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 Plymouth Neon submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 17 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
TO PROPERLY INSTALL A CHILD SAFETY SEAT IN THE REAR ON EITHER SIDE ( I HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND CANNOT USE THE CENTER) THE SEAT HAS TO BE ALMOST ALL THE WAY BY THE DOOR BECAUSE OF WHERE THE LATCHES ARE POSITIONED IN THE REAR, WHICH SEEMS VERY UNSAFE TO HAVE THEM THAT CLOSE TO THE DOORS IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH FOUR DIFFRENT CHILD SEATS AND HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEM ALL.*AK
THE GAS MILEAGE WAS VERY POOR, THE SEAT BELT COVERS, TIRE TREAD, FOG LIGHTS AND DOME LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE AND THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. *PH *JB
IN THE RAINY OR SNOWY CONDITIONS, BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND MAY HAVE RESULTED A CRASH. ALSO PROBLEMS WITH DRIVER'S SEATBELT SYSTEM WHICH ALWAYS LOCKED UP WHEN IT WAS NOT SUPPOSE TO. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
HEAD GASKET FAILED RESULTING IN OVERHEATING AND DAMAGE TO OTHER ENGINE COMPONENTS. MJS
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. ALSO FRONT SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK AND CAUGHT THE CONSUMER, DEALER CONTACTED. AN INVESTIGATOR EXAMINED THE VEHICLE, AND RESPONSE GIVEN WAS THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OKAY. *AK
THE PLASTIC HOUSINGS FOR THE FEMALE PORTION OF THE SEAT BELT ATTACHMENT HAVE FALLEN APART, ALONG WITH THE ASSEMBLY PARTS, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CONNECT THE SEAT BELTS. FRONT PASSENGER HAS NO SEAT BELTS.
VEHICLE WAS HIT IN THE REAR AND IMPACTED ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON 35 TO 40 MPH. THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND PASSENGER 'S SIDE SEAT BELT UNLATCHED FROM SEAT BELT BUCKLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY DETAILS. *AK
A/C FAILED.
DRIVING 35MPH, DRIVER LEANED TOWARDS PASSENGER'S SIDE AND REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT; UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN & PASSENGER HIT WINDSHIELD. *AK *SLC
APPLYING BRAKES WITH EXTREME PRESSURE SEAT BELT THAT SECURES CSS IN THE REAR DISCONNECTS AND THROWS TODDLER AND CSS INTO DRIVERS SEAT BACK. *AK
OWNER COMPLAINS THAT SEAT BELT IS NOT COMFORTABLE FOR SHORT FEMALE DRIVERS.
HEAD REST ARE POORLY PADDED AND DESIGNED CREATING A POTENTIAL HAZARD.
IN A REAR AND FRONT END COLLISION THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEATBACKS COLLAPSED AND THE REAR RIGHT SIDE LAP/ SHOULDER SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK. PLEASE GIVE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
THE DRIVERS SIDE SEATB ELT WILL NOT STAY LATCHED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE DOESN'T UNLOCK . *AK
DRIVER'S SIDE BELT BUCKLE BROKE, UNABLE TO LATCH SEAT BELT. *AK
SEAT BELT LATCH QUIT WORKING AFTER VEHICLE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. *DSH
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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