Seat belts
Filed Aug 20, 2001
DRIVER AND PASSENGERS SEAT BELTS WILL NOT EXTEND FROM RETRACTING MECHANISM, CAUSING SEAT BELTS TO BECOME INOPERABLE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE RIGHT REAR HAS COMPLETELY FAILED. *SLC
- NHTSA ID
- 894698
- Incident
- Jun 1, 2001
1995 Oldsmobile 88 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.
9
Latest Aug 20, 2001
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.
8%
of 117 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.
1
What this page shows
Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Oldsmobile 88 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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 Nov 30, 2000
SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
- NHTSA ID
- 875767
- Incident
- May 25, 2000
Seat belts
Filed Aug 13, 1999
BOTH SHOULDER BELTS ARE STUCK IN THE RETRACTOR AND UNABLE TO FREE THEM, WHICH LEAVES REAR PASSENGERS WITHOUT RESTRAINT, AND MAY CAUSE INJURIES TO REAR PASSENGER IF INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK
- NHTSA ID
- 845057
- Incident
- Aug 6, 1999
Seat belts
Filed May 30, 1999
THE HEAD RESTRAINTS DO NOT ADJUST HIGH ENOUGH TO PREVENT WHIPLASH. I AM ONLY 5'-11" TALL. *AK
- NHTSA ID
- 707003
Seat belts
Filed Jul 1, 1998
SEAT BELT FAILED.
- NHTSA ID
- 537318
Seat belts
Filed Aug 27, 1997
THE RESTRAINTS IN VEHICLE DON'T RETRACT PROPERLY. MANAGER WAS CONTACTED. *AK
- NHTSA ID
- 815709
- Incident
- Aug 26, 1997
Seat belts
Filed Aug 26, 1997
LEFT REAR SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED. *AK
- NHTSA ID
- 522904
- Incident
- Aug 1, 1997
AirbagsSeat belts
Filed Jun 7, 1996
Crash reported1 injury reported
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG IN COLLISION/FAILURE OF SEAT BELTS TO PROPERLY RESTRAIN DRIVER IN ACCIDENT CAUSING INJURY.
- NHTSA ID
- 505147
- Incident
- Apr 8, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Aug 21, 1995
REAR SEAT BELT FAILED. *SKD
- NHTSA ID
- 600352
- Incident
- Aug 21, 1995
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
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
Data on this page last refreshed .