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 1992 Plymouth Colt submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 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
COSNUMER HAD RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN MAIL. WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO DEALER TO GET REPAIRED DEALERSHIP INFORMED HER THAT PROBLEM WAS UNFIXABLE. RECALL WAS FOR T SHOULDER BELT SYSTEM MOTOR.*AK
FRONT SHOULDER BELTS AREN'T WORKING. GOT STUCK WHEN GOING FORWARD, AND WON'T COME DOWN. ALSO, FRONT WINDOW DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY.
PASSENGER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT WILL RETRACT BACK AND FORTH WITHOUT BEING OCCUPIED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
THE VEHICLE HAS AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS, AND WHEN THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF OFTEN THE BELTS DO NOT GO BACK TO STARTING POSITION, PREVENTING THE CONSUMER FROM GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE. *AK *SLC
BRACKET HOLDING BACK REST OF DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE, CAUSING NECK INJURY.
THE SHOULDER BELT COMES OPEN WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION, ALSO THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH DISCONNECTED WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. *AK
DRIVER'S MOTORIZED SHOULDER HARNESS HAS PULLED OUT FROM DOOR CABLE, RENDERING SHOULDER HARNESS INOPERATIVE.*AK *SLC
MOTORBELTS JAM/FAIL. *DH
MOTORBELT LOCKS UP, ALMOST STRANGLING PASSENGER, ALSO DRIVERS MOTORBELT OCCASIONALLY FAILS TO RETRACT. *DH
DRIVER AND PASSENGER AUTOMATIC SEATBELT DOES NOT WORK. *AK
AUTOMATIC MOTOR BELT DESIGN CAUSES DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S TO FORGET TO FASTEN LAP BELT. *SKD
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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