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 1995 Dodge Intrepid submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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
UNSAFE OF GEN3 SEAT BELTS--NEED TO DEMAND THEY BE RECALLED AND REPLACED, AS THEY ARE USELESS AND GIVE A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY. INFANT CAR SEAT UN BUCKLED WHEN KNEELED ON TO PUT BABY IN, DID NOT NOTICE UNTIL WE GOT HOME. SO ANGRY TO HEAR THIS IS COMMON, AND PUBLIC IS AT RISK, BUT THEY WILL NOT RECALL/REPLACE THEM! *CB
REAR PASSENGER RESTRAINT DOES NOT RETRACT BACK INTO POSITION. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK TRANSMISSION FAILED THREE TIMES. FRONT SEERING RACK FAILED LEFT FRONT BALL JOINT FAILED. DRIVE BELT FAILED AT 28000 MILES. WATER PUMP FAILED. RADIO FAILED. RIGHT FRONT STRUTS FAILED THREE TIMES. BRAKE FAILED THREE TIMES BEFORE 50000 MILES. HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS THAT HOLD HOOD UP FELL OFF. HEAT/AC DUCT SYSTEM FELL DOWN. *YH
REAR LAP BELT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAS A TEAR IN THE STRAP. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WON'T RETRACT. *AK *ML
THIS VEHICLE HAS AN INTERGRATED CHILD SEAT T HAS DEFECTIVE STRAPS THAT DO NOT STAY FASTENED. ONCE SNAPPED, A LIGHT PULL ON THE STRAP WILL CAUSE IT TO COME LOOSE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
THE INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT HARNESS CLIP POPS OFF WHILE CHILD IS IN THE SEAT. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
WHEN PULLING ON THE CSS T-BAR IT TIGHTENS INSTEAD OF LOOSENING. THIS CAUSES THE INTERGRATED CSS TO BE INOPERATIVE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
DRIVERS SIDE SHOULDER HARNESS FAILED RETAIN OCCUPANT DURING FRONTEND COLLISION AT 10-15MPH. INJURY RECEIVED. ABS BRAKES FAILS PERIODICALLY. DESCRIBE DETAILS.
WHILE DRIVING 1995 DODGE INTREPID WITH 4 MONTH BABY FACING REARWARD, HARNESS IN CSS TOTALLY FELL ON RIGHT SIDE; CSS PLACED IN MIDDLE OF REAR SEAT; 15-20 MPH.
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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