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 1993 Chevrolet Suburban submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 19 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 1993 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE AN OCCUPANT WAS ATTEMPTING TO STRAP HERSELF IN THE VEHICLE WITH THE LAP AND SHOULDER BELT, THE BUCKLE FELL OFF IN HER HAND. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVER TEN YEARS OLD. THE DEALER COULD MAKE REPAIRS AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $400. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 154,000.
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT INTO THE RETRACTOR. *AK CONSUMER NOTED THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT PROPERLY LEAVING IT USELESS IN A CRASH. *PH *NLM
PASSENGER AND DRIVER SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT INTO RETRACTOR. *AK
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT BACK INTO COMPONENT. *AK
BECAUSE OF THE SEAT BELT LAW I THINK THE DEALER SHOULD SELL THE SIDE THAT BRAKES ALL THE TIME AND NOT FORCE YOU TO BUY THE HOLE ASSEMBLEY WHICH COST OVER 100 DOLLARS
I HAVE AN EVENFLO CAR SEAT AND THE PLASTIC CLIP THAT GOES ACROSS THE STRAPS AND SLIDES UP ACROSS THE CHEST CAN BE UNDONE BY THE CHILD THUS ALLOWING THE CHILD TO CLIMB OUT OF THE SEAT. THIS SAME CLIP IS USED ON MOST BRANDS OF CAR SEATS AND WHEN I CONTACTED EVENFLO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD RECIEVED MANY COMPLANTS ABOUT THIS BUT OFFERED NO SOLUTION. WHAT GOOD ARE CAR SEATS IF A CHILD CAN GET OUT OF THEM? PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. THANK YOU. *AK
FRONT SEAT PASSENGER SIDE SHOULDER BELT RECOIL & TENSIONER DOES NOT PROPERLY RETRACT WHILE THE SHOULDER BELT IS BEING WORN WHICH WOULD ALLOW OCCUPANT TO HIT DASH/WINDSHIELD DURING SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.*AK
BRAKES FAILED, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, ONE INCIDENT RESULTED IN REAR END COLLISION, THE SEAT BELTS BROKE DURING COLLISION. YH
SEAT BELT COMPONENTS REPLACED TWICE / PASSANGER COULD NOT RELEASE SEAT BELT. *AK
FRONT SEAT BELTS HAVE NEVER RECOILED FROM DATE PURCHASED.
GOING 30MPH WHEN BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. THE HYDRAULIC BOOSTER DID NOT WORK; HAD TO PRESS ON BRAKES HARD TO STOP VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALER & HAD COMPUTER REPLACED. *AK LEFT FRONT SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT AT TIMES. *SLC
UNABLE TO USE SEAT BELT WITH CHILD SAFETY SEAT BECAUSE THE DESIGN OF THE BUCKLE IS BELOW THE UPHOLSTERY. YH
THE DRIVER'S AND REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELTS ARE NOT RETRACTING BACK IN THE RETRACTOR MECHANISM AFTER RELEASING BELT FROM THE BELT BUCKLE. *AK
WHEN USING A BABY SEAT WITH A SEPARATE BASE THAT THE SEAT LOCKS INTO, THE FRONT BENCH SEAT/MIDDLE SEAT BELT LOOSENS BY ITSELF. *AK
FRONT SEAT BELTS FAIL TO RETRACT.
FAILURE OF THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT RETRACTOR, SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. TT
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND REAR ENDED THE CAR IN FRONT. TT VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO DEALER PRIOR TO ACCIDENT REGARDING BRAKE PROBLEMS, DEALER HAD RESURFACED REAR DRUMS, SANDED LINGINGS, AND REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS. ENGINE REVS TO 1500 RPMS AFTER SITTING 20 TO 25 MINUTES, ENGINE RUNS ROUGH. SEAT BELTS DO NOT ALWAYS RETRACT. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD. WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS ON MEDIUM OR HIGH, VEHICLE'S ENGINE REVS TO 2500 RPMS ON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP. *SLC
2ND AND 3RD ROW BENCH SEATBELTS ARE DIFFICULT TO LATCH OR OPEN BECAUSE BUCKLES ARE TOO FAR DOWN IN SEAT. TT
FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLES WILL NOT STAY LATCHED. 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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