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 1999 Chevrolet Venture submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 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
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE DRIVER SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN THE CONSUMER. *JB
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BACK MIDDLE SEAT BELT. SHE STATES THAT THE PAST SATURDAY NOV.09.2002 SHE WAS ALMOST INVOLVED ON A FRONT COLLISION AND HER CHILD WAS SEATING ON THE BACK MIDDLE SEAT ON A CAR SEAT AND WHEN SHE STEP INTO THE BRAKES THE SEAT BELT UNBUCKLE AND THE CHILD WAS THROWN INTO THE FRONT OF THE CAR. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED SINCE THERE WAS NOBODY INJURED THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. MR
DURING AN ACCIDENT, 1998 CHEVROLET VENTURE HAD DEFECTIVE AIR BAGS. PURCHASED 1999 VENTURE AND AFTER A COUPLE THOUSAND MILES AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND MECHANIC STATED THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION WITH AIR BAG SENSORS AND WIRING HARNESS.*AK DEALER REPLACED BELT, SAFETY FRONT (BUCKLE SIDE). *TT
CSS HARNESS RETAINER CLIP LOCKS IN POSITION ON CHILD CORRECTLY, BUT CAN VERY EASILY BE PULLED APART. *AK THE RETAINER CLIPS ON THE BUILT IN CHILD SAFETY SEATS WERE EASILY PULLED APART WHEN PRESSURE WERE APPLIED DUE TO DESIGN FLAW. *YH
ANOTHER VEHICLE STRUCK DRIVER ON SIDE OF CONSUMER'S CAR, AND SEATBELT BEHIND PASSENGER DIDN'T HOLD CCS OR CHILD IN PLACE, SEAT FLEW BACKWARDS, AND CHILD LANDED ON HANDS AND KNEES. JACK FOR CHANGING TIRES ALSO CAME OUT OF COMPARTMENT IN BACK OF TRUCK. *AK
WHILE EXTENDING SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
CONSUMER WAS HAVING TROUBLE FINDING A CAR SEAT THAT WOULD FIT INTO VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN OF SEAT BELT BUCKLES. SERVICE MANAGER HAS TRIED SEVERAL CAR SEATS FROM DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS, AND FOUND THAT NONE WERE ACCESSIBLE TO VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER WILL BE CONTACTED TO LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM FURTHER.*AK
REAR SEAT HAS A COMFORT GUIDE THAT IS USED WITH THE SEATBELT TO KEEP SEATBELT FROM HITTING CHILD ACROSS THE FACE OR NECK. THIS COMFORT GUIDE HAS A PIECE OF VELCRO THAT IF CHILD TURNS LEFT OR RIGHT IT COMES LOOSE, SO THERE'S NO PROTECTION AT THAT TIME. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE IT SHOULD NOT RELEASE WITH A SLIGHT TURN OF A CHILD. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING AT 25 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT CHILD SEAT HARNESS CLIP OPENED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, ADVISED THAT WAS THE WAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. *AK *ML
SEAT BELT HOLDER MISSING. NLM
THIS COMPLAINT IS ON THE GERRY ONE-CLICK CAR SEAT, MODEL # 691. OTHER IDENTIFYING # 020896A (MANUFACTURE DATE?). WE PURCHASED THIS IN LATE 96 AND STOPPED USING IT IN EARLY 1998. WE PLANNED TO USE IT AGAIN AND UPON INSPECTION, I DISCOVERED 2 CRACKS, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE CAR SEAT. THE CRACKS ARE LOCATED ON THE PLASTIC RESTRAINT BAR, AT THE BOLTS CONNECTING IT TO THE SEAT. THIS CAR SEAT WAS NEVER INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND USED PROPERLY. WE HAVE SINCE DISPOSED OF IT, HOWEVER I FELT IT SHOULD BE REPORTED AND INVESTIGATED IF NECESSARY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
MIDDLE ROW PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELTS GET STUCK IN A RETRACTED POSITION, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO PULL THEM OUT FOR USE. DEALER HAS REPLACED SEATBELTS 3 TIMES, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
THE CENTER REAR LAP SEATBELT IS NOT LONG ENOUGH FOR A REAR FACING CAR SEAT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#.*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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