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 Dodge Dakota 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
FRONT SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT ONCE LOCKING INTO PLACE. *AK BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM, THE DRIVER SIDE WAS REPLACED AND STILL WILL NOT RETRACT ONCE LOCKING INTO PLACE. *SLC
PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT DOES NOT CLICK INTO RETRACTOR FOR SUPPORT. *AK
CONSUMER BECAME TRAPPED IN SEAT BELT, AND HAD TO GO TO THE SERVICE STATION AND HAVE THEM CUT HIM OUT OF THE SEAT BELT. *AK
SEAT BELT RETRACTORS HAVE FAILED ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE.
SEAT BELT LATCH IN FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT IN A LATCH POSITON WILL NOT UNLATCH. IT IS STUCK . DEALER SAID IT BROKE, NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS DEFECT CAN RESULT IN INJURIES IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. *AK
THE DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC LAP AND SHOULDER BELT LATCH WILL NOT RELEASE FROM THE LOCKED POSITION, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO BE INOPERATIVE. PLEASE EXPLAIN FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
THE SEAT BELT IS TOO HIGH , CAUSING IT TO REST ACROSS THE NECK OF THE DRIVER WHO IS APPROX. 5"9' IN HEIGHT. TT
SEATBELT RETRACTORS FAIL TO RETRACT. *TW
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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