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 1996 Chevrolet S10 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 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
DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT WOULDN'T LATCH. DRIVING AND SMELLED SMOKE. SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER DRIVERS SIDE DASH. STOPPED AND SAW MELTED WIRES. SEATBELT INDICATOR LIGHT WENT OUT.
THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD CLICK IN BUT WHEN THE CONSUMER HIT THE RELEASE BUTTON IT WOULD NOT UNLATCH. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PULL AND JERK ON THE SEAT BELT IN ORDER TO GET IT UNFASTENED. *NLM
THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD CLICK IN BUT WHEN THE CONSUMER HIT THE RELEASE BUTTON IT WOULD NOT UNLATCH. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PULL AND JERK ON THE SEAT BELT IN ORDER TO GET IT UNFASTENED. *NLM
THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD CLICK IN BUT WHEN THE CONSUMER HIT THE RELEASE BUTTON IT WOULD NOT UNLATCH. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PULL AND JERK ON THE SEAT BELT IN ORDER TO GET IT UNFASTENED. *NLM
POWER BRAKE BOOSTER MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND MAY RESULTIN A CRASH. ALSO SPARE TIRE FELL OUT WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSE A CRASH/ PROBLEMS WITH GRILL FALLING OUT, AND PASSENGER'S SEATBELT TIGHTENS WHILE IN USE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
SEAT BELT DOES NOT HOLD DURING SUDDEN STOPS.
FLUID LEAKAGE IN THE TRANSMISSION LINE--FLUID BLOWING BACK ONTO MUFFLER CAUSING SMOKE. DEFECTIVE BRAKE PIPE AND SEAT BELTS.
RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#97V096001). CONTACTED DEALER. WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO PARTS. *AK
BRAKE SYSTEM FAILS INTERMITTENTLY.
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 50 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S SHOULDER BELT DID NOT RETRACT, NOR DID THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
OPERATING VEHICLE UNDER NORMAL HIGHWAY CONDITIONS SUDDENLY RAN OFF ROAD HEAD-ON INTO A DITCH. DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DRIVERS SEAT BELT DID RETRACT. *AK
WHILE DRIVING PASSENGER'S FRONT SHOULDER HARNESS TIGHTENS EXTREMELY. *AK
VEHICLE HIT A WALL AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD IN THE COLLISION. ALSO, NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON DRY ROADS LATE AT NIGHT TRIED TO AVOID A DEER, HIT BRAKES (ABS) AND THEY FAILED, HIT EMBANKMENT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, SEAT BELTS DID NOT HOLD DRIVER. *AK
THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE HEAD RESTS DO NOT ADJUST, IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT THIS WOULD NOT PROTECT THE HEAD.*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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