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 1999 Ford F-250 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
CONSUMER HAD LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND RAN OFF ROAD, HTTING TWO TREES HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND SEATBELT CAME LOOSE, CAUSING INJURIES, AND $11,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE. BODY SHOP THAT REPAIRED VEHICLE COULD NOT FIND AIRBAG SENSORS, AND FELT THAT THEY WERE MISSING, THAT THEY WERE NEVER INSTALLED AT FACTORY. *AK
DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER BRAKE FAILED WHEN APPLIED. CONSUMEER TRIED TO AVOID HITTING VEHICLE IN FRONT AND HIT A POLE. THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGES AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER AND KILL SWITH FAILED. YH
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION @ 50MPH,.UPON IMPACT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
REPORTING BOTH FRONT AND REAR BELTS ARE NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. BELT WOULD LOOSEN BY ITSELF WHENEVER A PERSON MOVES, INSTEAD OF TIGHTENING AND HOLDING THE OCCUPANT. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMERTHAT THE BELT WOULD ONLY LOCK BY ITSELF DURING A VEHICLE COLLISION. CAN NHTSA HELP OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK
VEHICLE DESIGNED WITHOUT REAR SEAT (HEAD RESTRAINTS), WHICH MAY RESULT IN POSSIBLE INJURIES IF VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN COLLISION. *YC
REAR SEAT DOES NOT CONTAIN A HEAD REST, WHICH COULD RESULT IN INJURY DURING COLLISION. MJS
DURING SEVERE 50 MPH CRASH NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS AND SEAT BELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN PROPERLY (UNAWARE OF INJURIES). (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER) MJS
IT IS UNSAFE FOR ANYBODY TO BE RIDING IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ANY HEAD RESTRAINTS FOR ANY PASSENGER RIDING IN THE REAR. CONSUMER STATES THIS IS A DESIGN DEFECT. *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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