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 1995 Mercury Tracer 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 MOTORIZED SHOULDER BELT IS STUCK IN MID-POSITION, NOT MOVING FORWARD OR AROUND DRIVER. MANUFACTURE IS CLAIMING NO RESPONSIBILITY OF FAILURE FOR MOTOR BURNING OUT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
PURCHASED THE CAR USED, A/C HAS NOT BE OPERATIONAL SINCE-EMITS A FOUL ODOR. CONTINUOUS HEATER CORE LEAKS AND FAILURE, EMITS FOUL ODOR RESEMBLING ANTIFREEZE. CAUSES NAUSEA AND HEADACHES. NOT SURE IF A/C PROBLEMS AND HEATER CORE PROBLEMS ARE RELATED. SPEEDOMETER BOUNCES AROUND AFTER 30MPH IS EXCEEDED. CRUISE CONTROL CUTS OFF WHEN GOING UP AN INCLINE. AUTOMATIC SEATBELTS STICK IN POSITION. BEEP THAT ALERTS WHEN YOU HAVE A KEY IN THE IGNITION AND A DOOR OPEN, BEEPS CONSTANTLY EVEN WHEN NO KEY IS IN IGNITION, CANNOT FIND CAUSE. CIGARETTE LIGHTER DOES NOT WORK, CANNOT FIND CAUSE. AUTOMATIC BELT TENSIONER RATTLES. HAVE READ THROUGH THE CONSUMER COMPLAINTS, AND IT SEEMS AS THOUGH I JUST ABOUT HAVE THEM ALL. CHECKED DATE OF MANUFACTURE FOR FUEL TANK RECALL, ONE MONTH SHORT OF BEING IN RECALL, HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT LEAKAGE. SOMETIMES I DO HAVE A FUEL ODOR IN THE CAR, ESPECIALLY WHEN CAR HAS JUST BEEN FILLED UP. ANY HELP IN THIS MATTER WOULD GREATLY BE APPRECIATED.*AK
AUTOMATIC DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT HESITATES TO RELEASE AND RETRACTS AFTER ENTERING CAR.*AK *YD
AUTOMATIC SEATBELT STUCK IN FORWARD POSITION. *AK
COOLING FAN MOTOR REPLACED. *CJ
DRIVER'S SEATBELT STUCK IN OVERHEAD TRACK. ALSO, AIRBAG COVER LOOKED LIKE IT WAS READY TO POP OFF, AND AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON/OFF. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRACK AND CHECKED THE AIR BAG. *YH
DRIVER'S SEATBELT STUCK MIDWAY IN OVERHEAD TRACK. *AK THE TRACK WAS REPLACED. *YH
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. BELT WOULD STOP THE MIDDLE OF TRACK, LEAVING DRIVER WITHOUT PROPER RETRAINT. ALSO, PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STOP OPERATING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT REPAIRS WOULD BE DONE ONLY AT CONSUMER'S COST BECAUSE THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. *AK
THIS AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT WILL NO LONGER WORK AND IS CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL DRAIN. *AK
MOTORBELT BECAME STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. MANUFACTURER RECALL ON OTHER VEHICLE'S BUT NOT CONSUMERS MAKE. NLM
SEAT BELTS FAILED. NLM
CONSUMER GOT INTO VEHICLE AND HEARD A NOISE. THEN HE NOTICED MOTORIZED SEAT BELT WAS STUCK IN FORWARD POSITION. *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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