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 Ford Aerostar submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 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
THE VEHICLE WENT OVER A PUDDLE OF WATER AND LOST CONTROL.. DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT UNFASTENED AT THAT POINT. VEHICLE THEN ROLLED OVER FOUR TIMES. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS EJECTED THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD, AND SUSTAINED A BROKEN COLLAR BONE AND THREE BROKEN RIBS. ALSO PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT SUSTAINED INTERNAL HEAD AND BACK INJURIES. *AK
FRONT SEATBELT MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE SEATBELT NOT TO RETRACT, WHICH WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. ALSO, AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. FORD/DEALER HAVE REFUSED TO COVER THE REPAIR OF EITHER MECHANISM. *AK *ML
THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT WILL NO LONGER ENGAGE. IT WAS NOT DAMAGED OR MISSUSED IN ANY WAY. I CONTACTED THE DEALER INFORMED ME IT WAS NOT A WARANTEED ITEM. I FEEL THE DEALER SHOULD REPLACE THE BELT AS IT IS A GREAT SAFETY HAZARD. I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS HAS OCCURRED IN OTHER VEHICLES BUT FELT I SHOULD REPORT IT.
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT BACK INTO THE RETRACTING MECHANISM, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
CHILD INTEGRATED SEAT HAS A 5 POINT SYSTEM HARNESS. IT DOES NOT TAKE ANY PRESSURE FOR A CHILD TO UNBUCKLE. THE CHILD CAN PUSH THE BUCKLE AND IT WILL UNLATCH. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
THE REAR MIDDLE LEFT LAP BELT DISENGAGES IN EMERGENCY STOPPING. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK DEALER WILL NOT ASSIST. *SLC
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT HAS TWO FEET TENSION. UPON TUGGING ON THE SHOULDER HARNESS, IT WILL NOT RETRACT TO SECURE OCCUPANT. ALSO DURING A PANIC STOP BELT RETRACTION IS NULL AND VOID. THIS HAS RESULTED IN INJURIES DURING A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. (1989 AEROSTAR INJURIES SHOULDER AND NECK. *AK
FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BECAME UNLATCHED IN A SIDE COLLISION (11:00). TT
THE SEATBELTS IN THE VEHICLE DO NOT RESTRAIN THE OCCUPANTS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT.PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
REPLACED INNER SEALS THAT ARE LEAKING GREASE. TT
THE REAR BENCH SEAT WAS OCCUPIED BY A CHILD LYING DOWN, ANOTHER CHILD UNLOCK LATCH,AND DOG JUMP ON SEAT CAUSING LOCK TO JAM. TT
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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