Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1997 Oldsmobile 98 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
REA SEAT BELTS UNABLE TO FASTEN THEM TO SECURE PASSENGERS. BUCKLES RECESSED TO FAR INTO REAR SEAT CUSHION. REQUIRES ASISTANCE TOBUCKLES PASSENGERS BELTS. VERY DANGEROUS.
FEMALE PARTS IN THREE REAR SEAT SEAT BELTS ARE TOO SHORT, CAN'T GET A GOOD GRIP TO PLUG THEM INTO THE MALE ENDS. CONSUMER STATED THAT IN WINTER TIME WHILE HAVING ON A LOT OF CLOTHES BELTS ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO FASTEN, SO CONSUMER IS NOT PROPERLY RESTRAINED.*AK
SIDE BARS HOLDING WINDSHIELD OBSTRUCT VIEW. SEAT BELTS HARD TO BUCKLE BECAUSE OF PLACEMENT.
SEAT BELTS DO NOT FIT AROUND THE CONSUMER. THEY ARE TOO SMALL DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
REAR SAFETY BELTS TOO SMALL TO USE.
REAR SEAT BUCKLE EXTENSION TOO SHORT, DEALER PUT A SLEEVE AROUND EXTENSION BUT DID NOT LENGTHEN THE EXTENSION TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
REAR SEAT BELTS ARE PRACTICALLY UNSABLE.
REAR SEAT BELT FAILED.
SEAT BELT LATCHES IN THE REAR SEAT ARE NOT ABLE TO BE LATCHED.
CONSUMER'S WIFE WEIGHT IS 125LBS. SHE GOT INTO THE REAR SEAT OF THE VEHICLE, BUT COULD NOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED. THE REAR SEAT BELTS WERE TO0 SHORT TO FASTEN AROUND HER. *AK
REAR SEAT BELT RECEPTOR ENDS ARE TOO SHORT, USE OF BELTS VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP LATCHED.
CONSUMERS SEAT BELTS ARE NOT LONG ENOUGH TO ACCOMODATE PASSENGERS, THEE REAR SEAT BELTS ARE SUNKEN INTO THE CUSHIONS ,WHEN PULLED OUT THEY DO NOT REACH. DEALER SAID THEY WOULD GIVE EXTEDNERS WHEN CALLED, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THEY HAD TO BE OBESE TO RECEIVE IT. OLDSMOBILE SAID THEY WOULD HAVE SOMETHING IN SEPTEMBER, RETROFITS HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVED, CONSUMERS FRONT DRIVER SEAT BELT IS SO FAR BEHIND THE LOCK THAT IT DOES NOT REACH, AND THE REAR SEAT HAS THREE BELTS THAT ARE NOT LONG ENOUGH. *AK CONSUMER STATES RECEPTACLE IS TOO SHORT.*JB
SEAT BELT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BUCKLE BECAUSE BUCKLE GOES UNDER THE SEAT.
REAR SEAT SAFETY BELT ARE NOT LARGE ENOUGH FOR AN AVERAGE 150 TO 170 LB. PERSON.
SEAT BELTS STRAPS TOO SHORT.
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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