Seat belts
Filed Oct 3, 2002
THE SEAT BELTS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. NLM
- NHTSA ID
- 567728
1988 Ford Mustang 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.
10
Latest Oct 3, 2002
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.
9%
of 108 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 1988 Ford Mustang submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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 Mar 3, 1998
FRONT SEAT BELT WILL NOT HOLD THEIR TENSION.
- NHTSA ID
- 531841
ElectricalSeat belts
Filed Sep 9, 1997
SEAT BELTS DO NOT BUCKLE.
- NHTSA ID
- 521822
Seat belts
Filed Jul 31, 1996
THE DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATBELTS WILL NOT ALWAYS RETRACT AND WOULD NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK *JB
- NHTSA ID
- 800286
- Incident
- Jul 12, 1994
Seat belts
Filed Jul 5, 1996
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT HAS UNRAVLED AND WILL NOT RETRACT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
- NHTSA ID
- 986531
- Incident
- May 15, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Jun 17, 1996
SEAT BELT RETURN SPRING IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAIL
- NHTSA ID
- 985718
- Incident
- Aug 1, 1991
Seat belts
Filed Aug 25, 1995
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT LATCH. FEMALE PROTION DOES NOT HOLD. TT
- NHTSA ID
- 971061
- Incident
- Aug 1, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Aug 21, 1995
THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WON'T CLOSED . TT
- NHTSA ID
- 970901
Seat belts
Filed Feb 2, 1995
DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT. TT
- NHTSA ID
- 959484
- Incident
- Feb 2, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Jan 31, 1995
PASSENGER SIDE SEAT LATCHING MECHANISM WILL NOT RELEASE. TT
- NHTSA ID
- 959373
- Incident
- Jan 27, 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.
Other components reported on this vehicle
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
Data on this page last refreshed .