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 1989 Dodge Caravan 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
WHILE TRAVELING AT 20 MPH PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATBELT DID NOT HOLD PASSENGER WHEN VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT SPRING INSIDE OF THE MECHANISM BROKE, THIS SPRING STOPPED SEATBELT FROM COMING OUT OF SEATBELT RETRACTOR IN COLLISION. PASSENGER WAS THROWN AGAINST WINDSHIELD, AND INJURED NECK AND HEAD. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
DRIVER'S/FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT ARM CAME UNWELDED FROM CHASSIS, NO WARNING, OCCUPANTS RIDE UNRESTRAINED; NO REPAIRS/REPLACEMENTS. *AK
THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT LATCH RELEASE BOTTOM JAMS. THE LATCH WAS REPLACED UNDER A RECALL IN 1991. *AK
THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE FRONT SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE CAME RIGHT OUT OF THE FLOOR WITHOUT IMPACT. *AK
THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR SOMETIMES DOESN'T RETRACT. *AK
FAILURE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHOR, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHOR BROKE.*AK
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WOULD BECOME UNLOCKED DURING OPERATION.*AK
THE BUCKLE OF THE DRIVERS SEAT SPLIT IN HALF, THE BUCKLE OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT CAME UNANCHORED FROM THE FLOORBOARD.*AK
WHEN INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISON DRIVER'S AND FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.
HALF OF PASSENGERS SEAT BELT BUCKLE MISSING.
THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER SEATBELTS THEY DO NOT RETRACT PROPERLY AND THE CLIP IN FRONT OF THE BUCKLE IS ALSO BROKEN . PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT
MIDDLE PASSENGER'S SEAT IN THE LEFT FAILS TO RETRACT, & REAR RGT. RETRACTOR DOESN'T ALLOW BELT TO COME. TT
SEAT BELT ON DRIVER SIDE DOES NOT FULLY RETRACT. TT
ENGINE CONNECTING ROD BROKE.
UPON IMPACT, DURING A FRONTAL CRASH, AT APPROX. 15MPH, THE METAL BOLT WHICH ANCHORS SEAT BELT TO FLOOR BROKE AND DETACHED, ALLOWED DRIVER TO HIT STEERING COLUMN
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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