Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA
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Seat belts reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
10
Latest Apr 5, 2005
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
2%
of 446 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
5
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
6
What this page shows
Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1997 Dodge Dakota submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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.
Owner reports naming seat belt
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
AirbagsSeat belts
Filed Apr 5, 2005
Crash reported1 injury reported
WHILE DRIVING ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE LANE, DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES, THEY DID NOT WORK AND CONSUMER'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE OTHER VEHICLE. THE LEFT SIDE SEAT BELT CAME APART. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD AND NECK, AND KNEE INJURIES, AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO A HOSPITAL. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED BY INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK...DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION NOTIFIED CONSUMER THAT THEY COULD NOT VERIFY ANY TYPE OF SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILURE AND DENIED CONSUMER'S CLAIM. A POLICE REPORT WAS ON FILE. *AK
NHTSA ID
10117490
Incident
Apr 5, 2005
Seat belts
Filed Nov 9, 2004
Crash reported1 injury reported
I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE OTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. I HIT THE BRAKES AND ALSO HIT THE SIDE OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, BUT THE DRIVER SEAT BELT BROKE. *AK
NHTSA ID
10098551
Incident
Oct 21, 2004
Mileage
63,453 mi
Seat belts
Filed Jan 30, 2003
Crash reported1 injury reported1 death reported
VEHICLE SEAT BEAL FAILED,DRIVER SIDE.
NHTSA ID
10004966
Incident
Jul 17, 2001
Mileage
62,000 mi
Seat belts
Filed Dec 14, 2001
Crash reported1 injury reported
CONSUMER'S SON HAD A REAR END COLLISION AND SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD HIM. SUSTAINED LEG AND CHEST INJURIES. *AK
NHTSA ID
8000752
Incident
Dec 11, 2001
Seat belts
Filed Dec 14, 2001
Crash reported1 injury reported
CONSUMER'S SON HAD A REAR END ACCIDENT AND SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD HIM. SUSTAINED LEG AND CHEST INJURIES. *AK
NHTSA ID
8000751
Incident
Dec 11, 2001
Seat belts
Filed Nov 7, 2001
SEATBELT DID NOT HOOK...THIS PART HAS BEEN REPLACED TWO TIMES (WITH THE DEALER PICKING UP THE COST)SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN DEC 1996. IT SEAMS TO HAPPEN ABOUT EVERY 30,000 MILES. *AK
NHTSA ID
754212
Incident
Aug 15, 2001
Seat belts
Filed Dec 27, 2000
I AM IN VICTORIA, BC CANADA, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS BUILT IN THE US. THE FEMALE PORTION OF THE SEAT BELT USES THE SHEATH AS A GUIDE. THIS IS HELD IN PLACE BY A WEAK PLASTIC CLIP. EVENTUALLY THIS CLIP DETERIOTATES AND THE SHEATH SLIPS DOWN, NO LONGER FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AS A QUIDE AND ONE IS ABLE TO INSERT THE SEATBELT BETWEEN THE MECHANISM AND THE GUIDE THINKING IT IS DONE UP, WHICH IT ISN'T. I BELIEVE THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WHICH NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. THE REPLACEMENT PART IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL. BOTH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S HAVE FAILED ON MY VEHICLE. LUCKILY, I HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
NHTSA ID
738322
Incident
Dec 23, 2000
Seat belts
Filed Sep 8, 1999
THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE RESTRAINT IS INOPERABLE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
NHTSA ID
847229
Driver assistanceSeat belts
Filed Oct 14, 1997
DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT LOCKS WHEN PULLING ACROSS BODY TO HOOK AND ONCE RELEASED NOT RECOILING PROPERLY, 2 SERVICE VISITS.
NHTSA ID
523691
Seat belts
Filed Apr 22, 1997
THE SEAT BELT CATCH FOR BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER IS TOO SHORT, CAUSING DIFFICULTY FINDING, ESPECIALLY WHEN CENTER CONSOLE IS DOWN.
NHTSA ID
516658
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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