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1994 Lexus ES300 Seat belts Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA

Data refreshed

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 Dec 31, 2004
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 39 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.
2

What this page shows

Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Lexus ES300 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

Seat belts
Filed Dec 31, 2004

DRIVER'S SEATBELT ASSEMBLY REPEATEDLY UNLATCHES ARBITRARILY POSING SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. HAS OCCURRED WHILE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AND IN MOTION. FLOW LEXUS OF KERNERSVILLE, NC, REFUSES TO MAKE COMPLIMENTARY REPAIR.*AK

NHTSA ID
10104842
Incident
Dec 30, 2004
Mileage
110,000 mi
Seat belts
Filed Jan 31, 2004

FRONT SEAT BELT MAY NOT LATCH PROPERLY AND CAN UN-LATCH ITSELF. HAS OCCURRED OCCASIONALLY WITHOUT WARNING SINCE THE ORIGINAL INCIDENT DATE. *JB

NHTSA ID
10056255
Incident
Jun 19, 2003
Mileage
100,000 mi
Seat belts
Filed Dec 18, 2003

PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL EXTEND OUTWARD, BUT WILL NOT RETRACT BACK IN PLACE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE SEAT BELT MECHANISM. *AK

NHTSA ID
10051801
Incident
Dec 18, 2003
Seat belts
Filed Jul 17, 2002

SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACT, CAUSING IT TO FAIL IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE CRASH. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE ENTIRE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB

NHTSA ID
8014154
Incident
Jun 29, 2002
Seat belts
Filed Jul 26, 2000

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT WOULD ARBITRARILY UNBUCKLE. IT WOULD HAPPEN WHILE THE CAR WAS STATIONERY OR MOVING. IT DID NOT SEEM TO BE PROMPTED BY A SUDDEN STOP OR A BUMP. AFTER IT WOULD UNSNAP, I WOULD REBUCKLE AND TRY TO PULL THE BUCKLE UNDONE, BUT I COULD NOT PULL IT OPEN. *AK

NHTSA ID
726096
Incident
May 12, 2000
Seat belts
Filed Sep 3, 1999

PASSENGER-SIDE SEAT BELT UNLATCHED UNDER HARD BRAKING.

NHTSA ID
710891
Incident
Aug 31, 1999
Interior & seatsSeat belts
Filed Oct 19, 1998
Crash reported

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND SHOULDER BELT DID NOT RETRACT BUT RELEASED UPON IMPACT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
829146
Seat belts
Filed Mar 4, 1996
Crash reported1 injury reported

DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE RELEASED AFTER BEING HIT IN THE LEFT SIDE. *AK

NHTSA ID
980214
Incident
Feb 16, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Mar 4, 1996
Crash reported1 injury reported

DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE RELEASED AFTER BEING HIT IN THE LEFT SIDE. *AK

NHTSA ID
980051
Incident
Feb 16, 1996

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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