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 GMC Sierra submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 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 AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS SQUEAK WHEN SEAT BELTS GO IN AND OUT OF THE RETRACTOR. ALSO, SEAT BELTS ARE TOO SENSITIVE. CONSUMER HAS TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY TO AVOID SEAT BELTS LOCKING IN PLACE. *AK
I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE CORRECT FORUM FOR VOICING THESE CONCERNS BUT I HOPE AND CAN BE ENLIGHTENED ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS. I AM NOT SURE OF THE EXACT MILEAGE OR DATES OF ANY OF THESE INCIDENTS WITHOUT FURTHER STUDY. THE SEATBELTS ON THIS TRUCK WILL LOCK UP INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WITH NO BRAKING. THE RIGHT WINDSHIELD WIPER HAS BROKEN FREE FROM THE MECHANISM TWICE. THE DAYTIME LIGHTING DOES NOT WORK THOUGH THE LAMPS AND FUSES ARE IN WORKING CONDTION. THE POWER STEERING PUMP SHEARED A SHAFT IN TWO AND WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE ENGINE CLATTERS AND WAS FIXED ONCE BY THE DEALER HOWEVER THE FIX HAS NEVER LASTED MORE THAN HALF OF AN OIL CHANGE(1,500 MILES.) THE HEADLIGHT AND ROTARY DIMMER SWITCHES AND SURROUNDING TRIM ON THE DASH GET EXTREEMELY HOT TO THE POINT OF BURNING. I KNOW I HAVE MISSED SOMETHING, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SO MANY THINGS HAVE GONE WRONG WITH THIS TRUCK.
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION, DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO OPERATE, CASUSING DRIVER TO HIT FRONT WINDSHIELD, AND PROPELLED DRIVER ONTO PASSENGER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS ONE INJURY.*JB
FRONT COLLISION AT 40 MPH, SEATBELT DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER. CONSUMER HIT HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL AND SUFFERED HEAD AND KNEE INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK *TT
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00V097 REGARDING THE SEATBELT UNIT REPLACEMENT, WHEN CONSUMER PICKED UP THE VEHICLE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAD BEEN SHORT ONE SEATBELT KIT AND WAS ASKED TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK IN LATER TO HAVE IT REPLACED, HOWEVER TWO MONTHS LATER WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED AFTER LOOKING UP THE VIN THAT BOTH SEATBELTS HAD BEEN REPLACED, SO THE DEALER WOULD DO NO FURTHER WORK UNDER THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. *YH
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 00V097000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00045 FOR SEAT BELT RETRACTORS. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, AND PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. CONSUMER FELT IT WAS AN INCONVEINCE IF IT WAS A SAFTEY ISSUE.*AK
REAR END VIBRATES DUE TO MISALIGNMENT OF DRIVE SHAFT TO AXLE. CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY TRANMISSION SHIFTS HARD. TRIED REPLACING SEAT BELT TO FIX TIGHTENING ON BUMP.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ACCELERATED AFTER A STOP LIGHT WHEN REAR ENDED BY A VEHICLE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN CONSUMER. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT SEAT BELT LOCKED ON SECOND IMPACT FROM CAR FROM BEHIND. *SLC
DEALER HAD NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO REPAIR RECALLED (G00045-S) SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES WHICH FAILS TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS. NLM
CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO MANUFACTURER'S RECALL G00045S REGARDING SHOULDER SEAT BELTS. NHTSA RECALL NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE. DEALER REFUSED TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
DRIVER'S PASSIVE RESTRAINT IS INOPERABLE. RESTRAINT HAS LOCKED IN ONE POSITION. THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED AND REPLACED THE RESTRAINT PREVIOUSLY. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. ALSO, MECHANISM THAT LOCKS THE DRIVER'S SEAT IN THE TRACK BROKE WHILE DRIVING, ALMOST CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK *ML
THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WORKS PROPERLY AND RESTRAINS DRIVER DURING QUICK STOPS.THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT CATCH MECHANISM HAS NEVER RESTRAINED THE PASSENGER DURING QUICK STOPS AND THE PASSENGER LUNGES FOREWARD EACH AND EVERY TIME.NOTICING THIS PROBLEM I INTENTIONALLY ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE SEAT BELT CATCH BY MAKING NUMEROUS QUICK STOPS.THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG BECAUSE ALL THE GMC TRUCKS WERE LIKE THIS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND ONLY RESTRAINED ON IMPACT.I WAS TOLD THAT THE REASON FOR THIS WAS TO MAKE IT EASY TO INSTALL A CHILD CAR CARRIER.DOES THIS SOUND REASONABLE TO YOU.I THOUGHT SEAT BELTS SHOULD OPERATE THE SAME REGARDLESS OF WHICH SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *AK
DRIVERS SHOULDER BELT LOCKS UP AND DRIVER CANNOT MOVE, BELT TIGHTENS ALSO WHEN HITTING BUMPS ETC. *AK
SEAT BELT RETRACTOR MECHANISM ANCHOR AND GUIDE FAILED. MJS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *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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