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 1992 Ford Explorer submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 24 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
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT LATCH (FEMALE PIECE) DISENGAGED WHILE DRIVING. LATCH WILL NO LONGER STAY ENGAGED WITH THE MALE PART OF THE SEAT BELT IN A RELIABLE MANNER. *TR
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT SOCKET NO LONGER LATCHES. FORD DEALER ADVISES REPLACEMENT IS DISCONTINUED. AFTER MARKET ALTERNATIVES NOT AVAILABLE. WITH "CLICKET OR TICKET" PROGRAMS IN PLACE VEHICLE BECOMES INOPERATIVE. *TR
1992 FORD EXPLORER SEAT BELTS DO NOT STAY LATCHED OR COMES UNCONNECTED. DEFECTIVE LIKE THE 1991 EXPLORERS THAT HAVE A RECALL. EMAILED FORD AND REFUSE TO GIVE ANY HELP. *NM
DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE IS FALSE LOCKING AND OCCASIONALLY DOES NOT LOCK AT ALL.
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT HOLD IN LATCH. *AK
THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT DOES DID NOT LOCK. *JB
DRIVER SEATBELT BUCKLE WILL NO LONGER BUCKLE UP.*AK
PASSENGER SEAT SEAT BELT STICKS AFTER BEING LATCHED, AND DRIVER'S SEAT DOESN'T LATCH.*AK
DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT RETRACTOR WILLNOT RETRACT AND HOLD AT ALL. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE WILL NOT BUCKLE. SPRING INSIDE THE FEMALE PART IS BROKEN.E DEALER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE PART TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM IS ON BACK ORDER UNTIL FEBRUARY 1, 1999. PART # F2TZ7861203D. WITHIN 4 DAYS AFTER REPORTING THIS PROBLEM TO FORD/NHTSA THE PART WAS SPECIAL DELIVERED AND INSTALLED. *AK
DRIVER UNABLE TO LOCK SEAT BELT DUE TO LATCHING MECHANISM FAILURE. YH
SEAT BELT BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE SEAT BELT TO THE SEAT BROKE. YH
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT LATCH PROPERLY; INTERMITTENTLY IT WOULD UNLATCH ITSELF OR WOULD NOT LATCH AT ALL. ALSO BOTH REAR DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE; NOTHING WRONG WITH THE HANDLES, DOOR WOULD NOT UNLATCH FROM THE INSIDE. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER REPAIRS WOULD ONLY BE MADE AT CONSUMER'S COST. NEEDS HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK
FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT BECAME STUCK IN THE LOCKED POSITION. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
EXPERIENCED MALFUNCTIONING OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S SHOULDER/LAP BELTS, WHEN STOPS SHORT AND WON'T FULLY EXTEND ENOUGH TO GO AROUND AND BUCKLE. *AK
ENGINE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHEN TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 35 DEGREES. *DH
DRIVER SEAT LAP/SHOULDER BELT BROKE WHILE DRIVING. *AK
REAR WINDOW LEAKS WATER DUE TO FAILED SEAL.
ALL SEAT BELTS OF REAR SEAT WILL NOT REMAIN ENGAGED ONCE LATCHED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
FAILURE ON THE REAR SEAT BELT, SEAT BELT WILL NOT LATCH BELT WILL NOT COME OUT THE BUCKLE. *AK
ON NOV. 27 THE CONSUMER HAD TO HIT BRAKES HARD AND THE REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLE OPENED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
2 REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT BUCKLE AND UNBUCKLE. TT
SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILS TO RETRACT, CAUSING BELTS TO HANG LOOSELY/GET CAUGHT IN DOORS. *AW
SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS. 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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