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 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass 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
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 OLDSMOBILE CIERA. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 95V173000, SEAT BELTS FRONT, ANCHORAGE ON HIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. THE, CONTACT HAD NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT BELT, BUT WAS CONCERNED THAT IT COULD FAIL IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 60000. UPDATED 01/24/11 *BF UPDATED 03.22.11
SEAT BELT ON DRIVERS SIDE WILL NOT RETRACT. I'M A DISABLED PERSON, AND HUSBAND HAS BEEN DEPLOYED FOR A YEAR OR MORE, AND ALSO HAVE A 6 YEAR OLD THAT I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF. WHEN THIS HAPPENED I HAD VISITED MY HUSBAND WHERE HE'S ON STANDBY WAITING TO GO OVER SEAS, HE HAD TO TIE MY SEATBELT IN A KNOT TO GET IT TIGHT SO IT WOULD NOT GET IN THE WAY WHILE DRIVING OR GET CAUGHT IN THE DOOR AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. IS THERE ANYWAY THAT YOUR COMPANY CAN HELP ME GET THIS FIXED. MONEY IS TIGHT AND I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT, AND CAN'T BE WITHOUT A CAR FOR A LENGTHY PERIOD OF TIME. I DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO TURN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. SINCERELY, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
THE FRONT SEAT BELTS IN MY VEHICLE HAVE A TENDENCY TO LOCK UP WHEN YOU START TO PULL ON THE BELTS TO PUT THEM ON. MY PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT IS NOW COMPLETELY UNUSEABLE BECAUSE THE BELT RETRACTOR HAS STOPPED WORKING. THIS BELT WILL NO LONGER RETRACT. ALSO, THE GUIDE LOOPS FOR BOTH SEAT BELT ARE CRACKED AND THE GUIDE WHERE THE SEAT BELT GOES INTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS ALSO CRACKED. DT
FRONT ENGINE BURST INTO FLAMES AND THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT WOULD NOT OPEN RIGHT AWAY, WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE THE DRIVER MANAGED TO GET LOOSE AND CLIMB TO THE REAR OT THE VEHICLE AND FORCE THE REAR DOOR OPEN FROM THE INSIDE, WHILE OTHER PEOPLE TRIED TO OPEN IT FROM THE OUTSIDE. RESULTING IN INJURIES TO THE DRIVER.
BOTH FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SHOULDER BELTS FAILED TO RETRACT. REAR PASSENGER BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FAILED TO COME OUT OF A RETRACTED POSITION. ALL THESE BELTS ARE UNUSABLE.*AK
BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS AND LEFT REAR SEAT BELTS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY.*AK
SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. NLM
ACTUATOR (TIMING BELT TENSIONER) HAS GONE OUT 2 TIMES IN 4 MONTHS
NOSUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT BELTS . WHEN PULLING ON THE SEAT BELT, IT WOULD NOT RETRACT WHEN RELEASED. WHEN THE CONSUMER TUGGED ON THE SEAT BELT TO TRY TO GET IT TO RETRACT, THE SEAT BELT ATTACHMENT FELL OFF. THE MANUFACTURER IS UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE. WENT TO LEAN OVER, DEFECT WITHIN AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT CAUSED THE SEATBELT TO ROLL OUT WITHOUT WARNING, RESULTING IN LOSS OF PROTECTION. *AK
DRIVERS SIDE SHOULDER BELT RESTRAINT SUDDENLY LOOSENED AND NO HAD NO TENSION.
SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED.
BRAKE ROTORS RUSTED/WARPED.
THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DOES NOT WORK. *AK
THE SAFETY SPRING UNDER THE LATCH HOOK OF THE AUTOMATIC SAFETY BELT, WHEN BUMPED, PULLS OUT FROM THE LATCH HOOK. THIS PREVENTS THE CHILD SEAT FROM BEING RESTRAINT. DEALER HAS REPLACED BELTS TWICE, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
PULLED THE PASSENGER SHOULDER/LAP BELT (CONNECTED TO THE DOOR) OVER THE PASSENGER AND THE SHOULDER BELT COMPLETELY WENT LIMP AND THE LAP BELT REMAINED IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION, THE RETRACTOR WAS REPAIRED, NOW WORKING CORRECTLY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
THE OWNER RECIEVED A RECALL LETTER ON SAFETY BELTS. SHE SETUP AN APPOINTMENT AND WAS TOLD THE PART WAS NOT IN, THIS WAS NOV, 9 SHE TRIED 4 MORE TIMES. 92V003000
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR MECHANISM HAS FAILED, SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. *AK
FRONT SEAT BELTS PULL PASSENGER OUT OF CAR WHEN DOOR IS OPEN. TT *JB
WHEN ASKED ALASKA SALES & SERVICE DEALER ABOUT NOTE ON SEAT BELT ON CHILDS SEAT USE IT OK AND NOT A PROBLEM. NOW RECALLED MFR #96C01. LIST OTHER COMMENTS. TT
THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT RETRACTOR FAILED CAN NOT USE SEAT BELT. TT CONSUMER SEAT BELT BROKE, CONSUMER FEELS WITH THE MILEAGE ON VEHICLE THAT SEAT BELT SHOULD NOT HAVE BROKE, PASSENGER SIDE BELT THAT IS INOPERATIVE.*JB
WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED OF 15 MPH, EXPERIENCED UNDER THE HOOD FIRE DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. TT
FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT . *AK
MOTORBELTS ANCHORED TO DOOR ARE SAFETY PROBLEMS, DUE TO THE FACT THAT IF YOUR DOOR OPENS IN ACCIDENT, YOU ARE NO LONGER BELTED IN. *DSH
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