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 Ford Aerostar submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 31 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.
The 25 most recent of 31, in the owner's own words
I WOULD LIKE MY 5 YEAR OLD SON TO BE SAFE IN THE BACK OF MY VAN. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS I ONLY HAVE LAP BELTS IN THE BACK. I NEED SHOULDER HARNESS BELTS FOR HIM TO BE SAFE IN HIS BOOSTER SEAT. I CONTACTED A FORD DEALERSHIP ABOUT HAVING IT INSTALLED. THEY WANTED AN OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY TO PUT ONE IN. CAN ANYBODY HELP ME WHITH THIS?*AK
WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD DRIVER'S SEAT BELT ALL OF SUDDEN UNHOOKED. THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WILL NOT LATCH BACK. *AK
DRIVER'S SEATBELT HOUSING BUCKLE IS INOPERATIVE, WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
BUCKLE WILL NOT FASTEN DUE TO BROKEN SPRING ASSEMBLY. REQUIRED TO PURCHASE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY, INCLUDING BELT, DUE TO BROKEN PLASTIC (?) SPRING. NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL JUNE 1999 FROM DEALERSHIP SUPPLIER.
SEAT BELT RETRACTOR MECHANISM FAILS CONTINUALLY.
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE SPRING BROKE, CAUSING BUCKLE NOT TO HOLD SEAT BELT, WHICH MAY NOT PROTECT OCCUPANT. COMMON PROBLEM.*AK.ET.
CONSUMER BEEN EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FRONT SEAT BELT FAILING TO LOCK . WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN AN EMERGENCEY SITUATION, THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WILL NOT LOCK IN PLACE. DRIVER AND PASSGENER WOULD MOVE ONTO DASHBROAD. *AK
THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH PASSENGER AND DRIVER SEAT BELTS. PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT UNFASTEN. THE CONSUMER HAD TO CUT CHILD OUT OF THE SEAT BELT. IN ADDITION, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WON'T FASTEN. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK
BUCKLE ON THE LAP AND SHOULDER BELT COMBINATION RELEASES FROM THE LOCKING MECHANISM, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH SEAT BELT BUCKLE. BUCKLE WOULD FIT IN THE BUCKLE SLOT, BUT IT WOULD NOT LOCK AND CLICK. *AK
THE DEFECTIVE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE DOES NOT LATCH WHICH CAUSES THE DRIVER SEAT BELT TO BE INOPERATIVE, AND WONT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. *AK
RECALL NOTICES NOT RECEIVED FOR RECALL #S (91V189000,9OV144000), AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND SEAT BELT REPAIR. (MJS)
THE SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE CANNOT BE FASTENED BECAUSE THE FEMALE PORTION OF THE BELT IS BROKEN. ORDERED PART FROM FORD ON 7/1/97. DEALER STATED THAT PART WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL THE MIDDLE OR LATE PART OF AUGUST. *AK
SEAT BELT LATCH INOPERATIVE.
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE NO LONGER BUCKLES WHILE DRIVING, OCCUPANT NOT RESTRAINED. *AK
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE HOLDER BROKE, BUCKLE DOES REMAIN LOCKED, CAUSING DRIVER TO RIDE UNRESTRAINED. *AK
DURING IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT DID NOT LOCK. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT DIDN'T RETRACT DURING AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVER WAS KILLED. *AK
PURCHASED TRUCK USED, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE BROKE . PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK
PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT DETACHED FROM ANCHOR.*AK
DRIVER'S REAR SEAT ANCHOR BOLT, WHICH HOLDS SEAT TO FLOOR HAS CRACKED, ALSO SHOULDER/LAP BELT IS INOPERATIVE, WON'T RETRACT AND IS FULLY EXTENDED.*AK
DRIVERS SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED TWICE. *DSH
THE DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT BUCKLE BROKE AND NO LONGER LATCHED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT REPAIR GARAGE STATED THAT ONLY ONE NEW PART COULD BE FOUND IN ALL THE US AND THAT FORD DID HAVE ANY IN STOCK, AND WOULD NOT MAKE ANY NEW ONES FOR 3-4 WEEKS.*JB
FRONT SEAT BELTS LOCATED ON SEAT CREASE, CAUSING CHILD SAFETY SEAT TO WOBBLE. *TT
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILURE, THE BUCKLE LATCH WILL NOT PROPERLY LATCH. *AK
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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