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 Honda Accord 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
FRONT LEFT SEAT BELT WAS BUCKLED IN, MAKING AUDIBLE CLICK, AND TURNING OFF INDICATOR LAMP ON DASH BOARD. WHILE DRIVING THE SEAT BELT POPPED OUT OF ITS LATCH. AT NO POINT DURING THE DRIVE DID ANY LAMP OR CHIME WARN THE SEAT BELT WAS NOT FULLY LATCHED. CAUSE FOR CONCERN, SEEING NUMEROUS OTHER REPORTS OF PEOPLE BEING INJURED OR KILLED BY SEAT BELTS OF THESE CARS FAILING IN CRASHES. *TR
WHILE DRIVING , THE VEHICLE STALLED. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, BUT THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. SEVERAL DIAGNOSTIC TEST WERE DONE BUT NO FAILURE CODE WAS FOUND. JB THERE WAS A BAD DISTRIBUTOR, SEAT BELT FAILURE AND AN INOPERATIVE AIR BAG. *SC
LAP/SHOULDER BELT SPRING TENSIONER FAILURE. *AK
THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT DOES NOT STAY LOCKED WHEN PLUGGING IT IN
AFTER FASTENING YOUR SEAT BELT AND HEARING A 'CLICK' TO CONFIRM IT THAT IT IS FASTENED, IT HAS COME 'UNLOCKED' ON IT'S OWN. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES! IT DOES OCCUR ON BOTH SIDES; DRIVER AND PASSENGER. I DO NOT KNOW IF IT OCCURS IN THE BACK SEAT. I RARELY CARRY PASSENGERS BACK THERE..
MANUFACTURER FAILED TO SEND RECALL LETTER. VEHICLE IS INCLUDED IN RECALL NUMBER 93V056002. HONDA REFUSES TO REPLACED THE FAILED PART. *AK *ML
FRONT SEAT BELTS UNCLIPPED AFTER RECALL REPAIRS. CONSUMER CLAIMS DEALER DID WRONG RECALL REPAIRS. INSTEAD OF REPAIRING REAR SEAT BELTS, DEALER REPAIRED FRONT SEAT BELTS (93V-056-001). *AK
EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT MALFUNCTIONING OF PASSENGER FRONT SHOULDER/LAP BELT WHEN CAN'T PULL OUT OF DOOR RETRACTOR ASSEMBLY, RENDERING BELT INOPERATIVE. *AK
SEAT BELT FAILED DURING COLLISION. (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER).
DRIVERS SEAT BELT DID NOT PROPERLY RESTRAIN DURING ACCIDENT. TT
SEAT BELT DOES NOT SAFELY SECURE CENTURY CHILD SAFETY SEAT IN POSITION. *SD
THE REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT BUCKLE HARD TO LOCK . *AK
VEHICLE REAREND,FORCED TO REAREND ANOTHER CAR;UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BECAME UNLATCHED, DRIVER THROWN INTO REARVIEW MIRROR;AIRBAG DID NOT INFLATE. TT
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILURE, SEAT BELT BUCKLE DOES NOT LATCH PROPERLY. TT
VEHICLE WAS IMPACTED 6:00 POSITION, VEHICLE WAS AT COMPLETE STOP, DRIVERS SIDE LAP/SHOULDER BELT FAILED. *AK
THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT WAS BROKEN IN THE MATERIAL WHEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND IT BROKE FROM IMPACT. PLEASE DESCRIBE.
SEATBELT BUCKLE COMES UNBUCKLE WHEN MAKING FORWARD MOVEMENT, BUCKLE REPLACE. TT
DRIVER/PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE GIVES FALSE SECURING. LATCH UNFASTENS WHILE USING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
HIT A MOUNTAIN HEAD ON AND THE CAR ROLLED AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND DRIVERS SEATBELT DID NOT RESTRAIN. TT
DRIVER'S DOOR MOLDNG FELL APART.
CONSUMER DAUGHTER (16) YEAR OLD WAS IN AN ACCIDENT THE SEAT BELT CAME LOOSE # A8AJ666 AND THE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOYED GIRL WAS KILLED. TT
THE DRIVERS SEATBELT DID NOT RESTRAIN IN AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT
REAR SEATBELTS DO NOT PROPERLY RETAIN CARSEAT, ALLOWING FREE MOVEMENT WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE. HAVE TRIED MORE THAN ONE CARSEAT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
REAR SEATBELTS DO NOT PROPERLY RETAIN CARSEAT, CAUSING FREE MOVEMENT OF CARSEAT. SEATBELTS TIGHTEN THAN GRADUALLY LOSSEN WHILE DRIVING. DESCRIBE. 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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