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 Chevrolet Lumina Apv submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 17 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
PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETURN INTO THE RETRACTOR, LEAVING OCCUPANT WITHOUT ANY RESTRAINT. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTOR BROKE. THE RETRACTORS WERE POORLY BUILT SINCE ON TWO PREVIOUS OCCASIONS THE RETRACTORS WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *YH
DRIVER'S SIDE REPLACED 4/99 SAME PROBLE GM NOTIFIED AND FIXED FREE DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS A SAFETY PROBLEM; NOW THEY REFUSE TO FIX THE PASSENGER SIDE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS 90,000 MILES ON VEHICLE; AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED IT IS STILL A SAFETY ISSUE REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE. I HAD 64,000 MILES ON VEHICLE WHEN DRIVER'S SIDE WAS REPLACED IN 1999.*AK
SEATBELT WILL NOT RELEASE, MAKING IT UNUSABLE. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE, FOR OTHER SEATBELTS IN OTHER LOCATIONS FOR THIS SAME REASON. *AK
BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT IN THE HOUSING MECHANSIM, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO BE VERY LOOSE OR VERY TIGHT DEPENDING ON THE OCCUPANT OF THE SEAT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK
THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT LIES SLACK THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE BELT. IT DOESN'T RETRACT BACK INTO THE BELT HOLDER TO SECURE THE DRIVER SNUGLY INTO THE SEAT. *AK
I GOT IN AND ATTEMPTED TO PUT RIGHT FRONT SEAT BELT ON. IT WOULD NOT "REWIND" AND WILL NOT COME OUT OF FULLY EXTENDEND POSITION. UNABLE TO USE THIS SEAT IN VEHICLE NOW DUE TO EXTREME SAFETY RISK. *AK
FRONT PASSENGER AND LEFT REAR SEATBELTS RETRACTORS HAVE FAILED. *AK
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. *AK
THE FRONT SEATBELT RETRACTORS DO NOT RETRACT, LEAVING ROOM BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE PASSENGER. DEALER SAYS THE RETRACTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
RESTRAINT SYSTEM FAILURE.
MIDDLE ROW RIGHT SEAT BELT FULLY PULLED OUT, WILL NOT RETRACT; DRIVER'S SEAT BELT LOCKED UP, WOULD NOT RETRACT; OCCUPANT USES LAP BELT PORTION ONLY. *AK
SEAT BELT RETRACTORS: SEAT BELTS ON FRONT LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE WILL NOT RETRACT, HAVE TAKEN IN FOR REPAIRS TWICE AND HAD REPAIRED AT NO COST, IS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER WILL REPAIR BUT AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT RETRACTORS ARE BROKEN, RENDERING THE SEAT BELTS INOPERATIVE. *AK
THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT RETRACTOR SOMETIMES GETSTANGLED UP, TOOK TO DEALER AND HE FIXED IT, CURRENTLY HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM . *AK
BOTH FRONT SHOULDER/LAP BELT COMBINATION HAS FAILED, SUDDENLY BELTS HAVE NO PRESSURE/NO FORCE/NO PROTECTION, HANG LOOSE. *AK
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IS NOT RETRACTING WHEN UNLATCHING SEATBELT. TT
DRIVER'S SHOULDER/LAP BELT WON'T RETRACT INTO ASSEMBLY. 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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