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 1990 Mazda 323 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 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 DRIVER WAS SITTING AT AN INTERSECTION WITHOUT WARNING ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE LEFT SIDE AND RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELTS DISENGAGED ON THEIR OWN,THE SEAT BELTS RETRACTOR WAS NOT RETRACTABLE. NO INJURIES TO REPORT. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE SEAT BELTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
CONSUMER STATES DEALER TOLD HER THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT HER RECALL NOTICE BECAUSE CAR WAS TO OLD AND SEAT BELT WILL NOT STICK.*JB
WHEN CLOSING DOOR SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT. CAN HEAR CLICKING SOUND, BUT SEATBELT DOES NOT GO BACK IN. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK
MOTOR BELT/SHOULDER FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, DURING RECALL REPAIR EXTRA CHARGES DUE TO PARTS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL NOTICE.(97V-211) MJS
INTERMITTENTLY THE FRONT SEAT BELTS RETRACT BACK AND FORTH ON THEIR OWN. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK
RECALL # 97V211000, SHOULDER BELTS; WHEN OWNER ARRIVED FOR SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT HE WAS INFORMED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO CORRECT RECALL. OWNER HAS CONTACTED DEALER ON (3) OTHER OCCASIONS. THE DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO TELL OWNER WHEN PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. *AK
THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED AND THE LIGHT COMES ON.
OWNER STATES THAT SEAT BELTS ON DRIVERS SIDE DO NOT RETRACT. HE NOTES THAT HE HAD SEAT BELTS ON DRIVER'S SIDE REPAIRED AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE WENT OUT. *AK
EA94-039 PASSIVE RESTRAINT; DRIVERS SIDE FAILED TO COMPLETE CYCLE AND NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE PUSH BUTTON BROKE. PASSENGER SEAT BELT HARDLY IS USED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
PASSENGER SEATBELT BUCKLE CAME LOOSE DURING IMPACT. TT
FRONT PASSENGER SEATBELT CAME OUT OF THE CAR ONE DAY. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT FASTEN FOR USE. 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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