERE WHIPLASH. NLM

NHTSA ID

784043

WHILE TRYING TO FASTEN SEATBELT THE HOLD BELT CABLE BROKE, CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO FASTEN SEATBELT. *AK

NHTSA ID

859386

Incident

Mar 26, 2000

I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON MAY 6, 1999. I HAD A VEHICLE PULL OUT IN FRONT OF ME GOING ABOUT 65 MPH. I ENDED UP T- BONING HIM ON HIS DRIVER SIDE. MY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, MY SEATBELT DID NOT HOLD ME IN POSITION TO WHERE I HIT THE REARVEIW MIRROR WITH MY FOREHEAD AND BROKE IT. THE ROAD SURFACE WAS WET BECAUSE IT HAD RAINED EARLIER. THE BOY IN THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS DRIVING AN OLDER MODEL S-10 BLAZER THE IMPACT THROW HIM TO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF HIS VEHICLE. HE SUBSTAINED MINOR INJURIES WHILE AM SUFFERING FROM SEVERE WHIPLASH, BACK-ACHES, HEAD-ACHES AND NUMBNESS. I STRONGLY FEEL WITH THE IMPACT I TOOK THE AIR BAG SHOULD"VE DEPLOYED AND THE SEAT BELT SHOULD"VE HELD ME IN PLACE AND BRAKES WOULD"VE SLOWED ME DOWN SOONER. IN THE POLICE REPORT IT IS MARKED NO FOR SAFETY DEVICE ON BUT IT WAS ON BECAUSE I REMEMBER HAVING TO REACH MY CELL PHONE TO CALL FOR HELPBUT AT THAT TIME IT HAD LOCKED ME IN AND I HAD TO RELEASE THE LEVER TO MOVE TO WHERE THE CELL PHONE HAD FALLING. I CALLED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TALKED TO DAN MACK WHO INVESTIGATED THE ACCIDENT. HE SAID HE AGREED WITH ME BECAUSE I WOULD"VE SUBSTAINED MORE INJURIES. AS OF MY KNOWLEDGE THE POLICE REPORT WAS NEVER CHANGED. ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICES. *AK

NHTSA ID

717440

Incident

May 6, 1999

ALL I ASK GM TO DO WAS PAY MEDICAL AND PUT IN OWNERS MANUAL THAT SEAT BELTS DO NOT WORK IN ROLL OVERS AND SIDE IMPACTS.

NHTSA ID

713502

Incident

Dec 13, 1997

PASSENGER AND REAR(2) SAFETY SEAT BELT RESTRAINTS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. THEY LOCK AND STAY LOCKED AND BASICALLY PUTTING A STRANGLE HOLD ON THE PASSENGERS. THE BELT TIGHTENS EVERY TIME THE BRAKE IS APPLIED AND DOES NOT RETURN TO THE PROPER WORKING ORDER. *AK

NHTSA ID

708666

Incident

Dec 7, 1996

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH CONSUMER'S WIFE HAD A COLLISION WHERE ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED THE LINES AND STRUCK CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAG DEPLOYED. BUT SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN, RELEASING CHILD'S CAR SEAT, AND CAUSING HEAD INJURIES TO THE CHILD. THIS PROBLEM HAD HAPPENED BEFORE, AND BEEN REPORTED TO MANUFACTURER. *AK

NHTSA ID

838768

Incident

May 26, 1999

SEAT BELT LATCHES FAILED.

NHTSA ID

545230

Incident

Mar 26, 1999

CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH SEAT BELTS.SEAT BELTS ARE PULLED OUT AND WILL NOT RETRACT BACK IN. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

NHTSA ID

833533

Incident

Oct 4, 1998

AT STOP LIGHT WHEN REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK UP, DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER WHO SLID UNDER DASHBOARD. STEERING PREVENTED COMPLETE SLIPPAGE. VEHICLE AT BODY SHOP. *AK

NHTSA ID

831405

Incident

Nov 2, 1998

SEATBELTS HAVE BEEN REPLACE AND REPLACEMENTS HAVE ALSO FAILED TO WORK APPROPRIATLY.

NHTSA ID

540896

Incident

Dec 11, 1996

FRONT BRAKES FAILED. QCAW

NHTSA ID

539318

Incident

Jan 7, 1998

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG AND THE FAILURE OF THE SEAT BELT TO RESTRAIN PROPERLY CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY TO THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE.(ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER).

NHTSA ID

536006

Incident

Feb 25, 1998

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED.

NHTSA ID

528725

Incident

Dec 1, 1997

SEAT BELT FAILED.

NHTSA ID

604923