1992 Mitsubishi 3000GT Seat belts Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 MITSUBISHI 3000GT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT RECALL ON THE TRANSFER CASE OF HIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR THE RECALL REPAIR SERVICE. AFTER 20,000 MILES, THE TRANSFER CASE LOCKED. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE RECALLED COMPONENT WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE IS NOT IN OPERATING CONDITION. HE ALSO OBSERVED A MALFUNCTION IN THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 140,000.

NHTSA ID

10230357

Incident

Apr 6, 2008

Mileage

140,000 mi

THE SEATBELTS IN MY 3000GT VR4 FAIL TO RETRACT, AND ARE OFTEN LOOSE WHILE NOT DRIVING. WHEN I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THE CAR IT DID IT EVERY NOW AND THEN, AND NOW, 2 YEARS LATER, ITS A CONSTANT PROBLEM. THE BELT WILL NOT SECURELY HOLD ME DOWN WHILE DRIVING, AND THEN WHEN LEAVING THE VEHICLE, THE BELT WILL NOT RETRACT AND OFTEN GET CLOSED IN THE DOOR. IM AWARE THAT IM NOT THE ONLY 3000GT/STEALTH SUFFERING FROM THIS ISSUE, I FEEL THAT A RECALL IS NECESSARY, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10230312

Incident

Jul 20, 2006

Mileage

90,000 mi

SEAT BELTS IN THE 19992 3000GT VR4 DO NOT RETRACT AT ALL. IV HAD THE CAR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND THEY HAVE NEVER WORKED PROPERLY. *AK

NHTSA ID

10192942

Incident

Nov 20, 2005

Mileage

56,000 mi

I OWN A DODGE STEALTH AND THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS DO NOT FUNCTIONS PROPERLY. THEY HAVEN'T WORKED SINCE I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE. WHEN YOU PULL THE BELT OUT TO STRAP IT IN IT DOES NOT RETRACT ON ITS OWN. THE BELT RARELY LOCKS WHEN BRAKING . I DON'T NOT FELL THE BELT WILL PROTECT ME IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK

NHTSA ID

10187414

Incident

Mar 17, 2007

Mileage

104,000 mi

BOTH SEAT BELTS IN THE DODGE STEALTH RT/TT (1992) DO NOT RECOIL PROPERLY, ACTUALLY THEY DON'T RECOIL AT ALL. I HAVE TO MANUALLY PULL THEM BACK, AND THEY DON'T STAY THAT WAY LONG. FROM WHAT I READ THERE WERE MANY OTHER 3000GT & STEALTH OWNERS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. THERE REALLY SHOULD BE A RECALL. *AK

NHTSA ID

10187325

Incident

Jan 1, 2007

SEAT BELTS TO NOT PROPERLY RETRACT, SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL, WHICH MAY SHOW SIGNS OF A FAULTY MECHANISM WHICH CLEARLY DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. *NM

NHTSA ID

10177819

Incident

May 1, 2006

Mileage

140,000 mi

BOTH OF THE FRONT SEAT BELTS HAVE SLOWLY LOST THEIR ABILITY TO RETRACT ON THEIR OWN UNTIL NOW THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT NO LONGER RETRACTS BY ITSELF AND THE DRIVER SEAT BELT RETRACTS SLOWLY AND VERY WEAKLY. *JB

NHTSA ID

10175218

Incident

Dec 5, 2006

Mileage

70,000 mi

SEAT BELTS WONT RETRACT SLACK, LEAVING YOU WITH OUT PROPER RESTRAINT. I HIT MY BRAKES HARD ONCE AND MY PASSENGER MOVED DANGEROUSLY FORWARD. THANKS *NM

NHTSA ID

10165448

Incident

Aug 14, 2006

SEAT BELT MALFUNCTION. SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT PROPERLY EVEN WHEN FED. SEAT BELT OFTEN TWISTS IN THE GUIDER/HOLDER CAUSING IT TO GET STUCK MAKING IT UNUSABLE A MAJORITY OF THE TIME. THIS HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR 4 YEARS. *NM

NHTSA ID

10163596

Incident

Mar 16, 2005

Mileage

75,000 mi

THE SEAT BELTS IN MANY OF OUR CARS DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. WHEN THE SEAT BELT IS PULLED ON IT DOES NOT RETRACT, LEAVING ENOUGH SLACK IN THE BELT THAT IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR, IT WOULD NOT SERVE ITS PURPOSE AS A SAFETY RESTRAINT. DODGE STEALTH/3000 GT. *NM

NHTSA ID

10163589

Incident

Jul 27, 2006

THE SEAT BELTS IN MY 1992 MITSUBISHI 3000GT VR-4 DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. WHEN THE SEAT BELT IS PULLED ON IT DOES NOT RETRACT, LEAVING ENOUGH SLACK IN THE BELT THAT IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR, IT WOULD NOT SERVE ITS PURPOSE AS A SAFETY RESTRAINT. *NM

NHTSA ID

10163302

Incident

Sep 25, 2003

Mileage

86,000 mi

I OWN A 1992 MITSUBOSHI 3000GT VR4. WHEN THE SEATBELT IS PULLED ON IT DOES NOT RETRACT, LEAVING ENOUGH SLACK IN THE BELT THAT IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR, IT WOULD NOT SERVE ITS PURPOSE AS A SAFETY RESTRAINT.

NHTSA ID

10163103

Incident

Jan 22, 1993

Mileage

40,000 mi

DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT AT ALL. *NM

NHTSA ID

10159886

Incident

Jun 14, 2006

BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS FAIL TO RETRACT MAKING THEM USELESS IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE TO REACH BACK AND FEED IT BACK INTO THE RETRACT POSITION IN WHICH THIS WILL ONLY WORK SOMETIMES. *JB

NHTSA ID

10159497

Incident

Jun 1, 2006

Mileage

120,000 mi

SEAT BELT DO NOT RETRACT. BOTH DRIVER AND SEAT BELT DO NOT WORK. *NM

NHTSA ID

10159211

Incident

Jun 5, 2006

SEAT BELTS NEVER RETRACT ON THEIR OWN. YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY PUSH THE SEAT BELT BACK INTO THE FEEDER. CONSTANT SLACK WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON BOTH OF MY 3000GT'S. *JB

NHTSA ID

10157784

Incident

May 18, 2006

Mileage

86,353 mi

I BOUGHT A 1992 3000GT SL AND THE SEATBEALT DOES NOT RETRACT PREVENTING IT FROM BEING TIGHT IF I WERE TO BE IN A ACCIDENT. SINCE THERE CAN BE ALOT A SLACK AND IT DOESNT RETRACT IF I WERE TO GET INTO A CRASH IT WOULD BE VERY LOOSE.

NHTSA ID

10157685

Incident

May 16, 2006

THE SEAT BELTS ON MY 3000GT DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY AND THAT IS A SAFETY HAZARD THAT SHOULD BE ON RECALL. *NM

NHTSA ID

10156832

Incident

May 4, 2006

CAR IS A 1992 MITSUBISHI 3000GT VR4. BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT (ROLL BACK UP) AFTER BEING PULLED OUT. AS A RESULT, THEY OFTEN GET STUCK IN THE DOOR, THUS WEARING ON THE BELT, ALSO SOMETIMES WHEN BUCKLED AND PULLED TIGHT, PART OF THE BELT IS JAMMED IN THE DOOR, WHICH THEN COMES OUT WITH A STRONGER PULL. I AM AFRAID THAT THE BELT, DUE TO BEING WORN LIKE THIS AND DUE TO NOT BECOMING TIGHT AFTER BEING PUT ON, THE BELT MAY NOT WORK PROPERLY IN A CAR ACCIDENT. I HAVE HAD THE ISSUE SINCE I BOUGHT MY CAR IN 2000. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM - THEY REFUSED TO COVER IT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT COVER SEAT BELTS UNDER THEIR WARRANTY. I HAVE ALSO PURCHASED A 1994 DODGE STEALTH (IDENTICAL CAR TO THE 3000GT, BUT RE-SOLD BY DODGE) IN MARCH OF 2005 AND IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS. I HAVE HEARD MANY OTHER OWNERS COMPLAIN OF THIS AND IT SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. MY INTERNATIONAL CAR OWNER'S CLUB WWW.3SI.ORG HAS STARTED A CAMPAIGN TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM RECALLED BY THE NHTSA SO THAT WE MAY HAVE WORKING SEAT BELTS. PLEASE HELP! *NM

NHTSA ID

10156479

Incident

Jan 1, 2000

Mileage

90,000 mi

IN MY 1992 DODGE STEALTH, THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT PROPERLY RETRACT, LEAVING EXTRA SLACK, WHICH IS A SAFETY ISSUE IN CASE THERE IS AN ACCIDENT. AFTER DOING RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, AND THERE ARE MANY MITSUBISHI 3000GT/DODGE STEALTH OWNERS WHO HAVE THIS PROBLEM (AS SHOWN HERE, A MESSAGE BOARD COMPLAINT ON THIS ISSUE: HTTP://WWW.3SI.ORG/FORUM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=324508). I AM ASKING FOR A PROPER SAFETY RECALL OF THIS PART FROM MITSUBISHI/DODGE. THANK YOU. *NM

NHTSA ID

10156166

Incident

Apr 26, 2006

SEAT BELT FAILURE.. DOESN'T RETRACT ON EITHER SIDE...*JB

NHTSA ID

10156097

Incident

Oct 30, 2003

Mileage

86,000 mi

WHENEVER I LEAN FORWARD, OR PUT ON MY SEAT BELT, THERE IS SOME SLACK IN THE BELT. HOWEVER, THIS SLACK DOES NOT RETRACT AT ALL. I MUST USE MY HAND AND MANUALLY PUSH THE SEAT BELT BACK IN. I FEAR THAT IF I WERE TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT, THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR, I ASSUME THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE DRIVEN OTHER CARS OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL, AND THEY ALSO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. 1992 MITSUBISHI 3000GT BASE MODEL. *NM

NHTSA ID

10156028

Incident

Jul 10, 2005

Mileage

100,000 mi

I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SEAT BELTS IN MY MITSUBISHI 3000GT. WHEN THEY ARE PULLED FROM THE RESTING POSITION AND CLASPED, THE RETRACTING MECHANISMS DOES NOT RETRACT THE BELT TO TIGHTEN THE BELT. MY VEHICLE IS A 1992 MODEL BUT IT ONLY HAS 56*** MILES ON IT AND HAS NEVER BEEN IN ANY MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. I ALSO HAVE A 2ND 3000GT THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TOO. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET THE BELT TO TIGHTEN IS TO PHYSICALLY TUG ON THE BELT UNTIL THE MECHANISMS STARTS WORKING AGAIN. *JB

NHTSA ID

10155709

Incident

Oct 30, 2005

THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS WILL NOT TIGHTEN WHEN THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE IS ENGAGED INTO THE SEAT BELT HOLDER AND THE IGNITION IS PLACED IN THE ON POSITION. WHEN DRIVING IF YOU WERE TO LOOSEN YOUR SHOULDER HARNESS IT WOULD NOT AUTOMATICALLY RESUME THE SENSE OF OPPRESSION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY THERE. WHEN RELEASING THE SEAT BELT IT WILL NOT RETRACT AUTOMATICALLY INTO THE RETRACTOR WITH THE IGNITION ON. WHEN TURNING OFF THE IGNITION AND RELEASING THE SEAT BELT IT WILL NOT RETRACT INTO THE RETRACTOR FOR THIRTY SECONDS AS IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO. I AM ONE OF MANY 3000GT OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I NOTIFIED THE CLOSEST MITSUBISHI DEALER AND TALKED WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER WHO STATED THAT HE WAS UNAWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS OF THIS NATURE WITH THESE CARS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.*AK

NHTSA ID

759312

SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT PROPERLY TO PROVIDE A SNUG FIT. *AK

NHTSA ID

726089

Incident

Sep 25, 1999