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.
9
Latest Jan 24, 2005
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.
8%
of 107 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.
3
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
3
What this page shows
Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2001 Kia Sephia 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.
Owner reports naming seat belt
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
Other / unspecifiedSeat belts
Filed Jan 24, 2005
MY THEN 10 YEAR OLD SON GOT STUCK WHEN THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RELEASE. TO GET HIMSELF OUT HE ALONE PUSHED HIS HIPS FORWARD. THIS BROKE THE SEAT BELT MECHANISM. AS OF LATE OUR FRONT SEAT BELTS HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO ENGAGE. TODAY, AFTER DRIVING AROUND FOR ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES, I REACHED OUT MY WINDOW AND MY SEAT BELT DISENGAGED. I HAVE BEEN VERY CAREFUL TO BE SURE THAT I AM PROPERLY BUCKLED BY SECURELY LATCHING AND THEN PULLING FIRMLY ON THE BELT AS WOULD HAPPEN IN AN ACCIDENT. I DID THAT THIS TIME BUT IT STILL CAME UNLATCHED AFTER I WAS SURE I WAS SAFE. *NM
NHTSA ID
10107832
Incident
Jan 24, 2005
Interior & seatsSeat belts
Filed Sep 29, 2003
Crash reported1 injury reported
I WAS STOPPED AT A YIELD SIGN DUE TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND WAS STUCK FROM THE REAR FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE. MY SEATBELT DID NOT LOCK AND MY CHEST STRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL AND REBOUNDED INTO THE SEAT. MY SEAT MOVED FORWARD CAUSING DIFFICULTY EXITING THE VEHICLE.
NHTSA ID
10040885
Incident
Sep 18, 2003
Seat belts
Filed Dec 23, 2002
Crash reported
CONSUMER STATES WHEN HAD A ACCIDENT THE REAR SEAT SHOULDER STRAPS DID NOT LOCK CAUSING INJURIES. TS
NHTSA ID
10001436
Seat belts
Filed Dec 10, 2002
1 injury reported
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE REAR SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK WHEN DRIVE SLAMMED ON BRAKES, CAUSING INJURIES. TS
NHTSA ID
8024110
Incident
Oct 28, 2002
ElectricalSeat belts
Filed Jun 3, 2002
WIRES SHORTED BY SEATBELT MOUNT UNDER LEFT FRONT SEAT AREA, CAUSING TURN SIGNAL FAILURE. *AK
NHTSA ID
762608
Incident
May 30, 2002
Seat beltsVisibility
Filed Mar 12, 2002
CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT REAR SEAT BELTS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, AND ANOTHER SET WAS INSTALLED IN THE BACK. CURRENTLY, THEY SEEM TO BE TOO SMALL FOR AN AVERAGE ADULT. WHEN PUTTNG THEM ON THEY AUTOMATICALLY LOCK INTO THE SEAT. *AK DEALER REPLACED REAR SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY. RIGHT FRONT WINDOW IS BLURRY. DEALER REPLACED DEFORMED FRONT DOOR GLASS. REAR DEFROSTER INOPERATIVE. DEALER FOUND REAR DEFROST GRID BROKEN. LEFT SIDE MIRROR VIBRATES. SIDE MIRROR ASSEMBLY REPLACED. *TT
NHTSA ID
8005503
Incident
Dec 13, 2001
Seat belts
Filed Jan 30, 2002
BOTH REAR SEATBELT RETRACTORS KEEP TIGHTENING WHEN USED. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION, DEALER STATED SEATBELTS WERE WORKING PROPERLY.*AK
NHTSA ID
8003236
Incident
Jan 1, 2001
Seat belts
Filed Aug 21, 2001
WHILE TRAVELING WITH REAR SEAT BELTS ON SEAT BELTS LOCKS UP AND PASSANGER WAS UNABLE TO MOVE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MFR HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
NHTSA ID
894855
AirbagsBrakesSeat belts
Filed Feb 14, 2001
Crash reported1 injury reported
WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP IN TRAFFIC THAT CAME TO A SUDDEN HOLT, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND. PEDAL WAS APPLIED, AND VEHICLE JUST BEGAN SLIDING, HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE IN REAR. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND SEAT BELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN. KIA HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
NHTSA ID
880524
Incident
Feb 1, 2001
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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