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 1988 Jeep Cherokee submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 20 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
DT* THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SHOULDER PART OF THE SEAT BELT STRAP DOES NOT LOCK UP. HAS HAD VEHICLE FOR 5 YEARS AND THE SEAT BELTS IN THE FRONT DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY AND HAVE NEVER FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. THEY SHOULD LOCK UP WHEN VEHICLE BREAKS BUT THEY DO NOT. UPDATED 7/13/2006 - *NM
VEHICLE FAILED EMISSIONS DUE TO A HIGH HYDROCARBON OUTPUT/ PROBLEMS WITH LIGHTS, BRAKES, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, STARTER, AND SEAT BELTS. *MR THERE WAS A CRACK FOUND IN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. *SCC *JB
JEEP CHEROKEE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE DOES NOT STAY LATCHED... THE MECHANISM HAS COLLAPSED INSIDE THE BUCKLE.. DAIMLER-CHRYSLER REFUSES TO REPLACE THIS PART OF THE SEAT BELT UNDER WARRANTY.. THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THESE OLDER JEEP CHEROKEE SEAT BELT BUCKLES... THIS IS THE SECOND OLDER JEEP THAT WE HAVE OWNER THAT HAS HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM.. THE LAST TIME THE MANUFACTURER REPLACED IT UNDER WARRANTY.. THIS TIME THEY WON'T AND SAY THEY DON'T HAVE TO.. THIS BUCKLE SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE NO MATTER HOW OLD IT GETS UNLESS IT WAS PHYSICALLY ABUSED WHICH IT HAS NOT BEEN... FEDERAL MANDATES ARE IN PLACE ON BUCKLES FOR FOREIGN CARS; WHY NOT DOMESTIC CARS TOO... *NLM
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE DOES NOT LATCH INTO THE BUCKLE HOUSING MECHANISM. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK *ML
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE DOES NOT STAY IN THE LOCKED POSITION. WHEN APPLIED, IT UNLATCHES ON ITS OWN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK PROPERLY, DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY WOULD ORDER THE REPLACMENT PART, AND IT WOULD COST THE CONSUMER $88.00 FOR REPAIRS. *AK
SEAT BELT BUCKLE ON THE DRIVER'S SEAT DOES NOT LOCK IN POSITION, CAUSING THE LAP AND SHOULDER BELT TO BE INOPERABLE .CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
SEAT BELT BUCKLE WOULDN'T SNAP CLOSED, AND WOULDN'T STAY LATCHED UNLESS THE INSERT WAS JIMMIED, THEN TENSION PUT ON THE BELT. *AK
SEAT BELT BUCKLE ON DRIVER SIDE FAILED TO LOCK IN PLACE. *AK
DRIVER/PASSENGER GOT INTO VEHICLE & NOTICED SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT RETRACT BACK AFTER USE TO ORIGINAL POSITION; REAR LAP BELTS WOULD STICK & NOT RETRACT UNLESS PLAYED W/AWHILE. *AK
THE REAR SEAT IN THE BACK DOES NOT HAVE SEATBELTS, DRIVER NEEDS THEM TO INSTALL A CHILD SEAT IN THE BACK. THE MANUFACTURER WILL INSTALL THEM FOR AN HIGH PRICE. *AK
SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED. *SD
DRIVER SEAT BELT BUCKLE DOES NOT FASTEN, REPLACED THE SEAT BELT. *AK
THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT LOCK . TT
SEATBELT BUCKLE CAME LOOSE WHILE DRIVING. TT
DRIVER AND PASSENGER BUCKLE SPRING POPS OUT AND FAILS TO LOCK IN LOCKING POSITION. TT
DRIVER AND PASSENGER BUCKLE SPRING POPS OUT AND FAILS TO LOCK IN LOCKING POSITION. TT
SOMETIME YOU CAN BE BUCKLED UP IN THE SEAT BELT YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD AND THE SEAT BELT COMES LOOSE . TT
LEFT REAR SEAT BELT WON'T STAY TIGHT AND WILL WORK PART OF THE TIME/MIDDLE AND RIGHT REAR SEAT BELTS LOCK UP/JAM AND WORK PART OF THE TIME. *AK
THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE COME LOOSE IT SLIP OUT. 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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