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1998 Nissan Frontier 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.
8
Latest May 17, 2022
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.
6%
of 129 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 1998 Nissan Frontier submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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 May 17, 2022

driver's side seat belt receptacle failed in fall of 2021. Nissan initially said they would replace it, but in May of 2022 reported that the part is "unavailable."

NHTSA ID
11465022
Incident
Nov 1, 2021
Seat belts
Filed Jul 27, 2008

YOU PUT THE SEATBELT/SHOULDER HARNESS ON AND 90% OF THE TIME IT WILL LOCK TIGHT WITH OUT YOU JERKING ON IT TO SIMULATE AN ACCIDENT. IN AN ACCIDENT I'M CONCERNED IT COULD CAUSE NECK AND/OR CHEST INJURIES. THIS CAN HAPPEN EVEN IF YOU GENTLY PULL IT OUT. YOU CAN PUT IT ON BUT IT THEN GETS TIGHTER AND TIGHTER. YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR IT CLICKING INTO PLACE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10235917
Incident
Jan 1, 2007
Mileage
100,000 mi
Seat belts
Filed Sep 22, 2000

REAR SEATBELTS DO NOT PROPERLY RESTRAIN CHILDREN, WHEN EVER A CHILD MOVES AROUND BELT LOOSENS UP, AND WILL NOT TIGHTEN BACK UP.*AK

NHTSA ID
871259
Incident
Sep 1, 1998
Seat belts
Filed Sep 21, 2000

REAR SEAT BELTS WILL NOT REMAIN "SNUG". BELT ASSEMBLY WILL FULLY LOOSEN AND WILL NOT PROTECT CHILDREN IN CASE OF ACCIDENT.

NHTSA ID
732141
Incident
Sep 30, 1999
Seat belts
Filed Sep 24, 1999

SEAT BELT TENSIONER LOCKS AND DOES NOT RELEASE. BELT MUST BE UNLATCHED TO MOVE OR LEAN FORWARD.

NHTSA ID
711984
Incident
Jun 20, 1999
Seat belts
Filed Feb 1, 1999

PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT LOCKS UP. *YC

NHTSA ID
607093
Seat belts
Filed Feb 1, 1999

SEAT BELT FAILURE.MGM

NHTSA ID
606902
Incident
Jun 1, 1998
Seat belts
Filed Jun 15, 1998

RECALL 98V-065000, FRONT LAP SEAT BELTS. THE DEALER HAS NO PARTS FOR THE REPAIR WORK TO BE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONSUMER MAKES AN APPOINTMENT AND GETS THERE AND VEHICLE CANNOT BE REPAIRED. *AK

NHTSA ID
824309
Incident
Jun 12, 1998

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

Tires & wheels23Electrical23Suspension19Airbags12Engine11

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

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