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 1995 Oldsmobile Aurora submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 26 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.
The 25 most recent of 26, in the owner's own words
THE ENGINE WAS SMOGGED IN 2018 WENT TO FEB 2019 DMV THEY SAID IT NEEDED ANTHER SMOG CAR STALLS THEN PICKS UP OIL LEAKS AND WINDOWS STALL GOING UP ON DRIVER SIDE IT RUNS GOOD TAGS EXPIRE MAY 26 2018
THE CONSUMER LOOKED UP RECALL 00V057000 CONCERNING REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. THE CONSUMER'S REAR SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *NM
THE TIE RODS WERE BAD. *JG
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
CONSUMER HAS TRIED TO GET RECALL 9500V057000 MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00023 DONE. THE PARTS AREN'T AVAILABLE & DEALER IS NOT SURE WHEN THEY WILL BE SHIPPED. CONSUMER WILL VERIFY VIN#. *AK
CONTACTED DEALER & OLDSMOBILE & NHTSA - NO RESOLUTION!! NOSAFETY DEFECTS LISTED.
BOTH REAR DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELTS DO NOT RETRACT IN HOUSING MECHANISM WHICH CAUSES EXCESSIVE SLACK IN THE BELTS. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED RETRACTOR ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. *AK
FRONT RIGHT SIDE PASSENGER'S RESTRAINT BELT IS FULLY EXTENDED AND WILL NOT RETRACT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
LEFT FRONT SEAT BELT DOES NOT ALWAYS RETRACT WHEN UNCOUPLED. APPERAS THAT THE RETRACTION SPRING MAY NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH TENSION TO ENABLE THE SEAT BELT TO ALWAYS RETRACT. ALSO, THE SEAT BELT ITSELF TWISTS AND FOLDS DURING RETRACTION WHICH MAY BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THIS PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID# 00V057000
RIGHT REAR SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT AS DESCRIBED IN NTSHA RECALL CAPAIGN 00V057000. *AK
LEFT REAR SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. *AK
DRIVERS SIDE BACKSEAT SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. CONSUMER TOOK TO VEHICLE DEALER, AND THEY REPAIRED IT. CONSUMER STATES THIS WAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL 00V057000. *AK
RECALL 00V057000/REAR SHOULDER BELTS: REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
REAR SHOLDER BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. SHOLDER BELT IS EXTENDED TO ITS FULL LENGTH LEAVING EXCESS SLACK IN BELT. *AK
RR SEATBELT RETRACTOR FAILED. MANUFACTURER REPLACED. COVERED 1/2 OF COST.
REAR SEAT BELTS DO NOT RELEASE FROM RETRACTING MECHANISM, CAUSING SEAT BELTS TO BECOME INOPERABLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
REAR SEAT BELTS ARE JAMMED & WILL NOT RELEASE OR RETRACT. THEY ARE HARDLY USED. THE RETRACTOR HAS FAILED. WAS INFORMED BY DEALER VEHICLE IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. *AK
REAR DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATBELTS DO NOT RETRACT BACK INTO THE SEATBELT HOUSING, CAUSING THE SEATBELTS TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEM REAR SEAT BELTS. REAR SEAT BELTS FAIL TO RETRACT. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
RADIO/CD FAILURE. ALSO REAR SEAT BELT FAILS TO RETRACT. *AK
SEAT BELTS/TRANSMISSION/ABS BRAKES/ STARTER FAILED. ALSO ENGINE CONTINUOUSLY OVERHEATED.
THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT INTO THE RETRACTOR MECHANISM AFTER RELEASING BELT FROM BUCKLE.*AK
THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER IN PROPER POSITION WHILE IN ACCIDENT, THIS CAUSED THE DRIVERS NECK TO BE BROKEN FROM AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT (PASSENGER SIDE).
SEAT BELT FAILED TO KEEP DRIVER IN SAFE POSITION DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING AIR BAG INJURY.
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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