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 1987 Ford Taurus submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 23 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
DUE TO A KNOWN DEFECT AND FAILURE OF THE SEAT BELT OF MY 1987 FORD TAURUS, I WENT HEAD FIRST INTO THE WINDSHIELD, MY KNEES HIT THE DASHBOARD, AND I SUFFERED INJURIES. IT WOULD BE A SIMPLE FIX FOR FORD TO CORRECT THE KNOWN DEFECT IN THIS VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOTHING TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC. I COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN KILLED. *JB
SEAT BELTS CAME APART AND FAILED TO RESTRAIN DRIVER AND PASSENGERS SIDE.
REAR RESTRAINT BUCKLE SEPARATED, CAUSING OCCUPANT TO BE UNRESTRAINED. DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK
TRANSMISSION REPLACED TWICE. GAS HAND NOT WORKING. RACK AND PINION BROKE UP. SEAT BELTS FELL APART.
THE CONSUMER STATE'S THE FRONT SEAT BELT IS BROKE AND THE TIE ROD FELL OFF.
METAL PART OF THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE CLIP FELL OUT DURING SUDDEN BRAKING ALMOST RESULTING IN INJURY.
SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT.
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATBELT BUCKLES BREAK DUE TO A PLASTIC CLIP WITHIN THE BUCKLE WHICH FALLS APART AND BREAKS. WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.
THE REAR DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S DOOR HANDLES BROKE. DOORS CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO, BUCKLE BROKE ON THE SHOULDER BELT OF THE PASSENGER'S SIDE, WHICH WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
FRONT SEATBELT LOOSEN AND THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AND HAVE DONE SO FROM THE INITIAL PURCHASE. DEALER SAID TO LEAN QUICKLY FORWARD THEN BACK IN THE SEAT AND THE RETRACTORS WOULD THEN SNUG THE BELT, EVEN AFTER THIS WAS DONE THE BELT WOULD BE LOOSE AGAIN. AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 36,000 MILES DEALER SAID BELT ARE DEFECTIVE AND NEED REPLACEING AND IT WILL COST $87.50 PER BELT PLUS LABOR TO INSTALL. WHEN TURNING OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL WITH STEERING WHEEL MOUNTED SWITCH HAS ALWAYS PRODUCED THE FOLLOWING BEHAVIOR WHICH THE DEALER HAS REFUSED TO WRITE UP ON THE SHOP WORK FORM. PRESSING THE OFF SWITCH CAUSES THE CAR TO MOMENTARILY START TO SLOW DOWN, THEN THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGES AGAIN AND ACCELERATES THE CAR BACK UP THE SPEED IT WAS GOING WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS TURNED OFF. THE ONLY WAY TO COMPLETLY DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL IS TO TAP THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE SERVICE WRITER SAID AND I QUOTE, "OK JUST TAP THE BRAKE WHEN YOU NEED TO SHUT OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL--THEY'RE THE SAME
THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE RESTRAINTS FELL APART INTO THREE PIECES UPON BRAKING. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
DRIVER'S SIDE SEA TBELT BUCKLE RELEASE MECHANISM SPLIT, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO SQUEEZE BELT BUCKLE TOGETHER IN ORDER FOR THE SEAT BELT TO LATCH. *AK
NYLON AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT CLASP WEARS OUT PREMATURELY, CAUSING THE BELTS TO BECOME INOPERABLE. *AK
SEAT BELT LATCH COVER CAME OFF AND LATCH UNFASTENED. TT
DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT FAILURE, BROKEN BELT BUCKLE. TT
PLASTIC THAT COVERS SEAT BELT BUCKLE FELL OFF. ALSO METAL FASTNER SEPARATED ON FRONT AND MIDDLE PASSENGER SEATING POSITION. TT
SEAT BELT BUCKLES BREAK, DUE TO BEING MADE OF PLASTIC. *DSH
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILURE, SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER FROM CRASHING INTO STEERING WHEEL. TT
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT TENSIONER, ATTACHING SEAT BELT TO BUCKLE CAME OFF, RENDERING BELT INOPERABLE. *AW
THE STEERING , BRAKES, AND SEAT BELTS ALL FAILED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AND INJURY TO OCCUPANTS. TT
PLASTIC IS BROKEN INSIDE OF BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS (OTHER VEHICLE FROM 965989). *AK
PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT UNFASTEN BY ITSELF. TT
BOTH FRONT SEAT BELT PLASTIC COVERS ON THE MALE PART OF SAFETY BELT BUCKLE CRACKS, SEATBELT FALLS APART. 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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