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1987 Nissan Maxima 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.
15
Latest Oct 20, 2004
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.
9%
of 176 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.
1
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 1987 Nissan Maxima submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 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 Oct 20, 2004

AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT RETRACTOR CABLE POPPED OUT AND IT WOULD'NT MOVE. NOW IT ONLY WORKS MANUALLY. *JB

NHTSA ID
859548
Incident
Mar 31, 1998
Seat belts
Filed Dec 4, 2003

DRIVER;S SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT MALFUNCTION; STOPPED HALF WAY. NOW IT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. *NLM

NHTSA ID
10049229
Incident
Jun 7, 2003
Mileage
150,000 mi
Seat belts
Filed May 3, 2002

SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE IS INOPERABLE. DOESNOT MOVE WHEN OPENING DOOR. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

NHTSA ID
8009152
Seat belts
Filed Jul 19, 2000

SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVER SIDE HAS OIL ON IT. CONSUMER SAID THAT OIL WAS COMING FROM THE SEAT BELTS AND ARE RUINING HER CLOTHES. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE MECHANIC HAS NO IDEA FROM WERE THE OIL WAS LEAKING. *AK

NHTSA ID
865681
Incident
Jun 1, 1999
Seat belts
Filed Oct 19, 1998
Crash reported

CONSUMER WAS RIDING IN THE PASSENGER'S SEAT WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CUT IN FRONT OF VEHICLE AND WAS HIT HEAD-ON, CAUSING THE METAL PART AND THE TRACK OF THE SAFETY BELT TO BREAK, NOT HOLDING THE SHOULDER PART IN PLACE. THE CONSUMER HIT HIS HEAD, AND THEIR WAS NO SUPPORT. *AK

NHTSA ID
829160
Incident
Oct 18, 1998
Seat belts
Filed Jan 21, 1997

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE WOULDN'T RELEASE AFTER LOCKING IN . *AK

NHTSA ID
807866
Seat belts
Filed Oct 10, 1995

PASSENGERS MOTORBELT JAMS REPEATEDLY. *DSH

NHTSA ID
488949
Incident
Aug 4, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Aug 31, 1995

THE RETRACTOR ON THE DRIVER SIDE CAME OFF THE TRACK AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF RETRACTING . *AK

NHTSA ID
971529
Seat belts
Filed Jul 26, 1995

AUTOMATIC FRONT SEAT BELTS LOCK UP/ DO NOT RELEASE. *AK

NHTSA ID
484485
Incident
Jul 26, 1995
Seat belts
Filed May 30, 1995

VEHICLES AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT IS INTERMITTENTLY JAMMED AND NOW SHOULDER BELT IS COMPLETLY INOPERATIVE.MFR WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. TT

NHTSA ID
966014
Incident
Mar 1, 1995
Seat belts
Filed May 25, 1995

PASSENGER SEAT BELT DOESN'T RELEASE PROPERLY FROM RETRACTOR HOUSING. TT

NHTSA ID
965850
Incident
Mar 25, 1995
Seat belts
Filed May 2, 1995

THE DRIVERS SIDE RETRACTOR LOCKS UP. TT

NHTSA ID
964609
Incident
Aug 2, 1987
Seat belts
Filed Apr 25, 1995

PASSENGER'S LAP BELT IS STUCK/JAMMED WHERE HELD BY RELEASE BUTTON; WILL NOT EXPAND; OCCUPANTS NOT RESTRAINED. TT

NHTSA ID
964308
Incident
Feb 15, 1994
Seat belts
Filed Mar 8, 1995

PASSIVE RESTRAINT BELTS ACTIVATE AND STOP/STICK/STAYS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

NHTSA ID
961637
Seat belts
Filed Mar 2, 1995

DRIVERS SIDE MOTORIZED SEATBELT DOES NOT MOTORIZE FOR PROPER USE FOR SAFETY RESTRAINT WHEN DRIVING. TT

NHTSA ID
960911
Incident
Oct 15, 1994

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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