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 2001 Jeep Cherokee submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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
THE STOCK SEAT BELTS LOCATED IN THE REAR SEAT OF THE VEHICLE DO NOT LOCK IN ORDER TO PROPERLY AND SAFELY INSTALL CHILD SAFETY SEATS. THIS IS NOT A ONE TIME THING AS THEY WILL NOT SECURE AFTER BEING FULLY EXTENDED. I HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED A DEALER AFTER FINDING AN OLD RECALL BUT WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOT FIX AS THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS SPEAKING OF.
SAFETY BELT RETRACTORS DO NOT FUNCTION CONSISTENTLY, BELTS HANG IN DOOR OPENING AND BECOME CAUGHT IN THE LATCH/STRIKE ASSEMBLY WHEN THE DOORS ARE CLOSED. THIS CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE BELT, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL CHRYSLER PRODUCTS (DODGE DART, PLYMOUTH RELIANT, 2 CHEROKEES AND OTHER) AND ALL HAVE EXHIBITED THIS PROBLEM. *TR
CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE(04C002000) REGARDING THE HARNESS STRAPS!! NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *JB
THE CONSUMER FELT THAT THE REAR SEAT BELTS WERE NOT SAFE TO USE. THE SHOULDER BELT IS MOUNTED SO FAR BACK IS PRACTICALLY WRAPS AROUND YOUR NECK. *NLM PH
WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 JEEP CHEROKEE I HAD SMALL OBJECTS FALL OFF MY CENTER ARM REST AND HIT MY GEN 3 SEAT BELT LATCH CAUSING IT TO OPEN. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. I HAVE NOTICED THAT JEEP HAS UPGRADED TO THE GEN 4 LATCH. WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE? EVERY DAY SEEMS TO BRING A NEW STORY OF ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT INVOLVING A DAIMLER CHRYSLER PRODUCT WITH A FAULTY SEAT BELT LATCH. *JB
WHILE DRIVING AT 50MPH ON HIGHWAY AND AFTER A FRONT COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE CONSUMER WAS THROWN OUT OF VEHICLE 60 FEET WHILE WEARING SEAT BELT.*AK
I WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE DESCRIBED ON PRIME TIME. G3 SEATBELTS NEED RECALLED. *AK
REAR DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE AND MIDDLE REAR LAP SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT STAY LATCHED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED THE PARTS UNDER WARRANTY.*AK
THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT FAIL, BUT THE BELT WOULD CATCH ON THE DOOR LATCH AND WAS RUBBING HOLES INTO THE BELT. JEEP WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON 2/14/01, THEY CALLED AND SAID THAT IT WAS A "DESIGN FLAW" BUT UNTIL MORE COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED, THEY WOULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. DEMONTROND WAS ALSO ADVISED ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT, IT WOULD COST ME FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT. THE JEEP HAS BEEN "TRADED. *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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