Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA
Data refreshed
Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Mercury Villager submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 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 BOTH VEHICLES' FRONT AUTOMATIC SHOULDER SEAT BELT ARE INOPERATIVE. DRIVER HAS TO MANUAL UNHOOK THE BELT TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
FRONT ELECTRONIC RESTRAINTS ARE INOPERABLE. ONE IS LOCKED IN POSITION AND OTHER IS IN SEMI-LOCKED IN POSITION.DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
FRONT PASSENGER SEATBELT FAILED, SEAT ON THIRD ROW SEATBELT WOULD NOT CONNECT, FIXED IT WITH NEEDLE-NOSE PLIERS, WHILE TRASFERING THE CAR SEAT TO ANOTHER SEAT, OWNER PULLED THE STRAP AND HEARD THE CLICK, BUT THE BELT DID NOT RETRACT, LEAVEING THE SEATBELT WITH A LOT OF SLACK
DRIVER SEAT BELT HAS A LOCK IN A FORWARD POSITION AND LEAVING OCCUPANT WITHOUT ANY RESTRAINT. ALSO, FUEL LINE UNDER FUEL INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKS FUEL OVER ENGINE. UNABLE TO REPLACE IT UNLESS THE ENGINE HEAD IS REMOVE FIRST. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
SEAT BELT SYSTEM DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. IT TIGHTENED, AND COULD CUT THROUGH, WHICH WON'T PROTECT THE DRIVER IN EVENT OF A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S RESTRAINT BROKE, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELTS WILL NOT WORK/LAP BELTS STUCK AND WILL NOT EXTEND/VEHICLE HAS BEEN KEPT IN GREAT SHAPE AND HAS HAD ALL REQUIRED MAINTANANCE PERFORMED. *AK
WHILE CARRYING THE CAR SEAT BY THE CARRYING HANDLE, THE HANDLE BECOMES UNLOCKED, CAUSING THE CAR SEAT TO TILT FORWARDS. MODEL # 2032A6P2, DOM 6/27/97. PARENT WILL CONTACT EVENFLO ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT. *AK
CONSUMER NOITCED MOTRORIZES BELT SYSTEM THAT PULLS SEATBELT WAS INOPERATIVE. OPENED DOOR, SEATBELT WAS POSITIONED FORWARD, WOULD NOT COME AROUND TO SECURE THE CONSUMER. TRIED TO START UP MOTORBELT BY SLAMMING DOOR ,GOT TO POINT HAD TO PULL ON IT UNTIL IT QUIT COMPLETELY. DEALERSHIP FIXED BELT. THIS DEFECT CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK
WHEN DRIVER TRIES TO SECURE THE SEAT BELT AROUND HIM, THE SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT. THE SEAT BELT FEELS VERY LOOSE WHEN IT IS IN USE. *AK
VERY REAR MIDDLE SEATBELT BUCKLE STAYED BUCKLED, BUT THE BUCKLE COVER AND SPRINGS BROKE LOOSE. TT
DRIVER'S/REAR PASSENGERS SEAT BELTS WILL LOCK SO THAT NO MORE WEBBING CAN BE EXTENDED AFTER WEBBING HAS BEEN EXTENDED AND ALLOWED TO RETRACT. *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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
Data on this page last refreshed .