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 1992 Mazda 323 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 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
DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT BUCKLE WILL NOT STAY LATCHED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY AND THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT WORK AND IS OF TRACK, WITH A WIRE EXPOSED. (ABLE TO USE BOTH LAP BELTS, BUT THE AUTOMATIC PART WHICH GOES ACROSS THE CHEST ARE INOPERABLE) THE MOTOR RUNS CONSTANTLY ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, WHEN THE KEY IS IN THE IGNITION. *SCC
DRIVER'S SEATBELT STOPPED WORKING, STUCK IN TRACK. *AK
SEATBELT RAIL WAS FAULTY PER RECALL NOTICE 97V-211 AND THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE, THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REMEDY THE DEFECT WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. NLM
INTERMITTLEY DRIVER SHOULDER BELT LOCKS UP WHILE IN USE WHICH CAUSES THE DRIVER NOT ABLE TO MOVE SAFETY, AND MAY RESULT A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. RETRACTOR IS BROKEN AND NEED TO REPLACE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
SEAT BELT RESTRAINTS OFTEN DO NOT RETRACT UPON OPENING OF DOOR,ONCE IT RETRACTED SO TIGHTLY ON MY SON I HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME GETTING HIM OUT. ALSO THE SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHT GOES OFF INTERMITTANTLY EVEN THOUGH WE ARE PROPERLY BELTED. I DO NOT TRUST THESE BELTS TO KEEP US SAFE IN AN ACCIDENT.
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH SEAT BELT BUZZER GOING OFF. CONSUMER HAD REPAIRS DONE APPROXIMATELY TWO YEAR AGO, AND PROBLEM REOCCURRED AGAIN. DEALER/MFR. NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. *AK
EA94039, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IS STUCK IN THE RETRACTOR IN THE FORWARD POSITION. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK
THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT MAKES NOISE AND THE PASSENGER'S SIDE STOPPED AND CABLE IS COMING LOOSE . PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK
ON BOTH SIDES OF VEHICLE SHOULDER SEAT BELTS ARE STUCK AND ONLY MEETING HALF WAY. *AK
AUTO RESTRAINT SYSTEM FAILED MALFUNCTION OF THE PASSIVE RESTRAINT SYSTEM EA94-039. TT
THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR LOCKED UP, CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS IN CAR AND RETRACTOR LOCKED UP ON HER. TT
PASSENGER SIDE LAP/SHOULDER BELT WILL NOT RETRACT INTERMITTENTLY, AND WHEN CLOSE OVER RETRACT, EA94-039 ACTIVE. 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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