Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA
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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.
8
Latest Sep 10, 1997
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.
23%
of 35 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.
1
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
1
What this page shows
Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1988 Honda Prelude 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.
Owner reports naming seat belt
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
Seat belts
Filed Sep 10, 1997
RECALL # 95V103001, CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN OCTOBER OF 97. NO PROBLEM WITH BUCKLE AT THAT TIME. THE BUCKLE HAS BEEN BROKEN SINCE MAY OF 97. CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO GET RECALL WORK PERFORMED BECAUSE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALER WAS DELAYING THE REPAIR CLAIMING PARTS HAD NOT COME IN. THE CONSUMER ALSO MENTIONED THAT THIS DEALERS CHARGES WERE MUCH MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT OF OTHER DEALERS IN THE AREA. *YH
NHTSA ID
816232
Incident
Sep 10, 1997
Seat belts
Filed Feb 16, 1996
DRIVER'S SHOULDER/LAP BELT DOES NOT RETRACT AS INTENDED; WHEN UNBUCKLED, DOES NOT REWIND, SO MUCH SLACK, OCCUPANT NOT PROPERLY RESTRAINED. TT
NHTSA ID
979328
Incident
May 15, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Oct 6, 1995
Crash reported1 injury reported
UPON IMPACT RIGHT FRONT, PASSENGER SEAT BELT TIGHTENED RESULTING IN CHEST CONTUSION. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
NHTSA ID
973098
Incident
Sep 22, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Sep 6, 1995
SEAT BELT BUCKLE IS BROKEN (RELEASE BUTTON IS BROKEN). TT
NHTSA ID
971604
Seat belts
Filed May 23, 1995
THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT BACK WHEN RELEASED, BUCKLE IS HARD TO LOCK, PASSENGER SEAT BELT WARNING WHEN IT IS LOCKED OR NOT # TKA73J399B . TT
NHTSA ID
965686
Seat belts
Filed Apr 13, 1995
BOTH FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE SOMETIME WHEN USING IT LOCK UP HARD TO UNLOCK. TT
NHTSA ID
963826
Incident
Mar 1, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Mar 16, 1995
SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILURE ON DRIVER AND PASSENGERS SEATS, WILL NOT LATCH. TT
NHTSA ID
962083
Incident
Mar 14, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Mar 3, 1995
DRIVER SIDE SAFETY BELTS WON'T RETRACT. TT
NHTSA ID
961069
Incident
Mar 3, 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.
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