THE SAFETY BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOES NOT RETRACT BACK INTO THE HOLDER, LEAVING THE BELT USELESS. I WONDERED IF THIS WOULD BE A RECALL OR IF I NEED TO HAVE IT SERVICED. THANKS. *AK
- NHTSA ID
- 708650
- Incident
- Mar 1, 1996
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 1989 Mazda MX6 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 16 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 SAFETY BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOES NOT RETRACT BACK INTO THE HOLDER, LEAVING THE BELT USELESS. I WONDERED IF THIS WOULD BE A RECALL OR IF I NEED TO HAVE IT SERVICED. THANKS. *AK
NO PARTS. THE DEALER HAS NOT ORDERED THE PARTS SINCE THE CONSUMER INITIALLY CALLED ON MARCH 3, 1997. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
WHEN RELEASING THE DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT, THE SEAT BELT DOES RETRACT INTO THE RETRACTOR MECHANISM. *AK
THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEAT RESTRAINT: ADJUSTABLE BROKE, CAUSING SEAT TOMOVE UP AND DOWN/BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS . *AK
THE MANUFACTURER (MAZDA) REFUSED TO PAY FOR REPAIR OF SEAT BELT THAT THE OWNER REPLACED (DEFECTIVE), THE ITEM WAS RECALLED AFTER REPAIR ORDER WAS COMPLETE.
THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WHEN BROKE IT WAS HARD TO USE LOCKING THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE . TT
SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK INTO BUCKLE. *SD
SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILURE ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE. TT
DRIVERS SIDE , BACK, AND PASSENGER SEATBELTS DO NOT WORK. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
DRIVERS SIDE PLASTIC TAB TO RELEASE FASTNER MECHANISM CRACKED. RENDERING BUCKLE INOPERATIVE. TT
DRIVER SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. RENDERING IT INOPERATIVE. TT
SEAT BELT FAILURE. TT
FRAGMENTS ON INSIDE BUCKLE BROKE ON DRIVERS SEAT. RENDERING SEAT BELT INOPERATIVE. TT
DRIVER SEAT BELT BUCKLE COMES LOOSE OCCASIONLY. TT
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT BROKE OFF COMPLETELY; PASSENGER SIDE IS HARD TO LATCH AND HARD TO UNLATCH. TT
SUNVISOR WON'T STAY IN POSITION.
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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