Seat belts
Filed Jan 26, 1999
SHOULDER BELT AND THE LAP BELT DON'T WORK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDES. CONSUMER CAN HEAR THE SEAT BELT MOTOR RUNNING, BUT THE SEAT BELT DOESN'T WORK. *AK
- NHTSA ID
- 832793
- Incident
- May 14, 1995
1988 Mercury Sable 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 Jan 26, 1999
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.
7%
of 126 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.
0
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
0
What this page shows
Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1988 Mercury Sable 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 17, 1998
THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH SEAT BELT BUCKLE. WHEN TRIED TO FASTEN SEAT BELTS, SEAT BELT BUCKLE FELL OFF. THE MANUACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
- NHTSA ID
- 832405
- Incident
- Dec 17, 1998
Seat belts
Filed Apr 9, 1997
DRIVER'S MALE END OF SEAT BELT LATCH FAILED.
- NHTSA ID
- 516286
- Incident
- Mar 19, 1997
Seat beltsSteering
Filed Mar 4, 1996
STEERING COLUMN BROKE. *SD
- NHTSA ID
- 502050
- Incident
- Mar 4, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Feb 23, 1996
DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE BROKE . *AK
- NHTSA ID
- 979611
Seat belts
Filed Nov 27, 1995
PASSENGER AND MIDDLE LAP BELT BUCKLE FAILURE HAS BROKEN, UNABLE TO LATCH SEAT BELT. TT
- NHTSA ID
- 975521
- Incident
- Nov 27, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Oct 6, 1995
SEAT BELT BUCKLE DISASSEMBLED UPON IMPACT.*SD
- NHTSA ID
- 488941
- Incident
- Aug 28, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Jul 24, 1995
THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE FELL APART INTO SEVERAL PIECES RENDERING SEAT BELT UNUSABLE. TT
- NHTSA ID
- 969282
- Incident
- Jul 22, 1995
Interior & seatsSeat belts
Filed Apr 12, 1995
POWER SEATS. DRIVERS SIDE BRACKET BROKE WHILE DRIVING. ALSO HEADREST BROKE AT FIFTY THOUSAND MILES. TT
- NHTSA ID
- 963608
- Incident
- Apr 10, 1995
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.
Other components reported on this vehicle
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
Data on this page last refreshed .