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 2000 Chevrolet S10 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET S10. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT SUSTAIN HER PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000.
FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELT, IT LOCKS UP BUT WILL NOT UNLOCK UNLESS YOU UNBUCKLE IT. IT HAS TO BE UNLOCKED AND BROUGHT ALL THE WAY BACK BEFORE IT WILL UNLOCK. I HAVE HAD IT REPLACED AT LEAST THREE TIMES AND IT STILL DOES NOT WORK CORRECTLY.
WHILE DRIVING, HEAD LIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF, AND HAVE GONE COMPLETELY OUT WITHOUT COMING BACK ON. DEALER STATED IT WAS NORMAL AND THERE WAS NO FIX. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE SEAT BELT WAS JAMMED, AND ALSO THE PASSENGER SEAT WOULD NOT LOCK INTO PLACE *YH
UPON APPLYING BRAKES ON RUFF OR WET ROADS, THE BRAKE PEDAL JUMPS AND THEN GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. BRAKES FAIL. DEALER SUGGESTS THAT I DRIVE ONLY ON SMOOTH ROADS THAT ARE DRY. THEY ADMITTED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT THE MANUFACTURER HASN'T COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. TOLD THAT IT MEETS STANDARDS. I FEEL THIS TRUCK IS DANGEROUS AND I DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE IT AND RISK MY LIFE OR ANYONE I MIGHT HIT. MY BROTHER HAS ALREADY BEEN THROWN INTO THE DASH, WHILE WEARING HIS SEAT BELT. DEALER SAID BELT DOES NOT HOLD WHEN BRAKES FAIL.*AK
PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT BUCKLE, ALSO PASSENGER SEAT DOES NOT LOCK INTO PLACE AND SLIDES ALL THE WAY FOWARD UPON SUDDEN STOPS.*YD
RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 00V228003 IN MAIL, AND TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. REPAIRS NOT DONE DUE TO NO APPOINTMENT. MADE AN APPOINTMENT, AND CAME BACK ON THAT DATE. WAS INFORMED BY SERVICE MANAGER THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR SEAT BELT BUCKLES. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, WHO INDICATED PARTS ONLY SENT IF VEHICLE REQUIRED IT AFTER BEING INSPECTED BY MECHANIC.*AK
CONSUMER SLAMMED ON BRAKES TO AVOID ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT, AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DID NOT CATCH PROPERLY.*AK THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT HELP THE CONSUMER AND THE SEAT BELT IS STILL NOT TIGHT AROUND THE WAIST WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *YH
GAS PEDAL STUCK AND BRAKES WERE HARD TO PRESS WHEN TRYING TO SLOW DOWN. THIS CAUSED CONSUMER TO HIT A TREE. ALSO, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT PROPERLY RESTRAIN. IT DID NOT LOCK INTO POSITION, CAUSING CONSUMER TO SUSTAIN A HEAD INJURY. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML
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