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1987 Dodge Ram Seat belts Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA

Data refreshed

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.
8
Latest May 9, 1997
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.
44%
of 18 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.
0
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
0

What this page shows

Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1987 Dodge Ram 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.

Owner reports naming seat belt

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

Seat belts
Filed May 9, 1997

UPON COMPLETION OF THE RECALL, THE DRIVER'S LATCHING MECHANISM BECAME INOPERATIVE. DEALER REFUSES TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. DEALER: KEN PTHORM CHRYSLER. *AK

NHTSA ID
811038
Incident
Apr 14, 1997
Seat belts
Filed Mar 3, 1997

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE # 655 FOR SEAT BELT ON 14-OCT-96, CALLED LOCAL DEALER, NO PARTS/WILL CALL BACK WHEN IN, JANUARY 1997 CALLED MANUFACTURER WHO HAD ALL CONSUMER INFORMATION, NO PARTS, WILL CALL WHEN IN, NO RESPONSE. *AK

NHTSA ID
809608
Incident
Oct 14, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Mar 3, 1997

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE OCT.14-96, CALLED LOCAL DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, CALLED WHEN THEY WOULD BE IN, NO RESPONSE. CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY HAD ALL CONSUMERS INFORMATION, CHRYSLER INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD CALL WHEN PARTS CAME IN, NO RESPONSE. SERVICE RECALL NOTIFICATION # 655. *AK

NHTSA ID
809606
Incident
Oct 14, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Feb 22, 1996

SEAT BELT BRCKLE RECALL REPAIRS REFUSED DUE TO DEALERSHIP NOT HAVING PAPERWORK ON RECALL.

NHTSA ID
501772
Incident
Apr 1, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Jan 22, 1996

SEAT BELTS FAIL/LOCK, MIDDLE SEAT BELT DOES NOT LOCK AT ALL.

NHTSA ID
500535
Seat belts
Filed Dec 19, 1995

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT, AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE BELT DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. TT

NHTSA ID
976791
Incident
Jan 1, 1995
Seat belts
Filed May 25, 1995

DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILURE. TT

NHTSA ID
965833
Incident
May 5, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Mar 16, 1995

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILS TO FASTEN PROPERLY, ALSO BUCKLE UNSNAPS WHEN GOING OVER BUMPY ROADS. *SKD

NHTSA ID
481347
Incident
Mar 16, 1995

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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