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 1988 Mazda 626 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 25 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
RECALL 88 V 063 000/PASSIVE RESTRAINT BELT: BOTH DRIVER'SAND PASSENGER'S MOTOR BELTS FAILED TO OPERATE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THERECALL DUE TO VIN. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK
AUTOMATIC MOTORIZED SHOULDER RESTRAINTS FAIL TO COMPLETE CYCLE UPON ENGINE START-UP CHOKING PASSENGER. UPON OPENING DOOR AT STOP, RESTRAINTS FAIL TO DISENGAGE TRAPPING OCCUPANT UNTIL MANUALLY DISCONNECTED . RECALL AT DEALER FAILED TO YIELD VIN MATCH. ALSO TOLD VEHICLE TOO OLD TO REPAIR. PROBLEM EXISTS ANYWAY, DUE TO SAME MANUFACTURER DEFECT AS IN CAMPAIGN 88V06300. CAN CAUSE INJURY TO OCUCPANTS. *AK
AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT IS BROKE, AND CONSUMER CAN'T GET OUT OF THE SEAT BELT. *AK
SHOULDER BELTS ON DRIVER'S SIDE/PASSENGER'S SIDE RETRACT INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES CONSUMER HAS TO PUT HIS HAND OUT OF THE WINDOW TO GET THE SHOULDER BELT TO WORK. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHENEVER THE DOOR IS OPENED AND THE SUNVISOR HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED TO ITS LOCKED POSITION THE AUTOMATIC SEATBELT CATCHES ON THE VISOR AND BREAKS IT WHILE RETRACTING. I HAVE BROKEN THREE AND WOULD HAVE BROKEN MORE IF I HAD NOT DISCONNECTED THE AUTOMATIC SEATBELT. I CONSIDER THIS REMEDY TO BE UNACCEPTABLE.
LEFT FRONT MOTORIZED SEAT BELT FAILED. YH
THE DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT IS INOPERATIVE DUE TO THE BELT NOT STAYING IN THE CORRECT POSITION, . CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS. *AK
SEAT BELT SHOULDER HARNESS FAILED.
THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR STOPPED WORKING . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
NO PARTS SINCE OCTOBER 1995. (NO OTHER INFORMATION ON FORM) *SLC
MOTORIZED SEAT BELTS RETRACT WITHOUT WARNING WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION. *AK
RECALL RELATED, 88V063000, CONTACTED DEALERSHIP 2/1/95, WENT IN ON 3/1/96 WRONG PARTS WENT IN AGAIN NEVER RECEIVED PARTS 88VO63000. *AK
HAD RECALL WORK DONE ON MOTORIZED SEAT BELTS, THEY STILL MALFUNCTION. *AK
THE DRIVER SEAT BELT RETRACTOR IS NOT WORKING RIGHT . TT
SHOULDER BELT IS STILL NOT WORKING PROPERLY. RECALL # 31805. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT HAS BROKEN, NEEDS REPLACEMENT. TT THE RIBBON SPRING BROKE CAUSING THE BELT TO REMAIN IN THE FORWARD POSITION. *YH
VEHICLES SEAT BELT MOTORIZED RETRACTOR IS INOPERATIVE ON DRIVER SIDE. TT
THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATBELTS THE INERTIA REEL WORKS ONLY RARELY. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT
TAKATA MOTORIZED SEAT BELT PASSENGER SIDE, WON'T GO UP OR DOWN, MUST OPERATE MANUALLY. TT
FAULKNER MAZDA 88V063. RECALL WAS NOT PERFORMED CORRECTLY. DEALERSHIP WANT TO CHARGE FOR COMPLETION OF CAMPAIGN. TT
DRIVERS MOTORIZED SEAT BELT IS JAMMED AND BELT DOES NOT MOVE. TT
PROBLEM WITH SEAT BELTS STICKING AND SOMETIMES NOT LATCHING. TT
LEFT DRIVERS DOOR AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS IS INOPERATIVE. TT
MOTORIZED SAFETY BELT IS STUCK IN POSITION. THIS HAS HAPPEN AFTER THE RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED. TT
DRIVER'S SIDE MOTOR BELT FAILS TO RELEASE/MOVE FORWARD WHEN VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF. *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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