1998 Plymouth Grand Voyager Seat belts Problems

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT SEAT BELT SYSTEM. DEALER INDICATED NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT SINCE VEHICLE HAD TOO MANY MILES AND NO WARRANTY.*AK

NHTSA ID

10072240

Incident

May 6, 2004

WHEN PLACING THE CHILD INSIDE THE CAR SEAT THE HANDLE BROKE, CAUSING THE CHILD TO FALL OUT.*AK

NHTSA ID

10024167

Incident

Jun 16, 2003

WHILE CHILD WAS IN REAR SEATBELT, IT CAME LOOSE WHEN DRIVING AND MAKING LEFT TURN. THIS OCCURRED ON THREE (3) SEPARATE OCCASIONS.

NHTSA ID

10016842

Incident

Jul 16, 1999

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. AFTER A REPORT LAST NIGHT ON HOUSTON'S KHWB39 NEWS, I WAS VERY CONCERNED TO NOTE, THE VEHICLE IS FITTED WITH A "GENERATION 3" SEAT BELT SYSTEM. VISITING THE WEBSITE "WWW.UNSAFEBELTS.COM", I SEE THIS BELT/LATCH DESIGN HAS BEEN SHOWN TO FAIL ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. SPECIFICALLY, I READ THAT A CHRYSLER ENGINEER TESTIFIED THAT CHRYSLER WAS AWARE OF FOUR OR FIVE CRASH TESTS WHERE GENERATION 3 BUCKLES ACCIDENTALLY UNLATCHED. THIS CONCERNS ME GREATLY. WE HAVE A YOUNG DAUGHTER WHO TRAVELS IN A CHILD SEAT, AND THIS IS A SPECIFIC CONCERN BASED ON REPORTS OF THESE SEATS CAUSING THE BUCKLE TO UNLATCH. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY, WHEN THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. I ACCEPT THIS WILL HAVE SERIOUS FINANCIAL IMPACT ON THEM, BUT THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE FUNCTIONING SAFETY EQUIPMENT IN THEIR VEHICLES. *JB

NHTSA ID

10010435

Incident

Mar 14, 2003

SEPARATE EMAIL SENT DESCRIBING PROBLEM. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

NHTSA ID

761115

Incident

Apr 23, 2002

WILL THESE GEN 3 SEATBELTS BE RECALLED AND IF NOT WHY NOT. *AK

NHTSA ID

760940

HARNESS CLIP ON INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT CAN EASILY BE UNDONE BY THE 3 YEAR OLD CHILD THAT OCCUPIES THE SEAT. ALSO, CONSUMER FEELS IF A CRASH OCCURS PRESSURE FROM IMPACT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO SECURE THE CHILD. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK WHEN PULLING ON THE STRAPS, THE CLIPS COME APART. THIS PROBLEM EXISTED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. *YH

NHTSA ID

8005405

Incident

Mar 11, 2002

A BLACK/ STICKY SUBSTANCE WAS LEAKING OUT OF BOTH REAR SHOULDER SEAT BELT HARNESS. AS A RESULT THE SEAT BELT DID NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY. *AK

NHTSA ID

850142

Incident

Sep 15, 1999

THE VAN WE PURCHASED HAS INTEGRATED CHILD CAR SEATS. THE BUCKLE FLAP IS MADE OF HARD PLASTIC. AS WE WERE WAITING AT A STOPLIGHT, MY 2 YEAR OLD SON SHOWED ME A PIECE OF THE BUCKLE THAT HAD BROKEN OFF. IT WAS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A DIME. HE EASILY COULD HAVE CHOKED ON IT. I INFORMED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY WOULD REPLACE THE CAR SEATS. (THE OTHER BUCKLE IS BEGINNING TO BREAK. I THEN CALLED CHRYSLER AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE CHOKING HAZARD AND THEY DID NOT SEE IT TO BE A PROBLEM. IF THIS WAS A TOY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. THEY ARE REPLACING THE BUCKLE WITH THE SAME BUCKLE PART IT HAD. THE SAME PROBLEM WILL OCCUR. I DO NOT WANT ANY CHILDREN, INCLUDING MY OWN TO CHOKE AND DIE. PLEASE HELP!

NHTSA ID

706087

Incident

Apr 21, 1999